Missouri State

Honors: MVC Newcomer of the Week (Nov. 27, 2023; Dec. 11, 2023; Feb. 26, 2024)...MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team (2024)...MVC Scholar-Athlete Second Team (2025)...CSC Academic All-District Team (2025)...Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2024, Spring 2025).

Career Summary: Played in 100 career games with 66 starts…Totaled 647 points, 349 rebounds, 151 assists and 111 steals across her entire career…Owned a career .397 field goal percentage, .327 three-point field goal percentage and .725 free throw percentage.

2024-25: MVC Scholar-Athlete Second Team…Named to the CSC Academic All-District Team…Started all 35 games for the Lady Bears…Averaged 5.2 points and 4.7 rebounds per game…Also tallied 77 assists, 41 steals and knocked down 22 three-point field goals…Ranked 19^th in program history for single-season assist-to-turnover ratio (1.604)…One of three Lady Bears to record both a double-figure point and double-figure rebound game throughout the season…Led the Lady Bears in rebounding seven times and in assists six times…Posted her first of four double-figure scoring performances with 11 points at Wichita State (Nov. 13)…Poured in a season-high 14 points (6-7 FG, 2-3 3FG) against Southern Miss (Dec. 20)…Grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds in MoState’s two-point home win over Belmont (Jan. 2)…Collected a season-high four steals against her former team on the road at Indiana State (Jan. 19)…Dished out a career-high six assists in addition to scoring nine points and pulling down three rebounds at Southern Illinois (Feb. 13)…Hit a dagger triple with 1:19 left in the game as part of a 12-point performance against Bradley as MoState secured a share of the MVC regular-season title (March 8)...Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2024 and Spring 2025.

Background: Transferred to Missouri State after one season at Indiana State…Started 30 games and was the Sycamores’ second leading scorer with 11.1 points per game…Three-time Newcomer of the Week and first-team scholar-athlete at Indiana State…Spent her first three seasons at Saint Louis University...Appeared in 34 games and made two postseason appearances, which included a WBIT bid and the Billikens’ first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance…Three-time member of the Atlantic 10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll…Hails from Poplar Bluff, Mo., where she finished her high school career as the all-time leading scorer for the Lady Mules with 2,301 points…Two-time all-state selection, two-time conference player of the year and four-time all-conference first team honoree at Poplar Bluff.
 
Personal: Kiley Bess is the daughter of Brian and Kacey Bess…Born February 12, 2002 in Poplar Bluff, Mo….Has one brother, Kolby…Had multiple family members play collegiately at Three Rivers College – Father, Brian (Basketball – played and coached); Mother, Kacey (Volleyball); Brother, Kolby (Basketball)…Her grandfather, Gene Bess, is the all-time winningest college basketball coach and a Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee after collecting 1,300 career wins at Three Rivers…Pursuing a Master’s degree in Sports Management.