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Coaches often say they want their teams to be playing their best late in the season. Missouri State is going to need to look a lot better over its last three games of the regular season if it's going to be any sort of threat at its conference tournament.
Missouri State (14-13, 10-7) was overpowered early by first-place Bradley (20-8, 13-4) and couldn't respond in a 64-54 defeat on Wednesday night in Peoria, Illinois.
The loss kept the Bears in sixth place in the Missouri Valley Conference standings with three games remaining.