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Missouri Southern Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

Division 2 · Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association · Joplin, MO

Missouri Southern (D2, Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association) lists 14 players on the 2026–27 roster; 6 are new this season.

Roster data through 2026–27

Roster14 players
New this season6
Transfer additions3
Clearest projected openingGuards · 2028
Most common home stateMO (5)

Where the door opens

our roster projection · your arrival year

Guards: open from 2028 — 5 ahead.

Forwards: blocked until 2029.

2026
Gcrowded10 ahead
Fblocked5 ahead
2027
Gcrowded8 ahead
Fblocked4 ahead · multi-yr
2028
Gopening5 ahead
Fcrowded4 ahead
2029
Gopening2 ahead · multi-yr
Fopen3 ahead
2030
Gopen2 ahead
Fopen0 ahead

Projections for 2029, 2030 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (8)
Gavyn Elkamil6′5″RS-Sr
Brandon Clemens6′3″Fr
Tyrique Brooks6′4″Jr
Isaiah Atwater5′10″RS-Jr
Mason Barnett6′0″Fr
Colin Ruffin6′4″Sr
Brayden Williams6′2″Sr
Samar Bures5′9″Jr
Forwards in that room (4)
Tanner Baird7′0″So
Hunter Fitch6′8″RS-So
Storm Gilchrist6′10″Jr
Jackson Shorter6′6″So
Those openings are for the roster in general. See whether your position, size and profile fit them →

If you want to play at Missouri Southern

How to get recruited here

For 2026 arrivals the roster projection reads: G crowded (10 ahead), F blocked (5 ahead).

Of the latest cycle's 6 arrivals, 3 came straight from high school and 3 from the transfer portal.

Most arrivals come from MO, KS, OK.

0 of 14 recent arrivals held a national ranking — 0 of 14 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

63% of last season's scoring returns.

The roster, as a depth chart

2026–27 · 14 players

Guards 8 of 14

Gavyn Elkamil6′5″RS-Sr · final yr13.9 PPG
Tyrique Brooks6′4″Jr
Colin Ruffin6′4″Sr · final yr11.4 PPG
Brandon Clemens6′3″Fr
Brayden Williams6′2″Sr · final yr5.7 PPG
Mason Barnett6′0″Fr
Isaiah Atwater5′10″RS-Jr10.2 PPG
Samar Bures5′9″Jr

Frontcourt 5 of 14 · forwards + centers

Tanner Baird7′0″So · F
Jake Weaver6′11″So · C
Storm Gilchrist6′10″Jr · F5.1 PPG
Hunter Fitch6′8″RS-So · F4.2 PPG
Jackson Shorter6′6″So · F2.5 PPG
1 without a listed position:Eli Fegans 6′5″ · Fr
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Returning production

63%of recorded scoring returns
3 of 5top scorers returning
Top returning scorers
Gavyn Elkamil13.9 PPG in 2025–26 · returning
Colin Ruffin11.4 PPG in 2025–26 · returning
Isaiah Atwater10.2 PPG in 2025–26 · returning

Computed from 11 of 15 players on the 2025–26 roster with recorded stats; "returning" means listed on the 2026–27 roster.

Who actually gets onto this roster?

How players arrive

3from high school3via the portal

11 of 14 roster spots were filled out of high school or held over.

Rankings

0 of 14

0 of 14 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

Where from

MO 5 · KS 3 · OK 2 · GA 1 · IL 1 · MN 1

6 international: Brisbane, Australia; Abia State, Nigeria; Durban, South Africa; Reykjavik, Iceland and 2 more

High schools: Maize South HS; Pittsburg HS; Mexia HS and 2 more

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2025–26 → 2026–27 · in

→Tyrique Brooks
→Jake Weaver
→Samar Bures

2025–26 → 2026–27 · out

←Daniel Halldorsson
←Cody Lechlider
←Van Collins

How this roster compares

Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (14 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasureMissouri SouthernConference
Average guard height6′2″6′3″−1″
Average frontcourt height6′9″6′8″+1″
Roster size1415−1
Freshman share21%31%−10pp

Coaching staff

Sam McMahonHead coach
Jason OwensAssistant coach
Trent ScheerAssistant coach
Brent WorleyAssistant coach
Hayden WilsonAssistant coach
Staff changes4 on-court staff changes in 4 offseasons — 1 before 2024–25, 3 before 2025–26.

Academics

published admissions data
Acceptance rate97%
SAT midpoint1060
ACT midpoint21

How this page is made: Rosters: official Missouri Southern rosters, 2025–26 and 2026–27, read from the athletic department's own site · Season: Missouri Southern's 2026–27 roster is posted, so this page reads it; the conference comparison uses 2025–26, the newest season every program has on file. · Stats: 2025–26, the last season played — the 2026–27 season has no games yet. · New this season: players not listed on the 2025–26 roster; a newcomer who is not a freshman counts as a transfer addition · Openings: Depth Chart's roster projection from listed class years; confidence stated per year · Sample: among players who made a college roster — the data cannot see who didn't. Among players who made a college roster. Model judgments describe positions and cohorts, never a named player's future. Refreshed automatically when the rosters change. Corrections: research@mydepthchart.com.

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