The 2024–25 Missouri State Lady Bears basketball team represented Missouri State University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Bears, who were led by third-year head coach Beth Cunningham, played their home games at the Great Southern Bank Arena in Springfield, Missouri, as members of the Missouri Valley Conference.
This was Missouri State's final season as members of the Missouri Valley Conference, as they will be moving to Conference USA, effective July 1, 2025.
Previous season The Lady Bears finished the 2023–24 season 23–10, 15–5 in MVC play, to finish in third place. They would defeat Murray State, and Belmont, before falling to top-seeded Drake in the MVC tournament. They received an at-large bid to the WBIT, where they would be defeated by Illinois in the first round.
Preseason On October 1, 2024, the MVC released their preseason coaches poll. Missouri State was picked to finish fifth in the MVC regular season.
Preseason rankings MVC preseason pollPredicted finishTeamVotes (1st place) 1 Drake 566 (39) 2 Northern Iowa 504 (6) 3 Belmont 475 (3) 4 Murray State 391 5 Missouri State 380 6 UIC 347 7 Illinois State 341 8 Valparaiso 193 9 Indiana State 189 10 Southern Illinois 167 11 Bradley 97 12 Evansville 96
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Roster
Schedule and results
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