MoWest men’s basketball team pays visit to Cameron Intermediate School

CAMERON, Mo. (KQTV) -- Players on Missouri Western State University's men's basketball team made a trip across U.S. Highway 36 to show their appreciation to students at Cameron Intermediate School.

The trip comes after over 300 Cameron Intermediate students packed buses to watch MoWest's basketball teams on Education Day in December.

"We love the opportunity to come out and meet people and get to know our fan base," said Brooks McKowen, head coach for MoWest's men's basketball team. "Obviously, we can't do it every single day...We're obviously, you know, still prepping for games and playing and stuff, but any chance we get to get out in the community, we're going to do it."

Players handed out autographed posters, ate lunch with students and played with them at recess.

"They drove this far just to see us play and they still idolize us, remember us," senior Guard Devin Butler said. "That means a lot to me because it's like, okay, that shows the type of impact that we have on the kids and obviously everybody else in the community."

"Here, I feel like we're able to actually, like, sit down, talk to them and actually, like, have a conversation and see what they like," red shirt sophomore Guard Gavin Hershberger.

McKowen said it's great to be able to watch the players interact with students outside of basketball.