Missouri State Lady Bears got back on track with win at TCU. Here's how.
A 63-59 win at TCU put the Missouri State Lady Bears back in the winning column when they lost their previous two games by 18 or more points.
The Lady Bears (3-4) fell at Toledo earlier in the week which followed a 79-54 loss to Middle Tennessee in the second game of the Las Vegas Invitational. Missouri State won the event's first game with a 74-51 win against UTSA.
A pair of Lady Bears had double-doubles in Friday's win at TCU with Indya Green scoring 12 points and grabbing 14 boards. Sydney Wilson scored 13 points and grabbed 10 rebounds.
Starting point guard Aniya Thomas led the Lady Bears with 15 points while true freshman Jade Masogayo made the first start of her career and added a pair of points and seven rebounds.
TCU played the game without two of its top three scorers and an additional starter after they were ejected from a Monday game against George Washington after an on-court skirmish.
Missouri State led the game by as many as 20 with 9:24 left in the fourth quarter. The Horned Frogs went on a pair of runs that helped pull them back within three with 33 seconds remaining. Wilson closed the game out by hitting a trio of free throws over the final 16 seconds to leave Fort Worth with a victory.
The Lady Bears were dominant on the boards with a 53-34 advantage. Their 53 rebounds topped their previous season-high of 52 before they host UT Martin, one of the worst rebounding teams in the nation, when they return to action on Dec. 17 at 1 p.m. for their first Springfield appearance in a month.
Wyatt D. Wheeler is a reporter and columnist with the Springfield News-Leader. You can contact him at 417-371-6987, by email at wwheeler@news-leader.com or Twitter at @WyattWheeler_NL. He's also the co-host of Sports Talk on Jock Radio weekdays from 4-6 p.m.
This article originally appeared on Springfield News-Leader: Missouri State Lady Bears defeat TCU in women's college basketball
