2014–15 Missouri State Bears basketball team

2014–15 Missouri State Bears men's basketball

Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
2014–15 record	11–20 (5–13 The Valley)
Head coach	Paul Lusk (4th season)
Assistant coach	Jermaine Henderson
Assistant coach	Derrick Tilmon
Assistant coach	Brad Korn
Home arena	JQH Arena

2014–15 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#14 Wichita State	17	–	1	.944	30	–	5	.857
#11 Northern Iowa †	16	–	2	.889	31	–	4	.886
Illinois State	11	–	7	.611	22	–	13	.629
Indiana State	11	–	7	.611	15	–	16	.484
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

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.

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
Chris Kendrix SG	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
Robin Thompson SF	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
Shawn Roundtree PG	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 2014-07-24.

Roster

2014–15 Missouri State Bears men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
3.5 !F	1	Thompson, RobinRobin Thompson	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	221 lb (100 kg)	1.0 !Fr	MICDS	St. Louis, MO
1.5 !G	2	Ruder, AustinAustin Ruder	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	196 lb (89 kg)	2.0 !So	Nixa	Nixa, MO
3.5 !F	3	Gerring, LoomisLoomis Gerring	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Grandview Vincennes	Grandview, MO
2.5 !G/F	10	Mvouika, RonRon Mvouika	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	201 lb (91 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Huntington Prep School Sheridan College	Paris, France
1.5 !G	11	Marshall, MarcusMarcus Marshall	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Johnson Sr. HS	Saint Paul, MN
1.5 !G	12	Maes, CameronCameron Maes	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Glendale HS	Springfield, MO
3.5 !F	20	Thurman, GavinGavin Thurman	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	226 lb (103 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Wichita Heights HS	Wichita, KS
1.5 !G	23	Williams, DorrianDorrian Williams	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	199 lb (90 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Douglass HS	Oklahoma City, OK
1.5 !G	24	Roundtree, ShawnShawn Roundtree	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Edwardsville HS	Edwardsville, IL
3.5 !F	30	Boone, CamynCamyn Boone	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Mountain View HS Mesa CC	Seattle, WA
2.5 !G/F	33	Kendrix, ChrisChris Kendrix	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	183 lb (83 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Willard HS	Willard, MO
3.5 !F	42	Kirk, ChristianChristian Kirk	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	218 lb (99 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Kickapoo HS	Springfield, MO
5.0 !C	50	McCullough, TylerTyler McCullough	83 !6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	246 lb (112 kg)	2.0 !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

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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	Postponed*		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.^[2]

References

↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-07. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
↑ http://www.missouristatebears.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/120714aaa.html

Missouri State Bears basketball
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People	Head coaches
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