2023β24 Missouri State Lady Bears basketball | |
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WBIT, First Round | |
Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
Record | 23β10 (15β5 MVC) |
Head coach |
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Associate head coach | Darren Guensch |
Assistant coaches |
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Home arena | Great Southern Bank Arena |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Drake β | 19 | – | 1 | .950 | 29 | – | 6 | .829 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Belmont | 17 | – | 3 | .850 | 26 | – | 9 | .743 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Missouri State | 15 | – | 5 | .750 | 23 | – | 10 | .697 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Iowa | 14 | – | 6 | .700 | 16 | – | 16 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois State | 13 | – | 7 | .650 | 22 | – | 12 | .647 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Murray State | 12 | – | 8 | .600 | 20 | – | 12 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UIC | 10 | – | 10 | .500 | 18 | – | 16 | .529 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern Illinois | 6 | – | 14 | .300 | 11 | – | 20 | .355 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana State | 6 | – | 14 | .300 | 11 | – | 21 | .344 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Valparaiso | 4 | – | 16 | .200 | 5 | – | 25 | .167 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bradley | 2 | – | 18 | .100 | 6 | – | 26 | .188 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Evansville | 2 | – | 18 | .100 | 4 | – | 28 | .125 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2024 MVC tournament winner |
The 2023β24 Missouri State Lady Bears basketball team represented Missouri State University during the 2023β24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Bears, led by second-year head coach Beth Cunningham, played their home games at the Great Southern Bank Arena located in Springfield, Missouri as members of the Missouri Valley Conference.
The Lady Bears finished the 2022β23 season 20β12, 14β6 in MVC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. [1] They defeated Indiana State in the opening round of the MVC tournament, [2] before falling to eventual tournament champions Drake in the quarterfinals. [3] They received an at-large bid into the WNIT, [4] where they would lose to Nebraska in the first round. [5]
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Roster |
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
November 1, 2023* 6:30 pm |
Missouri Western | L 57β65 | β |
Great Southern Bank Arena (1,574) Springfield, MO | |||||||
Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
November 6, 2023* 5:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Little Rock | W 52β47 | 1β0 |
Jack Stephens Center (β) Little Rock, AR | |||||||
November 15, 2023* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Saint Louis | L 67β79 | 1β1 |
Chaifetz Arena (923) St. Louis, MO | |||||||
November 22, 2023* 7:30 pm |
Southeast Missouri State | W 74β66 | 2β1 |
Great Southern Bank Arena (1,783) Springfield, MO | |||||||
November 26, 2023* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Oklahoma State | L 51β82 | 2β2 |
Gallagher-Iba Arena (2,009) Stillwater, OK | |||||||
December 1, 2023* 6:30 pm, ESPN+ |
Tulane | W 70β60 | 3β2 |
Great Southern Bank Arena (1,922) Springfield, MO | |||||||
December 6, 2023* 6:00 pm, SECN |
at Missouri | L 63β81 | 3β3 |
Mizzou Arena (3,894) Columbia, MO | |||||||
December 16, 2023* 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Wichita State | W 72β65 | 4β3 |
Great Southern Bank Arena (3,001) Springfield, MO | |||||||
December 20, 2023* 2:30 pm, ESPN+ |
BYU Lady Bear Classic |
W 56β55 | 5β3 |
Great Southern Bank Arena (1,619) Springfield, MO | |||||||
December 21, 2023* 2:30 pm, ESPN+ |
Western Kentucky Lady Bear Classic |
W 69β68 | 6β3 |
Great Southern Bank Arena (1,674) Springfield, MO | |||||||
MVC regular season | |||||||||||
December 30, 2023 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Northern Iowa | W 54β52 | 7β3 (1β0) |
Great Southern Bank Arena (2,111) Springfield, MO | |||||||
January 4, 2024 6:30 pm, ESPN+ |
Valparaiso | W 67β47 | 8β3 (2β0) |
Great Southern Bank Arena (1,656) Springfield, MO | |||||||
January 6, 2024 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
UIC | W 51β50 | 9β3 (3β0) |
Great Southern Bank Arena (2,885) Springfield, MO | |||||||
January 11, 2024 6:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Bradley | W 94β66 | 10β3 (4β0) |
Renaissance Coliseum (379) Peoria, IL | |||||||
January 14, 2024 6:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Illinois State | L 78β85 | 10β4 (4β1) |
CEFCU Arena (1,056) Normal, IL | |||||||
January 19, 2024 6:30 pm, ESPN+ |
Evansville | W 90β55 | 11β4 (5β1) |
Great Southern Bank Arena (1,921) Springfield, MO | |||||||
January 21, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Indiana State | W 89β71 | 12β4 (6β1) |
Great Southern Bank Arena (2,353) Springfield, MO | |||||||
January 26, 2024 6:30 pm, ESPN+ |
at Belmont | L 55β66 | 12β5 (6β2) |
Curb Event Center (892) Nashville, TN | |||||||
January 28, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Murray State | W 84β74 | 13β5 (7β2) |
CFSB Center (2,163) Murray, KY | |||||||
February 3, 2024 4:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Southern Illinois | W 62β52 | 14β5 (8β2) |
Banterra Center (887) Carbondale, IL | |||||||
February 9, 2024 6:30 pm, ESPN+ |
Belmont | W 73β54 | 15β5 (9β2) |
Great Southern Bank Arena (3,503) Springfield, MO | |||||||
February 11, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Murray State | L 89β95 | 15β6 (9β3) |
Great Southern Bank Arena (2,175) Springfield, MO | |||||||
February 15, 2024 5:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Indiana State | W 59β51 | 16β6 (10β3) |
Hulman Center (1,215) Terre Haute, IN | |||||||
February 17, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Evansville | W 73β56 | 17β6 (11β3) |
Meeks Family Fieldhouse (440) Evansville, IN | |||||||
February 22, 2024 6:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Drake | L 65β76 | 17β7 (11β4) |
Knapp Center (2,448) Des Moines, IA | |||||||
February 25, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Southern Illinois | W 77β42 | 18β7 (12β4) |
Great Southern Bank Arena (3,229) Springfield, MO | |||||||
February 29, 2024 6:30 pm, ESPN+ |
Bradley | W 70β44 | 19β7 (13β4) |
Great Southern Bank Arena (1,818) Springfield, MO | |||||||
March 2, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Illinois State | W 67β62 | 20β7 (14β4) |
Great Southern Bank Arena (3,030) Springfield, MO | |||||||
March 7, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at UIC | L 61β65 | 20β8 (14β5) |
Credit Union 1 Arena (1,107) Chicago, IL | |||||||
March 9, 2024 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Valparaiso | W 77β66 | 21β8 (15β5) |
AthleticsβRecreation Center (466) Valparaiso, IN | |||||||
MVC tournament | |||||||||||
March 15, 2024 8:30 pm, ESPN+ |
(3) | vs. (6) Murray State Quarterfinals |
W 71β70 | 22β8 |
Vibrant Arena at The MARK (1,004) Moline, IL | ||||||
March 17, 2024 4:00 pm, ESPN+ |
(3) | vs. (2) Belmont Semifinals |
W 63β48 | 23β8 |
Vibrant Arena at The MARK (1,747) Moline, IL | ||||||
March 16, 2024 1:00 pm, ESPN2 |
(3) | vs. (1) Missouri State Championship |
L 75β76 | 23β9 |
Vibrant Arena at The MARK (1,305) Moline, IL | ||||||
WBIT | |||||||||||
March 21, 2024* 6:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at (4)
Illinois First Round |
L 69β74 | 23β10 |
State Farm Center (1,391) Champaign, IL | |||||||
2023β24 Missouri State Lady Bears basketball | |
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WBIT, First Round | |
Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
Record | 23β10 (15β5 MVC) |
Head coach |
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Associate head coach | Darren Guensch |
Assistant coaches |
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Home arena | Great Southern Bank Arena |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Drake β | 19 | – | 1 | .950 | 29 | – | 6 | .829 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Belmont | 17 | – | 3 | .850 | 26 | – | 9 | .743 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Missouri State | 15 | – | 5 | .750 | 23 | – | 10 | .697 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Iowa | 14 | – | 6 | .700 | 16 | – | 16 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois State | 13 | – | 7 | .650 | 22 | – | 12 | .647 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Murray State | 12 | – | 8 | .600 | 20 | – | 12 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UIC | 10 | – | 10 | .500 | 18 | – | 16 | .529 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern Illinois | 6 | – | 14 | .300 | 11 | – | 20 | .355 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana State | 6 | – | 14 | .300 | 11 | – | 21 | .344 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Valparaiso | 4 | – | 16 | .200 | 5 | – | 25 | .167 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bradley | 2 | – | 18 | .100 | 6 | – | 26 | .188 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Evansville | 2 | – | 18 | .100 | 4 | – | 28 | .125 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2024 MVC tournament winner |
The 2023β24 Missouri State Lady Bears basketball team represented Missouri State University during the 2023β24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Bears, led by second-year head coach Beth Cunningham, played their home games at the Great Southern Bank Arena located in Springfield, Missouri as members of the Missouri Valley Conference.
The Lady Bears finished the 2022β23 season 20β12, 14β6 in MVC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. [1] They defeated Indiana State in the opening round of the MVC tournament, [2] before falling to eventual tournament champions Drake in the quarterfinals. [3] They received an at-large bid into the WNIT, [4] where they would lose to Nebraska in the first round. [5]
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Roster |
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
November 1, 2023* 6:30 pm |
Missouri Western | L 57β65 | β |
Great Southern Bank Arena (1,574) Springfield, MO | |||||||
Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
November 6, 2023* 5:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Little Rock | W 52β47 | 1β0 |
Jack Stephens Center (β) Little Rock, AR | |||||||
November 15, 2023* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Saint Louis | L 67β79 | 1β1 |
Chaifetz Arena (923) St. Louis, MO | |||||||
November 22, 2023* 7:30 pm |
Southeast Missouri State | W 74β66 | 2β1 |
Great Southern Bank Arena (1,783) Springfield, MO | |||||||
November 26, 2023* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Oklahoma State | L 51β82 | 2β2 |
Gallagher-Iba Arena (2,009) Stillwater, OK | |||||||
December 1, 2023* 6:30 pm, ESPN+ |
Tulane | W 70β60 | 3β2 |
Great Southern Bank Arena (1,922) Springfield, MO | |||||||
December 6, 2023* 6:00 pm, SECN |
at Missouri | L 63β81 | 3β3 |
Mizzou Arena (3,894) Columbia, MO | |||||||
December 16, 2023* 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Wichita State | W 72β65 | 4β3 |
Great Southern Bank Arena (3,001) Springfield, MO | |||||||
December 20, 2023* 2:30 pm, ESPN+ |
BYU Lady Bear Classic |
W 56β55 | 5β3 |
Great Southern Bank Arena (1,619) Springfield, MO | |||||||
December 21, 2023* 2:30 pm, ESPN+ |
Western Kentucky Lady Bear Classic |
W 69β68 | 6β3 |
Great Southern Bank Arena (1,674) Springfield, MO | |||||||
MVC regular season | |||||||||||
December 30, 2023 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Northern Iowa | W 54β52 | 7β3 (1β0) |
Great Southern Bank Arena (2,111) Springfield, MO | |||||||
January 4, 2024 6:30 pm, ESPN+ |
Valparaiso | W 67β47 | 8β3 (2β0) |
Great Southern Bank Arena (1,656) Springfield, MO | |||||||
January 6, 2024 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
UIC | W 51β50 | 9β3 (3β0) |
Great Southern Bank Arena (2,885) Springfield, MO | |||||||
January 11, 2024 6:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Bradley | W 94β66 | 10β3 (4β0) |
Renaissance Coliseum (379) Peoria, IL | |||||||
January 14, 2024 6:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Illinois State | L 78β85 | 10β4 (4β1) |
CEFCU Arena (1,056) Normal, IL | |||||||
January 19, 2024 6:30 pm, ESPN+ |
Evansville | W 90β55 | 11β4 (5β1) |
Great Southern Bank Arena (1,921) Springfield, MO | |||||||
January 21, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Indiana State | W 89β71 | 12β4 (6β1) |
Great Southern Bank Arena (2,353) Springfield, MO | |||||||
January 26, 2024 6:30 pm, ESPN+ |
at Belmont | L 55β66 | 12β5 (6β2) |
Curb Event Center (892) Nashville, TN | |||||||
January 28, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Murray State | W 84β74 | 13β5 (7β2) |
CFSB Center (2,163) Murray, KY | |||||||
February 3, 2024 4:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Southern Illinois | W 62β52 | 14β5 (8β2) |
Banterra Center (887) Carbondale, IL | |||||||
February 9, 2024 6:30 pm, ESPN+ |
Belmont | W 73β54 | 15β5 (9β2) |
Great Southern Bank Arena (3,503) Springfield, MO | |||||||
February 11, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Murray State | L 89β95 | 15β6 (9β3) |
Great Southern Bank Arena (2,175) Springfield, MO | |||||||
February 15, 2024 5:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Indiana State | W 59β51 | 16β6 (10β3) |
Hulman Center (1,215) Terre Haute, IN | |||||||
February 17, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Evansville | W 73β56 | 17β6 (11β3) |
Meeks Family Fieldhouse (440) Evansville, IN | |||||||
February 22, 2024 6:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Drake | L 65β76 | 17β7 (11β4) |
Knapp Center (2,448) Des Moines, IA | |||||||
February 25, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Southern Illinois | W 77β42 | 18β7 (12β4) |
Great Southern Bank Arena (3,229) Springfield, MO | |||||||
February 29, 2024 6:30 pm, ESPN+ |
Bradley | W 70β44 | 19β7 (13β4) |
Great Southern Bank Arena (1,818) Springfield, MO | |||||||
March 2, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Illinois State | W 67β62 | 20β7 (14β4) |
Great Southern Bank Arena (3,030) Springfield, MO | |||||||
March 7, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at UIC | L 61β65 | 20β8 (14β5) |
Credit Union 1 Arena (1,107) Chicago, IL | |||||||
March 9, 2024 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Valparaiso | W 77β66 | 21β8 (15β5) |
AthleticsβRecreation Center (466) Valparaiso, IN | |||||||
MVC tournament | |||||||||||
March 15, 2024 8:30 pm, ESPN+ |
(3) | vs. (6) Murray State Quarterfinals |
W 71β70 | 22β8 |
Vibrant Arena at The MARK (1,004) Moline, IL | ||||||
March 17, 2024 4:00 pm, ESPN+ |
(3) | vs. (2) Belmont Semifinals |
W 63β48 | 23β8 |
Vibrant Arena at The MARK (1,747) Moline, IL | ||||||
March 16, 2024 1:00 pm, ESPN2 |
(3) | vs. (1) Missouri State Championship |
L 75β76 | 23β9 |
Vibrant Arena at The MARK (1,305) Moline, IL | ||||||
WBIT | |||||||||||
March 21, 2024* 6:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at (4)
Illinois First Round |
L 69β74 | 23β10 |
State Farm Center (1,391) Champaign, IL | |||||||