Missouri State Women’s Basketball 2026 NCAA Tournament Capsule
March 8, 2026 · CSM Staff
Missouri State Lady Bears
Conference USA (22-12, 11-7)
Big Wins: 11/18 Georgia Southern (69-58), 3/14 vs Louisiana Tech (43-38)
Bad Losses: 1/17 at New Mexico State (56-63), 3/7 at Middle Tennessee (75-86)
Coach: Beth Cunningham
Probable Starters:
Maiesha Washington, Freshman, Forward, 7.5 ppg, 6.1 rpg, 1.5 apg
Lainie Douglas, Sophomore, Forward, 13.7 ppg, 6.2 rpg, 1.5 bpg
Faith Lee, Senior, Forward, 7.4 ppg, 2.6 rpg
Maycee James, Senior, Guard, 3.1 ppg, 2.7 apg, 3.1 rpg, 2.5 spg
Kaemyn Bekemeier, Junior, Guard, 17.4 ppg, 1.7 apg, 8.2 rpg
Key Role Players:
Audrey Hopkins, Freshman, Guard, 2.2 ppg, 2.2 rpg
Kendal Brueggen, Freshman, Guard, 5.8 ppg, 2.5 rpg
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 65.7 (182nd in nation, 3rd in conference)
Scoring Defense: 60.5 (89, 6)
Field-Goal Percentage: 40.1 (193, 5)
Field-Goal Defense: 37.9 (69, 2)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 4.1 (332, 9)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 29.5 (231, 8)
Free-Throw Percentage: 75.6 (52, 1)
Rebound Margin: 6.6 (39, 2)
Assists Per Game: 12.1 (239, 5)
Turnovers Per Game: 17.6 (265, 7)
Recent Postseason Appearances:
| 2025 | WBI | First Round win over Oral Roberts |
| 2025 | WBI | Second Round loss to Minnesota |
| 2024 | WBI | First Round loss to Illinois |
| 2023 | NIT | First Round loss to Nebraska |
| 2022 | NCAA | First Four win over Florida State |
| 2022 | NCAA | Round of 64 loss to Ohio State |
| 2022 | NCAA | Round of 64 loss to Ohio State |
| 2021 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over UC Davis |
| 2021 | NCAA | Round of 32 win over Wright State |
| 2021 | NCAA | Regional Semifinal loss to Stanford |
| 2019 | NCAA | First Round win over DePaul |
| 2019 | NCAA | Second Round win over Iowa State |
| 2019 | NCAA | Third Round loss to Stanford |
| 2018 | NIT | First Round win over Louisiana Tech |
| 2018 | NIT | Second Round loss to TCU |
| 2016 | NCAA | Round of 64 loss to Texas A&M |
| 2015 | NIT | First Round loss to Tulsa |
| 2012 | NIT | First Round win over UMKC |
| 2012 | NIT | Second Round win over Memphis |
| 2012 | NIT | Third Round loss to Oklahoma State |
| 2011 | NIT | Round of 64 win over Rice |
| 2011 | NIT | Round of 32 loss to Arkansas |
| 2010 | NIT | Round of 64 win over Oral Roberts |
| 2010 | NIT | Round of 32 win over Samford |
| 2010 | NIT | Regional Semifinal loss to Illinois |
| 2006 | NCAA | Round of 64 loss to Purdue |
| 2005 | NIT | First Round win over Southern Methodist |
| 2005 | NIT | Second Round win over Gonzaga |
| 2005 | NIT | Third Round win over Texas A&M |
| 2005 | NIT | Semifinal win over Iowa |
| 2005 | NIT | Final win over West Virginia |
| 2004 | NCAA | Round of 64 loss to Notre Dame |
*all team stats through 3/5
