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By: Ben Adamson ATLANTA – The Women’s Basketball Coaches Association announced Wednesday the finalists and winner of the 2021 United States Marine Corps/WBCA NCAA Division I National Coach of the Year award, with Missouri State’s Amaka Agugua-Hamilton one of 10 head coaches to make the list. Agugua-Hamilton, the 2020 and 2021 Missouri …

By: Ed Beach SPRINGFIELD, Mo.— Drury Lady Panthers junior Paige Robinson was named the NCAA-II Player of the Year by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association. It marks the third year in a row a Drury player has been named to the honor after Hailey Distelkamp earned the national Player of …

By: Ed Beach SPRINGFIELD, Mo.— Drury University head coach Amy Eagan has been named the 2021 United States Marine Corps/WBCA NCAA Division II National Coach of the Year, the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association announced Tuesday morning. Eagan completed her first season as head coach of the Lady Panthers and led …

By: Ben Adamson Box Score I Season Stats STILLWATER, Okla. – Missouri State used a six-run seventh inning Tuesday to erase an 8-3 deficit on the way to an 11-8 victory over 18th-ranked Oklahoma State at O’Brate Stadium.The Bears (7-8) scored three times in the first on a solo home run from Ben Whetstone and …

By: Ed Beach SPRINGFIELD, Mo.— Chris Foster has been named as the next head coach of the Drury University men’s basketball program by Vice President and Director of Athletics, Corey Bray. Bray made the announcement on Tuesday, two weeks after the previous head coach, Steve Hesser, announced his retirement after …

By: Ben Adamson Final Stats I Season Stats SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Jasmine Franklin scored 17 points and grabbed a Missouri State NCAA Tournament-record 18 rebounds, Brice Calip tallied a game-high 18 points, and the fifth-seeded Lady Bears dominated the final 17 minutes Monday evening for a 70-51 victory over 12th-seeded UC Davis in NCAA Alamo Region …

By: Ed Beach SPRINGFIELD, Mo.— Drury guard Conley Garrison has been named a First Team All-Midwest District performer by the National Association of Basketball Coaches. It marks the second year in a row Garrison has landed a spot on the All-District squad. The Midwest District is comprised of teams in …

By: Ed Beach SPRINGFIELD, Mo.— The Drury Lady Panthers are seeded third in the NCAA-II Elite Eight as the women’s basketball championship committee announced the seeds and updated the national bracket on Tuesday. Drury will face sixth-seeded Charleston (W. Va.) on Tue., March 23, at 11 am (Central) at the Greater …

The madness in March has officially kicked off. But for some of us, the madness began earlier this week. Tuesday night, the 16th, the Northwest Missouri State men’s basketball team played in the Central Regional Championship and defeated the second-ranked team in the country, the Northern State Wolves, 91-86 in …

By: Ben Adamson No. 5 Missouri state lady bears (21-2) at NCAA first & second rounds First RoundMonday, March 22 vs. No. 12 UC Davis, 6:30 p.m.Second RoundWednesday, March 24 vs.No. 4 Arkansas/No. 13 Wright State, TBDLocation1st round – San Antonio, Texas2nd round – TBDSite1st round – Bill Greehey Arena2nd …