Missouri State (15-11, 8-6) picked up its eighth road victory of the season with a 56-54 win at Southern Illinois (8-17, 5-9), holding off a late surge by the Salukis to win for the second straight win at SIU Arena. The Bears got 18 points from Caleb Patterson and 14 from Kyle Weems while firing at a 51.2 percent clip to overcome a 17-turnover night and improve to 8-6 in the league.
Missouri State beat at home by Wichita State
February 2, 2012 By
Garrett Stutz scored 25 points, and Ben Smith added 21 more to help Wichita State (19-4, 10-2) erase a two-point halftime deficit and escape JQH Arena with a 74-67 win over Missouri State (13-11, 6-6) Wednesday in Missouri Valley Conference play.
Former basketball coach Charlie Spoonhour dies
February 1, 2012 By
Charlie Spoonhour, former head basketball coach shown in this March 1, 2007 file photo. UPI/Bill Greenblatt
Former Missouri State and Saint Louis University head basketball coach Charlie Spoonhour died this morning at his home from complications related to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. He was 72.
Spoonhour received an education degree from the University of the Ozarks and spent seven seasons as a high school basketball coach, before moving onto the college ranks .
Missouri State baseball picked #1 in MVC preseason poll
February 1, 2012 By
Led by seven returning regular starters and a deep veteran pitching staff, the Missouri State baseball squad has been tabbed the Missouri Valley Conference favorite by the league’s coaches in their annual preseason poll, which was announced Wednesday. Additionally, senior second baseman Kevin Medrano and sophomore pitcher Nick Petree earned spots on the preseason all-conference team.
Bears fall short against Creighton
January 19, 2012 By
In a game that saw 16 tie scores and 10 different lead changes, No. 19 Creighton used two defensive stops in the final 10 seconds to beat defending Valley champ Missouri State, 66-65, on Wednesday night in Springfield.
Creighton improved to 17-2 overall and is 7-1 in MVC play for the first time since a similar start in 2002-03. Creighton has started 4-0 in conference road games for the first time since 1942-43. This is also the first time that Creighton has started 7-1 or better in true road games since 1974-75. MSU drops to 11-9 overall and 4-4 in Valley play with its third straight loss.
