Missouri State Women's Basketball 2021 NCAA Tournament Capsule

Missouri State Lady Bears

Missouri Valley (21-2, 16-0)

 
 
Big Wins: 11/27 at FGCU (74-49), 11/28 vs Maryland (81-72), 1/23 Drake (78-63)
Bad Losses: 11/29 vs Wake Forest (59-68), 12/19 South Dakota State (52-60)
Coach: Amaka Agugua-Hamilton
 
Probable Starters:
Brice Calip, Senior, Guard, 13.5 ppg, 4.2 apg, 4.7 rpg
Elle Ruffridge, Senior, Guard, 8.8 ppg, 1.8 apg
Sydney Wilson, Junior, Guard, 8.2 ppg, 2.3 apg, 4.3 rpg
Jasmine Franklin, Junior, Forward, 11.8 ppg, 9.2 rpg
Abby Hipp, Senior, Forward, 9.7 ppg, 5.4 rpg
 
Key Role Players:
Emily Gartner, Senior, Center, 5.9 ppg, 4.4 rpg
Sydney Manning, Junior, Guard, 5.3 ppg, 1.9 apg
Mya Bhinhar, Junior, Guard, 3.7 ppg, 2.2 apg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 70.2 (91st in nation, 4th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 57.4 (33, 1)
Field-Goal Percentage: 42.0 (97, 4)
Field-Goal Defense: 38.2 (85, 3)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 5.4 (213, 7)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 30.6 (189, 6)
Free-Throw Percentage: 71.3 (140, 5)
Rebound Margin: 10.3 (14, 1)
Assists Per Game: 15.8 (38, 2)
Turnovers Per Game: 13.2 (38, 2)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2019NCAAFirst Round win over DePaul
2019NCAASecond Round win over Iowa State
2019NCAAThird Round loss to Stanford
2018NITFirst Round win over Louisiana Tech
2018NITSecond Round loss to TCU
2016NCAARound of 64 loss to Texas A&M
2015NITFirst Round loss to Tulsa
2012NITFirst Round win over UMKC
2012NITSecond Round win over Memphis
2012NITThird Round loss to Oklahoma State
2011NITRound of 64 win over Rice
2011NITRound of 32 loss to Arkansas
2010NITRound of 64 win over Oral Roberts
2010NITRound of 32 win over Samford
2010NITRegional Semifinal loss to Illinois
2006NCAARound of 64 loss to Purdue
2005NITFirst Round win over Southern Methodist
2005NITSecond Round win over Gonzaga
2005NITThird Round win over Texas A&M
2005NITSemifinal win over Iowa
2005NITFinal win over West Virginia
2004NCAARound of 64 loss to Notre Dame
 
*all team stats through 3/4