Thursday, John A. Logan men's basketball coach Kyle Smithpeters was announced as an assistant coach to new Missouri coach Dennis Gates.  As he prepares to depart for Columbia, Smithpeters gave a parting statement that you can listen to below.

Smithpeters went 241-73 over 10 seasons as the head coach of the Vols and coached a pair of NJCAA Player of the Year in Sean East, who is also headed to Mizzou, and Jay Scrubb who went directly to the NBA after his time at John A. Logan College.

Smithpeters plans to join Sportsvoice on Saturday morning.

The Lady Vols opened the season at State Fair Community College last week going 0-2.  Despite that, Coach Charlie Jones sees reason to be encouraged in his young team.  He and star center Cheyenne Trotter joined Talkin Vols on Tuesday.

The John A. Logan Volunteers won the Region 24 Tournament over Shawnee Community College on Friday.  After the game, Cobie Barnes, Sean East, Cam Alford, and Coach Kyle Smithpeters all joined the postgame show:

00:00 Cobie Barnes

1:22 Sean East

3:27 Cam Alford

4:32 Kyle Smithpeters