EVANSVILLE, Ind. - Keeping pace with the Lady Bears for much of the late game, the University of Evansville fell to No. 22 Missouri State, 81-55, on Sunday afternoon inside Meeks Family Fieldhouse.

Freshman Abby Feit was one of two Aces to finish in double-figures, scoring a team-high 12 points. Joining Feit in double-figures was redshirt junior Jada Poland with 10 points. For the Lady Bears, four players scored double-digits, led by Jasmine Franklin with 17 points and nine rebounds.

A 19-3 run was key in the first half for the Bears to build a double-digit advantage, which stood for much of the contest. After trailing 8-3 in the early going, Evansville scored seven-straught points to take a 10-8 lead over the Lady Bears with 4:26 left in the opening quarter. It was then that Missouri State mounted its 19-3 run that pushed the lead to 16 for the Lady Bears midway through the second quarter. Evansville would work its way back within six, but Missouri State regained a nine-point lead at the half.
 

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The deficit remained manageable during much of the early portion of the third quarter, before it was the Lady Bears again who went on a spree. At the conclusion of the third period, Missouri State had built its lead from six to 19 with 10 minutes remaining. In the final quarter, it was all Missouri State, who built a 26-point lead, earning the 81-55 win.

Evansville again boasted a strong shooting percentage for the second-straight game, hitting 51.2% (22-43) of its shots, but the Aces turned the ball over 22 times and was out-rebounded, 38-21, resulting in 22 more shot attempts for the Lady Bears.

The Aces return to the court on Friday evening with a road matchup with Indiana State in Terre Haute at 6 PM (CT) on Friday evening.
 

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