2015–16 Missouri State Bears basketball team

The 2015–16 Missouri State Bears basketball team represented Missouri State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears, led by fifth year head coach Paul Lusk, played their home games at JQH Arena and were members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 13–19, 8–10 in Missouri Valley play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They defeated Drake in the first round of the Missouri Valley tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Evansville.

2015–16 Missouri State Bears basketball
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Record	13–19 (8–10 MVC)
Head coach	Paul Lusk (5th season)
Assistant coaches	Brad Korn Matt Sligh Corey Gipson
Home arena	JQH Arena

2015–16 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Wichita State	16	–	2		.889			26	–	9		.743
Evansville	12	–	6		.667			25	–	9		.735
Illinois State	12	–	6		.667			18	–	14		.563
Southern Illinois	11	–	7		.611			22	–	10		.688
Northern Iowa †	11	–	7		.611			23	–	13		.639
Indiana State	8	–	10		.444			15	–	17		.469
Missouri State	8	–	10		.444			13	–	19		.406
Loyola Chicago	7	–	11		.389			15	–	17		.469
Bradley	3	–	15		.167			5	–	27		.156
Drake	2	–	16		.111			7	–	24		.226
† 2016 MVC tournament winner

Previous season

The Bears 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.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Ron Mvouika	10	G/F	6'6"	201	Senior	Paris, France	Graduated
Marcus Marshall	11	G	6'3"	190	Junior	Saint Paul, MN	Transferred to Nevada
Cameron Maes	12	G	6'4"	200	Freshman	Springfield, MO	Left the team
Gavin Thurman	20	F	6'7"	226	Junior	Wichita, KS	Transferred to Newman
Christian Kirk	42	F	6'8"	218	Senior	Springfield, MO	Graduated

Incoming Transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Dequon Miller	4	G	5'11"	165	Junior	Charleston, WV	Junior college transfer from Motlow State Community College

Incoming recruits

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Jarred Dixon PG	Lee's Summit, MO	Lee's Summit West High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Aug 2, 2014
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Obediah Church SF	Springfield, IL	Springfield High School	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sep 15, 2014
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Ryan Kreklow SG	Columbia, MO	Rock Bridge High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Oct 15, 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: "2015 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved May 1, 2015.

Roster

2015–16 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) 220 lb (100 kg) RS Fr MICDS St. Louis, MO G 2 Austin Ruder 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Nixa Nixa, MO F 3 Loomis Gerring 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Sr Grandview Vincennes Grandview, MO G 4 Dequon Miller 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Jr Capital Motlow State CC Charleston, WV F 5 Onediah Church 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Springfield Springfield, IL G 11 Jarred Dixon 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Lee's Summit West Kansas City, MO G 20 Ryan Kreklow 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Rock Bridge Columbia, MO G 23 Dorrian Williams 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr Douglass HS Oklahoma City, OK G 24 Shawn Roundtree 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Edwardsville HS Edwardsville, IL F 25 Jordan Martin 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Jr Central John A. Logan College St. Louis, MO F 30 Camyn Boone 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Sr Mountain View HS Mesa CC Seattle, WA G/F 33 Chris Kendrix 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Willard HS Willard, MO C 50 Tyler McCullough 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 246 lb (112 kg) Jr Fayetteville HS Fayetteville, AR	Head coach Paul Lusk (Southern Illinois) Assistant coach(es) Brad Korn (Southern Illinois) Matt Sligh (Covenant College) Corey Gipson (Austin Peay) 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
11/07/2015* 2:05 pm	William Jewell	W 88–62		JQH Arena  Springfield, MO
Non-Conference Regular season
11/13/2015* 7:00 pm	at Oral Roberts	L 65–80	0–1	Mabee Center (3,243) Tulsa, OK
11/19/2015* 1:00 pm, ESPNU	vs. No. 22 Butler Puerto Rico Tip-Off quarterfinals	L 59–93	0–2	Roberto Clemente Coliseum (1,601) San Juan, PR
11/20/2015* 9:30 am, ESPNU	vs. Minnesota Puerto Rico Tip-Off consolation 2nd round	L 69–74	0–3	Roberto Clemente Coliseum (1,814) San Juan, PR
11/22/2015* 11:00 am, ESPN3	vs. Mississippi State Puerto Rico Tip-Off 7th place game	L 70–84	0–4	Roberto Clemente Coliseum  San Juan, PR
11/27/2015* 2:05 pm, ESPN3	Williams Woods	W 77–56	1–4	JQH Arena (2,937) Springfield, MO
12/01/2015* 7:05 pm, ESPN3	Utah State MW–MWC Challenge	L 68–69	1–5	JQH Arena (3,694) Springfield, MO
12/05/2015* 2:30 pm, FSSW	at Oklahoma State	W 64–63	2–5	Gallagher-Iba Arena (4,651) Stillwater, OK
12/10/2015* 7:05 pm, ESPN3	IUPUI	W 88–74	3–5	JQH Arena (4,113) Springfield, MO
12/13/2015* 2:05 pm, ESPN3	Tulsa	L 61–70	3–6	JQH Arena (4,052) Springfield, MO
12/16/2015* 7:05 pm	Oral Roberts	W 85–66	4–6	JQH Arena (4,079) Springfield, MO
12/19/2015* 1:35 pm	at Valparaiso	L 45–74	4–7	Athletics–Recreation Center (3,458) Valparaiso, IN
12/22/2015* 7:05 pm	Southeast Missouri State	L 74–78	4–8	JQH Arena (4,189) Springfield, MO
Missouri Valley Conference regular season
12/30/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3	at Illinois State	L 61–74	4–9 (0–1)	Redbird Arena (5,680) Normal, IL
01/02/2016 3:00 pm, ESPN3	Evansville	L 59–76	4–10 (0–2)	JQH Arena (4,023) Springfield, MO
01/06/2016 7:05 pm, ESPN3	Northern Iowa	W 59–58	5–10 (1–2)	JQH Arena (4,297) Springfield, MO
01/09/2016 3:00 pm, ESPN3	at Loyola–Chicago	W 56–54	6–10 (2–2)	Joseph J. Gentile Arena (1,128) Chicago, IL
01/13/2016 8:00 pm, ESPN3	Wichita State	L 62–78	6–11 (2–3)	JQH Arena (7,684) Springfield, MO
01/16/2016 8:00 pm, ESPN3	at Bradley	W 61–42	7–11 (3–3)	Carver Arena (6,076) Peoria, IL
01/20/2016 7:05 pm, ESPN3	at Drake	W 79–70	8–11 (4–3)	Knapp Center (2,561) Des Moines, IA
01/24/2016 3:00 pm, ESPN3	Southern Illinois	L 65–80	8–12 (4–4)	JQH Arena (4,835) Springfield, MO
01/27/2016 6:00 pm, ESPN3	at Indiana State	L 59–68	8–13 (4–5)	Hulman Center (3,501) Terre Haute, IN
01/30/2016 3:05 pm, ESPN3	Illinois State	W 84–81 OT	9–13 (5–5)	JQH Arena (3,546) Springfield, MO
02/02/2016 7:05 pm, ESPN3	Bradley	W 77–71	10–13 (6–5)	JQH Arena (3,723) Springfield, MO
02/06/2016 11:00 am, ESPN3	at Evansville	L 64–83	10–14 (6–6)	Ford Center  Evansville, IN
02/10/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3	at Northern Iowa	L 69–83	10–15 (6–7)	McLeod Center (5,755) Cedar Falls, IA
02/13/2016 3:05 pm, ESPN3	Indiana State	W 89–85 OT	11–15 (7–7)	JQH Arena (4,400) Springfield, MO
02/18/2016 6:00 pm, CBSSN	at Wichita State	L 68–99	11–16 (7–8)	Charles Koch Arena (10,506) Wichita, KS
02/21/2016 3:00 pm, ESPNU/ESPN3	Loyola–Chicago	L 62–75	11–17 (7–9)	JQH Arena (3,385) Springfield, MO
02/24/2016 7:05 pm, ESPN3	Drake	W 61–52	12–17 (8–9)	JQH Arena  Springfield, MO
02/27/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3	at Southern Illinois	L 68–78	12–18 (8–10)	SIU Arena (6,012) Carbondale, IL
Missouri Valley tournament
03/03/2016 8:30 pm, ESPN3	vs. Drake First round	W 69–67	13–18	Scottrade Center (6,929) St. Louis, MO
03/04/2016 6:00 pm, ESPN3	vs. Evansville Quarterfinals	L 56–66	13–19	Scottrade Center (8,468) St. Louis, MO
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.