2024-2025 Men's Basketball News
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Daniel Signs With La Salle
April 25, 2025Connors State's Head Men's Basketball Coach Bill Muse and La Salle Head Coach Darris Nichols announced on Friday the signing of Cowboys' forward Edwin Daniel to a National Letter of Intent. -
Dormu Signs with Tarlton State
April 17, 2025DJ Dormu has signed to play basketball for Tarlton State University Texans, it was officially announced today by Connors State's Men's Basketball Head Coach Bill Muse and Tarlton State Head Coach Billy Gillispie.
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2025 Connors State College Summer Basketball Camps
April 09, 2025Head Coach Bill Muse has reasled the 2025 Summer Camp Dates. The dates for the Individual Skills Camp is July 7-10. Shooting Camp Dates are July 11-12. Both Camps are Co-Ed. The Individual Skills camp will begin at 9:00am and end at 3:00pm during camp, while regestration for Skills Camp will be at 8:30am on the first Day of Camp. The Shooting camp will take place on Friday Night from 6:00pm to 10:00pm and then come back on Saturday Morning and run from 9:00am to 3:00pm. Regestration will take place at 5:30pm on Friday Night.
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Cowboys Edwin Daniel Named 3rd Team All-American
April 09, 2025Connors State's Edwin Daniel, 6-9 forward from the Bronx, New York has been named a Third Team National Junior College Athletic Association All-American, it was announced in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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2025 Connors State College High School Team Camp
April 02, 2025The Connors State College Cowboys and Head Coach Bill Muse have released their Team Camp dates for May 29th and 30th with games beginning each morning inside Melvin Self Field-House.
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Cowboys Fall in National Championship Game
March 29, 2025The Connors State warmups read “This one’s for Momma Muse” and that mantra was the rallying cry for three months. Connors became the Cardiac Cowboys at the NJCAA Division I Men’s Basketball National Championships this past week but saw the ultimate dream escape in the title game with a 69-61 loss to Trinity Valley,Texas, Community College on Saturday in Hutchinson, Kansas. But what a run by the Cowboys.
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Cowboys Stage Furious Rally to Advance to Second Consecutive NJCAA Final Four
March 26, 2025The glass slipper is strapped on tight for the Connors State men. The No. 17-seed Cowboys rallied from 12 points down with 5:05 left to defeat No. 8 Daytona State Wednesday 66-65 in the quarterfinals of the National Junior College Athletic Association Division I Men’s Basketball Championship tournament in Hutchinson, Kansas.
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Cowboys Upset #1 Seed Snow College in Sweet 16
March 24, 2025DJ Dormu had three of his game-high 16 points from 35 feet away at the buzzer to push Connors State past top-seeded Snow College 63-62 in second round of the NJCAA Division I basketball championship tournament Monday.
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Cowboys open NJCAA National Tournament with Win over John A Logan College
March 22, 2025Connors State went back and forth with John A Logan College and posted an 80-75 win over John A Logan College in the opening round of the National Junior College Athletic Association National Championship Tournament Saturday in Hutchinson, Kansas.
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Cowboys Headed Back to NJCAA National Tournament for 2nd Consecutive Year and 17th Time In School History
March 15, 2025Connors State Cowboys punched their ticket once again to the NJCAA National Championship basketball tournament this past weekend. Not an unusual event in itself as coach Bill Muse has taken 10 previous teams to Hutchinson. But this year will certainly be one of the most memorable for the veteran coach and his son and assistant coach Bill Muse Jr.
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Cowboys Advance to 2nd Consecutive Region II Championship Game
March 14, 2025It will be Championship Saturday for the Connors State Cowboys as they battle for the title in this year's National Junior College Athletic Association Region II tournament at Muskogee's Rougher Village arena.
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Cowboys Advance to Region 2 Tournament Semifinals
March 12, 2025The expressions on the faces of Connors coach Bill Muse and his son Bill Jr. were with a lot of excitment on Wednesday eveing after the Cowboys defeated Northern Oklahoma College- Enid in the Region II Tournament Quarterfinals inside Rougher Village in Muskogee.
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NJCAA Region 2 Tournament Begins Wednesday
March 11, 2025For the third year in a row Muskogee will host the NJCAA Region 2 basketball tournament starting Wednesday at Rougher Village and the Connors State Cowboys come in as the tournament’s top seed — an outcome that only a few months ago seemed improbable.
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Cowboys Bill Muse Named Coach of the Year, and Edwin Daniel Named 1st Teal All-Region
March 08, 2025Connors State Sophomore Edwin Daniel from Bronx, New York, Freshman Kevin Stubblefield Jr from Omaha, NE, and Head Coach Bill Muse have been named to the Region 2, Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference All Region Team, All Freshman Team, and Coach of the Year it was announced by a vote of the league coaches on Saturday Afternoon.
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Connors State Cowboys Region 2 Tournament Information
March 07, 2025The Regular Season and Back to Back OCAC Champions and #1 Seed Connors State Cowboys will play Northern Oklahoma College- Enid at 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 12th inside Rougher Village on the campus of Muskogee High School.
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Cowboys Knock off Eastern OK State in Double Overtime
March 06, 2025Connors State had to survuve a furious Eastern Oklahoma State College Rally on the Road Thursday Night to come away with a Double Overtime victory inside C.C. Dunlap Fieldhouse. The Cowboys up 7 at the half, came away with a 87-77 win on Thursday in Wilburton.
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Cowboys Defeat NEO on the Road in OCAC Play
March 03, 2025The Connors State College Cowboys went on the Road Monday Night and came away with a hard fought 64-60 victory inside NEO Fieldhouse. The Cowboys lead by as many as 12 points in the 1st half to secure the victory.
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Cowboys Claim Share of OCAC Regular Season Title
February 27, 2025Freshmen Kevin Stubblefield and DJ Dormu each turned in a half worth remembering Thursday night as the Connors State Cowboys scored a 87-77 win over Redlands on Sophomore Night at Melvin Self Fieldhouse and secured at least a share of the Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference title.
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Cowboys Lead Wire to Wire in Win over NOC- Enid
February 24, 2025The Connors State College Cowboys went on the road to Northern Oklahoma College- Enid on Monday evening and came away with a 65-51 Road Victory inside the Mabee Center.
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Cowboys Lead Start to Finish in Homecoming Win
February 22, 2025The Connors State College Cowboys got things rolling Early on Saturday in a game moved from earlier in the week due to inclement weather. The Cowboys who rolled to a 74-46 win to maintain their two-game lead in the conference race.
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Cowboys and Mavericks Postponed to Saturday Fenruary 22nd due to Weather
February 20, 2025Due to winter weather conditions in throughout the State of Oklahoma, Thursday Night's Home Game against Northern Oklahoma College- Tonkawa has been postponed. The Cowboys and Mavericks will now square off on Saturday February 22nd at 4:00pm inside Melvin Self Fieldhouse.
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Edwin Daniel Named National Player of the Week
February 19, 2025Edwin Daniel of Connors State is the NJCAA MBB DI National Player of the Week for the week of February 10-16.
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Cowboys Get Win Number 20 on the Road in Tishomingo
February 13, 2025The Connors State College Cowboys came away with win Number 20 on thursday night inside Beams Fieldhouse. Jermiah Johnson lead the charge for the Cowboys on the night as the Games leading Scorer had 20 points. Edwin Daniel and DJ Dormu Both had 13 points on the Night. Connors State went on a 21-1 Run to close out the first half witht the score at Halftime being 39-22.
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Cowboys Bounce Back with OCAC Win inside Melvin Self Fieldhouse
February 10, 2025Three-point shooting took center stage Monday night at Melvin Self Fieldhouse as the Connors State Cowboys bounced back from a Tough Road trip last thursday with an Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference matchup with Seminole State.
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Cowboys Fall on the Road in Altus to Western OK State College
February 06, 2025Off a solid effort Monday Night against Eastern Oklahoma State College, the Connors State Cowboys hit the road to begin the second half of Oklahoma Collegiate Athlwtic Conference play and got a different result, losing 82-61 to Western Oklahoma State College inside Pioneer Gym.
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Cowboys Overcome Slow Start to Defeat Eastern OK State College in OCAC Play
February 03, 2025The Connors State College Cowboys kept their win streaks alive as they scored victories over Eastern Oklahoma State College in Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference action Monday night at Melvin Self Fieldhouse.
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Cowboys Knock Off #6 Ranked NEO A&M on Last Second Shot
January 30, 2025In an action-packed night, the Connors State Cowboys scored a thrilling come-from-behind win over #6 Ranked Northeastern Oklahoma A&M to win their sixth straight and stay in the thick of the conference battle.
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Cowboys Win 5th Straight on the Road in El Reno
January 27, 2025The Connors State College Cowboys went on the road to Redlands Community College on Monday night and came away with a 70-66 victory inside the Pit on the campus of Redlands Community College in El Reno, Oklahoma.
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Cowboys Overcome Offensive Struggles for OCAC Win
January 23, 2025An ugly win is better than a bad loss.
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Cowboys and Mavericks Postponed to Saturday January 25th due to Weather
January 20, 2025Due to weather conditions in Northern Oklahoma, Monday Night's Road game against Northern Oklahoma College- Tonkawa has been postponed. The Cowboys and Mavericks will now square off on Saturday January 25th at 3:00pm inside Foster Piper Fieldhouse.
