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Missouri State Lady Bears Roll To Win Over Indiana State 82-58 At JQH Arena

Missouri State Lady Bears Roll To Win Over Indiana State 82-58 At JQH Arena

Missouri State Lady Bears Roll To Win Over Indiana State 82-58 At JQH Arena

The Missouri State Lady Bears have won their ninth game in a row, leading from start to finish in an 82-58 victory over Indiana State Sunday afternoon at JQH Arena.

The 18th ranked Lady Bears took control early, jumping out to an 18-4 lead in the first quarter and going into the locker room at the half up 39-23.

Alexa Willard hit a three pointer just over a minute into the second half, and Missouri State continued to dominate, going up 66-38 at the end of the third period.

Coach Amaka Agugua-Hamilton emptied her bench in the fourth quarter, with Bri Ellis getting into the act with a three pointer late in the contest.

Jasmine Franklin led Missouri State (23-3, 13-1) with 17 points, while Willard finished with 15 and junior Abby Hipp added 12.

Sophomore Sydney Manning finished with a career high ten rebounds as the Lady Bears won the battle of the boards 42-24.

Caitlin Anderson scored 16 points to pace Indiana State (4-23, 2-13), with Marie Hunter adding 15.

Coach Mox talked about her team’s stepped-up play Sunday in her postgame press conference:

The Lady Bears got to the free throw line consistently Sunday, hitting 28 of 31 attempts (90%).

MSU out-rebounded the Sycamores 42-24.

The Lady Bears hit the road for their next two games, starting with a 7:30 p.m. contest Thursday night at Illinois State.

Missouri State will be back home Thursday, March 5th for a 7:00 p.m. game against Valparaiso.

Game Notes: 

Willard now has 1,463 career points, moving into 14th place on the Lady Bears all-time scoring list. She passed Christiana Shorter on Sunday and is just six points behind Lisa Davies for 13th place.

MSU improves to 13-0 this season at JQH Arena, the longest winning streak since moving into the facility in 2008.

The Lady Bears are 47-6 overall since December 20th,  2018, ranking fifth nationally in total wins since that date.

Missouri State has won 14 straight games in the series against Indiana State and is 33-6 against the Sycamores in Springfield.

Sunday’s announced attendance at JQH Arena was 2,668.

 

 

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