2020–21 Missouri State Lady Bears basketball team


The 2020–21 Missouri State Lady Bears basketball team represented Missouri State University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Bears, led by second year head coach Amaka Agugua-Hamilton, played their home games at JQH Arena and were members of the Missouri Valley Conference.

2020–21 Missouri State Lady Bears basketball
Missouri Valley Conference regular season
NCAA tournament, Sweet 16
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 14
APNo. 20
Record23–3 (16–0 The Valley)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Alysiah Bond
  • Tori Jankoska
  • CJ Jones
Home arenaJQH Arena
Seasons
2020–21 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 20 Missouri State 16 0   1.000 23 4   .852
Drake 13 5   .722 18 12   .600
Illinois State 12 6   .667 16 9   .640
Northern Iowa 11 7   .611 17 13   .567
Bradley 10 8   .556 17 12   .586
Loyola–Chicago 8 10   .444 12 15   .444
Valparaiso 7 9   .438 12 13   .480
Southern Illinois 5 13   .278 9 16   .360
Indiana State 2 12   .143 5 15   .250
Evansville 2 16   .111 6 18   .250
2021 MVC tournament winner
As of July 7, 2024
Rankings from AP poll

They finished the season 23–3 and 16–0 in conference play to finish as Missouri Valley Conference champions. As the first seed in the Missouri Valley tournament, they defeated Southern Illinois in the quarterfinals before having to forfeit their semifinal game.[1] They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament and were the fifth seed in the Alamo Regional. They defeated twelve seed UC Davis and thirteen seed Wright State before falling to the first seed Stanford in the Sweet Sixteen.

Previous season

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The Lady Bears finished the season 26–4, 16–2 in MVC play to finish in first place. The Missouri Valley tournament and NCAA tournament were cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.[2]

Roster

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2020–21 Missouri State Bears women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
F 0 Abi Jackson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Little Rock Central
Auburn
Little Rock, AR
G 2 Elle Ruffridge 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) Sr Pocahontas Area Pocahontas, IA
F 4 Abby Hipp 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr St. Pius X Kansas City, MO
G 11 Brice Calip 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Sapulpa Sapulpa, OK
G 21 Sydney Wilson 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Olathe East Overland Park, KS
G 22 Paige Rocca 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Iowa City Iowa City, IA
G 23 Mya Bhinhar 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Owasso High School Owasso, OK
G 24 Bri Ellis 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Rock Bridge Columbia, MO
F 32 Jasmine Franklin 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Fayetteville Fayetteville, AR
G 34 Sydney Manning 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Cashion Edmond, OK
C 50 Emily Gartner 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Sr Hiawatha Hiawatha, KS
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: July 9, 2021

Schedule

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Source:[3]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 27, 2020*
4:30 p.m., FloHoops
No. 24 at Florida Gulf Coast
Gulf Coast Showcase
W 74–49  1–0
Alico Arena (0)
Fort Myers, FL
November 28, 2020*
4:30 p.m., FloHoops
No. 24 vs. No. 12 Maryland
Gulf Coast Showcase
W 81–72  2–0
Alico Arena (0)
Fort Myers, FL
November 29, 2020*
1:30 p.m., FloHoops
No. 24 vs. Wake Forest
Gulf Coast Showcase
L 59–68  2–1
Alico Arena (0)
Fort Myers, FL
December 5, 2020*
1:00 p.m.
No. 21 Tulsa Canceled JQH Arena 
Springfield, MO
December 7, 2020*
7:00 p.m., ESPN3
No. 21 Lincoln W 100–38  3–1
JQH Arena (1,006)
Springfield, MO
December 14, 2020*
7:00 p.m., SECN+
No. 20 at Missouri W 72–58  4–1
Mizzou Arena (1,743)
Columbia, MO
December 19, 2020*
1:00 p.m., ESPN3
No. 20 South Dakota State L 52–60  4–2
JQH Arena (1,362)
Springfield, MO
Missouri Valley Conference Season
January 15, 2021
6:00 p.m., ESPN3
at Northern Iowa W 70–51  5–2
(1–0)
McLeod Center (462)
Cedar Falls, IA
January 16, 2021
4:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Northern Iowa W 64–60  6–2
(2–0)
McLeod Center (492)
Cedar Falls, IA
January 22, 2021
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
Drake W 73–72  7–2
(3–0)
JQH Arena (1,727)
Springfield, MO
January 23, 2021
5:00 p.m., ESPN+
Drake W 78–63  8–2
(4–0)
JQH Arena (1,436)
Springfield, MO
January 27, 2021
3:00 p.m., ESPN3
Southern Illinois W 61–44  9–2
(5–0)
JQH Arena (1,001)
Springfield, MO
January 30, 2021
1:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Valparaiso W 61–51  10–2
(6–0)
Athletics–Recreation Center (77)
Valparaiso, IN
January 31, 2021
3:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Valparaiso W 74–73  11–2
(7–0)
Athletics–Recreation Center (75)
Valparaiso, IN
February 5, 2021
7:00 p.m.
Indiana State Canceled JQH Arena 
Springfield, MO
February 6, 2021
5:00 p.m., ESPN3
Indiana State Canceled JQH Arena 
Springfield, MO
February 12, 2021
4:00 p.m., ESPN+
No. 25 at Illinois State W 69–52  12–2
(8–0)
Redbird Arena (0)
Normal, IL
February 13, 2021
4:00 p.m., ESPN3
No. 25 at Illinois State W 73–72  13–2
(9–0)
Redbird Arena (0)
Normal, IL
February 19, 2021
:00 p.m., ESPN3
No. 25 Bradley W 62–56  14–2
(10–0)
JQH Arena (1,103)
Springfield, MO
February 20, 2021
5:00 p.m., ESPN3
No. 25 Bradley W 75–62  15–2
(11–0)
JQH Arena (1,613)
Springfield, MO
February 24, 2021
6:00 p.m., ESPN+
No. 23 at Southern Illinois W 67–55  16–2
(12–0)
SIU Arena (50)
Carbondale, IL
February 27, 2021
5:00 p.m., ESPN+
No. 23 Loyola–Chicago W 64–50  17–2
(13–0)
JQH Arena (1,373)
Springfield, MO
February 28, 2021
5:00 p.m., ESPN+
No. 23 Loyola–Chicago W 59–45  18–2
(14–0)
JQH Arena (1,294)
Springfield, MO
March 5, 2021
6:00 p.m., ESPN3
No. 23 at Evansville W 87–54  19–2
(15–0)
Meeks Family Fieldhouse (0)
Evansville, IN
March 6, 2021
6:00 p.m., ESPN3
No. 23 at Evansville W 85–44  20–2
(16–0)
Meeks Family Fieldhouse (0)
Evansville, IN
Missouri Valley women's tournament
March 12, 2021
11:00 a.m., ESPN+
(1) No. 21 vs. (8) Southern Illinois
Quarterfinals
W 70–59  21–2
TaxSlayer Center (0)
Moline, IL
March 13, 2021
1:00 p.m., ESPN+
(1) No. 21 vs. (2) Drake
Semifinals
Canceled TaxSlayer Center 
Moline, IL
NCAA tournament
March 22, 2021
6:30 p.m., ESPNU
(5 A) No. 20 vs. (12 A) UC Davis
First Round
W 70–51  22–2
Bill Greehey Arena (0)
San Antonio, TX
March 24, 2021
2:00 p.m., ESPNU
(5 A) No. 20 vs. (13 A) Wright State
Second Round
W 64–39  23–2
Convocation Center (0)
San Antonio, TX
March 28, 2021
2:00 p.m., ABC
(5 A) No. 20 vs. (1 A) No. 2 Stanford
Sweet 16
L 62–89  23–3
Alamodome (0)
San Antonio, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
A=Alamo.
All times are in Central Time.

Rankings

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Regular Season Polls
Poll Pre-
Season
Week
2
Week
3
Week
4
Week
5
Week
6
Week
7
Week
8
Week
9
Week
10
Week
11
Week
12
Week
13
Week
14
Week
15
Week
16
Final
AP 24 21 21 20 24 24 25 RV RV RV RV 25 25 23 23 21 20
Coaches 25 22 20 24 24 25 25 25 25 23 23 20 19т 17 17 17 14
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked and Did not receive votes

The Coaches Poll did not release a Week 2 poll and the AP Poll did not release a poll after the NCAA Tournament.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "MVC Women's Basketball Tournament - Schedule Update". mvc-sports.com. Missouri Valley Conference. March 13, 2021. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  2. ^ "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships". Archived from the original on March 12, 2020.
  3. ^ "2020-21 Women's Basketball Schedule". missouristatebears.com. Missouri State University Athletics. Retrieved July 9, 2021.