NCAA Tournament: Missouri State women win 'First Four' game to set up Texas matchup
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When it came to the details of the NCAA Tournament's first round, Texas women's basketball already knew where and when it would play. The Longhorns now know who they will play.
Behind a 22-point, 13-rebound effort from junior guard Kaemyn Bekemeier, Missouri State earned an 85-75 win over Stephen F. Austin in a "First Four" game at Moody Center. With the win, Missouri State advances into a first-round showdown with Texas that will take place at the same venue on Friday afternoon.
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Missouri State (23-12) will be a No. 16 seed while Texas (31-3) is a No. 1 seed.
Texas head coach Vic Schaefer talks with William & Mary's Erin Dickerson Davis after their first-round game of the NCAA Tournament on March 22 at Moody Center. Schaefer has had a busy offseason reinforcing the roster that lost two starters and several reserves. (Aaron E. Martinez/American-Statesman)This will be just the fourth all-time meeting between Texas and Missouri, and the teams last saw each other in 2007. In one of the previous meetings between the two schools, UT beat Missouri State in the first round of the 1996 NCAA Tournament.
Thirty years later, Missouri State will reunite with Texas after making a surprise run through the Conference USA Tournament as that postseason's competition's No. 6 seed.
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Despite its standing as a No. 16 seed, Missouri State isn't a NCAA Tournament novice. The Lady Bears actually reached the Final Four in both 1992 and 2001 and was a Sweet 16 qualifier as recently as 2021. This, though, is Missouri State's first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2022.