COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team won its second straight overtime matchup on Thursday night. The Tigers pulled away at the end to beat Auburn 72-63 in OT. LaDazhia Williams scored a game-high 25 points and brought down 7 rebounds. Former Auburn standout Lauren Hansen scored 17 points for MU. Hayley Frank added
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team will return to action on Wednesday night to host Auburn at Mizzou Arena. The Tigers have not played since their upset over No. 1 South Carolina on Dec. 30 due to COVID-19. MU took down the Gamecocks with just eight scholarship players available, but did have to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two Mizzou women’s basketball players earned SEC weekly honors on Tuesday. Hayley Frank and Lauren Hansen shared the Co-Player of the Week honors. Hansen and Frank each scored a co-team high 21 points in the Tigers overtime win over No. 1 South Carolina last Thursday. Hansen’s last second layup secured a 70-69
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team captured what just may be the best win in program history with an upset over No. 1 South Carolina on Thursday night. You can watch ABC 17’s Nathalie Jones full recap in the video player above.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team postponed its matchup with Vanderbilt on Sunday, due to a “combination of positive tests, contact tracing, and subsequent quarantining,” of individuals within the Tigers’ program. Mizzou dealt with COVID-19 issues in its upset over No. 1 South Carolina on Thursday night, as the team had just eight
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team was shorthanded, but the Tigers came together to shock the No. 1 team in the country on Thursday night. MU beat South Carolina 70-69 in overtime. It’s the first time Mizzou has ever taken down the No. 1 team in the nation. https://youtu.be/fSk-Vbb0TPE Lauren Hansen hit the
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team is bringing Braggin’ Rights back to Columbia after beating Illinois 84-65 on Wednesday afternoon. The Fighting Illini started the game on a 13-1 run, but MU dominated after that. The Tigers closed out the first quarter on a 9-0 run to tie the game. MU took a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team captured its 10th win of the season with a 73-54 win over Southern on Monday night. Junior Aijha Blackwell picked up right where she left off before MU’s week off. The guard recorded another double-double with 15 points and 12 rebounds. Fellow junior Hayley Frank was on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team snapped its two-game losing streak on Sunday afternoon. The Tigers beat Alabama A&M 69-55 to improve to 9-2 on the season. Junior standout Aijha Blackwell filled up the stat sheet. She scored a game-high 20 points and brought down 20 rebounds. Hayley Frank finished with 17 points
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team lost on the road to Missouri State, 79-51, on Friday night. It’s MU’s second straight loss after starting the season 8-0. The Tigers and Lady Bears were tied 25-25 in the second quarter, but MSU ended the half on a 16-0 run. MU could never recover. https://youtu.be/6er8gBD-AF4
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou standout Aijha Blackwell is the SEC Co-Player of the Week, the league announced on Tuesday. Blackwell filled up the stat sheet against SIUE and No. 5 Baylor last week. She averaged 18 points and 15.5 rebounds in those two games. The junior is fifth in the nation in rebounding, averaging 12.6
Continue Reading WACO, Tx. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team kept No. 5 Baylor on its heels in Waco, Texas on Saturday, but could not hang on for the top-25 upset. The Bears took down the Tigers 70-68. Aijha Blackwell led MU with 20 points and 16 rebounds, which is her sixth double-double of the season. Haley
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team beat SIUE 79-46 on Thursday night to improve to 8-0 on the season. Aijha Blackwell led the Tigers with 16 points and 15 rebounds. Up next – MU will play at No. 5 Baylor on Saturday at 7 p.m. We’ll have full highlights and reaction from the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC17’s Nathalie Jones brought on the Columbia Daily Tribune’s Mizzou Athletics beat writer Eric Blum in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the full conversation in the video player above.
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BETHLEHEM, Pa. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team moved to 7-0 this season, following an 88-67 win over Lehigh in the Christmas City Classic on Sunday. Junior guard Lauren Hansen dropped a career-high 34 points against the Mountain Hawks. Up next – MU will return home to host SIUE on Thursday, Dec. 2.
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BETHLEHEM, Pa. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team beat Columbia 87-80 on Saturday afternoon to remain undefeated on the season. Hayley Frank led the Tigers with 29 points and eight rebounds. Aijha Blackwell finished with 20 points and six rebounds. The Tigers are now 6-0 to start the year.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team remained undefeated on the season after its 76-63 win over Troy on Tuesday. The Tigers are now 5-0. Hayley Frank and Haley Troup both scored a team-high 20 points. Aijha Blackwell finished with 19 points and 18 rebounds. You can watch the highlights at 10 p.m. on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team is 4-0 following a 75-47 win over Idaho State on Sunday. https://youtu.be/R_P7Gwa1sQw Freshman Izzy Higginbottom had a breakout game for the Tigers, as she led the team with 18 points. However, head coach Robin Pingeton said she was most impressed with her defensive performance. With a commanding
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball remained undefeated to start the season, following a 73-49 win over Morgan State on Sunday. https://youtu.be/6GvzWfhydPg Junior Aijha Blackwell finished with her second double-double this season, recording 20 points and 13 rebounds. Fellow junior Hayley Frank tied Blackwell for the team-high 20 points, along with four rebounds. Head
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Five Rock Bridge High School seniors signed their national letters of intent on Thursday, including hoops standout Averi Kroenke who will continue her career at Mizzou. The guard has been committed to playing for Robin Pingeton since Nov. of 2019, however, she finally put pen to paper in the Bruins’ official ceremony.
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