41st Annual Men's & 39th Annual Women's MIAA Basketball Championships History and Records Book 19th Edition Mar. 4-7, 2021 19th Year at Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Mo. This publication and information was compiled by Dennis Slusher and edited by Ryley Egger It is dedicated to the memory of former MIAA Sports Information Director Matt Newbery (1967-2020) 2020 Men's and Women's Tournament Recap Men's Tournament Summary 40th Annual Men's Tournament NW edged MSSU 78-76 to extend its mark Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Mo. First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship for consecutive titles to five. The No. 1-seed Wed., Mar. 4 Thu.-Fri., Mar. 5-6 Sat., Mar. 7 Sun., Mar. 8 Bearcats had no first-half turnovers in taking a 45-33 halftime lead, but MSSU rallied for a 67-all tie with 3:06 to play. Eventual MOP #1 NW (28-1) 75 Trevor Hudgins then tallied NW's next nine #8 UCO (11-17) 69 Game 3 - Mar. 5 #1 NW 80 points to secure the win. Hudgins and Cam Martin had 31 points each to set a title-game Game 1 #9 LU 54 record for most points by opposing players. Other all-stars were Diego Bernard and Ryan #9 LU (10-18) 78 Game 7 #1 NW 78 Hawkins of NW and Elyjah Clark of MSSU. NW earned the top seed for the NCAA Cen- #4 MWSU (17-13) 72 tral Regional, but the event was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Game 5 - Mar. 6 #4 MWSU 54 Men's All-Tournament Team #5 WU (16-12) 70 Diego Bernard, So., G, NW Elyjah Clark, Sr., G, MSSU Game 9 (3:15 p.m.) NW Ryan Hawkins, Jr., F, NW Men's Champion *Trevor Hudgins, So., G, NW (MOP) #2 RSU (23-5) 71 (NCAA Automatic Cam Martin, Jr., F-C, MSSU Bid Recipient) #7 UNK (16-12) 76 Game 4 - Mar. 5 #2 RSU 70 Men's Scoring Leaders 67, Cam Martin, MSSU (3 games) Game 2 (OT) #10 PSU 69 65, Ryan Hawkins, NW (3) 58, Elyjah Clark, MSSU (3) #10 PSU (11-17) 79 Game 8 #3 MSSU 76 58, Trevor Hudgins, NW (3) 44, Diego Bernard, NW (3) #3 MSSU (21-7) 96 42, Winston Dessesow, MSSU (3) Game 6 - Mar. 6 #3 MSSU 76 41, Tyrell Carroll, MWSU (2) 35, Tyus Millhollin, MWSU (2) #6 NSU (18-10) 60 34, Kinzer Lambert, MSSU (3) 32, A.J. Walker, PSU (2) Women's Tournament Summary Won-lost records were entering the tournament. UCM claimed its first crown since 1990 by beating ESU 82-75. The top-seeded Jennies had to overcome a seven-point third-quarter 38th Annual Women's Tournament deficit and a title-game record 37 points by Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Mo. ESU's Mollie Mounsey to pull out the win as First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship Nija Collier (20), Morgan Fleming (19) and Wed., Mar. 4 Thu.-Fri., Mar. 5-6 Sat., Mar. 7 Sun., Mar. 8 Megan Skaggs (19) combined for 58 points. Fleming and Mounsey, who also broke the #1 UCM (24-4) 65 tourney scoring mark, shared MOP honors, while Collier and Skaggs were joined on the #8 WU (17-11) 66 Game 3 - Mar. 5 #1 UCM 59 all-star team by Tre'Zure Jobe of ESU. The Game 1 #8 WU 61 Jennies earned the top seed for the Central Regional, but the NCAA tourney was can- #9 MSSU (10-17) 52 Game 7 #1 UCM 82 celled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Women's All-Tournament Team #4 PSU (17-10) 53 Elisa Backes, So., G-F, UNK Game 5 - Mar. 6 #5 FHSU 48 Nija Collier, Jr., G-F, UCM Morgan Fleming, Sr., G-F, UCM (Co-MOP) #5 FHSU (22-6) 69 Tre’Zure Jobe, Fr.-RS, G, ESU Mollie Mounsey, Sr., W, ESU (Co-MOP) Game 9 (1 p.m.) UCM *Megan Skaggs, Sr., G-F, UCM Women's Champion Women's Scoring Leaders #2 ESU (22-6) 80 (NCAA Automatic Bid Recipient) 87, Mollie Mounsey, ESU (3 games) #7 UCO (18-9) 67 Game 4 - Mar. 5 #2 ESU 61 59, Morgan Fleming, UCM (3) 44, Nija Collier, UCM (3) Game 2 #10 NW 52 43, Tre’Zure Jobe, ESU (3) 41, Megan Skaggs, UCM (3) #10 NW (11-17) 71 Game 8 #2 ESU 75 32, Elisa Backes, UNK (2) 32, Jaelyn Haggard, NW (2) #3 UNK (25-5) 68 30, Morgan Laudan, ESU (3) 27, Hunter Bentley, WU (2), Alexis McAfee, Game 6 - Mar. 6 #3 UNK 52 WU (2) & Shelbe Piggie, WU (2) #6 MWSU (21-7) 62 Total Attendance: 22,710 (9 sessions) *Indicates repeat all-tournament selection. Won-lost records were entering the tournament. Men's Tournament Yearly Championship Summary Year Champion [Seed] Head Coach Score Runner-up [Seed] Site 1981 TSU [4] Willard Sims 81-65 LU [2] Jefferson City, Mo. 1982 UCM [2] Lynn Nance 67-64 SEMSU [1] Cape Girardeau, Mo. 1983 SEMSU [1] Ron Shumate 83-59 UCM [2] Cape Girardeau, Mo. 1984 UCM [1] Lynn Nance 70-65 NW [2] Warrensburg, Mo. 1985 SEMSU [1] Ron Shumate 90-84 UCM [2] Cape Girardeau, Mo. 1986 SEMSU [1] Ron Shumate 84-63 UCM [2] Cape Girardeau, Mo. 1987 SEMSU [4] Ron Shumate 77-74 LU [2] Jefferson City, Mo. 1988 UMSL [2] Rich Meckfessel 81-78 SEMSU [1] Cape Girardeau, Mo. 1989 NW [2] Steve Tappmeyer 82-77 UCM [4] Maryville, Mo. 1990 MWSU [2] Tom Smith 66-63 UCM [4] St. Joseph, Mo. 1991 SBU [1] Jerry Kirksey 68-67 UCM [2] Bolivar, Mo. 1992 WU [1] Bob Chipman 77-62 MWSU [2] Topeka, Kan. 1993 MSSU [3] Robert Corn 80-77 WU [1] Topeka, Kan. 1994 WU [1] Bob Chipman 89-74 SBU [7] Topeka, Kan. 1995 MWSU [1] Tom Smith 66-58 WU [2] St. Joseph, Mo. 1996 UMR [2] Dale Martin 67-65 UCM [4] Rolla, Mo. 1997 WU [1] Bob Chipman 77-63 PSU [2] Topeka, Kan. 1998 MWSU [1] Tom Smith 65-52 NW [2] St. Joseph, Mo. 1999 TSU [3] Jack Schrader 70-68 NW [5] Kirksville, Mo. 2000 MSSU [1] Robert Corn 90-79 NW [3] Joplin, Mo. 2001 WU [1] Bob Chipman 81-74 NW [2] Topeka, Kan. 2002 NW [2] Steve Tappmeyer 71-58 MWSU [1] St. Joseph, Mo. 2003 MWSU [2] Tom Smith 75-65 WU [1] Kansas City, Mo. 2004 NW [3] Steve Tappmeyer 78-71 WU [1] Kansas City, Mo. 2005 UCM [1] Kim Anderson 103-86 MSSU [6] Kansas City, Mo. 2006 SBU [1] Jeff Guiot 78-71 UCM [2] Kansas City, Mo. 2007 UCM [2] Kim Anderson 59-56 PSU [5] Kansas City, Mo. 2008 NW [2] Steve Tappmeyer 57-51 ESU [8] Kansas City, Mo. 2009 UCM [2] Kim Anderson 86-84 (OT) MWSU [8] Kansas City, Mo. 2010 UNO [3] Derrin Hansen 69-67 WU [8] Kansas City, Mo. 2011 FHSU [2] Mark Johnson 89-83 MSSU [1] Kansas City, Mo. 2012 WU [1] Bob Chipman 67-63 PSU [7] Kansas City, Mo. 2013 UCM [2] Kim Anderson 79-76 (OT) NW [5] Kansas City, Mo. 2014 MSSU [3] Robert Corn 84-72 UCO [5] Kansas City, Mo. 2015 PSU [5] Kevin Muff 91-65 MSSU [3] Kansas City, Mo. 2016 NW [1] Ben McCollum 61-53 UNK [2] Kansas City, Mo. 2017 NW [1] Ben McCollum 69-61 UCM [2] Kansas City, Mo. 2018 NW [1] Ben McCollum 80-74 WU [3] Kansas City, Mo. 2019 NW [1] Ben McCollum 82-53 WU [2] Kansas City, Mo. 2020 NW [1] Ben McCollum 78-76 MSSU [3] Kansas City, Mo. Men's Won-Lost Records in Tournament Play School (*former member) Appearances W L Pct. 1st 2nd Central Missouri .................................................................................................................38 36 32 .529 6 9 Central Oklahoma ................................................................................................................7 9 7 .563 0 1 Emporia State .....................................................................................................................20 7 20 .259 0 1 Fort Hays State ...................................................................................................................13 11 12 .478 1 0 Lincoln .................................................................................................................................8 7 8 .467 0 2 Lindenwood* .......................................................................................................................6 1 6 .143 0 0 Missouri-Rolla (now Missouri S&T)* ...............................................................................11 3 10 .231 1 0 Missouri-St. Louis*............................................................................................................10 3 9 .250 1 0 Missouri Southern ..............................................................................................................27 24 24 .500 3 4 Missouri Western ...............................................................................................................26 26 22 .542 4 3 Newman ...............................................................................................................................0 0 0 .000 0 0 Nebraska-Kearney ................................................................................................................6 6 6 .500 0 1 Nebraska-Omaha (now Omaha)* ........................................................................................3 4 2 .667 1 0 Northeastern State ................................................................................................................6 2 6 .250 0 0 Northwest Missouri State ...................................................................................................34 46 25 .648 9 6 Pittsburg State ....................................................................................................................23 21 22 .488 1 3 Rogers State .........................................................................................................................1 1 1 .500 0 0 Southeast Missouri State* ..................................................................................................11 10 7 .588 4 2 Southwest Baptist*.............................................................................................................22 12 20 .375 2 1 Southwest Missouri State (now Missouri State)* ................................................................1 1 1 .500 0 0 Truman State (formerly Northeast Missouri State)* ..........................................................16 9 14 .391 2 0 Washburn ...........................................................................................................................28