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Kentucky women’s basketball bounces back, defeats Missouri 76-71 for second SEC win
Kentucky women’s basketball (9-10, 2-3) defeated the Missouri Tigers (11-8, 2-4) 76-71 on Sunday afternoon inside Rupp Arena.
The Wildcats entered the SEC matchup winless in their last three games and, in that stretch, the Cats most recently suffered a disastrous 98-36 loss to South Carolina on Jan. 15.
“It was a tough loss, we needed to come back today and show the world what we’re made of,” Kentucky head coach Kyra Elzy said.
The Tigers, however, defeated the Georgia Lady Bulldogs 69-57 and grabbed their second conference victory of the year, improving to 2-3 in their last five games.
The game tipped off and Emma King sank a 3-pointer right off the bat, but Missouri then scored on its first attempt down the court, resulting in each team starting 1-1 from the field.
At the first media timeout, Missouri led 13-7 with King having five of Kentucky’s seven points.
When the first quarter concluded Missouri led 20-16 with Eniya Russell scoring the most first quarter points for the Cats with six while Hayley Frank led the Tigers with seven.
Missouri came out of the break and scored two points before Kentucky pasted the Tigers with seven straight points, resulting in a Missouri timeout.
Out of the timeout, Kentucky tacked on two more points as Saniah Tyler sank two shots from the charity stripe before Missouri finally answered back with Mama Dembele going 1-2 on two free-throws of her own.
Kentucky then went on another small streak, scoring five and forcing Missouri to call its second timeout of the quarter with 4:18 to go to lead 30-23.
As the rest of the first half played out Missouri nudged its way back in, scoring nine points while Kentucky finished the last four minutes by putting up eight points of its own.
UK’s 22 second-quarter points outweighed Missouri’s 12, leading Kentucky into the break up 38-32.
Brooklynn Miles scored the first basket out of halftime, improving the Wildcats’ lead to eight, but moments later Kentucky’s leader in points, rebounds and blocks Ajae Petty suffered a lower-leg injury, resulting in Kentucky head coach Kyra Elzy to run the floor with five guards.
With Petty out of the game, Missouri went on a five-point run, resulting in a Kentucky timeout.
Thankfully for Kentucky, Petty returned moments later, though she was quiet the rest of the third quarter, only putting up two points off of two free throws in the dying seconds.
Kentucky entered the fourth quarter with a 55-50 lead under its belt while Maddie Scherr led the way with 16 points throughout 30 minutes of play.
In the fourth-and-final quarter, Missouri scored the first basket, but Kentucky then threw up eight straight points in the first 2:18, forcing a Missouri timeout.
The two teams ran up the score to 71 and, with 1:15 to go, Russell sank a mid-range jump shot that gave Kentucky a two-point edge.
Kentucky would get fouled in its offensive zone and, through the power of late free-throws, the Wildcats sealed the game.
“We knew it was going to be a dogfight today,” Missouri head coach Robin Pingeton said, “Kyra has a great team – great staff – very deceiving in regards to their (Kentucky’s) record.”
The Wildcats are back in action on Jan. 25 in Fayetteville, Arkansas, where they look to beat the Arkansas Razorbacks for the second time this season. The game can be viewed on SEC Network+ at 8 p.m. ET.
Missouri
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Mizzou is a 22.5-point favorite over Alabama State. The Tigers step back onto its home floor looking to reset after road losses to Notre Dame and Kansas. Alabama State has struggled mightily against high-major opponents.
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What our Post expert thinks about Missouri vs. Alabama State
Alabama State has already dropped its two power-conference tests by an average of 32.5 points, and its defensive profile hasn’t suggested much resistance.
The Hornets bring two of the SWAC’s top scorers in Asjon Anderson and Micah Simpson, they are giving up 81.4 points per game and allowing opponents to shoot 45.3 percent from the floor.
Missouri’s rebounding edge should matter — the Tigers pull nearly 40 boards per game while Alabama State is giving up 37.4 a night and just surrendered 18 offensive rebounds to UT Martin.
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) – Road construction on Springfield’s northside is affecting access to the Southwest Missouri Humane Society.
MoDOT is realigning the intersection of Norton and Melville Road as part of the I-44 overpass project. The bridge work and intersection project are both impacting the animal shelter.
The shelter sits on Norton Road just west of where the work is happening. Visitors can only reach the shelter by taking the long way up West Bypass to Westgate Avenue, then onto Norton Road.
MoDOT says the intersection at Norton and Melville is supposed to be closed for two weeks. The bridge project, as a whole, is supposed to be completed by the end of the year.
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Organizers working to turn back Missouri’s congressional redistricting map spoke Tuesday about collecting signatures to put the effort to a vote by citizens.
People Not Politicians submitted more than 300,000 signatures Tuesday to the Missouri Secretary of State’s Office. The signatures hope to force a statewide vote on redistricting approved earlier this year by Missouri politicians.
KSHB 41 anchor Caitlin Knute spoke with one of the volunteers behind the effort.
Volunteer describes collecting signatures for petition on Missouri redistricting
“I think people in rural areas want to follow the Constitution, and I think it was pretty clear this was not done within the parameters of the Constitution,” volunteer Elizabeth Franklin said.
Redistricting typically occurs after a census every 10 years, but that wasn’t the case this year in Missouri. Critics on both sides of the aisle note that it splits Kansas City into three districts, lumping parts of the city in with much more rural areas.
A spokesperson for the Missouri Secretary of State’s office confirmed receipt of 691 boxes of signatures.
“The elections division will proceed with scanning, counting and sorting the sheets for verification by local election authorities,” the spokesperson said.
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