During a men's basketball alumni weekend in which Missouri State welcomed some of the greatest Bears to wear the maroon and white, the current iteration of the Bears played a brand of basketball that was unrecognizable to those in attendance.
Shot after shot went up from long range with very few going in. The defense struggled to get the stops it needed against a team that would have been circled as a definite win going into what was already seen as a weak non-conference schedule.
A 65-61 loss to Purdue Fort Wayne and the Bears have hit their lowest point in their five years under head coach Dana Ford.