Former Bears Currently Playing Pro Basketball
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Prior to the start of the 2013-14 basketball season, 12 former Missouri State players were playing professionally in 10 different countries around the world, including five members of the 2011 MVC championship squad.
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Austria Anthony Shavies (UBC Magnofit Gussing Knights) Brazil Nafis Ricks (Liga Sorocabana de Basquette)
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England Will Creekmore (Worcester Wolves) Anthony Downing (Leicester City Riders)
France Deven Mitchell (So Maritime Boulogne)
Bears in the NBA Draft
Japan Shelton Colwell (Shiga Lakestars)
Slovenia Ales Kunc (LTH Castings)
Other U.S. Pro Signees Name Lou Shepherd
Team Baltimore NY Knicks NY Knicks NY Knicks St. Louis NY Knicks NY Knicks LA Lakers Cincinnati San Diego Milwaukee
Start 1968
Keith Hilliard 1982 Hubert Henderson1989 Arnold Bernard 1991 Greg Bell 1992 Blake Ahearn 2007 Will Creekmore 2011 Kyle Weems 2012
Team LA Stars (ABA), Harlem Globetrotters 76ers (free agent) Hornets (free agent) Harlem Globetrotters Harlem Globetrotters Dakota (NBA DL) Tulsa (NBA DL) Warriors, Raptors, Hawks (NBA summer)
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Ukraine Blake Ahearn (Budivelnyk Kyiv)
Rd.Pick All -- -- --- -- -6 8 53 3 8 26 13 1 86 13 1 85 7 6 54 5 9 59 8 8 107 3 1 35 2 17 40
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Malaysia Caleb Patterson (Bintulu Eagles)
Yr. 1952 1952 1953 1954 1956 1959 1959 1968 1969 1970 1987
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Name Bill Lea Jim Julian Forrest Hamilton Don Anielak Art Helms Jack Israel Russ Robinson Lou Shepherd Mert Bancroft Curtis Perry Winston Garland
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Germany Michael Bizoukas (Oettinger Rockets Gotha) Jermaine Mallett (BG Goettingen) Kyle Weems (Medi Bayreuth)
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From left, Blake Ahearn is the NBA D-League’s career scoring leader and made 110 straight free throws in 2012; Winston Garland played 511 NBA games from 1987-95; and Curtis Perry (1970-78) had more than 4,000 rebounds and 4,000 points in an eight-year NBA career.
Finland Corbin Thomas (Oulun Nmky)
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Blake Ahearn Career NBA Statistics Min 177 19 30
FG-A 15-57 2-6 4-14
Pct .263 .333 .286
3FG-A 10-34 2-4 2-9
Pct .294 .500 .222
FT-A 30-31 2-2 0-0
Pct .968 100.0 .000
OR-DR 1-18 0-1 0-2
19-0
226
21-77
.273
14-47
.298
32-33
.970
1-21
Reb 19 1 2
Avg 1.6 0.3 0.5
PF-D 20 3 4
A 19 2 1
TO 16 1 5
BS 0 0 0
ST 6 1 0
Pts 70 8 10
Avg 5.8 2.7 2.5
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1.2
27
22
22
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7
88
4.6
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Total
G-GS 12-0 3-0 4-0
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Year 2007-08 (MIA) 2008-09 (SNT) 2011-12 (UTA)
Min 2122 2661 891 871 1702 2209 1004 1931
FG-A 340-775 466-1074 108-288 122-285 221-519 333-750 152-343 170-410
Pct .439 .434 .375 .428 .426 .444 .443 .415
3FG-A 13-39 10-43 1-10 11-26 4-26 9-28 6-13 19-75
Pct .333 .233 .100 .423 .154 .321 .462 .253
FT-A 138-157 203-251 53-63 49-59 118-157 171-199 81-89 89-112
Pct .879 .809 .841 .831 .752 .859 .910 .795
OR-DR 68-159 101-227 31-80 20-83 46-152 67-123 32-76 48-120
Reb 227 328 111 103 198 190 108 168
Avg 3.4 4.2 2.2 3.7 2.9 2.4 1.6 2.3
PF-D 188 216 77 75 189 206 116 184
A 429 505 157 146 317 411 138 318
TO 167 187 81 77 116 175 67 105
BS 7 14 5 5 10 22 4 13
ST 116 175 48 30 97 98 39 71
Pts 831 1145 270 304 564 846 391 448
Avg 12.4 14.5 5.3 10.9 8.2 10.8 5.9 6.1
511-315
13391
1912-4444
.430
73-260
.281
902-1087
.830
413-1020
1433
2.8
1251
2421
975
80
674
4799
9.4
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Total
G-GS 67-62 79-79 51-4 28-15 69-26 78-67 66-4 73-58
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Year 1987-88 (GOL) 1988-89 (GOL) 1989-90 (GOL) 1989-90 (LAC) 1990-91 (LAC) 1991-92 (DEN) 1992-93 (HOU) 1994-95 (MIN)
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Winston Garland Career NBA Statistics
Curtis Perry Career NBA Statistics Year 1970-71 (SND) 1971-72 (MIL) 1971-72 (HOU) 1972-73 (MIL) 1973-74 (MIL) 1974-75 (PHO) 1975-76 (PHO) 1976-77 (PHO) 1977-78 (PHO) Total
G-GS 18--50--25--67--81--79--71--44--45---
Min 100 1471 355 2094 2386 2688 2353 1391 818
FG-A 21-48 143-371 38-115 265-575 325-729 437-917 386-776 179-414 110-243
Pct .438 .385 .330 .461 .446 .477 .497 .432 .453
3FG-A 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
Pct .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000
FT-A 11-20 64-95 12-24 83-126 78-134 184-256 175-239 112-142 51-65
Pct .550 .674 .500 .659 .582 .719 .732 .789 .785
OR-DR --------242-461 347-593 197-487 149-246 87-163
Reb 30 471 122 644 703 940 684 395 250
Avg 1.7 9.4 4.9 9.6 8.7 11.9 9.6 9.0 5.6
PF-D 22 214 47 246 301 288 269 163 120
A 5 78 22 123 183 186 182 79 48
TO ----0 0 0 0 63
BS ----97 78 66 28 22
ST ----104 108 84 49 34
Pts 53 350 88 613 728 1058 947 470 271
Avg 2.9 7.0 3.5 9.1 9.0 13.4 13.3 10.7 6.0
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13656
1904-4188
.455
0-0
.000
770-1101
.699
1022-1950
4239
8.8
1670
906
63
291
379
4578
9.5
Reb 2
Avg 2.0
PF-D 0
A 0
TO --
BS --
ST --
Pts 3
Avg 3.0
2
2.0
0
0
0
0
0
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Don Anielak Career NBA Statistics Year 1954-55 (NYK) Total
G-GS 1-0
Min 10
FG-A 0-4
Pct .000
3FG-A 0-0
Pct .000
FT-A 3-4
Pct .750
OR-DR ----
1-0
10
0-4
.000
0-0
.000
3-4
.750
0-0
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