Nobody wants to play in the play-in round at Arch Madness.
Desperate to stay out of it, the Bears came away with perhaps their most important victory of the season.
With clutch free throw shooting down the stretch, Missouri State (16-13, 7-9) was able to steal a 76-73 victory at Drake (7-21, 5-11).
“We did a lot of great things,” Bears head coach Paul Lusk said on his postgame radio show. “We were desperate. We obviously made our free throws down the stretch, and that’s the game.”
Senior guard Dequon Miller and sophomore guard Jarred Dixon each it a pair of free throws in the last 30 seconds to put the Bears in front.