COLUMBIA, SC – Mizzou women’s basketball pushed No. 1/3 from South Carolina for two and a half quarters before falling, 77-62, on Thursday night at the Colonial Life Arena. Mizzou and the best Gamecocks drew 36 at halftime, before South Carolina beat the Tigers 41-26 in the last two quarters of the game.
Inflection point
The game was still tight with 5:35 remaining in the third quarter, with Mizzou losing 45-44, but South Carolina would continue in an 11-2 run to push its lead to 56-46 with 1:23 remaining in the third period. . Mizzou was unable to get closer than eight points after this Gamecock race.
Top Tigers
- Red senior guard t-shirt Shug Dickson (St. Louis, Missouri) scored 15 points, the team’s best mark, hit 3 of 6 shots beyond the three-point line and gave three assists in the game.
- Redshirt junior forward LaDazhia Williams (Bradenton, Fla.) Scored 12 points out of 5 out of 9 pitches on his return to South Carolina, where he spent his first two high school seasons (2017-19).
- Second year guard Aijha Blackwell (Berkeley, Missouri) managed 10 rebounds, his seventh consecutive game with at least 10 rebounds.
Grades
- With 15 points, Dickson led Mizzou on the scoring goal for the first time this season and recorded his eight double-digit games this season.
- Dickson’s three shots past the three-point line were a season record, the second time this season she made several three and the 22WL time in her career she did this.
- Williams scored double digits for 14º time in 15 games this season.
- Blackwell caught 10 rebounds in his seventh consecutive game with 10 rebounds and 11º game with more than 10 this season.
- Second year guard Lauren Hansen (Long Island, NY) scored two three points in the game, the fifth time this season she scored several three.
Next
Mizzou returns home to face No. 24/25 Georgia on Sunday, February 14. Mizzou Arena’s complaint is scheduled for 1 pm CT on the SEC Network.
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