COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After a win on the road to start the season, the Mizzou women’s basketball team got an even bigger win at home Thursday, 83-38 over Bradley. Watch the full press-conference from after the game below. https://youtu.be/5ZX2O-BIqoc The Tigers were led by Lauren Hansen with 17 points followed by Jayla Kelly with 13
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team opened up the regular season with a win against in-state foe Missouri State on Monday night. The victory snapped a three-game losing streak against the Bears, but also revealed MU’s team chemistry. Head coach Robin Pingeton returned five major contributors from last season in guards Lauren Hansen,
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team won the season opener on the road at Missouri State 68-51. The Tigers were led by senior forward Hayley Frank with 17 points and four rebounds. Sara-Rose Smith also started the season big with a double-double, 10 points and 10 boards. Mizzou dominated in the paint scoring
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team is inching closer to its season opener on the road against in-state foe Missouri State. Robin Pingeton said Friday that she focused on making the non-conference schedule a bit tougher this season to make sure her team is ready when it comes to SEC play. “As a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17’s Chanel Porter brought on brought on Mizzou women’s basketball head coach Robin Pingeton in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the full interview in the video player above.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (KMIZ) The SEC named Mizzou women’s basketball senior forward Hayley Frank to the Preseason All-SEC Second Team on Tuesday. Frank led everyone on the current roster with an average of 15 points, about five rebounds, and about five assists per game in her junior season. She also sat amongst the top of the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball class of 2023 picked up a commitment from one of the top targets in the region on Thursday. Quincy Notre Dame standout Abbey Schreacke verbally committed to the Tigers on her social media. Mizzou offered the six-foot guard in July after she helped lead the Lady Raiders to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team found out the details of its non-conference schedule on Monday, meaning that the full list of dates and opponents are now available. Missouri begins head coach Robin Pingeton’s 13th season at the helm on the road against in-state foe Missouri State on Monday, Nov. 7th. In
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The SEC announced its 2022-23 schedule on Wednesday which shows the 16 conference games that the Mizzou women’s basketball team will have this season. The Tigers will open conference play against Kentucky on Thursday, Dec. 29 at Mizzou Arena and will conclude their regular-season matchups at home against Florida on Sunday, Feb.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Athletics launched a one-of-a-kind ticket program where both students and athletes can earn a profit on Friday afternoon. The new initiative will allow students to make money selling single-game tickets to any sporting event on campus. Students who sign up will earn 20 percent commission on any ticket sold. The program
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PHOENIX, Ariz. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou women’s basketball star Sophie Cunningham made WNBA history on Tuesday, courtesy of a career outing against the Minnesota Lynx. Cunningham finished with 36 points, six three pointers, and five steals in the Mercury’s double overtime loss to Minnesota. She became just the second player in league history to record more
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball 2022-23 Southeastern Conference opponents were released Wednesday showing the 16 conference games for the Tigers. There are two SEC teams that MU will play twice both on the road and at home in Alabama and Kentucky. Other home games will be Florida, LSU, Mississippi State, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) It was announced Monday that former Mizzou standout Jordan Chavis is joining the Columbia College women’s basketball team as an assistant coach. Chavis played in 130 games over her Tiger career and ranked fifth in program history in 3-pointers made with 149. “I am thrilled to be adding Jordan to our program,”
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou women’s basketball announced Monday that they’ve signed Graduate Transfer Katlyn Gilbert from Notre Dame. The 5-foot-10 guard from Indianapolis committed to Mizzou over one week ago on her Instagram page. Gilbert spent four seasons in South Bend where she averaged 9.3 points per game and shot 38.1% from the field. She’ll
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou basketball announced Monday that Jasmine James has been named as the assistant women’s basketball coach. James spent two seasons at Tennessee Tech and was a standout player in the SEC at Georgia. She was also selected in the 2013 WNBA Draft by the Seattle Storm and had a four-year professional career.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Come HOME Tour Caravan and Mizzou Athletics has spent the past few weeks traveling with administration, coaches and players to unify Tiger nation and this weekend they stayed in Columbia. Fans gathering outside the Hearnes Center Saturday afternoon to talk with Athletic Director Desiree Reed-Francois, Head Football Coach Eli Drinkwitz, Head Men’s
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou women’s basketball standout LaDazhia Williams announced her commitment to LSU via Instagram on Wednesday night. It will be the forward’s third SEC school in her collegiate career. Williams first entered the transfer portal near the end of March, along with her former teammates Kiya Dorroh, Aijha Blackwell, and Izzy Higginbottom.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou standout Aijha Blackwell confirmed with ABC17 Sports that she has narrowed down her options to three schools after entering the transfer portal in March. The news was first reported by World Exposure Report WBB on Wednesday. Blackwell said she is between South Carolina, Ole Miss, and Baylor. She adds that
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman brought on former Mizzou basketball stars Lindsey and Sophie Cunningham in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the full conversation in the video player above.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Junior guard Aijha Blackwell enters transfer portal making her the third member of Mizzou’s women’s basketball team to enter this week. Blackwell tweeted this morning confirming that she will be leaving Mizzou and entering the portal. During her time at Mizzou, Blackwell made the All-SEC Freshman Team in the 2019-2020 season and
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