Love to spilt this thread off and give Coach Mox the credit she is due. @HoozGotNext
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Herndon, VA native
https://missouristatebears.com/staff-directory/amaka-agugua-hamilton/268
Amaka “Mox” Agugua-Hamilton was introduced as Missouri State’s eighth women’s basketball coach on April 17, 2019, and immediately led the Lady Bears to two of the best seasons in the program’s storied history.
Under Agugua-Hamilton, the Lady Bears are 49-7 overall and 32-2 in Missouri Valley Conference play with two MVC regular season titles, one NCAA Sweet Sixteen trip, and a combined 64 appearances in the USA Today Coaches and Associated Press polls. Individually, Coach Mox has twice won MVC Coach of the Year honors, was the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Spalding Maggie Dixon Rookie Coach of the Year in 2020, and one of 10 finalists for WBCA National Coach of the Year in 2021.
The Lady Bears went 26-4 overall in Agugua-Hamilton’s first season, setting a school record for regular-season victories and making Coach Mox one of 33 rookie head coaches in Division I history with at least 26 victories. She was the second first-year head coach in MVC history to be named Valley Coach of the Year, and the first to win an outright regular season title in their debut season.
Missouri State ended the shortened 2019-20 season ranked 19th by the coaches, 23rd by the AP, and eighth in the NCAA RPI, the highest finish ever for an MVC team in that metric. The Lady Bears spent nine weeks rated fourth or better in the RPI throughout the season, ascending to the No. 1 spot for seven consecutive days in January, and went 15-0 at JQH Arena for the school’s first perfect home season since 2003-04. Brice Calip, Jasmine Franklin and Alexa Willard earned first-team all-MVC recognition, while Calip added MVC Defensive Player of the Year honors. The Lady Bears ranked in the top 22 nationally in scoring offense, 3-point percentage, rebound margin, free throws, free throw percentage and won-lost percentage.
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82 winning percent at Misso State? I have never heard of her but wow
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this seasons, looks like Missouri State beat Florida State as an 11 seed playin for the womens ncaa tourney before losing to 6 seed Ohio state in the round of 64. Went 25-8 this season
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We can just start a new one @BDragon
Why you got to come up with so much logic?
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