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Six takeaways from Missouri State men's and women's basketball preview scrimmages

Missouri State men's and women's basketball took the floor in front of fans for the first time in seven months on Saturday afternoon.

Dana Ford's squad featured a plethora of newcomers while Amaka Agugua-Hamilton had a surprise announcement as the bulk of a nationally-ranked team from a year ago took the floor.

Here are the takeaways we had from the preview event. Ford and Agugua-Hamilton were not made available to the media following their scrimmages.

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