Going into the Feb. 6’s game against Indiana State, the Bears were facing a critical two-game stretch hoping to avoid falling deeper in the Missouri Valley Conference standings.
The Bears won them both.
MSU is on a two-game winning streak in response to a season-long five game losing streak. The Bears blew out off Evansville 72-55.
Freshman Mustafa Lawrence got the Bears started with a 3-pointer less than 40 seconds into his JQH Arena starting debut.
The Bears jumped out to a 14-6 lead after Tanveer Bhullar laid one in.
Evansville cut the Bears' lead back down to two after a Dru Smith 3-pointer with 11:01 left in the half.