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MOLINE, Ill. — Missouri State won't have an automatic bid and it will now await its NCAA Tournament fate when the bracket is unveiled Sunday.
The Lady Bears lost 63-57 to Northern Iowa on Saturday evening in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament semifinals in Moline, Illinois. The Panthers will play Illinois State on Sunday afternoon for the league's automatic bid.
MSU entered the game as one of the last eight teams to make the NCAA Tournament field, according to numerous bracketologists. The selection show is Sunday at 7 p.