2025–26 Missouri State Bears basketball team

2025–26 Missouri State Bears basketball
2025–26 Missouri State Bears basketball
Conference	Conference USA
Record	13–10 (7–5 C-USA)
Head coach	Cuonzo Martin (2nd in current stint, 5th overall season);
Assistant coaches	Tarrance Crump; Dr. Carson Cunningham; Marco Harris; Steve Woodberry;
Home arena	Great Southern Bank Arena

2025–26 Conference USA men's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Liberty	14	–	0	1.000	22	–	3	.880
Sam Houston	9	–	5	.643	17	–	8	.680
Jacksonville State	8	–	6	.571	13	–	12	.520
Louisiana Tech	7	–	7	.500	14	–	11	.560
Western Kentucky	7	–	7	.500	14	–	11	.560
Missouri State	7	–	7	.500	13	–	12	.520
Kennesaw State	6	–	8	.429	14	–	11	.560
Middle Tennessee	6	–	8	.429	12	–	13	.480
UTEP	6	–	9	.400	10	–	16	.385
FIU	5	–	9	.357	12	–	13	.480
Delaware	5	–	9	.357	9	–	16	.360
New Mexico State	5	–	10	.333	12	–	13	.480

† 2026 CUSA tournament winner As of February 14, 2026

The 2025–26 Missouri State Bears basketball team represents Missouri State University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears, led by head coach Cuonzo Martin in his second season in his second stint, and his fifth overall, play their home games at the Great Southern Bank Arena located in Springfield, Missouri as members of Conference USA.^[1]

Previous season

The Bears finished the 2024–25 season 9–23, 2–18 in MVC play to finish in last place.^[2] They lost to Illinois State in the opening round of the MVC tournament.^[3]

Roster

2024–25 Missouri State Bears men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Kobi Williams	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jr	Truman State	St. Louis, Missouri
G	1	Trey Williams Jr.	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Vashon HS	Centralia, Illinois
G	2	Tyrique Brooks	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	So	Missouri Southern	Springfield, Missouri
F	3	Collin Clark	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Fr	Greenwood Laboratory School	Springfield, Missouri
G/F	4	Antwan Burnett	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Sr	Grambling State	Montgomery, Alabama
G	5	Melakih Cunningham	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	196 lb (89 kg)	Fr	Moravian Prep (NC)	Gary, Indiana
G	6	Logan Epes	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Sr	Midwestern State	Garland, Texas
G/F	7	Amar Kuljuhovic	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Sr	North Dakota	Waterloo, Iowa
F	10	Darrion Sutton	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	So	Georgia Tech	St. Charles, Missouri
F	11	Keith Palek III	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Sr	California (PA)	Woodbine, New Jersey
G	13	Zaxton King	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	So	Lawrence HS	Lawrence, Kansas
F	20	Cameron Boone	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Jr	John A. Logan College	East St. Louis, Illinois
F	23	Michael Osei-Bonsu	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	280 lb (127 kg)	Sr	Vincennes	Bolingbrook, Illinois
G	31	Ryder Cheesman	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	177 lb (80 kg)	Fr	Camberwell Grammar School	Melbourne, Australia

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: October 1, 2025

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition Season
October 31, 2025* 6:00 p.m.	Maryville	W 92–67		Great Southern Bank Arena (1,184) Springfield, MO
Regular Season
November 4, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Missouri Southern	W 88–70	1–0	Great Southern Bank Arena (1,929) Springfield, MO
November 8, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Northwestern Oklahoma State	W 106–57	2–0	Great Southern Bank Arena (1,803) Springfield, MO
November 11, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Arkansas State	L 85–86	2–1	Great Southern Bank Arena (2,201) Springfield, MO
November 15, 2025* 5:00 p.m., ESPN+	at UT Arlington	L 49–67	2–2	College Park Center (2,934) Arlington, TX
November 22, 2025* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+	UT Rio Grande Valley Illinois Showcase	W 74–67	3–2	Great Southern Bank Arena (1,574) Springfield, MO
November 24, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	LIU Illinois Showcase	L 61–75	3–3	Great Southern Bank Arena (1,601) Springfield, MO
November 30, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Northeastern State	W 92−71	4−3	Great Southern Bank Arena (1,709) Springfield, MO
December 6, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Tulsa	L 74−98	4−4	Reynolds Center (2,979) Tulsa, OK
December 12, 2025 6:00 p.m., TruTV	at Xavier	L 57–75	4–5	Cintas Center (9,112) Cincinnati, OH
December 16, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Oral Roberts	W 63–62	5–5	Great Southern Bank Arena (1,581) Springfield, MO
December 23, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Lindenwood	W 70–65	6–5	Great Southern Bank Arena (1,286) Springfield, MO
C-USA regular season
December 29, 2025 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Delaware	W 61–43	7–5 (1–0)	Bob Carpenter Center (1,818) Newark, DE
January 2, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	UTEP	W 79–55	8–5 (2–0)	Great Southern Bank Arena (1,846) Springfield, MO
January 4, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	New Mexico State	W 89–82	9–5 (3–0)	Great Southern Bank Arena (2,075) Springfield, MO
January 7, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Kennesaw State	L 80–90	9–6 (3–1)	Convocation Center (1,235) Kennesaw, GA
January 10, 2026 4:00 p.m., ESPN+	FIU	W 79–71	10–6 (4–1)	Great Southern Bank Arena (2,210) Springfield, MO
January 14, 2026 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	at Western Kentucky	L 72–87	10–7 (4–2)	E. A. Diddle Arena (2,745) Bowling Green, KY
January 17, 2026 5:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Middle Tennessee	L 87-90	10-8 (4-3)	Murphy Center (4,482) Murfreesboro, TN
January 22, 2026 8:00 p.m., CBSSN	at New Mexico State	W 84-75	11-8 (5-3)	Pan American Center (5,664) Las Cruces, NM
January 24, 2026 3:00 p.m., ESPN+	at UTEP	W 62-57	12-8 (6-3)	Don Haskins Center (3,788) El Paso, TX
January 28, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Sam Houston	L 71-80	12-9 (6-4)	Great Southern Bank Arena (2,316) Springfield, MO
January 31, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Jacksonville State	W 74-67	13-9 (7-4)	Great Southern Bank Arena (2,634) Springfield, MO
February 7, 2026 1:00 p.m., CBSSN	at Liberty	L 76-79	13–10 (7–5)	Liberty Arena (3,991) Lynchburg, VA
February 12, 2026 7:30 p.m., CBSSN	Louisiana Tech			Great Southern Bank Arena Springfield, MO
February 14, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Delaware			Great Southern Bank Arena Springfield, MO
February 18, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Kennesaw State			Great Southern Bank Arena Springfield, MO
February 21, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at FIU			Ocean Bank Convocation Center Miami, FL
February 26, 2026 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	at Louisiana Tech			Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA
February 28, 2026 4:30 p.m., ESPN+	at Sam Houston			Bernard Johnson Coliseum Huntsville, TX
March 5, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Western Kentucky			Great Southern Bank Arena Springfield, MO
March 7, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Middle Tennessee			Great Southern Bank Arena Springfield, MO
C-USA Tournament
March 10–14, 2026 TBA, ESPN+/CBSSN	vs. TBA			Propst Arena Huntsville, AL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central.

Sources:^[4]^[5]

References

^ "Missouri State Officially Begins CUSA Era!". MissouriStateBears.com. July 1, 2025. Retrieved October 1, 2025.
^ "2024-25 Men's Basketball Standings". Missouri Valley Conference. Retrieved October 1, 2025.
^ Skrive, Data (March 6, 2025). "Illinois State defeats Missouri State 70-54 in Missouri Valley Conference Tournament". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 1, 2025.
^ "2025-26 Men's Basketball Schedule". Missouri State. Retrieved October 1, 2025.
^ "Missouri State Bears 2025-26 Regular Season NCAAM Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved October 1, 2025.

[1] "Missouri State Officially Begins CUSA Era!". MissouriStateBears.com. July 1, 2025. Retrieved October 1, 2025.

[2] "2024-25 Men's Basketball Standings". Missouri Valley Conference. Retrieved October 1, 2025.

[3] Skrive, Data (March 6, 2025). "Illinois State defeats Missouri State 70-54 in Missouri Valley Conference Tournament". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 1, 2025.

[4] "2025-26 Men's Basketball Schedule". Missouri State. Retrieved October 1, 2025.

[5] "Missouri State Bears 2025-26 Regular Season NCAAM Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved October 1, 2025.

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