2024–25 Missouri State Bears basketball team

2024–25 Missouri State Bears basketball
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Record	7–14 (0–10 MVC)
Head coach	Cuonzo Martin (1st in current stint, 4th overall season)
Assistant coaches	Tarrance Crump Dr. Carson Cunningham Marco Harris Steve Woodberry
Home arena	Great Southern Bank Arena

2024–25 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Bradley	9	–	1		.900			18	–	3		.857
Drake	8	–	2		.800			18	–	2		.900
Belmont	7	–	3		.700			15	–	6		.714
Northern Iowa	7	–	3		.700			13	–	8		.619
UIC	6	–	4		.600			13	–	7		.650
Murray State	5	–	5		.500			11	–	10		.524
Illinois State	4	–	6		.400			12	–	9		.571
Southern Illinois	4	–	6		.400			9	–	12		.429
Evansville	4	–	6		.400			7	–	14		.333
Valparaiso	3	–	7		.300			10	–	11		.476
Indiana State	3	–	7		.300			9	–	12		.429
Missouri State	0	–	10		.000			7	–	14		.333
† 2025 MVC tournament winner As of January 25, 2025

The 2024–25 Missouri State Bears basketball team represents Missouri State University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears, led by head coach Cuonzo Martin in his first season in his second stint, and his fourth overall, play their home games at the Great Southern Bank Arena located in Springfield, Missouri as members of the Missouri Valley Conference.

Previous season

The Bears finished the 2023–24 season 17–16, 8–12 in MVC play to finish in ninth place.[1] They defeated Murray State,[2] before falling to top-seeded Indiana State in the quarterfinals of the MVC tournament.[3]

On March 10, 2024, the school announced that they would be firing head coach Dana Ford, ending his six-year tenure with the team.[4] On March 27, the school announced that former Missouri head coach Cuonzo Martin would be returning as head coach, having held the position from 2008 to 2011.[5]

Roster

2024–25 Missouri State Bears men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Mozae Downing-Rivers 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr Barton CC Lawrence, Kansas G 1 Vincent Brady II 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr IU Indy Indianapolis, Indiana G 2 Dez White 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So Austin Peay Jefferson City, Missouri G 3 Makhai Valentine 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Steel Valley HS Munhall, Pennsylvania G 5 Tommy Pinegar 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) So Greenwood Laboratory School Springfield, Missouri G 6 Logan Epes 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr Midwestern State Garland, Texas F 7 Jurrell Baldwin 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Hyde Park Academy HS Chicago, Illinois F 8 Sam Murray II 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Murray State Gulfport, Mississippi F 9 Wesley Oba 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Sr Delaware State Manchester, England G 10 Iago Stanback 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Palmetto Ridge HS Naples, Florida G 11 Chase Martin 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr Purdue Columbia, Missouri G 12 Jalen Hampton 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr South Plains College St. Louis, Missouri G 13 Zaxton King 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Lawrence HS Lawrence, Kansas G 20 C.J. Gaines 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 155 lb (70 kg) Fr Calvary Day School Savannah, Georgia G 21 Nick Kramer 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Saint Louis St. Louis, Missouri F 23 Michael Osei-Bonsu 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 280 lb (127 kg) Jr Vincennes Bolingbrook, Illinois F 24 Allen Udemadu 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Sr Morgan State Lagos, Nigeria	Head coach Cuonzo Martin (Purdue) Assistant coach(es) Tarrance Crump (Purdue) Dr. Carson Cunningham (Purdue) Marco Harris (Southwestern Oklahoma State) Steve Woodberry (Kansas) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: November 22, 2024

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition Season
October 29, 2024* 7:00 pm		Southwest Baptist	W 72–65	–	Great Southern Bank Arena (2,483) Springfield, MO
Regular Season
November 4, 2024* 5:45 pm, FS1		at Butler	L 65–72	0–1	Hinkle Fieldhouse (7,887) Indianapolis, IN
November 11, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Missouri Southern	W 90–61	1–1	Great Southern Bank Arena (2,189) Springfield, MO
November 16, 2024* 1:00 pm, ESPN+		Tulsa	W 111–106 ^3OT	2–1	Great Southern Bank Arena (2,364) Springfield, MO
November 19, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		UT Arlington	W 78–68	3–1	Great Southern Bank Arena (2,178) Springfield, MO
November 24, 2024* 4:00 pm, FloHoops		vs. High Point Cayman Islands Classic Quarterfinal	W 71–61	4–1	John Gray Gymnasium  George Town, Cayman Islands
November 25, 2024* 6:30 pm, FloHoops		vs. Boston College Cayman Islands Classic Semifinal	L 74–76 ^OT	4–2	John Gray Gymnasium (915) George Town, Cayman Islands
November 26, 2024* 4:00 pm, FloHoops		vs. South Dakota State Cayman Islands Classic Third Place	L 55–75	4–3	John Gray Gymnasium (920) George Town, Cayman Islands
December 1, 2024* 3:00 pm, Summit League Network		at Oral Roberts	W 72–67	5–3	Mabee Center (3,368) Tulsa, OK
December 7, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Indiana State	L 77–80	5–4 (0–1)	Great Southern Bank Arena (2,357) Springfield, MO
December 14, 2024* 4:00 pm, ESPN+		at Washington State	L 78–91	5–5	Beasley Coliseum (3,304) Pullman, WA
December 18, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Lincoln (MO)	W 61–49	6–5	Great Southern Bank Arena (1,324) Springfield, MO
December 22, 2024* 1:00 pm, ESPN+		UC Santa Barbara	W 68–56	7–5	Great Southern Bank Arena (1,762) Springfield, MO
December 29, 2024 3:00 pm, ESPN+		at Evansville	L 40–57	7–6 (0–2)	Ford Center (5,128) Evansville, IN
January 1, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Valparaiso	L 72–73	7–7 (0–3)	Great Southern Bank Arena (2,013) Springfield, MO
January 4, 2025 7:00 pm, CBSSN		at Bradley	L 60–69	7–8 (0–4)	Carver Arena (5,816) Peoria, IL
January 7, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+		UIC	L 63–80	7–9 (0–5)	Great Southern Bank Arena (1,406) Springfield, MO
January 11, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Southern Illinois	L 78–88 ^OT	7–10 (0–6)	Banterra Center (4,312) Carbondale, IL
January 15, 2025 6:00 pm, MVC TV Network		Southern Illinois	L 51–73	7–11 (0–7)	Great Southern Bank Arena (3,026) Springfield, MO
January 18, 2025 4:00 pm, ESPN+		at Illinois State	L 68–74	7–12 (0–8)	CEFCU Arena (4,588) Normal, IL
January 21, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Northern Iowa	L 68–79	7–13 (0–9)	McLeod Center (3,491) Cedar Falls, IA
January 25, 2025 3:00 pm, ESPN+		Drake	L 62–69 ^OT	7–14 (0–10)	Great Southern Bank Arena (3,210) Springfield, MO
January 29, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Indiana State			Hulman Center  Terre Haute, IN
February 1, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Murray State			Great Southern Bank Arena  Springfield, MO
February 5, 2025 6:00 pm, MVC TV Network		Northern Iowa			Great Southern Bank Arena  Springfield, MO
February 8, 2025 4:00 pm, ESPN+		at Belmont			Curb Event Center  Nashville, TN
February 12, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Evansville			Great Southern Bank Arena  Springfield, MO
February 16, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at UIC			Credit Union 1 Arena  Chicago, IL
February 19, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Valparaiso			Athletics–Recreation Center  Valparaiso, IN
February 22, 2025  ESPN+		Illinois State			Great Southern Bank Arena  Springfield, MO
February 26, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Belmont			Great Southern Bank Arena  Springfield, MO
March 2, 2025  ESPN+		at Drake			The Knapp Center  Des Moines, IA
Conference Tournament
March 6–9, 2025  MVC TV Network/ CBSSN/CBS		vs.			Enterprise Center  St. Louis, MO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central.

Sources:[6][7]

References

1. "2023-24 Men's Basketball Standings". Missouri Valley Conference. Retrieved November 22, 2024.
2. "Missouri State defeats Murray State in Missouri Valley Conference Tournament 60-35". CBS Sports. Retrieved November 22, 2024.
3. "Game recap: Indiana State moves on in Arch Madness with a win over Missouri State". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved November 22, 2024.
4. "Missouri State fires men's basketball head coach Dana Ford". Springfield Daily Citizen. Retrieved November 22, 2024.
5. "Missouri State brings back Cuonzo Martin to lead its basketball program". Spectrum News St. Louis. Retrieved November 22, 2024.
6. "2024-25 Men's Basketball Schedule". Missouri State. Retrieved November 22, 2024.
7. "Missouri State Bears 2024-25 Regular Season NCAAM Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved November 22, 2024.