The Missouri women’s basketball team dominated the third quarter Sunday, defeating the Arizona State Sun Devils 71-60 to finish with a 2-0 record in the Arizona State Classic. The Tigers outscored the Sun Devils 24-12 in the third quarter, turning a three-point halftime deficit into a nine-point lead going into the fourth quarter.
Lauren Hansen got the Tigers going early. Hansen hit consecutive 3-pointers, two of her six, to start a 9-0 Missouri run in the first quarter, giving the Tigers the lead they would not give up on the way to an 82-52 win Wednesday night against the Saint Louis Billikens at Mizzou Arena.
COLUMBIA It was a quiet first half for Lauren Hansen, then she made plenty of noise in the second half.
Hansen scored all of her game-high 17 points after halftime Monday, leading the Missouri women’s basketball team to a 65-47 victory against the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Mizzou Arena.