CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team lost a heartbreaker 87-81 to Virginia in overtime in the inaugural ACC/SEC Challenge on Thursday at John Paul Jones Arena. Robin Pingeton’s crew now holds a 5-3 record this season and is still searching for its first true road win. You can watch the full postgame press
Continue Reading
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team could not pull off a second-straight last second win in the Daytona Beach Classic. The Tigers fell to Kent State 67-64, on Saturday, after leading with less than 20 seconds to play. It was a wild ending to MU’s trip to Florida, as head coach Robin
Continue Reading
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team escaped an upset by one point, in Friday’s 66-65 win over Tennessee Tech at the Daytona Beach Classic. Three Tigers hit double-digit scoring, despite the close contest. Freshman Grace Slaughter led the scoring effort with 18 points, Mama Dembele was behind her with 16 and Hayley
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team hit 16 3-pointers on its way to a 96-62 win over Southern Indiana at Mizzou Arena, on Monday. The charge was led by fifth year forward Hayley Frank and sophomore guard Ashton Judd. The duo tied for the team-high 26 points in the win. Both Abbey Schreacke
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team got back to winning ways on Tuesday night. The Tigers took care of North Alabama, 83-72, courtesy of a massive outing from veteran forward Hayley Frank. The fifth-year player went 11-for-18 from the field with a game-high 29 points. She also added on seven rebounds and an
Continue Reading
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team fell to 2-1 on the season, on Sunday, after a 93-85 loss to St. Louis University on the road. You can watch the full postgame press conference with head coach Robin Pingeton in the video player below. https://youtu.be/P1EWddmO5Q8 Despite the loss, it was a good shooting
Continue Reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team cruised past Indiana State 98-57, behind a career-high 31-point performance by Ashton Judd. The Tigers now hold a 2-0 record this season. Judd took over the game from the very beginning. She started the scoring with a three-pointer to give Mizzou a 3-0 lead in the first
Continue Reading
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
Continue Reading
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.
Continue Reading
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
Continue Reading
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.
Continue Reading
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
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, 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.
Continue Reading
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
Continue Reading
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
Continue Reading
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
Continue Reading
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
Continue Reading
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
Continue Reading
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
Continue Reading
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
Continue Reading