2019–20 Missouri State Lady Bears basketball team

2019–20 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball standings
	† 2020 MVC Tournament winner ; As of December 22, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll

2019–20 Missouri State Lady Bears basketball
2019–20 Missouri State Lady Bears basketball
Missouri Valley Conference Regular Season
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 19
AP	No. 23
2019–20 record	26–4 (16–2 The Valley)
Head coach	Amaka Agugua-Hamilton (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Franqua Bedell; Seth Minter; Tori Jankoska;
Home arena	JQH Arena
	Seasons ← 2018–19 2020–21 →

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.^[1]

Roster[]

2019–20 Missouri State Bears women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	2	Elle Ruffridge	5 ft 3 in (1.6 m)	Jr		Pocahontas, IA
F	4	Abby Hipp	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	St. Pius X High	Kansas City, MO
G	11	Brice Calip	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Sapulpa High	Sapulpa, OK
F	12	Sydney Schultz	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Oswego East High	Aurora, IL
G	21	Sydney Wilson	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	Olathe East High	Overland Park, KS
G	22	Alexa Willard	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr		Lebanon, MO
G	23	Mya Bhinhar	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Owasso East High	Owasso, OK
G	24	Bri Ellis	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	RS Jr	Rock Bridge High	Columbia, MO
F	30	Shameka Ealy	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	Russellville High	Russellville, AR
F	32	Jasmine Franklin	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Fayetteville	Fayetteville, AR
G	34	Sydney Manning	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So		Edmond, OK
F	41	Trinity Knapp	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Mill Valley High	Shawnee, KS
C	50	Emily Gartner	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	RS Jr		Hiawatha, KS

Head coach

Amaka Agugua-Hamilton (Hofstra)

Assistant coach(es)

Franqua Bedell (University of the Ozarks)
Seth Minter (Culver–Stockton College)
Tori Jankoska (Michigan State)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

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+			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+			W 83–58	7–1	JQH Arena (2,008) Springfield, MO
December 4, 2019* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 22		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	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		W 69–67	13–2 (3–0)	JQH Arena (3,015) Springfield, MO
January 12, 2020 2:00 p.m., ESPN3	No. 20		W 80–66	14–2 (4–0)	JQH Arena (2,360) Springfield, MO
January 17, 2020 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 19	at	L 68–70	14–3 (4–1)	SIU Arena (432) Carbondale, IL
January 24, 2020 6:00 p.m., ESPN3		at	W 76–55	15–3 (5–1)	Hulman Center (1,570) Terre Haute, IN
January 26, 2020 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		at	W 81–55	16–3 (6–1)	Meeks Family Fieldhouse (251) Evansville, IN
January 31, 2020 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 24		W 90–56	17–3 (7–1)	JQH Arena (4,044) Springfield, MO
February 2, 2020 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 24		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
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	Week 17	Week 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

References[]

^ "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships".
^ "2019-20 Women's Basketball Schedule". www.missouristatebears.com. Retrieved April 17, 2020.

[1] "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships".

[2] "2019-20 Women's Basketball Schedule". www.missouristatebears.com. Retrieved April 17, 2020.

[1]

[2]

v t Missouri State Lady Bears basketball
Venues	Hammons Student Center (1982–2008) JQH Arena (2008–present)
People
	2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21
NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

2019–20 Missouri State Lady Bears basketball team

Contents

Roster[]

Schedule[]

Rankings[]

See also[]

References[]

2019–20 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 23 Missouri State	16	–	2	.889	26	–	4	.867
	14	–	4	.778	22	–	8	.733
	13	–	5	.722	22	–	7	.759
	11	–	7	.611	19	–	10	.655
	10	–	8	.556	18	–	11	.621
Valparaiso	9	–	9	.500	17	–	12	.586
	8	–	10	.444	16	–	13	.552
	6	–	12	.333	15	–	14	.517
	3	–	15	.167	5	–	25	.167
	0	–	18	.000	3	–	26	.103


† 2020 MVC Tournament winner As of December 22, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll