Mizzou women’s hoops arrives at NCAA Tournament
The Mizzou women’s basketball team has arrived at the NCAA Tournament. The seven-seeded Tigers will take on 10-seed Drake on Friday at 3 p.m. in the opening round.
Mizzou held a news conference before its first practice on Thursday afternoon.
Mizzou surprised head coach Robin Pingeton right before practice. All of the players wore bright colored socks for World Down Syndrome Day. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/AndrewABC17/status/1108841662078431232″,”author_name”:”Andrew Kauffman”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/AndrewABC17″,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;The &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/Mizzou?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;#Mizzou&#lt;/a&#gt; women's basketball team surprised head coach Robin Pingeton by wearing bright colored socks at its NCAA Tournament practice. This was to show support for World Down Syndrome Day – Coach Pingeton's son Zach has down syndrome. &#lt;a href=”https://t.co/jHUgB6ylv9″&#gt;pic.twitter.com/jHUgB6ylv9&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/p&#gt;— Andrew Kauffman (@AndrewABC17) &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/AndrewABC17/status/1108841662078431232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;March 21, 2019&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/blockquote&#gt;n&#lt;script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″&#gt;&#lt;/script&#gt;n”,”width”:550,”height”:null,”type”:”rich”,”cache_age”:”3153600000″,”provider_name”:”Twitter”,”provider_url”:”https://twitter.com”,”version”:”1.0″}
Mizzo guard Sophie Cunningham wore a protective face mask during practice. A team spokesman said it was just for precautionary reasons.
{“url”:”https://twitter.com/AndrewABC17/status/1108879744236507141″,”author_name”:”Andrew Kauffman”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/AndrewABC17″,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;Watch: &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/Mizzou?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;#Mizzou&#lt;/a&#gt; guard Sophie Cunningham has been feeling a little under the weather this week, but that might actually be a good thing. The last time Cunningham played sick – she led the Tigers to an upset road win over Mississippi State.&#lt;br&#gt;&#lt;br&#gt;Web Extra : &#lt;a href=”https://t.co/JLXQrXg8hz”&#gt;https://t.co/JLXQrXg8hz&#lt;/a&#gt; &#lt;a href=”https://t.co/UnhYb7mQ5j”&#gt;pic.twitter.com/UnhYb7mQ5j&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/p&#gt;— Andrew Kauffman (@AndrewABC17) &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/AndrewABC17/status/1108879744236507141?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;March 21, 2019&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/blockquote&#gt;n&#lt;script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″&#gt;&#lt;/script&#gt;n”,”width”:550,”height”:null,”type”:”rich”,”cache_age”:”3153600000″,”provider_name”:”Twitter”,”provider_url”:”https://twitter.com”,”version”:”1.0″} The Tigers finished the regular season 23-10 overall and 10-6 in the SEC. Mizzou most recently lost to Mississippi State in the semifinals of the SEC Tournament on March 9.
Drake is 27-6 on the season. The Bulldogs were 17-1 in conference play. They ultimately lost in the Missouri Valley Conference championship game to Missouri State.
Drake is led by Eldon native Sara Rhine. The junior is averaging 18 points and eight rebounds per game for the Bulldogs. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/AndrewABC17/status/1108884206413860864″,”author_name”:”Andrew Kauffman”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/AndrewABC17″,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;Watch: Former &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/EldonMustang?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;@EldonMustang&#lt;/a&#gt; standout Sara Rhine says she's excited to play against &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/Mizzou?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;#Mizzou&#lt;/a&#gt; on Friday in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament.&#lt;br&#gt;&#lt;br&#gt;Story: &#lt;a href=”https://t.co/igXxkFYZyD”&#gt;https://t.co/igXxkFYZyD&#lt;/a&#gt; &#lt;a href=”https://t.co/cIfbXQjNZ1″&#gt;pic.twitter.com/cIfbXQjNZ1&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/p&#gt;— Andrew Kauffman (@AndrewABC17) &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/AndrewABC17/status/1108884206413860864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;March 22, 2019&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/blockquote&#gt;n&#lt;script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″&#gt;&#lt;/script&#gt;n”,”width”:550,”height”:null,”type”:”rich”,”cache_age”:”3153600000″,”provider_name”:”Twitter”,”provider_url”:”https://twitter.com”,”version”:”1.0″} If Mizzou beats Drake, the Tigers will play the winner of two-seed Iowa and 15-seed Mercer on Sunday.
