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Women’s Basketball Falls to Kentucky

Vanderbilt

COLUMBIA, Mo. – The University of Missouri women’s basketball team couldn’t pull off a season sweep against Kentucky, dropping a 77-54 contest at Memorial Coliseum on Sunday night.

Senior forward Hayley Frank (Strafford, Mo.) led Missouri’s offense in scoring for a third consecutive game with 21 points on 7-of-14 shooting. Graduate guard Lauren Hansen (Long Island, N.Y.) tied Frank for the team high with five boards while adding nine points.

Mizzou (14-8, 3-6 SEC) fell in a double-digit hole in the first quarter as Kentucky (10-11, 2-7 SEC) capitalized on 10 Tiger turnovers. The Wildcats converted nearly half of their shots in the period and maintained a strong lead at the end of the frame. Kentucky expanded its lead further, as the team pulled off a 17-2 run between the first and second quarters.

The Tigers battled back as the second quarter progressed with an 8-0 run to cut into the deficit. Mizzou cut the lead to 10 points at one point in the quarter, but Kentucky rebuilt its advantage with a 9-0 run to end its highest-scoring first half of SEC play.

Coming out of the halftime break, the Tigers were on fire from the field, knocking down 7-of-14 shots from the field to total 20 points. Frank carried the load, racking up 12 points in the quarter.

However, the Wildcats matched them shot for shot and kept Mizzou from narrowing the margin. At the end of the third, Kentucky went on another quick run to put the game out of reach.

Mizzou knocked down 38.5 percent of its field goal attempts while converting 100 percent of its free throws on six attempts. The…

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