The Standard (Springfield, MO)

1 week ago | the-standard.org | Jayden Pettus

Missouri State University football senior Todric McGee passed away at a local hospital early Saturday morning, according to a press release by MSU Athletic Communications. Per the release, McGee sustained injuries at his residence on Friday, but details from the incident remain under investigation by local authorities. "Our football family is in shock and in mourning at the loss of (McGee)," said Bears head coach Ryan Beard in the statement.

1 month ago | the-standard.org | Jayden Pettus

The Missouri State University baseball team was swept by the Wichita State University Shockers in a three-game road series over the weekend. Carrying a three-game winning streak into the weekend, it looked like the Bears’ early-season struggles had gone by the wayside. Unfortunately for the team, the problems they’d faced early on were still prominent factors in the three consecutive losses.

1 month ago | the-standard.org | Jayden Pettus

The Missouri State men’s basketball team fell to the Illinois State University Redbirds 70-54 on Thursday, ending the team’s season having played just one game in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament. The Bears went out ahead early in the first half with a 7-1 offensive run, but two treys and a layup by Redbirds’ sophomore guard Johnny Kinzinger quickly narrowed the gap just six minutes into the first half.

1 month ago | the-standard.org | Jayden Pettus

The Missouri State University baseball team beat the Saint Louis University Billikens 9-7 on Tuesday afternoon to push its current winning streak to three games. Despite the rainy weather in the area, the game started just 30 minutes behind schedule to a very small crowd of 167 at Hammons Field. The majority of the game was completed, but a thunderstorm swept through the area during the bottom of the eighth, leading to the game’s cancellation.

1 month ago | the-standard.org | Jayden Pettus

The Missouri State University baseball team took two of three games against the University of Louisiana Monroe Warhawks in its first home series of the 2025 season. The Bears turned around what could’ve been another disastrous weekend — after losing game one of the series in yet another large late-inning collapse — by finishing strong with two straight wins. “It speaks to the toughness of the team,” first-year head coach Joey Hawkins said of the turnaround.