Friday Tilt with Sycamores Up Next for Lady Bears

Missouri State Lady Bears (16-5, 8-2 MVC) vs. Indiana State Sycamores (3-18, 1-9 MVC)
Date and Time	Friday, February 7 \| 6:30 p.m.
Location	Great Southern Bank Arena \| Springfield, Mo.
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TV	ESPN+ (Don West, Carly Stubblefield) \| Watch
Radio	KWTO 93.3 FM (Tom Ladd, Lynne Miller) \| Listen Live \| Varsity Network
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Up Next	Sunday, February 9 vs. Evansville \| 2:00 p.m. \| Tickets

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The Lady Bear Necessities

Missouri State women's basketball will look to bounce back after its eight-game win streak was snapped on Sunday at Illinois State. The Lady Bears welcome Indiana State for a Friday night (6:30 p.m.) matchup at Great Southern Bank Arena. MoState is 70-18 all time against the Sycamores, including a 36-6 record at home in Springfield. The Lady Bears have won the last 21 meetings in the series.
The Lady Bears are the only team remaining in The Valley with an undefeated record at home (9-0). In home games, MoState owns a +17.9 scoring margin, +9.0 rebounding margin and is holding opponents to just 54.8 points/game. Sarah Linthacum leads the way in home games with 12.8 points/game and a .609 (53-87) FG%, while Lacy Stokes owns a 3.3 assist-to-turnover ratio in front of her home crowd.
Lainie Douglas (Fr., Overland Park, Kan.) was named MVC Freshman of the Week for the second consecutive week. In a weekend split at Bradley and Illinois State, she averaged 9.5 points and 4.0 rebounds per game, while shooting .750 (9-12 FG) in 11.9 minutes per game off the bench. Against Bradley, she posted a career-high 17 points (8-10 FG) which included 15 second-half points on a perfect 7-for-7 from the field.
Linthacum (Sr., Jefferson City, Mo.) leads the Lady Bears with a .566 FG% (112-198), which ranks 28th nationally. She is MoState's third-leading scorer at 11.6 points/game and leads the team with 50 offensive rebounds.
Stokes (Sr., Mount Vernon, Mo.) continues to do it all for Missouri State from the point guard position. Stokes leads the team in scoring (12.3 ppg), assists (85), steals (47), free throw percentage (.780) and minutes (34.2 mpg).
Paige Rocca (Sr., Iowa City, Iowa) has played in 130 games at MSU, which is tied for 4th in program history. With an appearance against Indiana State, she will move into a tie for 3rd with Lacey Boshe.
Spectacular Sophomores - Sophomores Kaemyn Bekemeier (10.7 ppg) and Kyrah Daniels (11.9 ppg) are two of four Lady Bears averaging double-figure points this season, and they rank first and third on the team in rebounding with 124 and 113 boards, respectively. Bekemeier ranks second in FT% (.769) and third in 3FG% (.377), while Daniels leads the team in 3FGM (42) and blocks (16).
A couple of keys to success for Missouri State this season have been:
- Getting off to a quick start: 15-1 when leading at the half and are 1-4 when trailing at the break.
- Bench production: 12-1 this season when leading in bench scoring.
In the Cunningham era, Missouri State is 38-4 when scoring 70+ points, 43-1 when holding opponents to 65 points or less and 33-0 when opponents score less than 60 points.

The Series
Missouri State leads the all-time series 70-18 against Indiana State, including a 36-6 record at home in Springfield. The Lady Bears have won the last 21 meetings in the series - MoState's last loss to the Sycamores was on 2/21/14 in Springfield by a score of 73-37.
When the two squads met earlier this season in Terre Haute, the Lady Bears led wire-to-wire in the 16-point victory. Kyrah Daniels paced Missouri State with a game-high 20 points, while Lacy Stokes added 19 points and a team-high five boards. MoState held the Sycmores to just 33 percent (19-57) from the field and 8 percent (1-13) from beyond the arc.
In last season's meeting in Springfield, the Lady Bears came away with an 89-71 win on Kari Koch's jersey retirement day. After leading by just two points at halftime and surrendering the lead in the third quarter, Missouri State went on a 33-7 run that began at the midway point of the third to take and extend its lead to 22 points, ultimately securing the victory. Five Lady Bears scored in double figures as MoState shot 61% (34-56) from the field as a team.

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Players Mentioned

Kaemyn Bekemeier

Kyrah Daniels

Lainie Douglas

Sarah Linthacum

Paige Rocca

Lacy Stokes

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