Trey Williams Jr. scores 26 as Missouri State beats Newman 89-62
Trey Williams Jr. scored 26 points and handed out eight assists as Missouri State beat Newman 89-62 on Tuesday, November 10, 2026, in Springfield, Missouri. The win moved the Bears to 3-0 in the 2026-27 season.
Malakih Cunningham added 18 points, hitting all four of his three-point attempts and making 7 of 8 shots from the field. Missouri State shot 60 percent in the second half and blocked a school-record 16 shots.
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Trey Williams Jr. sets a career high in the Bears’ win
Williams’s 26 points were his best mark in his college career and the most he has scored as a Missouri State player. He made four three-pointers and committed only one turnover while distributing the eight assists. The Bears’ guard controlled the offense for most of the game, and his output came in a game where the team needed a steady hand against a Newman side that kept the score close for stretches of the first half.
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Malakih Cunningham shoots 4 of 4 from three-point range
Cunningham, a Missouri State Bears player, was the other main source of points for the home side. His 18 points came on 7 of 8 shooting from the field, and his four makes from beyond the arc were the difference in a game where the Bears pulled away after halftime.
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Missouri State blocks a school-record 16 shots
The Bears’ defense added a school record in the win. Missouri State blocked 16 shots, the most in a single game in the program’s history, according to the team’s data. The Bears also shot 60 percent in the second half, which helped them open a gap on Newman after the break.
Match data and season record for Missouri State
- Date: Tuesday, November 10, 2026
- Location: Springfield, Missouri, USA
- Final score: Missouri State 89, Newman 62
- Trey Williams Jr.: 26 points, 8 assists, 4 three-pointers
- Malakih Cunningham: 18 points, 7 of 8 field goals, 4 of 4 three-pointers
- Missouri State record after the win: 3-0
Trey Williams Jr.’s freshman season in 2025-26
Williams’s 26-point game came after a freshman season in which he started all 34 of the Bears’ games in 2025-26. He finished that year with 321 points, an average of 9.4 points per game. The Bears’ guard was the team’s most consistent scoring option in that first season, and the 26 points against Newman are his highest total in the college career recorded in the source material.
In October 2026, Williams was named to the Conference USA preseason team, a group of 10 players picked by the league’s coaches. The selection placed him among the players the coaches saw as the top performers in the conference before the season began.
Newman’s other scoring and the box score
The full box score with individual numbers for both teams was not found in the official page consulted for this report, so the other scoring lines for Newman are not confirmed. The Jets’ results from this game are limited to the final score of 62 points.
Next games for Missouri State and Newman
The source material says Missouri State hosts Abilene Christian on Monday and that Newman visits UMKC on Tuesday. Those dates and matchups were not confirmed in the search for this report, so they are not treated as fact here.
