2014–15 Missouri State Bears basketball team

The 2014–15 Missouri State Bears basketball team represented Missouri State University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears, led by fourth year head coach Paul Lusk, played their home games at JQH Arena and were members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 11–20, 5–13 in MVC play to finish in eighth place. They lost in the first round of the Missouri Valley tournament to Southern Illinois.

2014–15 Missouri State Bears men's basketball
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Record	11–20 (5–13 The Valley)
Head coach	Paul Lusk (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Jermaine Henderson Derrick Tilmon Brad Korn
Home arena	JQH Arena

2014–15 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 14 Wichita State	17	–	1		.944			30	–	5		.857
No. 11 Northern Iowa †	16	–	2		.889			31	–	4		.886
Indiana State	11	–	7		.611			15	–	16		.484
Illinois State	11	–	7		.611			22	–	13		.629
Evansville	9	–	9		.500			24	–	12		.667
Loyola Chicago	8	–	10		.444			24	–	13		.649
Drake	6	–	12		.333			9	–	22		.290
Missouri State	5	–	13		.278			11	–	20		.355
Southern Illinois	4	–	14		.222			12	–	21		.364
Bradley	3	–	15		.167			9	–	24		.273
† 2015 MVC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Previous season

The Bears finished the season 20–13, 9–9 in Missouri Valley play to finish in a three way tie for fourth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Missouri Valley tournament where they lost to Wichita State. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to Murray State.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Keith Pickens	1	G/F	6'4"	203	Senior	St. Louis, MO	Graduated
Michael Simpson	3	G/F	6'6"	190	Sophomore	Spring, TX	Transferred to Palm Beach Atlantic
Jarmar Gulley	5	F	6'5"	218	Senior	Beaumont, TX	Graduated
Devon Thomas	12	G	6'0"	162	Freshman	Silver Spring, MD	Transferred to Cloud County Community College
Emmanuel Addo	24	F	6'8"	230	Senior	Toronto, ON	Graduated
Nathan Scheer	30	G/F	6'5"	201	Senior	Washington, MO	Graduated
Bruce Marshall	35	C	6'10"	236	Sophomore	Fayette, MO	Transferred to Missouri Southern

Incoming Transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Loomis Gerring	3	F	6'5"	200	Junior	Grandview, MO	Junior college transfer from Vincennes University.
Camyn Boone	30	F	6'6"	230	Junior	Seattle, WA	Junior college transfer from Mesa Community College.

Incoming recruits

Shawn Roundtree in the 2014 IHSA Class 4A final four

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Chris Kendrix SG	Willard, MO	Willard High School	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Aug 26, 2013
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Robin Thompson SF	Saint Louis, MO	Mary Institute Country Day School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	N/A
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Shawn Roundtree PG	Edwardsville, IL	Edwardsville High School	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Apr 28, 2014
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2014 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved July 24, 2014.

Roster

2014–15 Missouri State Bears men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown F 1 Robin Thompson 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 221 lb (100 kg) Fr MICDS St. Louis, MO G 2 Austin Ruder 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 196 lb (89 kg) So Nixa Nixa, MO F 3 Loomis Gerring 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Grandview Vincennes Grandview, MO G/F 10 Ron Mvouika 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 201 lb (91 kg) Sr Huntington Prep School Sheridan College Paris, France G 11 Marcus Marshall 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Johnson Sr. HS Saint Paul, MN G 12 Cameron Maes 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Glendale HS Springfield, MO F 20 Gavin Thurman 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 226 lb (103 kg) Jr Wichita Heights HS Wichita, KS G 23 Dorrian Williams 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 199 lb (90 kg) Jr Douglass HS Oklahoma City, OK G 24 Shawn Roundtree 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Edwardsville HS Edwardsville, IL F 30 Camyn Boone 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Jr Mountain View HS Mesa CC Seattle, WA G/F 33 Chris Kendrix 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 183 lb (83 kg) Fr Willard HS Willard, MO F 42 Christian Kirk 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 218 lb (99 kg) Sr Kickapoo HS Springfield, MO C 50 Tyler McCullough 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 246 lb (112 kg) So Fayetteville HS Fayetteville, AR	Head coach Paul Lusk (Southern Illinois) Assistant coach(es) Jermaine Henderson (Miami (OH)) Derrick Tilmon (Southern Illinois) Brad Korn (Southern Illinois) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/08/2014* 7:35 pm	Missouri Southern State	W 68–66		JQH Arena (3,327) Springfield, MO
Regular season
11/14/2014* 7:05 pm, MC-22	Eastern Illinois	W 64–53	1–0	JQH Arena (6,004) Springfield, MO
11/19/2014* 7:05 pm	Avila	W 87–39	2–0	JQH Arena (5,089) Springfield, MO
11/22/2014* 7:00 pm, KOLR	at Texas Tech	L 68–80	2–1	United Supermarkets Arena (5,107) Lubbock, TX
11/26/2014* 1:00 am, CBSSN	vs. Colorado State Great Alaska Shootout quarterfinals	L 61–76	2–2	Alaska Airlines Center (3,233) Anchorage, AK
11/28/2014* 3:00 pm	at Alaska Anchorage Great Alaska Shootout consolation round	W 55–51	3–2	Alaska Airlines Center (2,414) Anchorage, AK
11/29/2014* 5:30 pm, CBSSN	vs. Washington State Great Alaska Shootout 5th place game	L 84–89 OT	3–3	Alaska Airlines Center (2,543) Anchorage, AK
12/04/2014* 7:05 pm	Arkansas–Little Rock	W 73–68	4–3	JQH Arena (5,207) Springfield, MO
12/07/2014* 3:00 pm, KOZL	at Oral Roberts			Mabee Center  Tulsa, OK
12/13/2014* 6:00 pm, KOZL	at Southeast Missouri State	W 73–61	5–3	Show Me Center (3,043) Cape Girardeau, MO
12/15/2014* 8:00 pm, KOZL	at Oral Roberts	L 61–80	5–4	Mabee Center (2,567) Tulsa, OK
12/17/2014* 7:05 pm, ESPN3	at Tulsa	L 70–74	5–5	Reynolds Center (4,245) Tulsa, OK
12/20/2014* 2:05 pm	Eastern Michigan	L 65–77	5–6	JQH Arena (5,013) Springfield, MO
12/22/2014* 7:05 pm, MC-22	Oral Roberts	W 52–45	6–6	JQH Arena (5,327) Springfield, MO
Missouri Valley Conference regular season
12/31/2014 5:05 pm, KOLR	at Southern Illinois	W 53–50	7–6 (1–0)	SIU Arena (4,760) Carbondale, IL
01/03/2015 3:00 pm, FSMW	Drake	W 62–37	8–6 (2–0)	JQH Arena (5,821) Springfield, MO
01/07/2015 6:00 pm, ESPN3	at Indiana State	L 56–71	8–7 (2–1)	Hulman Center (3,677) Terre Haute, IN
01/11/2015 2:00 pm, ESPN3	Illinois State	L 55–69	8–8 (2–2)	JQH Arena (5,224) Springfield, MO
01/14/2015 7:05 pm, MC-22	Evansville	L 54–56	8–9 (2–3)	JQH Arena (5,097) Springfield, MO
01/18/2015 3:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 23 Northern Iowa	L 46–60	8–10 (2–4)	McLeod Center (4,941) Cedar Falls, IA
01/21/2015 7:05 pm, KOZL	No. 14 Wichita State	L 53–76	8–11 (2–5)	JQH Arena (8,674) Springfield, MO
01/24/2015 7:00 pm, KOLR	at Bradley	L 59–61	8–12 (2–6)	Carver Arena (6,059) Peoria, IL
01/28/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3	at Illinois State	L 57–67	8–13 (2–7)	Redbird Arena (4,177) Normal, IL
01/31/2015 7:05 pm, KOLR	Southern Illinois	W 52–46	9–13 (3–7)	JQH Arena (6,324) Springfield, MO
02/04/2015 8:00 pm, FSMW/CSN Chicago	Loyola–Chicago	L 50–53	9–14 (3–8)	JQH Arena (3,218) Springfield, MO
02/07/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN2	at No. 16 Wichita State	L 35–78	9–15 (3–9)	Charles Koch Arena (10,506) Wichita, KS
02/10/2015 7:05 pm, KOZL	at Evansville	L 66–73	9–16 (3–10)	Ford Center (3,502) Evansville, IN
02/15/2015 3:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 13 Northern Iowa	L 57–68	9–17 (3–11)	JQH Arena (5,452) Springfield, MO
02/18/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Indiana State	W 60–56	10–17 (4–11)	JQH Arena (3,297) Springfield, MO
02/22/2015 1:00 pm, ESPN3	at Drake	L 43–78	10–18 (4–12)	Knapp Center (3,656) Des Moines, IA
02/25/2015 7:05 pm, MC-22	Bradley	W 80–77 3OT	11–18 (5–12)	JQH Arena (4,454) Springfield, MO
02/28/2015 3:00 pm, ESPN3	at Loyola–Chicago	L 51–65	11–19 (5–13)	Joseph J. Gentile Arena (1,989) Chicago, IL
Missouri Valley tournament
03/05/2015 6:05 pm, MVC TV	vs. Southern Illinois First round	L 48–55	11–20	Scottrade Center (5,608) St. Louis, MO
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

* December 7's game vs Missouri State was postponed due to a power outage.