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It took Mizzou women’s hoops 45 minutes to yet put distant Kansas City 71-67 successful overtime. The Tigers went connected a 7-3 tally to unfastened nan overtime play highlighted by Chloe Sotell’s seventh and last triple. They held this lead until nan very extremity contempt nan Roos bringing it arsenic adjacent arsenic 1 pinch 11 seconds remaining. Luckily for Mizzou they made their free throws, arsenic Sotell gave nan Tigers their four-point lead backmost connected a cleanable 2-2 from nan line.
Sotell led nan Tigers pinch 23 points acknowledgment to nan aforementioned 7 triples; she besides added six rebounds. Grace Slaughter added 11 rebounds to her twelve points for her 4th double-double successful nan past 8 games. Abbey Schreacke besides scored 12; each of which came connected triples, finishing 4-7 from beyond nan arc. Jordana Reisma was nan last Tiger successful double-digits pinch 11 points and 13 rebounds for her 3rd double-double of nan season.
“I deliberation everyone did small things that helped america evidently get nan consequence we wanted, but it wasn’t our champion nighttime and we’ll travel backmost from that,” Sotell said aft nan game.
Threes were nan quality for Mizzou successful nan win, making 12-37 compared to 5-23 for nan Roos. The Tigers besides won nan FT battle, finishing 13-16 astatine nan statement compared to 8-12 for Kansas City.
“We are going to sprout a batch of threes, we cognize that,” caput coach Kellie Harper said. “I deliberation we’re amended shooters, I deliberation we’re much businesslike offensively erstwhile we do person immoderate interior action.”
The biggest struggle for nan Tigers was turnovers. The team’s 18 miscues straight led to 15 points for nan Roos, who contempt their 3-9 grounds coming into nan game, are known for generating turnovers. Ultimately, this kept Mizzou from separating itself successful regularisation and will beryllium thing to continually show successful SEC play. Another situation came from Shannon Dowell missing her 2nd consecutive crippled pinch a little assemblage injury, taking distant 1 of nan Tigers’ biggest scoring threats. Dowell is considered day-to-day, and will apt (editor’s note: hopefully!) beryllium backmost to footwear disconnected nan SEC slate.
Here’s really nan remainder of nan crippled played out:
Mizzou sewage disconnected to a slow start, trailing Kansas City 14-13 astatine nan extremity of nan first quarter. An early 7-4 Tiger lead quickly dissipated arsenic nan Roos went connected an 8-0 tally successful nan mediate of nan quarter. A large portion of this tally was their defense, forcing six Mizzou turnovers. Schreacke was nan Tigers’ starring scorer successful nan 4th pinch six points connected a brace of triples.
Mizzou trailed astatine nan half 36-34 aft being incapable to abstracted themselves from Kansas City. Both teams picked up nan discourtesy successful nan 2nd quarter, combining for 43 points. The Roos started beardown connected a 17-11 tally successful nan first six minutes acknowledgment to a brace of threes, but nan Tigers fought backmost pinch a 10-2 tally of their ain to return their only lead of nan quarter, 34-33. However, that didn’t past agelong acknowledgment to 3 made free throws from nan Roos to retake nan lead heading into nan half. Schreacke made 2 further threes and was nan only Tigers pinch double-digit points astatine halftime.
The Tigers started nan 3rd 4th connected a monolithic 12-3 tally acknowledgment to a plethora of free throws and 2 threes from Sotell, but soon aft Mizzou was crystal acold from nan field, not scoring for nan adjacent 4 minutes arsenic Kansas City retook a four-point lead, 50-46, done 30 minutes. Sotell made nan only 2 section goals successful nan 4th for nan Tigers arsenic Mizzou changeable 2-12 successful nan frame.
Mizzou started nan 4th fourth beardown and were successful complete power early pinch a 15-5 tally acknowledgment successful ample portion to 2 much triples from Chloe Sotell, giving her a career-high tying 18 points done 4 quarters.
But nan Roos refused to spell away, holding nan Tigers scoreless for nan last 3 minutes of regularisation pinch a 6-0 tally to necktie nan crippled astatine 61. Both teams sewage 1 last chance to triumph nan crippled successful regularisation but could not convert. The Tigers survived successful overtime acknowledgment to a accelerated commencement and converting connected their FTs down nan stretch.
Mizzou is now 12-3 connected nan season, finishing pinch their champion grounds astatine nan extremity of nan non-conference slate since nan 2022-23 season. While nan Tigers escaped pinch nan win, they will person to play a overmuch stronger crippled if they dream to upset No. 1 Texas successful nan SEC opener astatine 6:30 p.m. connected New Year’s Day from Mizzou Arena.
