2015–16 Missouri State Bears basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball none 2015–16 Missouri State Bears Missouri State Athletics wordmark.svg 200 Missouri Valley Conference MVC 13–19 8–10 Paul Lusk 5th Brad Korn Matt Sligh Corey Gipson JQH Arena 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. 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 teamFreshman walk-on leaving MSU basketball team http://www.news-leader.com/story/sports/college/msu/2014/12/18/freshman-walk-leaving-msu-basketball-team/20612605/ Springfield News Leader December 18, 2014 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 no no 2015 Jarred Dixon PG Lee's Summit, MO Lee's Summit West High School 6 3 170 August 2, 2014 NA NA NR Obediah Church SF Springfield, IL Springfield High School 6 8 200 September 15, 2014 NA 3 NR Ryan Kreklow SG Columbia, MO Rock Bridge High School 6 3 185 October 15, 2014 NA NA NR 2015 2015 Missouri State Signees 2015 Missouri State Signees 2015 Missouri State Signees 2015-05-01 yes Roster 2015 Missouri State Bears y yes Robin Thompson 1 F 6 6 220 FR y St. Louis, MO MICDS Austin Ruder 2 G 6 3 190 JR Nixa, MO Nixa Loomis Gerring 3 F 6 5 205 SR Grandview, MO GrandviewVincennes Dequon Miller 4 G 5 10 175 JR Charleston, WV CapitalMotlow State CC Onediah Church 5 F 6 8 200 FR Springfield, IL Springfield Jarred Dixon 11 G 6 3 200 FR Kansas City, MO Lee's Summit West Ryan Kreklow 20 G 6 3 185 FR Columbia, MO Rock Bridge Dorrian Williams 23 G 6 3 190 SR Oklahoma City, OK Douglass HS Shawn Roundtree 24 G 6 0 185 SO Edwardsville, IL Edwardsville HS Jordan Martin 25 F 6 8 240 JR St. Louis, MO CentralJohn A. Logan College Camyn Boone 30 F 6 6 240 SR Seattle, WA Mountain View HSMesa CC Chris Kendrix 33 G/F 6 5 185 SO Willard, MO Willard HS Tyler McCullough 50 C 6 11 246 JR Fayetteville, AR Fayetteville HS Paul Lusk (Southern Illinois) Brad Korn (Southern Illinois) Matt Sligh (Covenant College) Corey Gipson (Austin Peay) https://web.archive.org/web/20120124105539/http://www.missouristatebears.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/mosu-m-baskbl-mtt.html Schedule http://www.missouristatebears.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/mosu-m-baskbl-sched.html Missouri State University Official Athletic Site - Men's Basketball 2012-02-16 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120207211220/http://www.missouristatebears.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/mosu-m-baskbl-sched.html 2012-02-07 no 2015-16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2014 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#800000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Exhibition 11/07/2015 2:05 pm yes no William Jewell JQH Arena Springfield, MO   88–62 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#800000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Non-conference regular season 11/13/2015 7:00 pm yes yes no Oral Roberts Mabee Center Tulsa, OK 3,243 65–80 0–1 11/19/2015 1:00 pm yes yes no Butler 22 Roberto Clemente Coliseum San Juan, PR Puerto Rico Tip-Off quarterfinals 1,601 ESPNU 59–93 0–2 11/20/2015 9:30 am yes yes no Minnesota Roberto Clemente Coliseum San Juan, PR Puerto Rico Tip-Off consolation 2nd round 1,814 ESPNU 69–74 0–3 11/22/2015 11:00 am yes yes no Mississippi State Roberto Clemente Coliseum San Juan, PR Puerto Rico Tip-Off 7th place game   ESPN3 70–84 0–4 11/27/2015 2:05 pm yes no Williams Woods JQH Arena Springfield, MO 2,937 ESPN3 77–56 1–4 12/01/2015 7:05 pm yes no Utah State JQH Arena Springfield, MO MW–MWC Challenge 3,694 ESPN3 68–69 1–5 12/05/2015 2:30 pm yes yes no Oklahoma State Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK 4,651 FSSW 64–63 2–5 12/10/2015 7:05 pm yes no IUPUI JQH Arena Springfield, MO 4,113 ESPN3 88–74 3–5 12/13/2015 2:05 pm yes no Tulsa JQH Arena Springfield, MO 4,052 ESPN3 61–70 3–6 12/16/2015 7:05 pm yes no Oral Roberts JQH Arena Springfield, MO 4,079 85–66 4–6 12/19/2015 1:35 pm yes yes no Valparaiso Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN 3,458 45–74 4–7 12/22/2015 7:05 pm yes no Southeast Missouri State JQH Arena Springfield, MO 4,189 74–78 4–8 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#800000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Missouri Valley Conference regular season 12/30/2015 7:00 pm yes no Illinois State Redbird Arena Normal, IL 5,680 ESPN3 61–74 4–9 0–1 01/02/2016 3:00 pm no Evansville JQH Arena Springfield, MO 4,023 ESPN3 59–76 4–10 0–2 01/06/2016 7:05 pm no Northern Iowa JQH Arena Springfield, MO 4,297 ESPN3 59–58 5–10 1–2 01/09/2016 3:00 pm yes no Loyola–Chicago Joseph J. Gentile Arena Chicago, IL 1,128 ESPN3 56–54 6–10 2–2 01/13/2016 8:00 pm no Wichita State JQH Arena Springfield, MO 7,684 ESPN3 62–78 6–11 2–3 01/16/2016 8:00 pm yes no Bradley Carver Arena Peoria, IL 6,076 ESPN3 61–42 7–11 3–3 01/20/2016 7:05 pm yes no Drake Knapp Center Des Moines, IA 2,561 ESPN3 79–70 8–11 4–3 01/24/2016 3:00 pm no Southern Illinois JQH Arena Springfield, MO 4,835 ESPN3 65–80 8–12 4–4 01/27/2016 6:00 pm yes no Indiana State Hulman Center Terre Haute, IN 3,501 ESPN3 59–68 8–13 4–5 01/30/2016 3:05 pm no Illinois State JQH Arena Springfield, MO 3,546 ESPN3 84–81 OT 9–13 5–5 02/02/2016 7:05 pm no Bradley JQH Arena Springfield, MO 3,723 ESPN3 77–71 10–13 6–5 02/06/2016 11:00 am yes no Evansville Ford Center Evansville, IN   ESPN3 64–83 10–14 6–6 02/10/2016 7:00 pm yes no Northern Iowa McLeod Center Cedar Falls, IA 5,755 ESPN3 69–83 10–15 6–7 02/13/2016 3:05 pm no Indiana State JQH Arena Springfield, MO 4,400 ESPN3 89–85 OT 11–15 7–7 02/18/2016 6:00 pm yes no Wichita State Charles Koch Arena Wichita, KS 10,506 CBSSN 68–99 11–16 7–8 02/21/2016 3:00 pm no Loyola–Chicago JQH Arena Springfield, MO 3,385 ESPNU/ESPN3 62–75 11–17 7–9 02/24/2016 7:05 pm no Drake JQH Arena Springfield, MO   ESPN3 61–52 12–17 8–9 02/27/2016 7:00 pm yes no Southern Illinois SIU Arena Carbondale, IL 6,012 ESPN3 68–78 12–18 8–10 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#800000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Missouri Valley tournament 03/03/2016 8:30 pm yes no Drake Scottrade Center St. Louis, MO First round 6,929 ESPN3 69–67 13–18 03/04/2016 6:00 pm yes no Evansville Scottrade Center St. Louis, MO Quarterfinals 8,468 ESPN3 56–66 13–19 AP Poll Central Time References Category:Missouri State Bears basketball seasons Missouri State