Missouri State Women's Basketball 2026 NCAA Tournament Capsule

 
Missouri State Lady Bears
 
Conference USA (22-12, 11-7)
 
 
Big Wins: 11/18 Georgia Southern (69-58), 3/14 vs Louisiana Tech (43-38)
Bad Losses: 1/17 at New Mexico State (56-63), 3/7 at Middle Tennessee (75-86)
Coach: Beth Cunningham
 
Probable Starters:
Maiesha Washington, Freshman, Forward, 7.5 ppg, 6.1 rpg, 1.5 apg
Lainie Douglas, Sophomore, Forward, 13.7 ppg, 6.2 rpg, 1.5 bpg
Faith Lee, Senior, Forward, 7.4 ppg, 2.6 rpg
Maycee James, Senior, Guard, 3.1 ppg, 2.7 apg, 3.1 rpg, 2.5 spg
Kaemyn Bekemeier, Junior, Guard, 17.4 ppg, 1.7 apg, 8.2 rpg
 
Key Role Players:
Audrey Hopkins, Freshman, Guard, 2.2 ppg, 2.2 rpg
Kendal Brueggen, Freshman, Guard, 5.8 ppg, 2.5 rpg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 65.7 (182nd in nation, 3rd in conference)
Scoring Defense: 60.5 (89, 6)
Field-Goal Percentage: 40.1 (193, 5)
Field-Goal Defense: 37.9 (69, 2)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 4.1 (332, 9)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 29.5 (231, 8)
Free-Throw Percentage: 75.6 (52, 1)
Rebound Margin: 6.6 (39, 2)
Assists Per Game: 12.1 (239, 5)
Turnovers Per Game: 17.6 (265, 7)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2025WBIFirst Round win over Oral Roberts
2025WBISecond Round loss to Minnesota
2024WBIFirst Round loss to Illinois
2023NITFirst Round loss to Nebraska
2022NCAAFirst Four win over Florida State
2022NCAARound of 64 loss to Ohio State
2022NCAARound of 64 loss to Ohio State
2021NCAARound of 64 win over UC Davis
2021NCAARound of 32 win over Wright State
2021NCAARegional Semifinal loss to Stanford
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 3/5