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Hot-shooting carries No. 22 Lady Bears past Indiana State in bounce-back win

After suffering a heartbreaking loss at Southern Illinois last week, the No. 22 Missouri State Lady Bears bounced back on Friday night at Indiana State.

Missouri State needed only six minutes to jump out to a 17-6 lead in the first quarter and did not look back, cruising to a dominating 76-55 win over the Sycamores.

"We had some people step up and get back into a confident state," head coach Amaka "Mox" Agugua-Hamilton said in her postgame radio interview. "Some people were second-guessing themselves. We just had to have that breakthrough.

"I'm really happy to see people shoot the ball well.