The MSU Lady Bears are back on the Valley road this week with trips to Illinois State at 7 p.m. Friday and Bradley at 2 p.m. Sunday. Missouri State is 3-1 in Missouri Valley Conference play and will take its 75.5 scoring average in league games to face the top two teams in the league in scoring defense. MSU’s offensive attack has been a balanced effort, with eight different players scoring in double figures at least once in the season’s first four conference games.
Illinois State (6-8, 0-3) leads the MVC in scoring defense at 55.1 points per game, while Bradley, arguably the surprise team in the Valley this year at 9-5 overall and 3-0 in league games, allows 61.