COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball game against Morehead State scheduled for Wednesday night is canceled due to COVID-19 concerns. The Tigers have also canceled their next two games after that – versus TCU and at Texas Tech. Schedule Update#Mizzou's next 3 games will be canceled📰 https://t.co/D71Pj8aPYT pic.twitter.com/NNSCZjbiEi— Mizzou Basketball (@MizzouWBB) December 1, 2020
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ST. LOUIS, Mo (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team will not make the trip to St. Louis to meet the SLU Billikens due to COVID-19 related issues. In a tweet, the Billikens said the postponement is due to COVID concerns within Mizzou’s program. Today's women's basketball game between Saint Louis and Missouri at Chaifetz Arena
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ABC17’s Nathalie Jones brought on Eric Blum, the Mizzou beat writer for the Columbia Daily Tribune, in this week’s virtual edition of Sunday Sit-down.
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball started off their season with a 96-78 win over North Alabama on Friday night. Robin Pingeton’s squad featured two players with double-doubles on the night. Hayley Frank claimed her first-ever double-double, with a team-high of 24 points and 11 rebounds. Meanwhile, Blackwell finished the night with 21 points
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team will open up its season at home on Friday at 6 p.m. against North Alabama. Head coach Robin Pingeton met with reporters Tuesday to preview the matchup. You can hear the full news conference in the video player above. We also spoke with Mizzou standouts Aijha Blackwell,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou women’s basketball standout Aijha Blackwell was named to the preseason All-SEC second team on Tuesday. Blackwell is entering her second season with the Tigers. She averaged 15 points and seven rebounds a game as a freshman. As a team, MU was selected to finish 10th in the SEC in the preseason
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 sports director Andrew Kauffman brought on Mizzou athletic director Jim Sterk in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the full interview in the video player above. Sterk said he’s confident Mizzou will play at South Carolina on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. MU has not played a game
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Mizzou will play in eight games non-conference games before heading into a 16-game SEC slate, beginning on November 27. It will be a tough schedule for Robin Pingeton’s squad, as six of the non-conference teams captured 17 wins or more in the past season, including one with a conference championship. MU will
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Robin Pingeton and the Mizzou basketball will make room for four new players on their roster, after National Signing Day. The Tigers made it official with Sarah Linthacum, Izzy Higginbottom, Kiya Dorroh, and Da’Necia Trusty. Linthacum follows her sister Micah to Mizzou, from Jefferson City High School. However, the MU legacy does
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Mizzou women’s basketball coach Robin Pingeton said her team is excited to have a chance to play, since it feels like years since last season. “Everybody’s journey has been a little bit different over the past six months,” she said. “We didn’t get our girls back on campus until August. We tried
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou athletics announced it is moving to digital only ticketing for football and men’s and women’s basketball games starting this fall. Fans will no longer be able to print their tickets, according to a release from MU. For those without a smartphone, the Mizzou athletics ticket office will provide an alternative option.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou basketball star Laurence Bowers is holding the 6th annual Camp Bowers this week at the Columbia Sports Fieldhouse. Bowers said 178 kids signed up to participate in this year’s camp. There are two separate sessions. Ages 8-11 go from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.Ages 12-16 go from 2 p.m. to
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The Hickman Kewpies named Missouri alum Morgan Eye Scott as the new girls basketball coach. Please welcome Morgan Scott as Hickman‘s new Head Girls Basketball Coach! We look forward to the positive impact she will make on our students, student athletes and the Hickman community. Go Kewpies!🟣🟡— Hickman Athletics (@KewpAthletics) June 13,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Members of the Mizzou football and men’s and women’s basketball teams’ are allowed to workout on campus for the first time in three months. MU allowed voluntary workouts to begin for those three teams starting Monday. Before arriving back on campus, every student-athlete was tested for COVID-19. Deputy Athletics Director Nick Joos
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BATESVILLE, Ark. (KMIZ) Four-star guard Izzy Higginbottom committed to play for the Mizzou women’s basketball team on Monday night. committed🖤💛🐯 pic.twitter.com/PJParzMk2P— Izzy Higginbottom (@izzymoney30) May 11, 2020 The Batesville, Ark. native is the No. 13 point guard and No. 57 overall prospect in the Class of 2021, according to ESPN’s rankings. “Over this quarantine, I’ve
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ABC 17’s Tyler Murry spoke with Jefferson City forward Sarah Linthacum about committing to play for Mizzou and join her sister, Micah.
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Mizzou women’s basketball coach Robin Pingeton met with reporters, virtually, to talk about her team and the offseason.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman brought on former Mizzou basketball stars Sophie and Lindsey Cunningham in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the full interview in the video player above.
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GREENVILLE, S.C. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team lost to Tennessee 64-51 in the second round of the SEC Tournament on Thursday night. MU’s season is officially over. Aijha Blackwell had a team-high 13 points, but she was just 3-17 from the field. MU was up 34-26 at halftime, but Tennessee outscored the Tigers 38-17
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GREENVILLE, S.C. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team beat Ole Miss 64-53 on Wednesday afternoon in the opening round of the SEC Tournament. Aijha Blackwell led MU with 16 points and six rebounds. Senior Jordan Chavis scored 11 points for the Tigers. MU was 9-20 from three-point range. The Tigers shot 50% from the field.
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