(From MSSU Lions Athletic News)
Missouri Southern men's basketball coach Jeff Boschee has announced the addition of transfer DJ Feitl to his list of recruits for the 2015-16 season.
Feitl comes to Missouri Southern after a year at John Brown University. A 6-3 guard, Fietl will be a senior eligibility wise.
As a junior at JBU, Feitl was a second team All-SAC performer. He averaged 18.4 points per game, while shooting 45 percent from the field, 44 percent from long-range and 84 percent from the charity stripe. He also averaged 4.6 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.2 steals per game for JBU.
Feitl played two seasons at Saddleback (Calif.) JC where he helped the Gauchos reach back-to-back Orange Empire Conference championships. He helped the team to a 51-11 (.823) record over two seasons, appearing in 30 games as a sophomore, starting 25. He averaged 7.3 points per game and 1.7 rebounds per game. Shot 40 percent from behind the arc and 39.5 percent from the field.
Feitl graduated from Coppell High School (Texas) in 2011, where he played three years for head coach Brad Chasteen. He helped the Cowboys to a pair of conference championships and was named to the Academic Honor Roll, while earning two second team All-Conference honors.
Feitl is the son of Son of Dave Feitl and Marian Mcintyre. He is majoring in marketing at Southern. His father, Dave, played at Texas-El Paso, as well as in the NBA for five seasons for Houston, Golden State, Washington and New Jersey. He also played professionally in Europe.
"We feel very fortunate to be able to get a quality player like DJ this late in the recruiting process," Boschee said. "He is a very competitive and skilled basketball player and is a great addition to our basketball team.
Monday, July 6, 2015
MSSU men's, women's basketball among tops in attendance
The Missouri Southern men's and women's basketball programs ranked among the nation's best this year when it comes to filling up the Leggett & Platt Athletic Center each game.
Both men's and women's programs ranked in the top 13 nationally in attendance this year.
The Southern women ranked 11th nationally, as more than 21,000 fans watched the Lions at home this year. The team averaged 1,359 fans per game which ranked fifth in the MIAA as the league had four of the top ten teams nationally.
The men ranked 13th nationally as 24,000 fans went through the turnstiles at the Leggett & Platt Athletic Center for an average of 1,858 per game. The team ranked fourth in the MIAA as Fort Hays and Central Missouri ranked third and fourth, respectively and Nebraska-Kearney was ninth.
It is the seventh-straight time the MIAA has led the way on the women’s side and sixth-straight time the MIAA has been a top the men’s. The MIAA women's teams averaged 1,172 per game which was more than 22 Division I conferences, while the men averaged 1,514 fans per game.
In comparison with other conferences in Division II, the MIAA men played a total of 194 games and had more than 293,000 fans at its games, while the Great Lakes Valley Conference played 40 more games and had nearly 100,000 less fans. On the women's side, the MIAA women played 192 games and saw 224,000 fans at its games, while the GLVC women played 202 games and had 113,000 less fans.
Wednesday, July 1, 2015
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