You can call the Lady Bears the Cinderella team of the 2019 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament.
The 11th-seeded Missouri State Lady Bears are the lowest seed remaining in the tournament as they head into a Sweet 16 matchup Saturday night against Stanford in Chicago.
Missouri State has overcome a number of obstacles in order to reach its fourth Sweet 16 in program history.
NCAA TOURNAMENT COVERAGE
Here is what you should know about the Lady Bears heading into Saturday's 5:30 p.m. matchup against Stanford:
The Lady Bears started this season 1-7
If you said back in December that the Lady Bears would be in the Sweet 16 after the tough start they had, it would have been hard to find someone who would believe you.