COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team was no match for No. 1 South Carolina. The Gamecocks beat the Tigers 78-45 on Thursday night. USC out-rebounded MU 62-31. The Tigers were 15-55 (27 percent) from the field. Aijha Blackwell led the Tigers with 13 points and six rebounds. She was the only MU player
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MELBOURNE, Australia (KMIZ) Former MU women’s basketball star Sophie Cunningham is raising money to help people affected by the Australian fires. Cunningham is currently living in Australia as a member of the Melbourne Boomers. This summer, she will begin her second year with the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA. let’s make it rain in more
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For the first time since 2015, the Mizzou women’s basketball team will host the top ranked team in the country. Mizzou faces (1) South Carolina at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. You can hear from Robin Pingeton, Amber Smith and Jordan Roundtree ahead of the game.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) University of Missouri women’s basketball player Brittany Garner entered the transfer portal on Tuesday, according to an MU spokesman. “We wish her nothing but the best in the future,” the spokesman said. Garner averaged 1.4 points and 0.9 rebounds in 13 games this season. The six-foot-four forward had a career-high eight points
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FAYETTEVILLE, AR (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team came up short on the road against No. 21 Arkansas, 90-73 on Sunday afternoon. The Tigers got off to a hot start. They led the Hogs 22-14 after the first quarter. However, Arkansas came storming back to take a 34-30 lead at halftime. Freshman Hayley Frank had
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The Mizzou women’s basketball team lost to (13) Mississippi State, 79-64, after a slow start. The loss drops Mizzou’s record to 4-12 (1-2 SEC). Haley Troup led Mizzou with 14 points off the bench. Hayley Frank added 13 points off the bench as well. However, Mizzou trailed by 22 points at halftime after turning the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team will host No. 13 Mississippi State on Thursday at 6 p.m. Head coach Robin Pingeton and her squad met with reporters on Wednesday. You can watch our extended interviews in the video player above. Mizzou is 4-11 overall, but the Tigers are coming off of a win.
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KTGR’s Matt Michaels joins ABC 17’s Tyler Murry to talk Mizzou men’s and women’s basketball.
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The Mizzou women’s basketball team defeated LSU, 69-65, to end a five-game losing streak. With the win, Mizzou improves to 4-11 (1-1 SEC). The victory ends the longest losing streak in program history since the 2012-13 season. Aijha Blackwell was Mizzou’s best player in the game finishing with her first career double-double. Blackwell scored 15
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The Mizzou women’s basketball team has now lost five straight games after a road loss to (22) Tennessee to kick off SEC action. The loss drops Mizzou’s record to 3-11 (0-1 SEC). The Tigers are in the middle of their worst losing streak since the 2012-13 season. Despite the loss, Mizzou lead much of the
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The ABC 17 Sports Department came up with a list of the top ten most important sports stories of the decade. You can watch the full recap in the video player above. TOP TEN STORIES 10. Porter family returns to Columbia 9. Michael Sam becomes first openly gay player drafted in the NFL 8. Karissa
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The Mizzou women’s basketball team has lost four straight games after a 58-51 loss to Illinois at home. The Tigers now fall to 3-10 on the season, which is the worst start since Robin Pingeton took over as head coach. Pingeton said, “We just have to keep fighting. That’s what winners do, and if you
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team lost 68-33 to Princeton on Wednesday night. The Tigers are now 3-9 on the season. Mizzou’s 33 points tied the fewest by an MU team in program history. MU also scored 33 points in a loss to Kansas State on the road on Feb. 10, 2010. Mizzou’s
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team will host Princeton on Wednesday at 7 p.m. We spoke with head coach Robin Pingeton and the Tigers on Tuesday to preview the matchup. Coach Pingeton said the team has really struggled with turnovers, transition defense and rebounding this season. “Those are effort based things. We’ve got
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Despite a strong performance against a top-25 team on the road, the Mizzou women’s basketball team lost to (20) Missouri State, 79-72. With the loss, the Tigers fall to 3-8 on the season and have lost two straight games. Amber Smith led the Tigers with 22 points on the night and added seven rebounds. The
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KANSAS CITY (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team lost to UMKC, 59-56, on Sunday afternoon. The Tigers are now 3-7 on the season. Amber Smith led the Tigers with 12 points and four rebounds. Freshman Hayley Frank also had 12 points on 5-16 shooting. Fellow freshman Aijha Blackwell finished with 11 points, six assists and
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The Mizzou women’s basketball team smoked St. Louis in a win it had to have. The Tigers defeated the Billikens 83-58. The true freshmen, Aijha Blackwell and Hayley Frank, led the way for the Tigers. Both started and combined for 33 points and seven rebounds. Amber Smith added 14 points as well for Mizzou. Mizzou
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CANCUN, Mexico (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team lost 71-68 to New Mexico in the Cancun Challenge on Thursday night. Freshman Hayley Frank had a career-high 29 points on 9-14 shooting. Frank was 4-5 from beyond the arc. Jordan Chavis had 11 points and four rebounds for the Tigers. Up next – Mizzou will play
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COLUMBIA, Mo. – The Mizzou women’s basketball team ended its four-game losing streak with a 68-51 win over SIUE. The victory improves Mizzou’s record to 2-4 on the season. Before the game, Mizzou honored Amber Smith for scoring her 1,000th point in a Tiger uniform. Smith followed up that recognition with a team-high 15 points
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The Mizzou women’s basketball team lost on the road to South Dakota, 72-56, for its fourth straight loss this season. The loss drops the Tigers to 1-4 on the year, and it is the first time since the 2014-15 season that the team has lost four straight games. It is the first time since the
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