Mizzou Women’s Basketball

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou women’s basketball coach Kellie Harper is not slowing down, when it comes to building her first roster in Columbia. On Tuesday night, she officially made her fifth addition from the transfer portal since being hired in mid-March. Former Purdue guard Jayla Smith announced that she will be the newest member of

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) First year women’s basketball coach Kellie Harper has hit the ground running since she first got hired by Mizzou in the middle of March. Since getting introduced, she’s filled out her staff, made additions from the transfer portal and retained some key players from the 2024-25 roster. One of those players is

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Several Mizzou players have gotten in on a growing trend in college athletics, as student-athletes wait to see what comes from the looming House vs. NCAA settlement decision in the coming weeks: entering the transfer portal with no eligibility left. On Tuesday, a team spokesperson confirmed with ABC 17 that Tiger women’s

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) In her first year of eligibility, Mid-Missouri legend Sophie Cunningham earned a spot in the 2025 Mizzou Hall of Fame class. She is the first member that MU Athletics chose to announce, via a social media video on Monday morning. Cunningham is currently a star in the WNBA, having just been traded

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Seven Tiger women’s basketball players from the 2024-25 roster have thrown their names into the transfer portal. On Monday, a team spokesperson confirmed with ABC 17 that guard Nyah Wilson threw her name into the portal, after one season in Columbia. She joins guards Ashton Judd, Tilda Sjokvist, Londyn Oliphant and De’Myla

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou women’s basketball coach Kellie Harper made her third addition from the transfer portal, on Tuesday, as former Illinois State guard Shannon Dowell committed to the Tigers. The O’Fallon, Illinois native will come to Columbia following two seasons with the Redbirds, where she earned All-Conference honors in both seasons. During the 2024-25

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team lost one of the tallest players on its roster, on Monday, as center Tionna Herron announced she will medically retire from the game of basketball. In a statement on social media, Herron said the decision comes after she got injured in MU’s first Southeastern Conference game of

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou women’s basketball coach Kellie Harper added another piece to the 2025-26 roster, with her second transfer portal addition of the offseason. Former Cleveland State star Jordana Reisma committed to MU, on Monday, after three seasons with the Vikings. The 6-foot-3 forward made an impact for Cleveland State, the second she stepped

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) For a second-straight day, a Mizzou women’s basketball player made the decision to look for a new collegiate home. On Wednesday, a team spokesperson confirmed that Tiger point guard De’Myla Brown has entered the transfer portal. Brown will look for her sixth program to play in her seventh season of college basketball

COLUMBA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou women’s basketball coach Kellie Harper officially has her first significant piece of transfer portal news, as a team spokesperson confirmed to ABC 17 that guard Ashton Judd has entered the transfer portal. She is the fourth player from the 2024-25 roster to hit the portal, but by far the one that

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou women’s basketball coach Kellie Harper added more veteran experience to her coaching staff, on Tuesday afternoon. Tiger Athletics announced that Todd Schaefer is the latest addition to the staff. He will come to Columbia with 29 years of experience in the coaching realm, having spent the last eight year with at

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones caught up with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s Mizzou Athletics beat writer, Eli Hoff, on this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-Down. You can watch their full conversation in the video player above.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou women’s basketball coach Kellie Harper now has three assistant coaches on staff for the 2025-26 campaign, after announcing that another one of her former players will be coming to Columbia, on Friday. Liza Fruendt, who previously played for Harper at Missouri State and worked on her staff at Tennessee for three