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BATON ROUGE, La. — The Missouri State Lady Bears will move on to the first round of the NCAA Tournament after a 61-50 win over Florida State on Thursday night in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
The First Four game was a part of the NCAA Women's Tournament expansion this season. The 11th-seed Lady Bears will play sixth-seeded Ohio State on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. in Baton Rouge. The game will be nationally televised on ESPNU.
All looked well for the Lady Bears in the first quarter as they jumped out to a 14-1 lead before allowing Florida State to make its first shot from the field with 3:32 left in the first.