Lady Bears Add Transfer Macie Mays
April 10, 2026 | Women's Basketball
SPRINGFIELD – Missouri State women's basketball head coach Beth Cunningham announced today the signing of transfer Macie Mays. Mays has two years of eligibility remaining.
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The 5-11 guard/forward spent the last three years at Pittsburg State, but redshirted last season for the Gorillas. In her career at Pitt State, Mays averaged 12.5 points and 3.6 rebounds in 64 career games, while also tallying 69 assists, 57 steals and 10 blocks. She also shot 52 percent from the field, 37 percent from three and 81 percent from the line at Pitt State.
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As a sophomore in 2024-25, Mays was a key contributor for a squad that won the MIAA regular season and postseason tournament and advanced to the NCAA Division II Final Four. She averaged 13.7 points and 3.8 rebounds per game while shooting .513 from the field, and was named a third-team All-MIAA selection and on to the MIAA All-Tournament team.
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In her freshman season for the Gorillas, she averaged 11.2 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game with a .534 field goal percentage and .419 three-point percentage. Mays was a MIAA All-Tournament team selection after helping lead the Gorillas to the program's first-ever MIAA Tournament championship.
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Mays was a four-year letter winner at El Dorado Springs High School and was the Bulldogs' career scoring leader with 2,550 points. She was a two-time all-state selection, the 2022-23 Class 3 Player of the Year and helped lead the Bulldogs to a state title in 2021-22.
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Cunningham on Mays:
"We are thrilled to add Macie to our Lady Bears family. After growing up watching the Lady Bears and knowing her father's history of playing at Missouri State, Macie understands the pride, tradition and expectation when it comes to wearing a Lady Bear uniform. She is a proven scorer, has been a winner at multiple levels and possesses a great amount of versatility on the floor. We have been fortunate to have had a great deal of success the last three years with players that have made the transition from Division II to Division I. Those players have impacted us tremendously and I expect Macie will be no different."
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The 5-11 guard/forward spent the last three years at Pittsburg State, but redshirted last season for the Gorillas. In her career at Pitt State, Mays averaged 12.5 points and 3.6 rebounds in 64 career games, while also tallying 69 assists, 57 steals and 10 blocks. She also shot 52 percent from the field, 37 percent from three and 81 percent from the line at Pitt State.
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As a sophomore in 2024-25, Mays was a key contributor for a squad that won the MIAA regular season and postseason tournament and advanced to the NCAA Division II Final Four. She averaged 13.7 points and 3.8 rebounds per game while shooting .513 from the field, and was named a third-team All-MIAA selection and on to the MIAA All-Tournament team.
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In her freshman season for the Gorillas, she averaged 11.2 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game with a .534 field goal percentage and .419 three-point percentage. Mays was a MIAA All-Tournament team selection after helping lead the Gorillas to the program's first-ever MIAA Tournament championship.
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Mays was a four-year letter winner at El Dorado Springs High School and was the Bulldogs' career scoring leader with 2,550 points. She was a two-time all-state selection, the 2022-23 Class 3 Player of the Year and helped lead the Bulldogs to a state title in 2021-22.
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Cunningham on Mays:
"We are thrilled to add Macie to our Lady Bears family. After growing up watching the Lady Bears and knowing her father's history of playing at Missouri State, Macie understands the pride, tradition and expectation when it comes to wearing a Lady Bear uniform. She is a proven scorer, has been a winner at multiple levels and possesses a great amount of versatility on the floor. We have been fortunate to have had a great deal of success the last three years with players that have made the transition from Division II to Division I. Those players have impacted us tremendously and I expect Macie will be no different."
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