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7 days ago
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Bears knocked out of MVC Tournament by Racers
NORMAL, ILL.–The Missouri State Bears ran out of gas and runs at the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament, on Saturday. The team needed to win two games to force a winner-take-all finale, Sunday, but only won its first game, 4-1, against UIC, before getting beat in the championship game Murray State, 10-5. Mo State got down early, as the Racers raced out to a 4-0 lead through the first two innings. But then, freshman Logan Dunn, launched his first career home run to get the maroon and white back in it in the top of the 3rd. The solo shot to right cut the deficit to 4-1. Three innings later, in the top of the 6th, Carter Bergman blasted a 2-run home run to left center. That made it a 6-4 game, but that's where the rallied died. Murray State would rip off four more runs on four hits in the bottom of the 6th, and go on to win, knocking out the Bears and claiming the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament title. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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29-04-2025
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Bradley basketball is re-loading its coaching staff. Meet the three new assistants here
PEORIA — Bradley basketball head coach Brian Wardle re-loaded his coaching staff for the 2025-26 season on Wednesday, bringing in three new members. Allan Hanson comes in from Southern Utah, Bobby Suarez from Portland and Kamrein Street from Western Illinois. They join returning staff members Mike Black (assistant coach) and Pat Althoff (special assistant to the head coach). Advertisement Suarez will serve as assistant coach and have a major role in BU's recruiting. Hanson comes in as an assistant coach and Street is director of basketball operations. The entire staff will spend the offseason defining and adjusting roles. They replace Wardle's two longtime assistants, Jimmie Foster and Mike Bargen, who moved up to jobs with Colorado State and Indiana, respectively. Bradley head coach Brian Wardle directs his defense as they battle Southern Illinois in the first half of their MVC basketball game Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025 at Carver Arena in Peoria. The Braves defeated the Salukis 78-64. "When you have coaches moving up the job ladder and you're bringing in new coaches, it takes some time to get to know everyone," Wardle said. "We'll take the summer to figure it out. I haven't divvied up yet who is going to work with guards, wings and all that. Advertisement "Bobby Suarez will be director of recruiting for our staff. We'll go from there." More: Bradley basketball gets a small forward via transfer portal to boost rebounding, defense Wardle has developed coaches as well as star players in a program that has earned two NCAA Tournament bids with Missouri Valley Conference Tournament championships, gone to the NIT three straight seasons, won an MVC regular-season championship and reached 20 wins six times. The BU head coach has been busy re-loading a roster and a coaching staff at the same time after a 28-9 season. "All of them I had ties to previous relationships with, really close friends and respected colleagues all recommended them highly," Wardle said. "I was looking for some new ideas, new energy, guys who came from different coaching trees. Advertisement "I think that's good for me. After 10 years, I didn't want to be stale, be too comfortable." Meet Bobby Suarez Bradley Braves men's basketball assistant coach and staff recruiting director Bobby Suarez. Bobby Suarez is an assistant coach and Bradley's director of recruiting for the staff. He became associate head coach at University of Portland midway through the 2022-23 season. He was brought into the West Coast Conference program by head coach Shantay Legans as an assistant in April of 2021. He spent the previous four years as an assistant under Legans at Eastern Washington. He played a significant role in Portland's program-turning 19-win season in 2021-22, helping to bring in 13 scholarship players to the program prior to that season. Advertisement Suarez helped develop three Big Sky Conference MVPs in a four-year span at Eastern Washington: Tanner Groves (2021), Mason Peatling (2020) and Bogdan Bliznyuk (2018). He was named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) 30-Under-30 Team in June of 2020, representing the 30 most outstanding men's college basketball coaches under the age of 30. Meet Allan Hanson Bradley Braves men's basketball assistant coach Allan Hanson. Allan Hanson is a Bradley assistant coach. He was an assistant coach at Southern Utah University the last two seasons under head coach Rob Jeter. He joined that Southern Utah staff after a stint as an assistant at Western Illinois, where Jeter was also coaching. Advertisement Hanson played collegiately at Wisconsin-Milwaukee from 2004-08 and was a member of two NCAA Tournament teams, as well as a Sweet 16 squad. He played for Jeter for three seasons at Milwaukee. He was Wisconsin-Milwaukee director of basketball operations in 2015 and was Wisconsin-Milwaukee video coordinator/player development in 2014. Hanson was a head coach at Nicolet High School in Glendale, Wisconsin, where he compiled a 117-37 overall record and led his team to the 2019 WIAA state championship with a team ranked No. 7 in the nation by USA Today. Meet Kamrein Street Bradley Braves men's basketball director of basketball operations Kamrein Street. Kamrein Street takes over as Bradley men's director of basketball operations. Advertisement He held that role at Western Illinois and eventually moved up to a full assistant coaching position with the Leathernecks. He was a graduate assistant at Western Illinois from 2019-2021, and also worked as an academic coordinator for two head coaching regimes there. Street served as an assistant coach at South Suburban College (2018-2019). The Bulldogs finished the season 28-4 and had the longest winning streak in college basketball (21 consecutive wins) as well as two consecutive months of being ranked No. 1 in NJCAA. He played four years of college basketball at Lincoln Christian University (2018), earned a bachelors in business administration, and also holds a Master's in sports management from WIU. Dave Eminian is the Journal Star sports columnist, and covers Bradley men's basketball, the Rivermen and Chiefs. He writes the Cleve In The Eve sports column for He can be reached at 686-3206 or deminian@ Follow him on @icetimecleve. This article originally appeared on Journal Star: Bradley basketball coaching staff: BU adds three new assistant coaches
USA Today
20-04-2025
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- USA Today
Iowa basketball linked to another Missouri Valley Conference standout
Iowa basketball linked to another Missouri Valley Conference standout According to The Portal Report, Iowa basketball is among the group of schools that have been in contact with Southern Illinois transfer guard Kennard Davis Jr. Iowa joins a list of schools that also features Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Arizona State, Virginia Tech, Miami and LSU. Davis has already visited Ohio State and LSU. A 6-foot-6, 215 pound guard, Davis averaged 16.3 points, 4.9 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.3 steals per game while shooting 45.5% from the field and 37.6% from 3-point range. Davis is a player that first-year Iowa head men's basketball coach Ben McCollum knows well. McCollum saw Davis and the Salukis twice last season. Drake won both contests, but Davis poured in 22 points on an 8-for-13 shooting performance in the two teams' first meeting on Feb. 1. Davis knocked down 4-of-6 from beyond the arc in that first meeting. Then, Davis scored 10 points on 3-of-8 shooting in the second meeting between the two squads last season on March 7 in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament. Davis played in 64 games and started 41 over his two seasons with the Salukis. The St. Louis, Mo., native is ranked as a four-star transfer portal prospect per both 247Sports and On3. 247Sports ranks Davis as the nation's No. 54 transfer and as the No. 11 small forward in the transfer portal. Here's a look at Davis' highlights: Contact/Follow us @HawkeyesWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Iowa news, notes and opinions. Follow Josh on X: @JoshOnREF
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03-04-2025
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Fourth former Drake Bulldog commits to Iowa basketball
Isaia Howard announced his commitment to Iowa basketball on Thursday, becoming the fourth former Drake Bulldog to follow head coach Ben McCollum to Iowa City as a new member of the Hawkeyes. Howard arrives with three seasons of eligibility and dons the black and gold after a freshman season at Drake in which he averaged 4.5 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.1 steals per game. The 6-foot-5, 200 pound guard shot 43.5% from the field, including 31.1% from 3-point range. Advertisement Howard played in 30 games and scored in double figures on three occasions, including his career-high 21-point outing against Southern Illinois on March 7 in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament semifinal. A native of Plattsburg, Mo., Howard was ranked as a three-star signee to Drake in the 2024 class per 247Sports. 247Sports ranked Howard as the nation's No. 67 shooting guard and as the No. 10 player from Missouri. Howard joins a Hawkeye roster that features a trio of his former Drake teammates in guards Bennett Stirtz and Kael Combs and in forward Cam Manyawu. Iowa also brings back sophomore forward Cooper Koch, who decided upon a return to Iowa after briefly entering the transfer portal. Koch appeared in 10 games, averaging 4.6 points and 2.1 rebounds per game while shooting 48.4% from the field and 42.9% from 3-point range. Advertisement Stirtz was named the Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year last season after posting averages of 19.2 points, 5.7 assists, and 4.3 rebounds per game while shooting 49.8% from the field and 39.5% from 3-point range. Manyawu averaged 7.1 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.3 steals per game on 57.8% shooting from the field while starting all 35 games for the Bulldogs last season. Lastly, Combs played in 31 games last season at Drake, averaging 3.8 points and 2.0 rebounds per game while shooting 51.1% from the field and 80.0% from the free throw line. Contact/Follow us @HawkeyesWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Iowa news, notes and opinions. Follow Josh on X: @JoshOnREF This article originally appeared on Hawkeyes Wire: Fourth former Drake Bulldog commits to Iowa basketball
USA Today
03-04-2025
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- USA Today
Fourth former Drake Bulldog commits to Iowa basketball
Fourth former Drake Bulldog commits to Iowa basketball Isaia Howard announced his commitment to Iowa basketball on Thursday, becoming the fourth former Drake Bulldog to follow head coach Ben McCollum to Iowa City as a new member of the Hawkeyes. Howard arrives with three seasons of eligibility and dons the black and gold after a freshman season at Drake in which he averaged 4.5 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.1 steals per game. The 6-foot-5, 200 pound guard shot 43.5% from the field, including 31.1% from 3-point range. Howard played in 30 games and scored in double figures on three occasions, including his career-high 21-point outing against Southern Illinois on March 7 in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament semifinal. A native of Plattsburg, Mo., Howard was ranked as a three-star signee to Drake in the 2024 class per 247Sports. 247Sports ranked Howard as the nation's No. 67 shooting guard and as the No. 10 player from Missouri. Howard joins a Hawkeye roster that features a trio of his former Drake teammates in guards Bennett Stirtz and Kael Combs and in forward Cam Manyawu. Iowa also brings back sophomore forward Cooper Koch, who decided upon a return to Iowa after briefly entering the transfer portal. Koch appeared in 10 games, averaging 4.6 points and 2.1 rebounds per game while shooting 48.4% from the field and 42.9% from 3-point range. Stirtz was named the Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year last season after posting averages of 19.2 points, 5.7 assists, and 4.3 rebounds per game while shooting 49.8% from the field and 39.5% from 3-point range. Manyawu averaged 7.1 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.3 steals per game on 57.8% shooting from the field while starting all 35 games for the Bulldogs last season. Lastly, Combs played in 31 games last season at Drake, averaging 3.8 points and 2.0 rebounds per game while shooting 51.1% from the field and 80.0% from the free throw line. Contact/Follow us @HawkeyesWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Iowa news, notes and opinions. Follow Josh on X: @JoshOnREF
