Men’s basketball announces early signee

Head men’s basketball coach Robert Corn announced today that Kyle Schrage, of Carl Junction, Mo., has signed a national letter-of-intent to join the Missouri Southern State University men’s basketball team in 2006-07.

“We’re very excited about having Kyle a part of our program,” Corn said. “We had a chance to follow him a lot over the summer and watched him make drastic improvements. We felt like he was definitely a player we wanted to have in our program and attend Missouri Southern. Plus he’s an outstanding student and he comes from a great family.

“We think he has tremendous upside on the basketball court. He’s young and we think he has a chance to grow. He’s a good athlete and he’s only been playing organized basketball for three years.”

This past summer, the 6-foot-8 and 220-pound Schrage averaged 18 points and 12 rebounds per game on an AAU team in the Kansas City area.

Schrage has also helped the Carl Junction Bulldogs of coach Lance Robbins to two straight Big 8 Conference titles. He’s a two-year basketball letterwinner at CJHS with his senior season upcoming. Schrage has twice been name the team’s Most Improved Player.

Last season, Schrage averaged 10 points and nine rebounds per game on 46 percent shooting from the field as the Bulldogs finished 16-10 overall.

“Kyle comes from a good high school program,” Corn said. “His coach, Lance Robbins, is a former Lion and we’re also excited to have one of his players in our system.

“One of the things I like most about Kyle is his second jump,” Corn said. “He has the capability of going right back up. A lot of kids can go up once, but then they have to gather themselves and go up again. He gets up very quickly on his second jump.”

Schrage, who ranks near the top of his class academically, hopes to major in criminal justice at Missouri Southern. He is the son of Mike and Karolyn Schrage.

Missouri Southern is preparing to tip off its 2005-06 season on Nov. 15 when the Lions host Central Bible (Mo.) at 7:30 p.m. MSSU has one more game left on its 2005 exhibition schedule, and that’s Thursday night (Nov. 10) at Missouri State University (formerly Southwest Missouri State).

Coach Corn is beginning his 17th season with the Lions. The 1978 Missouri Southern graduate is the winningest head coach in the history of his alma mater, holding a 252-202 won-lost record.

* Schrage pronounced: SHROGG-ee


	Nov. 9, 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Men’s basketball announces early signee Carl Junction player signs with Missouri Southern Head men’s basketball coach Robert Corn announced today that Kyle Schrage, of Carl Junction, Mo., has signed a national letter-of-intent to join the Missouri Southern State University men’s basketball team in 2006-07. “We’re very excited about having Kyle a part of our program,” Corn said. “We had a chance to follow him a lot over the summer and watched him make drastic improvements. We felt like he was definitely a player we wanted to have in our program and attend Missouri Southern. Plus he’s an outstanding student and he comes from a great family. “We think he has tremendous upside on the basketball court. He’s young and we think he has a chance to grow. He’s a good athlete and he’s only been playing organized basketball for three years.” This past summer, the 6-foot-8 and 220-pound Schrage averaged 18 points and 12 rebounds per game on an AAU team in the Kansas City area. Schrage has also helped the Carl Junction Bulldogs of coach Lance Robbins to two straight Big 8 Conference titles. He’s a two-year basketball letterwinner at CJHS with his senior season upcoming. Schrage has twice been name the team’s Most Improved Player. Last season, Schrage averaged 10 points and nine rebounds per game on 46 percent shooting from the field as the Bulldogs finished 16-10 overall. “Kyle comes from a good high school program,” Corn said. “His coach, Lance Robbins, is a former Lion and we’re also excited to have one of his players in our system. “One of the things I like most about Kyle is his second jump,” Corn said. “He has the capability of going right back up. A lot of kids can go up once, but then they have to gather themselves and go up again. He gets up very quickly on his second jump.” Schrage, who ranks near the top of his class academically, hopes to major in criminal justice at Missouri Southern. He is the son of Mike and Karolyn Schrage. Missouri Southern is preparing to tip off its 2005-06 season on Nov. 15 when the Lions host Central Bible (Mo.) at 7:30 p.m. MSSU has one more game left on its 2005 exhibition schedule, and that’s Thursday night (Nov. 10) at Missouri State University (formerly Southwest Missouri State). Coach Corn is beginning his 17th season with the Lions. The 1978 Missouri Southern graduate is the winningest head coach in the history of his alma mater, holding a 252-202 won-lost record. * Schrage pronounced: SHROGG-ee