Missouri Southern Athletics has announced ticket plans for the “One State, One Spirit Classic” presented by Leggett & Platt, Inc. The Classic will feature a men’s basketball exhibition game between the Missouri Tigers and the Missouri Southern Lions at MSSU’s Leggett & Platt Athletic Center in Joplin on Sunday evening, October 30.
Campus of Missouri Southern doubles as a shelter for now (PODCAST)
June 10, 2011 By
Missouri Southern's athletic center turned into a shelter
Just two weeks prior to the tornado ripping through Joplin, Missouri Southern State University just signed up with the Red Cross to use the school’s facilities as a shelter should disaster strike the area. Little did anyone know, including Athletic Director Jared Bruggeman, that they would be called upon quickly.
MIAA softball completes day one
May 7, 2011 By
Central Missouri and Northwest Missouri State were eliminated on day one of the MIAA softball tournament and Missouri Southern clings to the loser’s bracket. Meanwhile, top seeded Missouri Western finds itself in the winner’s bracket with Nebraska-Omaha after the opening round of games in Overland Park, KS.
Missouri Western softball is the top seed at the start of MIAA tourney
May 5, 2011 By
Missouri Western, Emporia State and Nebraska Omaha each earned a share of the 2011 MIAA Regular Season Championship with 18-4 conference records and will be the top three seeds in the upcoming MIAA Softball Tournament.
Missouri Western will be the No. 1 seed by virtue of its 3-1 record in games against Emporia State and Nebraska Omaha this season. Emporia State held a 2-2 record against MWSU and UNO and will be the No. 2 seed, while Nebraska Omaha will be the No. 3 seed after going 1-3 against ESU and MWSU.
Missouri Southern is the fourth seed after posting a 14-8 league record and holding the tiebreaker over Northwest Missouri (also 14-8) with a win over top seed Missouri Western in the regular season. Northwest Missouri is the No. 5 seed in the tournament.
With the seeds set, so are the first round tournament matchups. All first round matchups will be played Thursday at 6 p.m. at the Blue Valley Sports Complex in Overland Park, Kan.
Top seed Missouri Western will take on No. 8 seed Washburn, No. 2 seed Emporia State will play No. 7 seed Fort Hays State, No. 3 seed Nebraska Omaha will match up with No. 6 seed Central Missouri, and No. 4 seed Missouri Southern will face off with No. 5 seed Northwest Missouri.
Story courtesy of the MIAA.
Missouri Southern gets past SW Baptist
March 4, 2011 By
It wasn’t easy, but Missouri Southern ended the streak of three consecutive No. 1 seeds falling in the MIAA Men’s basketball Championship first round by defeating Southwest Baptist, 101-94.
The Missouri Southern big three of MIAA Player of the Year Skyler Bowlin (22), Jason Adams (23) and Keane Thomann (22) accounted for 67 points to lead the way for the Lions.
Southwest Baptist was led by Kurt Koenig, who poured in a game-high 27 points and grabbed seven rebounds.
After a strong run to end the first half, it appeared Southern (24-3) was ready to take control of the game when Adams hit a three to extend the MSSU lead to 50-41 with 19:40 to go in the game.
Missouri Southern went up by as many as 12 (65-53, 14:56 second half), but Southwest Baptist wasn’t going to go away easy. The Bearcats went on a 28-17 run over the next nine minutes to get to within one at 82-81, but that was as close as they would get the rest of the way.
MSSU proceeded to go on a 16-6 run, capped by a Skyler Bowlin fast-break layup and two Bowlin free throws on the following possession to give the Lions a 98-87 advantage with 1:06 to play.
Southwest Baptist made it interesting with two three-pointers in the final minute, but it was not enough to overcome the deficit.
The two teams finished the game with a combined 23 three-pointers made on 52 attempts. The game featured nine ties, and the lead switched hands nine times as well.
Adams finished 7-of-13 from the field, including four three-pointers, to finish with his MSSU-high 23 points and added three rebounds. Bowlin was 6-of-11 overall and 3-of-6 from three-point range to finish with 22, and Thomann was 8-of-14 from the field to end with 22 points along with four rebounds.
Ryan Dougherty added 20 points for Southwest Baptist, which ends the season with a 12-17 record.
With the win, Missouri Southern, the nation’s eighth-ranked team, advances to face the winner of Nebraska-Omaha and Central Missouri Saturday at noon.
Story courtesy of theMIAA.com
