A two-game road trip to finish the regular season didn't go according to plan for the Lady Bears and they will have to come out of an opening-round game at the conference tournament because of it.
Missouri State lost to Drake 83-63 on Thursday and followed with an 86-67 defeat at Northern Iowa on Saturday afternoon.
The Lady Bears finished their first regular season under Beth Cunningham with a 19-10 overall record and a 14-6 record in the Missouri Valley Conference.
At 10-6 in the MVC, the Lady Bears tied Drake for fourth place in the conference.