St. LOUIS – The Missouri Valley Conference announced Wednesday the rescheduled dates for two Missouri State women's basketball series.

The Lady Bears will travel to Valparaiso for a pair of games on Jan. 30-31 and make up their home series with Loyola on Feb. 27-28 at JQH Arena.

Tickets for the originally scheduled Loyola series will be honored on the new dates. The Jan. 8 ticket will gain admission to the Feb. 27 game, and the Jan. 9 ticket will be honored Feb. 28.

The 25th-ranked Lady Bears are scheduled to begin defense of their Missouri Valley Conference title this weekend at UNI, taking on the Panthers at 6 p.m. Friday and 4 p.m. Saturday in Cedar Falls.

Summary:
Sat., Jan. 30 – Missouri State at Valparaiso, 1 p.m.
Sun., Jan. 31 – Missouri State at Valparaiso, 5 p.m.
Sat., Feb. 27 – Loyola at Missouri State, TBA
Sun., Feb. 28 – Loyola at Missouri State, TBA