Mizzou women finish non-conference play with victory
The Missouri Tigers rebounded from a loss to Oral Roberts with a 90-51 victory against Jackson State Sunday, finishing non-conference play with a win to make it 11-4.
Five players scored in double figures to lead the Tigers to victory at Mizzou Arena, with Grace Slaughter ahead with 22 points on 8 of 12 shooting, including 4 of 6 from beyond the arc. She also grabbed four rebounds.
Laniah Randle added 11 points, surpassing 1,000 for his career, with seven rebounds and four steals, while Angelique Ngalakulondi added 11 points and 10 rebounds for his first double-double of the season, while also blocking four shots.
Ashton Judd added 10 points and seven rebounds, while Schreacke Abbey had 10 points.
The Tigers took a 12-1 lead after a Nyah Wilson lay-up as they held the wire-to-wire advantage.
A layup by Judd pushed the lead to 21-5, then a quick layup by Randle on a Tilda Sjokvist the assist made the score 24-7 after the first quarter.
The Tigers continued to build, taking a 20-point lead for the first time when Ngalakulondi grabbed an offensive rebound and made a putback with 5:18 left before halftime, then a Slaughter 3 made it even 42-14 with 3:23 left before halftime. to break.
The Tigers didn’t get a 30-point advantage until halftime, but a layup by Sjokvist with 34 seconds left sent the Tigers into halftime leading 46-19.
The Tigers took a 30-point advantage when Avery Kroenke hit a jumper on a turnover to make it 55-24 with 5:59 left in the third and Missouri took a 39-point lead when Randle hit a free throw with 1:44 left in the third. third.
The Tigers would stay at 39 as Schreacke hit a 3 to send the Tigers into the fourth quarter leading 69-30.
A De’Myla Brown a layup with 2:07 left put the lead at 40 for the first time at 86-45, then a Luci Milkovic jumper made it 88-47 before trading baskets created the advantage final score of 39 points.
The Tigers shot 34 of 67 (50.7%) from the field, 8 of 20 (40%) from 3 and 14 of 19 (73.7%) from the free throw line. Mizzou outscored Jackson State 50-33 and forced 19 turnovers that led to 31 points for the Tigers.
Missouri dominated in points in the pain 48-18 and in points in the fastbreak 32-5.
Missouri (11-4) will begin conference play by hosting No. 2 South Carolina at 6 p.m. Thursday.
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