SPRINGFIELD -- Missouri State's Lily Johnson posted just the second 20-kill, 20-dig match for a Bear in the last 11 seasons, and Emily Butters became the first MSU player with 30 digs in a match since 2013, but visiting Washington State lived up to its No. 1 national ranking in blocking to come away with a 3-2 win Friday on the second night of the Dr. Mary Jo Wynn Invitational at Hammons Student Center.

The Cougars (10-1), who sit three spots ahead of Bears (7-4) in the No. 29 spot of the most recent AVCA Coaches Poll, won by set scores of 18-25, 25-22, 25-15, 23-25 and 15-12, recording 18 blocks in the match to overcome shortfalls of 72-56 in total kills and 91-78 in digs.

For Missouri State, Johnson's 23 kills moved her past the 1,900 mark for her career and 17 shy of Michelle Witzke's school record, while she also joined MSU's career top 10 in digs with 22 in the contest. Lynsey Wright added 13 kills for the Bears and Mikaela Mosquera pitched in a career-high six winners without an error. Butters became the 10th player in school history with 30 digs in a match, a feat accomplished a total of 21 times.

The Bears never trailed in the first set after Emelie Orlando's ace capped a 5-0 run with a 9-4 lead. WSU rallied for a 15-all tie before MSU countered with a 3-0 run and pulled away on the strength of 25 team digs to hold the Cougars to a .048 hitting percentage.

Missouri State led for the majority of the second set before a WSU block gave the visitors a 22-21 advantage, and the Cougars scored the final three points of the set for the 25-22 win. Then in the third set, the Cougars had five blocks and four aces and held MSU to a negative attack efficiency for a 2-1 match lead.

Johnson fired eight kills in the fourth set, including five during a crucial 7-0 run that turned a 19-14 WSU lead into a 21-19 advantage for the Bears, and added another for 23-20 before Ashley Ophoven scored MSU's final two points in the narrow victory to force a fifth set.

The final period was tied at each point until the Cougars got a block for a 7-5 lead. The teams sided out to 12-10 when an MSU error made it 13-10, and four more side outs resulted in WSU win as the Pac-12 school hit .550 with 11 kills in the fifth set.

MSU concludes the tournament Saturday with matches against Illinois (7-2) at 1:30 p.m. and Tennessee State (4-7) at 7:30 p.m.