Game 3 - Missouri State Bears (2-0) vs.  Arkansas State Red Wolves (1-1)
Date and Time	Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025 | 7:02 p.m. (Central)
Location	Great Southern Bank Arena (11,000) | Springfield, Missouri
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Series	Missouri State leads 23-10 | Last Meeting: MSU 75, A-State 53 (12/11/19) | Box Score
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The Ten Count

• Missouri State kicks off Homecoming week and wraps a three-game home stand Tuesday when the Bears host Arkansas State at 7 p.m. (ESPN+) in a key, early-season non-conference matchup. The Bears have averaged a 33.5 scoring margin and 19.0 rebound margin through their first two games to begin the season and will meet longtime rival A-State for the first time since 2019.
• The Bears have had double-doubles from two different players in their first two games with Michael Osei-Bonsu posting 22 points and a career-high 14 rebounds vs. Missouri Southern and Darrion Sutton notching 18 points and 11 rebounds (both career highs) against Northwestern Oklahoma State. 
• MSU head coach Cuonzo Martin is 53-19 (.729) all-time at Great Southern Bank Arena, and his teams are a combined 165-44 (.788) when his clubs score 70 or more points.
• MSU's 60 points in the paint against Northwestern Oklahoma State on Saturday shattered the club record of 54, set vs. Illinois State on 2/5/20. Points in the paint first appeared on NCAA box scores in 2005. 
• Missouri State is 14-2 all-time at home against A-State and 3-0 at Great Southern Bank Arena with previous meetings in the facility in 2008, 2010 and 2019. The Red Wolves are also 0-2 at GSB against neutral-site opponents (Pacific and Pepperdine) as part of the 2010 Preseason NIT.
• The Bears broke two arena records in Saturday's win over NWOSU with 32 assists and 41 field goals. The assist record marked the most helpers by a Bears team since racking up 33 assists vs. Troy on 12/11/04 at Hammons Student Center.
• Returning starter Zaxton King (So., Lawrence, Kan.) posted his first double-figure scoring game of the year in Saturday's win over NWOSU. King logged 12 points with a pair of threes and 4 rebounds. He has now scored in double figures 12 times in his collegiate career and started all 34 games in that span.
• Dating back to his time at Truman State, Kobi Williams (Jr., St. Louis, Mo.) has now hit a 3-pointer in 16 straight games, including 3 against Mo. Southern and 2 against Northwestern Oklahoma. He was 7-for-12 from 3-point range in MSU's exhibition win over Maryville (10/31/25) as part of a 30-point effort in his unofficial debut.
• Freshman point guard Trey Williams Jr. (Centralia, Ill.) has quietly put together impressive efforts in MSU's first two ball games, collecting double figures in scoring twice with 10 points and 5 rebounds in a team-high 33 minutes on the floor vs. Missouri Southern and 11 points with 4 assists and 3 triples vs. Northwestern Okla.
• MSU had six players scoring double figures against Northwestern Oklahoma, the squad's most since logging seven players with 10 or more points against William Woods at home on 12/30/18.

Coach Cuonzo Martin

• After an extensive national search, Missouri State University announced Cuonzo Martin as its men's basketball head coach on March 27, 2024. The man who orchestrated Missouri State's only MVC regular-season championship run during his first tenure in Springfield originally coached at Missouri State from 2008 to 2011.
• Martin has a 275-221 (.554) career record in his 16th seasons as a Division I head coach with experience at MSU, Tennessee, California and Missouri. His teams have made 9 postseason appearances in that span, including 4 trips to the NCAA Tournament, 4 appearances in the NIT, and a CIT title with the Bears in 2010. 
• Coach Martin is 72-64 (.529) in his fifth season (and second stint) at Missouri State, including 53-19 at home, 14-39 on the road and 5-6 at neutral sites.
• Martin also  boasts 59 college graduates during his career with stints at MoState, Tennessee (2011-14), California (2014-17) and Missouri (2017-22).
• A native of East St. Louis, Ill., Martin was a star player at Purdue from 1991-95 for coach Gene Keady and then played four years professionally. He was on the coaching staff at Purdue for eight years under Keady and Matt Painter before accepting his first head coaching position at MSU on March 26, 2008.
• In Martin's first stint in Springfield (2008-11), he was named Missouri State's 16th head coach in time for the program's 100th anniversary season and its inaugural campaign at Great Southern Bank Arena. In his second season (2009-10), Martin guided MoState to a 24-12 overall ledger, a 19-2 home record, and an impressive run to the CIT Postseason Tournament title.
• His third season at MSU (2010-11) was one of the program's most memorable, as the Bears finished 26-9 overall on the way to its first-ever MVC regular-season title with a 15-3 league record. The Bears fell to Indiana State in the finals of the MVC Tournament in St. Louis and capped an unforgettable campaign by advancing to the second round of the NIT. Martin was named 2011 MVC Coach of the Year and recipient of the Ben Jobe Award as the nation's top minority head coach. Over Martin's last two years at MoState, the Bears were 35-3 at home and did not lose a non-conference home game.
• Martin's return to MoState in 2024-25 featured a roster packed with 15 newcomers for the Bears' final season in the Missouri Valley. MSU's 9-23 overall record was not a fair representation of the club's season performance which included 14 single-digit losses -- which was tied for the fourth-most in the nation.

The Series

• Missouri State leads the all-time series against Northwestern Oklahoma State, 4-0, with the teams playing at neutral sites three times in the 1930's and playing once at McDonald Arena in 1946.
• The Bears defeated NWOSU at the Winfield Tournament in Oklahoma in both 1934-35 (28-18) and 1935-36 (28-22) before topping the Rangers in 1937-38 (27-24) i Oklahoma City.
• Missouri State then defeated the Rangers, 48-36, at McDonald Arena on 12/11/46 in the only previous on-campus meeting between the clubs. Gene Ruble led the Bears with 16 points.