Dec. 7, 2015

For Immediate Release

Dec. 7, 2015

ST. LOUIS - Missouri State junior Dequon Miller (G, Charleston, W.Va.) has been named Newcomer of the Week by the Missouri Valley Conference, the league announced today, after he scored a career-high 21 points to help lead the Bears past Oklahoma State on Saturday.

Miller finished 8-for-16 from the field en route to his game-high 21 points. He scored 6 points in the game's final 36.3 seconds to lead Missouri State to its first road win against a power five conference foe since 2006. The transfer from Motlow (Tenn.) College also knocked down three 3-pointers, snagged 4 rebounds and dished out 3 assists in the victory while scoring the game-winning shot with 7.3 seconds remaining.

He is MSU's first MVC Newcomer of the Week recipient since Austin Ruder earned the award as a freshman on Feb. 3, 2014.

Evansville's D.J. Balentine was named MVC Player of the Week in this week's announcement.

The Bears return to JQH Arena on Thursday to take on the IUPUI Jaguars at 7:05 p.m., to begin a three-game home stand. Tickets for all three games are available at MissouriStateBears.com/tickets or during regular MSU Athletics Box Office hours at JQH Arena and at (417) 836-7678.

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