Women's Basketball

Missouri Western State College

P. E. Building - St. Joseph, MO - 64507
Team Office: Tel: (816) 271-4486 Fax: (816) 271-5901
Team website: www.gogriffons.com/

Missouri Western State offers nearly 40 Bachelor degree programs. Majors include Nursing, Physical Education Teaching and Coaching, Speech, Clincal Lab Science, and Criminal Justice. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges did not rank Missouri Western.

Missouri Western State is located in the northwestern part of the state in St. Joseph (pop.76k) near the Kansas border.

School website
www.missouriwestern.edu

College Profile

Type:

Public, Coed

Religious Affiliation:

None

Enrollment:

Getting In:

Not Difficult.

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: $11,000
Out-of-State: $15,000

Most Popular Majors

Business - Education - Protective Services

Misc. Information

Head coach Lynn Plett enters his first season in 2007-08. Plett takes over from Josh Keister who produced a 69-23 record over three seasons. Plett comes to MWSU from Lewis University in Romeoville, Illinois where he led the Flyers program for the previous five seasons (2002-2007). At Lewis, Plett inherited a program that finished 7-19 but in just three seasons he led the Flyers to a 19-11 record and an NCAA Tournament appearance. During the 2006-07 season, Plett led his team to a school best 28-4 record. In 2006-07, the Griffons went 30-4 and made their first NCAA appearance, losing to Texas A&M in the second round.

Team Name	Griffons
Colors	Blue and Gold
Division	NCAA Division II
All-Time Record	540-239 (.693)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	30-4	19-10	20-9	117-36 (.765)
Conference	16-2	8-8	11-7	68-22 (.756)
Conf. Finish	1	4	4	4, 3, 1, 2, 3
Post Appear.	2nd Rnd	n/a	n/a	NCAA 4x
Final 25 Rank	#2	NR	NR	?

Coaches

Head Coach	Lynn Plett
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Missouri Western St	2007-08
Contract Expires	?
Record as Head Coach	?
Record at Missouri Western St	0-0
Coaching Awards	GLVC COTY, NCAA Div III COTY

Asst. Coaches	Saree Morley, Carly Lee

Recruiting Coordinator

Lynn Plett, (816) 271-5863, lplett@missouriwestern.edu

Conference and Schedule

Missouri Western plays in the Mid America Intercollegiate Conference (www.themiaa.com) which has gained the reputation of being one of the top D2 conferences in the nation. The conference is comprised of ten teams from Missouri and Kansas. MWSC will play each team twice, home and away. League play starts in January and games are often played on Wednesday evening and Saturday afternoon. Many games are piggybacked with the men's. The season concludes with the MIAA tournament which takes the top eight teams with the winner receiving an automatic berth in the NCAA tournament.

Conference Opponents

Central Misouri State, Emporia State, Missouri Southern State, Southwest Baptist, Northwest Missouri State, Pittsburg State, Truman State, Fort Hays, and Washburn State.

Facilities

MWSC Fieldhouse
Capacity: 3,750, Attendance: tbp

Style/Stats

In 2006-07, Missouri Western was ranked #15 in scoring offense at 75.8 ppg.