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MVC Tournament: Men’s season ends with loss in semis

ST. LOUIS — The Missouri State men’s basketball season is over.

The Bears lost 89-82 to Valparaiso in the semifinals of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament at Enterprise Center on Saturday evening.

Missouri State looked like a different team from when they played on Friday. After the Bears defeated Indiana State by 27, ISU head coach Greg Lansing said MSU looked “like an SEC team.”

That was not the case on Saturday.

“They noticeably played harder than we did,” MSU head coach Dana Ford said after the game. “I mean, I thought it was really that simple.