2018 MVC Tournament Notes & Information Quarterfinals - vs. Southern Illinois March 1-4, 2018 n Scottrade Centern St. Louis, Mo. 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) ........................ 1 35 Springfield, Mo. (Kickapoo High Chiefs) Coach Dick Rippee + Dequon Miller (32) Ronnie Rousseau III G 5-10 163 Sr. 10/14/95 Breakdown by Height Cincinnati, Ohio (Winton Woods High Warriors) Coach Donnie Gillespie 14 7-2 Tanveer Bhullar Darian Scott C 6-11 200 Fr. 1/15/99 6-11 Darian Scott Las Vegas, Nev. (Centennial High Bulldogs) Coach Noah Hartsock 6-9 Alize Johnson 25 6-8 Jared Ridder Reggie Scurry F 6-5 213 Jr. 12/27/96 6-7 Obediah Church, Atlanta, Ga. (North Clayton High Mavericks) Coach Martisse Troup + Abdul-Hakim Fofana 2 6-6 Jarrid Rhodes, Greg Williams Greg Williams G 6-6 180 RFr. 4/1/97 6-5 Reggie Scurry 13 Houston, Texas (Home School) Coach Harry Williams 6-4 Ryan Kreklow, Ross Owens, Jarred Dixon 1 * Number of letters earned at Missouri State Official heights and weights were taken in game shoes (6/15/17) 6-3 J.T. Miller Head Coach: Paul Lusk (Southern Illinois, 1995) 7th year 6-1 James Byrd Associate Head Coach: Corey Gipson (Austin Peay, 2004), 3rd year 6-0 Mustafa Lawrence Assistant Coaches: Matt Sligh (Covenant [Ga.] College, 2005), 3rd year; Keith Pickens (Missouri State, 2013), 2nd year 5-10 Ronnie Rousseau III Director of Basketball Operations: Cody Seidel (Missouri State, 2012), 9th year (3rd year as DOBO) Athletic Trainer: Tyler Landgraf (Iowa State, 2000), 9th yr. Strength Coach: Brice Cox (Culver-Stockton, 2008), 2nd year In-Season Birthdays Oct. 14 Ronnie Rousseau III (22) Roster Notes Oct. 15 Jarrid Rhodes (22) + Transfer Info: Jarrid Rhodes Oct. 22 Ryan Kreklow (21) and Reggie Scurry transferred Nov. 8 Jarred Dixon (21) from Northern Oklahoma Tonka- wa College; Alize Johnson trans- Nov. 14 Coach Paul Lusk (46) ferred from Frank Phillips (Texas) Nov. 21 Mustafa Lawrence (20) College; Ronnie Rousseau III 1 1 1 Nov. 25 James Byrd II (21) transferred from State Fair (Mo.) 2 1 Dec. 27 Reggie Scurry (21) Community College; Abdul-Hakim 4 Jan. 15 Darian Scott (19) Fofana transferred from Dakota 1 Jan. 22 Coach Corey Gipson (37) College; J.T. Miller transferred Feb. 2 Ops. Director Cody Seidel (28) from Hampton University; Tanveer Feb. 22 J.T. Miller (24) Bhullar transferred from New 1 Mexico State University; James 1 Feb. 23 Tanveer Bhullar (23) Byrd transferred from Penn Valley March 17 Obediah Church (21) CC.; Ridder transferred from 1 April 1 Greg Williams (21) Xavier University. International 2 2 Missouri Valley Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament St. Louis, Mo. • March 1-4, 2018 Scottrade Center (Times Central) Thursday, March 1 Friday, March 2 Saturday, March 3 Sunday, March 4 # 1 Loyola (25-5, 15-3) #8 Evansville (17-14, 7-11) Game 3 - 12:00 p.m. MVC TV Network Game 1 - 6:00 p.m. #9 UNI MVC TV Network 60-50 #9 UNI (15-15, 7-11) 2:30 p.m. CBS Sports Network #4 Drake (16-15, 10-8) Game 4 - 2:30 p.m. MVC TV Network #5 Bradley (19-12, 9-9) 1:00 p.m. CBS Sports MVC Champion #2 Southern Illinois (19-12, 11-7) Game 5- 6:00 p.m. #7 Missouri State (17-14, 7-11) MVC TV Network Game 2 - 8:30 p.m #7 Missouri State MVC TV Network 83-79 5:00 p.m. #10 Valparaiso (15-16, 6-12) CBS Sports Network #3 Illinois State (16-14, 10-8) Game 6 - 8:30 p.m. MVC TV Network #6 Indiana State (13-17, 8-10) Press Row: 314-589-5832 3 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 33 MISSOURI STATE VS. SOUTHERN ILLINOIS October Sat. 21 at Kansas State (Exh.) ........................ L 62-78 DATE:DATE: Wednesday, Friday, February Dec. 14,2, 2018 2016 November (6-2) TIPOFF: 7:026:00 p.m. p.m. (Central) (Central) Wed. 1 Southwest Baptist (Exh.) ....................W 83-56 LOCATION:LOCATION: JQH Scottrade Arena (11,000)Center (18,226) Fri. 10 at Western Kentucky ..........................W 85-80 Springfield,St. Louis, MissouriMo. Wed. 15 Southern University (ESPN3^)..........W 86-58 SERIES:SERIES: SeriesSouthern tied, Illinois7-7 leads 47-37 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 81, MSU 80 (ot) (2/14/18) TV: ESPN3 (Ned Reynolds, Kelby Stuckey) Tue. 21 vs. Manhattan# .......................................... W 69-65 TV: FOX Sports Midwest | 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.com KTXR 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) 18-14 (7-11 MVC)19-12 (11-7 MVC) LIVE STATS: ArchMadness.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 Jarrid Rhodes (Sr., Palmetto, Fla.) has posted 10 points or more in 7 of the last 8 games and 10 of the last 12. He has scored 20 or more points three times in the last five games -- the only three 20-point games of his career. Wed. 17 Valparaiso* (ESPN3) .........................W 64-57 He knocked down his 100th career 3-pointer in the win over Valparaiso, making him just the 16th Bear to do so. Sat. 20 at Drake* (FS Midwest) ..................... L 58-61 Tue. 23 at Bradley* (KOZL) ............................. L 52-72 ♦ MSU is coming off 18 offensive rebounds vs. Valpo, the club’s second-highest total of the season (20 vs. Southern U.) Sat. 27 Southern Illinois* (ESPNU)................. L 77-79 ♦ The Bears’ 83 points vs. Valpo on Thursday night marked the second-highest point total by the club ever at Arch Tue. 30 Illinois State* (ESPN3) ....................... L 60-76 Madness (84 vs. Creighton, 3/6/04 quarterfinals). Earlier this year, MSU scored 88 vs. Hampton (12/8/17). February (2-5) ♦ Alize Johnson (Sr., Williamsport, Pa.) broke his own MSU Arch Madness record with 19 caroms on Thursday vs. Sat. 3 at Loyola Chicago* (CBSSN) ............. L 75-97 Valpo. He is 7 rebounds away from tying William Doolittle (1973-74) for No. 3 spot on MSU’s season rebound list (380).