Missouri State Lady Bears (14-4, 6-1 MVC) vs. UNI Panthers (10-9, 5-3 MVC)
Date and Time	Sunday, January 26 | 2:00 p.m.
Location	Great Southern Bank Arena | Springfield, Mo.
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The Lady Bear Necessities 

• Missouri State women's basketball puts its six-game win streak on the line as the Lady Bears welcome Northern Iowa to Great Southern Bank Arena on Sunday afternoon (2 p.m.). MoState leads the all-time series against the Panthers 61-31, including 35-8 record at home in Springfield.
• The Lady Bears are coming off a thrilling overtime victory against Drake on Friday night. Paige Rocca's three-pointer with 0.9 seconds remaining forced overtime, before Missouri State led for the entirety of the OT period to secure a four-point, 72-68 win. Six Lady Bears scored in double figures. 
• Missouri State is 8-0 at home this season and the Lady Bears own a 33-5 record inside Great Southern Bank Arena under Beth Cunningham. In home games this season, MoState owns a +15.6 scoring margin, a +8.1 rebounding margin and is holding opponents to 56.0 ppg. At home, Lacy Stokes owns a stellar 2.9 assist-to-turnover ratio (29 A, 10 TO). 
• Sarah Linthacum (Sr., Jefferson City, Mo.) has been extremely efficient for the Lady Bears in the post. She leads Missouri State with a .548 (91-166) field goal percentage, which ranks 4th in the MVC and 34th nationally. Across MoState's six-game win streak, Linthacum has gone 37-57 (.649) from the field and averaged 13.5 points/game.
• Lacy Stokes (Sr., Mount Vernon, Mo.) continues to do it all for Missouri State from the point guard position. Stokes leads the team in scoring (13.4 ppg), assists (69), steals (42), free throw percentage (.780) and minutes (34.1 mpg). 
• Spectacular Sophomores - Sophomores Kaemyn Bekemeier (10.6 ppg) and Kyrah Daniels (11.7 ppg) are two of four Lady Bears averaging double-figure points this season, and they rank first and second on the team in rebounding with 101 and 98 boards, respectively. Bekemeier leads the way with two double-doubles on the season and ranks second in three-point field goal percentage (.396), while Daniels leads the team in 3FGM (35) and blocks (16).
• A couple of keys to success for Missouri State this season have been:
  • Getting off to a quick start: 13-1 when leading at the half and are 1-3 when trailing at the break.
  • Bench production: 10-0 this season when leading in bench scoring. 
• In the Cunningham era, Missouri State is 36-4 when scoring 70+ points, 41-1 when holding opponents to 65 points or less and 32-0 when opponents score less than 60 points. 
• Missouri State was picked to finish fifth in the MVC preseason poll for the second consecutive year. MSU finished third in the regular season last year with a 15-5 league record. Stokes earned a spot on the preseason All-MVC first team after earning second-team honors a year ago.

The Series 
Missouri State leads the all-time series 61-31 against Northern Iowa, including a 35-8 record at home in Springfield. The two squads have alternated victories across the last seven meetings. 
    Last season, the Lady Bears and Panthers met just one time - a 54-52 victory for MoState in Springfield. Last year's meeting was the conference opener for both squads and it delivered an instant classic. Missouri State didn't take its first lead of the game until the 3:18 mark in the fourth quarter, and later UNI's Maya McDermott tied the game with 0:05 remaining. After the Lady Bears advanced the ball and had one final chance, that's when Lacy Stokes worked her magic and got a contested shot off right before the buzzer, watching it fall through as she slid across the baseline for the two-point victory.