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2006 MVC Women's Basketball

Missouri State's Kari Koch, the MVC Tournament MVP for the second time in her career, led the Lady Bears to their ninth tournament championship Sunday as No.7 Missouri State won the conference championship with a 64-55 win over No. 1 Indiana State.  Joining Koch on the all-tournament team was Tahnee Balerio and Sarah Klaassen of Missouri State, Cassie Hager of UNI and Melanie Boeglin of Indiana State.

Tournament Notebook (PDF) | Tournament Bracket (PDF)


Thursday, March 9 -- Session I
Game 1 -- No. 9 Creighton def. No. 8 Southern Illinois, 54-51
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Game 2 -- No. 7 Missouri State def. No. 10 Bradley (9-18), 69-64
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Friday, March 10 -- Session II
Game 3 -- No. 1 Indiana State (25-4) def. No. 9 Creighton (8-21)73, 51
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Game 4 -- No. 4 Evansville (16-12) def. No. 5 Wichita State (15-13), 77-73 (OT)
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Friday, March 10 -- Session III
Game 5 -- No. 7 Missouri State (15-14) def. No. 2 Drake (17-11), 78-62
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Game 6 -- No. 3 UNI (19-9) def. No. 6 Illinois State (12-16), 70-62
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Saturday, March 11 -- Session IV
Game 7 -- No. 1 Indiana State (25-4) vs. No. 4 Evansville (16-13), 81-65
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Game 8 -- No. 7 Missouri State (16-14) def. No. 3 UNI (19-10), 62-59
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Sunday, March 12 -- Session V
Championship -- No. 7 Missouri State def. No. 1 Indiana State, 64-55 
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2006 All-Tournament Team
Kari Koch, Missouri State - MVP
Melanie Boeglin, Indiana State
Tahnee Balerio, Missouri State
Cassie Hager, UNI
Sarah Klaassen, Missouri State