Mules Basketball Takes on Upper Iowa in 2025-26 Home Opener Thursday

Meet the Mules Night
Game 6: Upper Iowa Peacocks (2-0, 0-0 GLVC) vs Central Missouri Mules (3-2, 0-0 MIAA)
Thursday, Nov. 20 | 5:30 p.m. | Warrensburg, Mo. (Jerry M. Hughes Athletics Center)
Radio: 1450 KOKO & 98.5 The BAR (Brinkley Beever & Kim Anderson)
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TIP OFF

The Central Missouri Mules continue the 120^th season of play with a single non-conference game, Thursday, Nov. 20, as they take on the Upper Iowa Peacocks for Meet the Mules Night. Tip-off is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. from the Jerry M. Hughes Athletics Center in Warrensburg.
After Thursday's contest against Upper Iowa, select Mules players will be available to meet fans, take pictures, and sign schedule posters by the main entrance of the arena.
The Mules split a pair of games this past weekend at the Central Region Challenge, falling to (RV) Minnesota State 81-63 before defeating the Sioux Falls (S.D.) Cougars by a final score of 82-77.
Central Missouri enters play Thursday night with the second-most wins in NCAA Division II men's basketball history with 1,781 victories, having won two NCAA Men's DII National Championships (1984 & 2014) and four championships (1937 & 1938 NAIB) overall.

ON THE AIR

Thursday night's contest against the Peacocks will be available on a pay-per-view basis through the MIAA Network with coverage beginning at 5:30 p.m. (CST), inside the Jerry M. Hughes Athletics Center in Warrensburg.
You can also tune in to the game on 1450 KOKO & 98.5 The Bar or online at WarrensburgRadio.com with Brinkley Beever and UCM Athletics Hall of Famer Kim Anderson on the call.

MEET THE MULES

Adam Bohac enters his third season as head coach of the Mules after finishing the 2024-25 season with a 15-15 overall record, including 9-10 in the MIAA highlighted by two All-Conference performers in Kyran Tilley (2024-25 MIAA Freshman of the Year) and DeAirius Barker (Honorable Mention).
Central Missouri returns four players from last year's squad, including MIAA Freshman of the Year Kyran Tilley, Jake Fritz, Noah Martin, and Kyree Polk.
The Mules added six transfers to the roster, including three Division I transfers in Naz Brown (Coastal Carolina), AJ Lux (Bellarmine), and Jevon Hill (South Dakota), while adding Division II additions in Judah Sault (Belmont Abbey), Deadric Fikes (Newman), and Deshawne Crim (St. Thomas Aquinas College).
Central Missouri added three freshmen from the class of 2025 including forwards Carter Kaifes (Overland Park, Kan.) and Trinell Parker (Omaha, Neb.), plus, guard Lazerek Houston (Lincoln, Neb.).

UCM BY THE NUMBERS

The Mules are averaging 78.8 points per game while shooting 48.5 percent from the field, including 35.5 percent from beyond the arc and 68.9 percent from the charity stripe, through five games so far in the 2025-26 season.
Central Missouri averages 31.4 rebounds, 13.4 assists, 8.6 steals, and 3.2 blocks per contest.
Three Mules are averaging double-digit scoring through five games this season, including freshman Lazerek Houston (21.8 points, 4.4 assists, and 3.2 rebounds), forward Jevon Hill (15.6 points and 4.6 rebounds), and reigning MIAA Freshman of the Year Kyran Tilley (13.4 points, 3.8 assists, and 3.8 rebounds).

SERIES HISTORY

Upper Iowa: Thursday marks the fourth all-time meeting between the Peacocks and Central Missouri. The Mules hold a 2-1 advantage following a 75-70 loss to UIU during the 2022 Weekend Classic, Saturday, Nov. 12, inside the Multipurpose Building in Warrensburg.

UP NEXT FOR THE MULES

The Mules continue the 2025-26 season Tuesday, Nov. 25, as they take on the McKendree Bearcats (2-0, 0-0 GLVC) at 3:15 p.m., in the opening game of the 2025 DoubleTree Thanksgiving Classic, from the O'Reilly Event Center in Springfield, Mo.

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