3:06 pm
March 28

Women’s NCAA Tournament: #5 Missouri St v. #1 Stanford

What will be the GAME RESULT?

#5 Missouri St: Wins or Single Digit Loss

#1 Stanford: Wins By Double Digits

 

Current odds:

Missouri St Lady Bears: (+1000)

Stanford Cardinal: (-1700)

 

• The line for this game is Stanford by 16 points.

• The Missouri State Lady Bears are making their second consecutive Sweet 16 trip and fifth in program history after defeating UC Davis and Wright State, and face No. 1 overall seed Stanford in a rematch of the 2019 Sweet 16. MSU’s No. 5 seed is tied with the 2001 Final Four team for the highest seed in program history. Missouri State is 18-15 in NCAA play with Final Four trips in 1992 and 2001 and Sweet Sixteens in 1993, 2019 and 2021. The Lady Bears are 2-2 all-time against No. 1 seeds, with wins against Iowa in 1992 and Duke in 2001.

• The Lady Bears are 42-6 in their last 48 games away from home, including a 15-1 mark this season. Missouri State finished the regular season as one of two Division teams with an 11-0 record in true road games.

• The Lady Bears allow 55.9 points per game, ranking 20th nationally and on pace for second-best defensive average in school history behind the 1973-74 team at 45.9. No team has scored more than 73 points against Missouri State and 23 of 25 have scored below its season average. MSU has faced top-25 scoring offenses in Maryland (1st – 91.8), FGCU (7th – 81.6) and Drake (22nd – 76.4) twice.

• Stanford is 27-2 overall, the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament, and ranked second in both the AP and Coaches polls. The Cardinal boast four double-figure scorers and own 21 wins away from home this season. Stanford averages 78.6 points and allows 52.8, shooting 46.9 percent overall, 37.9 percent on 3-pointers and 71.1 percent at the foul line with a plus-10.8 rebound margin.

STANFORD PROBABLE STARTERS
No. Player Pos. Ht. Yr. PPG RPG APG
3 Anna Wilson G 5-9 5th 4.6 3.7 2.0
12 Lexie Hull G 6-0 Jr. 11.2 4.6 1.7
22 Cameron Brink F 6-4 Fr. 10.2 6.9 0.9
23 Kiana Williams G 5-8 Sr. 14.4 2.0 3.0
30 Haley Jones G 6-1 So. 12.9 7.4 2.9

STANFORD OFF THE BENCH
No. Player Pos. Ht. Yr. PPG RPG APG
2 Agnes Emma-Nnopu G 5-11 Fr. 0.8 1.7 0.4
4 Jana Van Gytenbeek G 5-7 Fr. 2.2 0.3 1.2
5 Francesca Belibi F 6-1 So. 7.9 5.1 1.2
10 Alyssa Jerome F 6-3 Sr. 1.7 1.2 0.5
11 Ashten Prechtel F 6-5 So. 5.1 4.0 1.0
24 Lacie Hull G 6-1 Jr. 3.4 2.7 1.4
33 Hannah Jump G 6-0 So. 7.0 2.4 0.8
54 Jenna Brown G 5-10 Jr. – – –

6/10
Confidence
StreakSmarter Pick
#1 Stanford: Wins By Double Digits
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