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Rick Kindhart 2017-18 Game Notes Director of Athletics Communications Office: (417) 836-4585 Cell: (417) 849-5865 MISSOURI STATE Email: [email protected] 2017-18 BEARS SCHEDULE GAME 28 MISSOURI STATE AT SOUTHERN ILLINOIS October Sat. 21 at Kansas State (Exh.) ........................ L 62-78 DATE:DATE: Wednesday,Wednesday, Dec. Feb. 14, 14, 2016 2018 November (6-2) TIPOFF: 7:027:00 p.m. p.m. (Central) (Central) Wed. 1 Southwest Baptist (Exh.) ....................W 83-56 LOCATION:LOCATION: JQHSIU Arena Arena (11,000) (8,339) Fri. 10 at Western Kentucky ..........................W 85-80 Springfield, Mo. Carbondale, Illinois Wed. 15 Southern University (ESPN3^)..........W 86-58 SERIES:SERIES: SeriesSIU leads tied, 7-746-37 Fri. 17 North Dakota State (ESPN3^) ........... L 54-57 Last Meeting: MSU 85, ORU 66 (12/16/15) Mon. 20 vs. Georgia Southern# ........................ L 73-74 Last Meeting: SIU 79, MSU 77 (1/27/18) TV: ESPN3 (Ned Reynolds, Kelby Stuckey) Tue. 21 vs. Manhattan# .......................................... W 69-65 TV: FOX Sports Midest | MVC TV Network RADIO: KTXR 101.3 FM | MSU Bears Radio Network Wed. 22 vs. FAU# ....................................................W 71-60 (Mitch Holthus, Kevin Lehman) Fri. 24 Evangel (ESPN3^) ............................W 80-48 (Art Hains, Mike Keltner) Missouri State Southern Illinois RADIO: MissouriStateBears.comKTXR 101.3 FM | MSU Bears Radio Network Tue. 28 Colorado State% (ESPN3) ................W 77-67 BEARS SALUKIS LIVESTATS: TICKETS: MissouriStateBears.com(Art Hains, Mike Keltner) | (417) 836-7678 December (6-1) 17-10 (7-7 MVC) 17-10 (9-5 MVC) LIVE STATS: SIUSalukis.com Sat. 2 vs. South Dakota State& (KOZL) ......W 73-53 Mon. 4 at North Dakota State (KOZL) ...........W 71-58 Fri. 8 Hampton (ESPN3^) ..........................W 88-75 FOLLOW THE BEARS Sun. 10 at Oral Roberts (KOZL) ...................... L 66-73 Tue. 19 Wright State (ESPN3^) .....................W 66-50 @MSUBearsHoops MissouriStateBears.com Fri. 22 Loyola Chicago* (FS Midwest) ........W 64-59 /MissouriStBears MVC-Sports.com Sun. 31 at Valparaiso* (KOZL) .......................W 67-50 /MissouriStBears #MSUBears | #MVCHoops January (3-6) Thu. 4 Northern Iowa* (CBSSN) ..................W 62-55 Sun. 7 at Illinois State* (CBSSN) .................. L 68-72 THE TEN COUNT Wed. 10 at Evansville* (KOZL) ......................... L 55-64 ♦ Sun. 14 Indiana State* (KOZL) .......................W 76-73 In Saturday’s win over Evansville, Alize Johnson (Sr., Williamsport, Pa.) became the 34th player in program history -- and just the fifth two-year player -- to eclipse 900 career points. Johnson starts the week ranked 8th nationally in Wed. 17 Valparaiso* (ESPN3) .........................W 64-57 rebounding (11.3), 5th in defensive rebounds (8.22) and 4th in double-doubles (17). Sat. 20 at Drake* (FS Midwest) ..................... L 58-61 Tue. 23 at Bradley* (KOZL) ............................. L 52-72 ♦ Over the last four games, Obediah Church (Jr., Springfield, Ill.) is 14-of-20 (.700) from the field and averaging 8.5 Sat. 27 Southern Illinois* (ESPNU)................. L 77-79 points, 7.0 rebounds and 2.3 blocks. Church, who matched his career high with 13 rebounds in Saturday’s win over Evansville, also eclipsed 500 career rebounds in the victory. Tue. 30 Illinois State* (ESPN3) ....................... L 60-76 (2-1) ♦ In J.T. Miller’s (Sr., Clinton, N.C.) 11 starts this season, the Bears are 9-2 and averaging 74.8 points per game (66.7 February when he does not start). He is averaging 12.3 points per game in his last three starts. Sat. 3 at Loyola Chicago* (CBSSN) ............. L 75-97 ♦ Led by Church’s 22 slams, the Bears have accumulated 59 dunks (2.2 per game) this season. Reggie Scurry (13) Tue. 6 at Indiana State* (FS Midwest) ........W 81-62 and J.T. Miller (11) have helped the Bears post their best dunk total in the last 10 years. Church has 94 career dunks. Sat. 10 Evansville* (ESPN3^) .......................W 72-55 Wed. 14 at Southern Illinois* (FS Midwest) .. 7:00 p.m. ♦ Jarrid Rhodes (Sr., Palmetto, Fla.) has scored in double figures in six of the last seven ball games and averaging Sun. 18 Drake* (ESNPU).............................. 3:00 p.m. 10.3 points per game in that span. Wed. 21 Bradley* (FS Midwest) ................... 7:00 p.m. ♦ Rhodes is just 12 points away from 500 for his career. He would be the sixth player on the 2017-18 MSU roster to Sat. 24 at Northern Iowa* (ESPN3) ............. 1:00 p.m. eclipse 500 career points, joining Miller (1,153), Johnson (908), Dixon (739), Church (580) and Kreklow (539). March (0-0) ♦ Ryan Kreklow (Jr., Columbia, Mo.) is just 1 three-poiner away from landing in the program’s all-time top 10. He has Thu. 1- 111 career 3-pointers and would catch Allen Phillips (1998-2000), Dale Lamberth (2005-08) and Dequon Miller (2015- 17) for the No. 10 position with one more trey. (see p. 36) Sun. 4 MVC Tournament, St. Louis ..................... TBA ♦ Home games played at JQH Arena; * Missouri Valley Conference game (7-7) Mustafa Lawrence (Fr., Newark, N.J.) is averaging 12.0 points over MSU’s last 4 games, including three games @ Gulf Coast Showcase, Estero, Fla. (2-1, 5th); & Sanford Pentago, Sioux Falls, S.D. scoring in double figures. He is also 13-for-24 (.542) from 3-point range in that span. % Mountain West-Missouri Valley Challenge (campus sites) (1-0) ♦ $ State Farm MVC Tournament, Scottrade Center - St. Louis Bears’ head coach Paul Lusk scored 1,610 points as a player at Southern Illinois from 1992-95 and played in three NCAA Tournaments for the Salukis. He also served as an assistant coach at SIU for the 2003-04 season. Other former Saluki players who have recently served at Missouri State include assistant coaches Brad Korn (1999-2004), COACHING STAFF Derrick Tilmon (1997-2000), Kent Williams (1999-2003) and Kyle Smithpeters (2004-06). Current SIU head coach Barry Hinson was 169-117 (.591) in 9 seasons (1999-2008) as head coach of the Bears. Head Coach ......................................................... Paul Lusk Alma Mater ...................................Southern Illinois, 1995 ♦ Jarred Dixon (Jr., Kansas City, Mo.) has scored 12.8 ppg in 5 previous games against the Salukis with 16 assists. Record at Missouri State ............... 105-116 (7th season) Career Record ...............................107-139 (8th season) MAROON FIVE Associate Head Coach .............Corey Gipson (3rd season) Alma Mater ......................................... Austin Peay, 2004 Assistant Coach ..............................Matt Sligh (3rd season) Alma Mater .......................Covenant (Ga.) College, 2012 Assistant Coach ........................Keith Pickens (2nd season) Alma Mater ......................................Missouri State, 2013 Basketball Operations ......................................Cody Seidel Alma Mater .....................................Missouri State, 2012 Strength & Conditioning Coach ............................Brice Cox Athletic Trainer .............................................. Tyler Landgraf 1 23 15 24 5 Mustafa Lawrence J.T. Miller Jarrid Rhodes Alize Johnson Obediah Church G, 6-0, 186, Fr. G, 6-3, 190, Sr. F, 6-6, 185, Sr F, 6-9, 203, Sr F, 6-7, 225, Jr. Newark, N.J. Clinton, N.C. Palmetto, Fla. Williamsport, Pa. Springfield, Ill. G-GS PPG RPG APG 3FG G-GS PPG RPG APG 3FG G-GS PPG RPG APG 3FG G-GS PPG RPG APG 3FG G-GS PPG RPG APG BS 16-3 3.8 0.9 0.5 16 26-11 8.6 3.7 1.3 10 27-27 9.5 4.1 1.4 48 27-27 15.6 11.3 2.5 37 26-25 6.7 5.3 1.1 53 1 2017-18 Alphabetical Roster Pronunciation Guide Tanveer Bhullar.........tan-VEER BOO-larr 1 1 No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Birthdate Obediah Church ............oh-buh-DIE-uh Jarred Dixon ....................JARE-id Tanveer Bhullar C 7-2 278 Sr. 2/23/95 Abdul Fofana . .foe-FAWN-uh 34 Etobicoke, Ontario (Fr. Henry Carr Secondary Crusaders) Coach Rob Fulford + Alize Johnson .................AL-luh-zay Ryan Kreklow ................CRECK-low James Byrd G 6-1 185 Jr. 11/25/96 Jarrid Rhodes ...................JARE-id 3 Kansas City, Mo. (Park Hill South Panthers) Coach Dan Parra + Ronnie Rousseau III.............. ROO-so Obediah Church** F 6-7 225 Jr. 3/17/97 Coach Matt Sligh . SLY 5 Springfield, Ill. (Springfield High Senators) Coach Matt Reed Squad Breakdown Jarred Dixon** G 6-4 171 Jr. 11/8/96 11 Kansas City, Mo. (Lee’s Summit West High Titans) Coach Michael Schieber Total Squad Members ................................ 16 Seniors ........................................................ 5 Abdul Fofana F 6-7 207 So. 7/11/96 Alize Johnson, Jarrid Rhodes, 0 Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso (St. Exupery French Secondary School) + Ronnie Rousseau III, J.T. Miller, Tanveer Bhullar Juniors ......................................................... 5 Alize Johnson* F 6-9 203 Sr. 4/22/96 Obediah Church, Jarred Dixon, Ryan Kreklow, 24 Williamsport, Pa. (St. John Neumann High Golden Knights) Coach Pete Petcavage+ Reggie Scurry, James Byrd Sophomores ................................................. 2 G 6-4 186 Jr. 10/22/96 Ryan Kreklow** Ross Owens, Abdul-Hakim Fofana 20 Columbia, Mo. (Rock Bridge High Bruins) Coach Jim Scanlon Freshmen ..................................................... 4 Mustafa Lawrence G 6-0 186 Fr. 11/21/96 Greg Williams, Mustafa Lawrence, Jared Ridder, Darian Scott Newark, N.J. (Essex County Vocational High Terriers) Coach Joe Jordan 1 Returning Lettermen .................................... 5 J.T. Miller G 6-3 190 Sr. 2/22/94 Alize Johnson, Jarrid Rhodes, Obediah Church, 23 Clinton, N.C. (Mt. Zion Academy Warriors) Coach Tony Barnett + Jarred Dixon, Ryan Kreklow Lettermen Not returning .............................. 6 Ross Owens G 6-4 191 So. 6/22/98 Dequon Miller, Jordan Martin, Tyler McCullough, 21 Woodlawn, Ill. (Woodlawn High Cardinals) Coach Shane Witzel Chris Kendrix, Austin Ruder, Robin Thompson Returning Starters (GS) ............................... 4 F 6-6 185 Sr. 10/15/95 Jarrid Rhodes* Alize Johnson (33), Jarrid Rhodes (27), 15 Palmetto, Fla. (Palmetto High Tigers) Coach Reggie Bellamy + Obediah Church (26), Ronnie Rousseau III (14) Jared Ridder F 6-8 215 Fr. 8/31/98 Starters Not Returning (GS) .......................