COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team overcame a tough shooting day for a 72-61 win over Belmont to open up the season on Monday. You can watch extended highlights of the win in the video player below. https://youtu.be/mqDXFA50Azg The Tigers shots about 40 percent from the field and 14 percent from 3-point range
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17’s Kyle Helms caught up with Columbia Tribune Sports Editor Chris Kwiecinski to preview the upcoming Mizzou football game against Georgia and the Mizzou men’s and women’s basketball seasons for this week’s Sunday Sit-down. You can watch their full conversation in the video player above.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team will tip off the 2023-24 season on Nov. 6 against Belmont. Head coach Robin Pingeton is excited about the level of maturity and grit her squad has brought to the court in the off season. She said this new Tiger group bonded right when they hit campus
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Athletics revealed that it is working on a tentative plan to develop facilities that would impact every sport on campus and would also feature a reimagined north end zone at Faurot Field, on Monday evening. The master plan is set to be presented to the UM Board of Curators on Nov.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones joined Mizzou women’s basketball coach Robin Pingeton at Mizzou Arena in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. The two recapped the 2021-22 season, while also looking ahead to what’s next. Pingeton said she is excited about the group she has for 2022-23, which features eight new
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team found out their 2023-24 SEC opponents on Wednesday, as the conference released the dates for the 16-game league slate. The Tigers will open conference play away against reigning conference champions LSU on Jan. 4 and will conclude the regular season slate at Mississippi State on March 3.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team released its 2023-24 non-conference slate on Tuesday afternoon. The schedule will feature four games against in-state opponents at Mizzou Arena. In head coach Robin Pingeton’s 14th season at the helm of Tiger basketball, MU will open up the season on Nov. 6, at home, against Belmont. The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Parson and Mizzou coaches, athletes and supporters gathered at Faurot Field on Tuesday afternoon for a ceremonial signing of Missouri’s amended name, image and likeness (NIL) bill. In addition to Parson’s signature, Mizzou men’s basketball player Sean East got to add his name on the bill, as representative of all
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on the Columbia Tribune’s sports editor Chris Kwiecinski in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. The duo broke down a hectic week in the world of Mizzou football. Head coach Eli Drinkwitz picked up seven commitments in the span of five days to put the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s and women’s basketball teams now know who they’ll be facing in this years inaugural SEC/ACC Challenge. Dennis Gates and company will be taking the trip to Pittsburgh to take on the Panthers on Nov. 28 at 6 p.m., while Robin Pingeton’s group will travel to Virginia on Nov. 30
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team got its first look at the 2023-24 SEC opponents. The Tigers are looking to improve on their 6-10 conference record last season. MU will play a 16-game conference slate hosting Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt and Arkansas to Mizzou Arena. On the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team added another new face on Monday afternoon, as former University of Houston guard De’Myla Brown committed to the Tigers. Columbia will be Brown’s fourth collegiate home. She also played for Western Kentucky and Illinois and, most recently, Houston. In her time with the Cougars in Houston, she
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou women’s basketball coach Robin Pingeton added some much-needed height to her roster on Tuesday afternoon, as a 6-foot-5 forward from Croatia committed to the Tigers. Lucija Milkovic will be an incoming freshman in the 2023-24 season and will already be the tallest player on the roster. That title was previously held
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou women’s basketball coach Robin Pingeton announced two new additions to her coaching staff Wednesday naming Preston Beverly as an assistant coach and Julia Ford as a special assistant to the head coach. Beverly brings over 15 years of experience to the staff as he joins the Tigers following two seasons as
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A team spokesperson confirmed that Mizzou women’s basketball standout Sara-Rose Smith entered the transfer portal on Monday. The Australia-native appeared in 31 games for the Tigers through the 2022-23 season, leading the team in rebounding. She averaged 6.7 points and 6.7 rebounds per game. Smith also led MU in assists per game,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou women’s basketball coach Robin Pingeton made another addition from the transfer portal, on Sunday evening. Former Evansville forward Abby Feit announced her commitment to the Tigers on social media. The 6-foot-1 grad transfer spent the last four seasons with the Aces. She averaged about 15 points, which ranked seventh in the
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Mizzou women’s basketball lost one of the top recruits in the class of 2023 on Thursday afternoon. Four-star wing Skylar Jones announced that she will be re-opening her recruitment. The Chicago-native is one of the top recruits in the nation, ranking on ESPN’s Top 100 list. She first committed to the Tigers in Oct. 2022,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou women’s basketball guard Katlyn Gilbert becomes the third Tiger to enter the transfer portal, as confirmed by a team spokesperson. Gilbert spent one season at Mizzou starting in eight games. She averaged 4.8 points, 2.5 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game. Gilbert’s best game this season came at Auburn when she
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou women’s basketball coach Robin Pingeton made her first offseason addition from the transfer portal Tuesday picking up forward Angelique Ngalakulondi from UMass. The 6-foot-2 senior has spent four seasons in Massachusetts where her minutes have went up each season. In her senior campaign, Ngalakulondi appeared in 33 games, starting in 30
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou women’s basketball center Jayla Kelly announced on Twitter Wednesday afternoon that she has entered her name into the transfer portal. This makes her the second Tiger to do so after guard Lauren Hansen entered last week. Kelly, the St. Louis Native, has spent three seasons in Columbia. Her best numbers came
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