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Cleveland State’s D’moi Hodge commits to Missouri basketball
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Dennis Gates’ first roster at Missouri continues to piece collectively, and now he is added one other key asset he can belief.
D’Moi Hodge, a 6-foot-4 Cleveland State switch, dedicated to Missouri on Saturday night.
Hodge rounds out the guard rotation and may present versatility enjoying capturing guard or small ahead. That permits Gates to defend smaller lineups.
Though, the dedication additionally means there will be at the least one participant to go away MU, as Sean East’s dedication was the final open scholarship MU needed to supply.
Hodge involves Missouri after a standout profession at Cleveland State on each ends of the courtroom.
Final season at CSU, Hodge averaged 15.4 factors per sport and three.1 rebounds per sport. He hit 48.2 p.c of his photographs from the sector and 33.7 p.c of his 3-point makes an attempt.
Extra:Missouri males’s basketball lands level guard in JUCO participant of the 12 months switch Sean East
Defensively, he is a way more impactful participant. Hodge was named the 2021-2022 Horizon League Defensive Participant of the 12 months after averaging 2.2 steals per sport.
Hodge’s standing as a key defender matches with latest commit Tre Gomillion. Gomillion was the 2020-2021 Horizon League Defensive Participant of the 12 months, the identical 12 months Cleveland State made the NCAA Event.
Hodge’s addition will permit the employees to start determining learn how to construct its lineups.
Gates landed his level guard in East on Friday, and now he is landed one other essential piece to the 2022-2023 Tigers.
Gates’ offense will run via East and its protection will begin with Hodge.
On offense, Gates may have Hodge and Noah Carter that may play capturing guard and small ahead. Kobe Brown is entrenched as the facility ahead, as Ronnie DeGray and Mohamed Diarra can even form up the frontcourt.
On protection, Hodge will slot in with Gomillion and DeAndre Gholston within the rotation.
Though, this all is determined by how Gates can curate the roster. East’s dedication was the thirteenth and ultimate scholarship that MU may supply.
This implies a participant presently on the roster is transferring, or one other participant is not coming as deliberate. DeGray would wish a switch waiver ought to he resolve to switch, however DeGray was a reserve submit participant and that position should not change.
Jarron Coleman, Yaya Keita and Amari Davis are actually with out clear roles on the group.
Davis was the sixth man final season for MU and was an environment friendly shooter from the midrange. The standing as a sixth man almost certainly goes to Carter or Hodge, relying on how Gates shapes his lineups.
Coleman was the first ball-handler, which is now East’s place with the group. Nevertheless, Coleman’s 3-point capturing may lend to a job as a spot-up shooter on the group.
Extra:Why Tre Gomillion adopted Dennis Gates to Mizzou: ‘He didn’t should promote me’
Keita was a backup submit participant as a freshman earlier than lacking the latter half of the season with a knee damage. He was initially a three-star recruit from DeSmet.
That departing participant will come to mild quickly, however Gates’ roster has formed up with loads of choices on the offense and protection. Now, he can form his beginning lineups as he finds the final piece of his teaching employees.
Chris Kwiecinski is the sports activities editor for the Columbia Every day Tribune, overseeing College of Missouri and Boone County sports activities protection. Observe him on Twitter @OchoK_ and make contact with him at CKwiecinsk@gannett.com or 573-815-1857.
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Missouri State football vs. Montana today: Live updates, highlights from Week 1 game
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Missouri State football: Ryan Beard previews Montana
Missouri State head football coach Ryan Beard held his weekly press conference ahead of Saturday’s opener at Montana.
Missouri State football season has arrived and an offseason of looking to the 2025 season and its impending move to Conference USA will be set aside for the Bears’ final season in the Missouri Valley Football Conference and FCS.
Opening day will present quite a challenge.
Missouri State will open its 2024 season at FCS national runner-up Montana on Saturday in Missoula, Montana, at 8 p.m. This is the first time the two teams have met on the gridiron.
Ryan Beard is entering his second season as Missouri State’s head coach. His team will look to build off a 4-7 season while staying focused on this season despite being ineligible for the FCS Playoffs.
Montana finished last season as the FCS national runner-up. The Grizzlies hope to finish the job this season as they enter the season as the No. 3-ranked team in the country.
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Missouri father uses a funeral to wean daughter off pacifier
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The Bishop family of Festus, Missouri, can smile now, but a few months ago the mood was much more somber as Courtney, Jake and their 3-year-old daughter Hazel said goodbye to a very important member of the family: Hazel’s beloved pacifier.
“It’s not good for her teeth and her jaws and all of that, so we had been trying to wean her off of it for some time,” Jake, 35, said.
Hazel’s beloved pacifier, affectionately known as “Paci,” had been with her for years. Jake knew saying goodbye could come with tears and tantrums, so he searched for creative approaches to ease the transition. He considered options such as cutting off the end of the pacifier, soaking it in vinegar or planting it in a pot.
Instead, Jake chose to give Paci a funeral.
Of course, before the internet, parents used to just take the thing away and deal with the tantrum. But today, for better or worse, young parents like Jake would rather not go to war over a binky. They’re “pacy-fists,” if you will.
“You need them to go through some tough times to really grow as a person but you don’t need to make extra tough times for them,” Jake said. “They’ll have plenty of those coming up.”
Parents delight in making milestones, but those milestones are often bittersweet because each turning point is a point of no return.
“She’s transitioning to the next stage of her life,” Jake said of Hazel, their first child. “We just got to hold onto those moments and those memories, because it goes fast.”
Hazel hasn’t asked for Paci again since. Although, shortly after the ceremony, Jake dug it up and buried it again in a keepsake box, making dad the one who just can’t let go.
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Kansas man charged after child porn allegedly sent while in Missouri
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – A Kansas man has been charged after he allegedly sent child pornography while in a Missouri county.
Court documents filed in the Platte County, Missouri, Circuit Court have revealed that on Wednesday, Aug. 28, Courtnie R. Purvis, 45, of Overland Park, Kansas, has been charged with a single count of promoting child pornography in the first degree.
A complaint filed by the prosecuting attorney reported that in June 2023, Purvis knowingly sent out child pornography while in Platte County. The content allegedly depicted two victims, with whom Purvis has been barred from any contact.
As a part of his $25,000 cash-only bond agreement, if bailed out, Purvis is not allowed contact with any minor whatsoever. As of Friday, he is not behind Platte County bars.
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