2019–20 Missouri State Lady Bears basketball team

The 2019–20 Missouri State Lady Bears basketball team represented Missouri State University during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Bears, led by first year head coach Amaka Agugua-Hamilton, played their home games at JQH Arena and were members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 26–4, 16–2 in MVC play to finish in first place.

2019–20 Missouri State Lady Bears basketball
Missouri Valley Conference regular season
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 19
APNo. 23
Record26–4 (16–2 The Valley)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Franqua Bedell
  • Seth Minter
  • Tori Jankoska
Home arenaJQH Arena
2019–20 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 23 Missouri State16–2 .88926–4  .867
Drake14–4 .77822–8  .733
Bradley13–5 .72222–7  .759
Illinois State11–7 .61119–10  .655
Northern Iowa10–8 .55618–11  .621
Valparaiso9–9 .50017–12  .586
Southern Illinois8–10 .44416–13  .552
Loyola6–12 .33315–14  .517
Indiana State3–15 .1675–25  .167
Evansville0–18 .0003–26  .103
† 2020 MVC tournament winner
As of October 27, 2023
Rankings from AP poll

The Missouri Valley Tournament and NCAA tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.[1]

Roster
2019–20 Missouri State Bears women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 2 Elle Ruffridge 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) JrPocahontas Area High Pocahontas, IA
F 4 Abby Hipp 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) JrSt. Pius X High Kansas City, MO
G 11 Brice Calip 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) JrSapulpa High Sapulpa, OK
F 12 Sydney Schultz 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) JrOswego East High Aurora, IL
G 21 Sydney Wilson 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) SoOlathe East High Overland Park, KS
G 22 Alexa Willard 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) SrStoutland High Lebanon, MO
G 23 Mya Bhinhar 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SoOwasso High School Owasso, OK
G 24 Bri Ellis 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) RS JrRock Bridge High Columbia, MO
F 30 Shameka Ealy 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) SrRussellville High Russellville, AR
F 32 Jasmine Franklin 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) SoFayetteville Fayetteville, AR
G 34 Sydney Manning 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SoCashion High Edmond, OK
F 41 Trinity Knapp 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) FrMill Valley High Shawnee, KS
C 50 Emily Gartner 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) RS JrHiawatha High Hiawatha, KS
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: April 17, 2020

Schedule

[2]

Date
time, TV		 Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
October 28, 2019*
7:00 p.m.		 Lincoln W 109–32  –
 JQH Arena (1,645)
Springfield, MO
November 1, 2019*
7:00 p.m.		 Southwest Baptist W 92–49  –
 JQH Arena (1,351)
Springfield, MO
Non-conference regular season
November 5, 2019*
3:00 p.m., BTN Plus		 at No. 23 Minnesota W 77–69  1–0
 Williams Arena (2,860)
Minneapolis, MN
November 8, 2019*
7:00 p.m., ESPN3		 Texas A&M Corpus Christi
Preseason WNIT		 W 79–51  2–0
 JQH Arena (1,523)
Springfield, MO
November 10, 2019*
3:00 p.m.		 at Boise State
Preseason WNIT		 W 72–69  3–0
 ExtraMile Arena (910)
Boise, ID
November 14, 2019*
7:00 p.m., FSOK		 at Oklahoma
Preseason WNIT		 W 96–90  4–0
 Lloyd Noble Center (1,713)
Norman, OK
November 17, 2019*
3:30 p.m., CBSSN		 at No. 7 Oregon State
Preseason WNIT Championship		 L 69–80  4–1
 Gill Coliseum (4,872)
Corvallis, OR
November 22, 2019*
6:00 p.m., ESPN+		 Santa Clara W 71–64  5–1
 JQH Arena (2,113)
Springfield, MO
November 25, 2019*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+		 at South Dakota W 74–66  6–1
 Sanford Coyote Sports Center (2,115)
Vermillion, SD
December 1, 2019*
2:00 p.m., ESPN+		 Kansas City W 83–58  7–1
 JQH Arena (2,008)
Springfield, MO
December 4, 2019*
6:00 p.m., ESPN+		 No. 22 Wichita State W 68–55  8–1
 JQH Arena (2,064)
Springfield, MO
December 15, 2019*
3:00 p.m., ESPN+		 No. 20 Missouri W 79–72  9–1
 JQH Arena (5,091)
Springfield, MO
December 20, 2019*
8:00 p.m.		 No. 20 at No. 17 Gonzaga L 52–64  9–2
 McCarthey Athletic Center (5,570)
Spokane, WA
December 31, 2019*
1:00 p.m., ESPN3		 No. 21 William Jewell W 111–39  10–2
 JQH Arena (2,245)
Springfield, MO
Conference Season
January 3, 2020
3:00 p.m., ESPN+		 No. 21 at Loyola-Chicago W 74–72 OT 11–2
(1–0)		 Gentile Arena (302)
Chicago, IL
January 5, 2020
1:00 p.m., ESPN3		 No. 21 at Valparaiso W 81–68  12–2
(2–0)		 Athletics–Recreation Center (431)
Valparaiso, IN
January 10, 2020
7:00 p.m., ESPN+		 No. 20 Drake W 69–67  13–2
(3–0)		 JQH Arena (3,015)
Springfield, MO
January 12, 2020
2:00 p.m., ESPN3		 No. 20 Northern Iowa W 80–66  14–2
(4–0)		 JQH Arena (2,360)
Springfield, MO
January 17, 2020
6:00 p.m., ESPN+		 No. 19 at Southern Illinois L 68–70  14–3
(4–1)		 SIU Arena (432)
Carbondale, IL
January 24, 2020
6:00 p.m., ESPN3		 at Indiana State W 76–55  15–3
(5–1)		 Hulman Center (1,570)
Terre Haute, IN
January 26, 2020
1:00 p.m., ESPN+		 at Evansville W 81–55  16–3
(6–1)		 Meeks Family Fieldhouse (251)
Evansville, IN
January 31, 2020
7:00 p.m., ESPN+		 No. 24 Bradley W 90–56  17–3
(7–1)		 JQH Arena (4,044)
Springfield, MO
February 2, 2020
2:00 p.m., ESPN+		 No. 24 Illinois State W 87–74  18–3
(8–1)		 JQH Arena (2,416)
Springfield, MO
February 7, 2020
6:30 p.m., ESPN3		 at Northern Iowa W 66–55  19–3
(9–1)		 McLeod Center (1,438)
Cedar Falls, IA
February 9, 2020
2:00 p.m., ESPN+		 No. 24 at Drake W 89–83  20–3
(10–1)		 Knapp Center (4,523)
Des Moines, IA
February 15, 2020
3:00 p.m., ESPN3		 No. 24 Southern Illinois W 88–57  21–3
(11–1)		 JQH Arena (3,513)
Springfield, MO
February 21, 2020
7:00 p.m., ESPN+		 No. 23 Evansville W 76–62  22–3
(12–1)		 JQH Arena (3,495)
Springfield, MO
February 23, 2020
p.m., ESPN+		 No. 23 Indiana State W 82–58  23–3
(13–1)		 JQH Arena (2,668)
Springfield, MO
February 27, 2020
7:30 p.m., ESPN+		 No. 21 at Illinois State L 66–78  23–4
(13–2)		 Redbird Arena (912)
Normal, IL
March 1, 2020
2:00 p.m., ESPN+		 No. 21 at Bradley W 69–66  24–4
(14–2)		 Renaissance Coliseum (1,232)
Peoria, IL
March 5, 2020
7:00 p.m., ESPN+		 No. 23 Valparaiso W 85–70  25–4
(15–2)		 JQH Arena (2,861)
Springfield, MO
March 7, 2020
2:00 p.m., ESPN3		 No. 23 Loyola-Chicago W 72–61  26–4
(16–2)		 JQH Arena (3,292)
Springfield, MO
Missouri Valley Women's Tournament
March 13, 2020
 ESPN+		 (1) vs. TBD
Quarterfinals		 Canceled TaxSlayer Center 
Moline, IL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

Rankings

2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls
PollPre-
Season		Week
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18		Week
19		Final
AP RV RV RV 22 20 20 21 21 20 19 RV 24 24 24 23 21 23 23 23
Coaches RV 22 19 18 18 17 19 19 18 17 22 21 19 17 18 17 21 19 19 Not Released
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked

See also

References
  1. "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships". Archived from the original on March 12, 2020.
  2. "2019-20 Women's Basketball Schedule". www.missouristatebears.com. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
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