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

## Schedule

| 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 | 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
Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | Not ranked previous week |
| (RV) | Received Votes |
| (NR) | Not Ranked |