[Dom]

There might not be many Mo State fans out there except for Feeshe and I, but I will still keep some updates on them.

Go Bears!

[Dom]

The girls had there first exhibition game on Saturday playing Southwestern Oklahoma State winning 89-37. The Ladies looked sharp and seemed like they had some range. The Lady Bears started 2 freshman and a sophomore so the core of this group could be playing together for quite a while. The Lady Bears are picked to finish 6th in the conference and with a young team they could be a dark horse to sneak up a few spots.
Lady Bears 89 SW Oklahoma State 37

Scoring
Sr. Tiffany Coppage 18 points
So. Jacque Griggs 16 points
Sr. Maggie Dwyer 15 points
Fr. Casey Garrison 10 points

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As for the guys they have there first Ex. game tonight against Quincy, a D-II team from Indiana. The boys are picked to finish last in the Valley preseason polls, a lot of the reason could be 6 freshman, a new coach, a new gameplan, and less than 35 PPG returning to the team.

[Dom]

Just got back from the guys game, Final Score Missouri State 79 Quincy 44. Our guys looked pretty good, they showed a lot of hustle.
Scoring
Sr. Chris Cooks 21 points
Sr. Wade Knapps 14 points
Fr. Kyle Weems 14 points

[Dom]

got back from the last exhibition game for the boys an hour ago or so. We came away with the win at 103-73. We had them pretty outmatched and they got a lot of lucky shots to fall but our defense needs to get better.
SCORING
Chris Cooks Sr. 28 points 9 rebounds 8 assist
Spencer Laurie Sr. 14 points
Cardell McFarlad Fr. 12 points

The Bears and the Lady Bears open up the season on Friday both on the road.
The Bears will be playing @ Auburn at 7 and the Girls will be playing at South East Missouri State at 7 as well.

[Arrowhead Smoke]

I am excited to see what kind of program Coach Cuonzo gets put together

[Dom]

Same here, he seems to play the freshman a lot and Cardell McFarland is looking pretty good, but his knee could cause him some problems early though.

[Dom]

2 hours away to the start of a new season!!

[Dom]

well the boys and girls both lost tonight, the girls had a chance to tie at the buzzer and missed and the men got outplayed on the road by a SEC team. The men are only playing with 8 kids right now due to injuries to 1/3 of the roster. I will post some stats tomorrow

[Dom]

Like I said I would put in some stats
MEN (60-75 @ Auburn)
03 Cooks,Chris 18 points 5 Rebounds
10 Laurie,Spencer 14 points 6 Rebounds 3 Assist
15 Knapp,Wade 7 points 3 Rebounds
23 McFarland,Cardell 14 points 2 Rebounds
30 Jehle,Ryan 2 points 1 Rebound
31 Hayward-Mayhew,John. 0 points 1 Rebound
34 Weems,Kyle 5 points 3 Rebounds
50 Rhine,Isaiah 0 points 1 Rebound

RED - Senior
BLUE - Junior
GREEN - Sophomore
ORANGE - Freshman

[Dom]

WOMEN (64-67 @ SEMO)
01 Dwyer, Maggie 11 points 6 Rebounds 3 Assist
02 Coppage, Tiffany 12 points 4 Rebounds
05 Garrison, Casey 7 points 9 Rebounds 2 Steals
12 Stiles, Roxy 3 points
21 Malone, Jasmine 5 points 3 Rebounds 5 Steals
23 Roberson, Jaleshia 13 points 1 Rebound
24 Griggs, Jacque 4 points 2 Rebounds
32 Adams, Jamie 0 points 1 Rebound
40 Soldner, Regan 0 points 2 Rebounds
44 Boshe, Lacey 9 points 4 Rebounds

RED- Senior
BLUE- Junior
GREEN-Sophomore
ORANGE- Frosh

[Dom]

The boys had their 2nd game on Monday @ Central Michigan and came away with a 3 point win. The girls had their 2nd game on Wednesday and fell short @ Tulsa, they haven't looked to sharp yet. They are playing a lot of freshamn, both boys and girls. Put some stats up later

[Arrowhead Smoke]

Hey Dom.....Have you taken a tour of or been inside the Q Arena yet? I've wanted to get over there but just haven't gotten the chance yet.

[Dom]

Arrowhead Smoke, on Nov 21 2008, 10:48 AM, said:

Hey Dom.....Have you taken a tour of or been inside the Q Arena yet? I've wanted to get over there but just haven't gotten the chance yet.

Yup have been in there quite a few times. The debut of the "Q" is tomorrow against the Arkansas Razorbacks and I have front row seats in the student section!! As for JQH arena itself... simply amazing, it will be a great arena for years to come. You definately need to go check it out!!

[Dom]

WE WIN!!! Our guys opened up a brand spanking new arena last night to the Arkansas Razorbacks and came away with a 62-57 point win. I have a few pictures from Bearmaniac at Valleytalk.net enjoy!

[Dom]

well an updated record

Men: 2-2
Lady Bears: 1-4

Both have games on Wednesday, the guys at home against Arkansas Little Rock and the girls are at Green Bay

[Dom]

Boys has another game last night and the girls played today. The guys won by 5 over Arkansas State and the girls lost today to Western Kentucky

Lady Bears: (1-6) Next Game: Wednesday vs. Depaul
Bears: (4-2) Next Game: Wednesday @ Tulsa

Notes:
Lady Bers pointguard (Fr.)Casey Garrison scores a career high 33 in today's Western Kentucky loss (77-70)
Men are #25 in early RPI rankings as of today

[Dom]

Lady Bears 1-7
Bears 4-3


Hobbs to leave mens basketball team and go back to St. Louis for "family" reasons. This kid was going to get a lot of playing time down the stretch, this kind of hurts us a little bit

[Dom]

Back from the guy's game and we came away with the win 63-46. A very sloppy first half with score going in 21-11 at half. Both teams picked it up in the 2nd and made it a little more watchable

Bears move to 5-3 on the season

[Dom]

Bears get a big win agianst Evansville tonight in Springfield 65-62. This moves Mo State to 10-13 on the season and 3-9 in conference. They are 2 games back from 5th place as of right now.

Next up is Southern Illinois at 3 on Saturday in Springfield. The game will be on ESPN 2

[Kirbey]

The Bears lost tonight to SIU tonight 64-72. Ugly second half for the bears. SIU sophomore Justin Bocot dropped 28, 18 in the second half.