The Lady Bears had a chance at moving into a tie for first place in the Missouri Valley Conference on Saturday afternoon but they couldn't capitalize.
Instead, Belmont (17-10, 13-3) moved into that tie while finishing off a regular season sweep of Missouri State (17-8, 12-4) by handing the Lady Bears a 68-58 defeat on Sunday afternoon at Great Southern Bank Arena. It's the first time the Lady Bears have been swept by a team in the regular season since Drake swept Kellie Harper's Lady Bears in 2017-18, in her final year as head coach.
"The game was there with some opportunities for us to take it," first-year head coach Beth Cunningham said.