{"id":401216,"date":"2026-01-09T04:27:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T04:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/401216\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T04:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T04:27:08","slug":"womens-basketball-falls-to-no-7-vanderbilt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/401216\/","title":{"rendered":"Women’s Basketball Falls to No. 7 Vanderbilt"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mizzou women’s basketball fell to No. 7 Vanderbilt 99-68 on Thursday afternoon at Memorial Gymnasium.<\/p>\n

Junior guard Abbey Schreacke<\/a> led Mizzou (12-6, 0-3 SEC) in scoring for the first time this season with 19 points to go along with three rebounds, two blocks and a steal.<\/p>\n

Schreacke’s scoring total marked her career high for an SEC contest.<\/p>\n

Junior guard Grace Slaughter<\/a> contributed a double-double performance of 12 points and 10 rebounds.<\/p>\n

Junior guard Shannon Dowell<\/a> returned to action after missing the last four games due to injury and chipped in eight points, two rebounds and a pair of steals.<\/p>\n

Sophomore guard Chloe Sotell<\/a> drained a triple on the Tigers’ opening possession to get the offense off to a fast start in the contest.<\/p>\n

With Mizzou trailing by four nearing the midpoint of the quarter, redshirt senior guard Jayla Smith<\/a> stole the Commodores’ inbound pass and raced the length of the floor for a layup to close the gap.<\/p>\n

Dowell made an early impact as she converted a 3-point play that ignited a 7-0 Mizzou run. Junior guard Lisa Thompson<\/a> bookended the scoring charge with a midrange jumper that handed the Black and Gold a two-point lead.<\/p>\n

Schreacke added a late triple from the left corner, but a push by Vanderbilt saw the hosts lead 27-23 after one.<\/p>\n

Schreacke converted again with a triple from the left wing to open the Tigers’ second-quarter scoring. Moments later, the junior dropped in a step-back jumper to give Mizzou the lead.<\/p>\n

The consecutive buckets were a part of a 9-2 Tigers’ run that gave Missouri a three-point advantage at the midway point of the period.<\/p>\n

Minutes later, Smith added a 3-pointer that maintained a one-point lead for the Tigers, but it was followed by a run by the Commodores as they took a 48-37 into the half.<\/p>\n

Nearly four minutes into the third quarter, Thompson drove the baseline and dished the ball to Schreacke, who continued her hot shooting night with another corner triple.<\/p>\n

Smith and Schreacke added additional makes from long range and Sotell converted a tough and-one opportunity down the stretch to bolster Mizzou’s offense, but Vanderbilt was able to expand its lead in the frame and led 68-53 after three.<\/p>\n

The Tigers continued to battle in the fourth with Shreacke, Sotell and freshman forward Reka Toman<\/a> knocking down 3-pointers, but the Commodores maintained their advantage and closed the contest.<\/p>\n

UP NEXT<\/p>\n

Mizzou returns home to face Alabama at 6 p.m. on Monday at Mizzou Arena. The contest will be broadcast on SEC Network.<\/p>\n

FOLLOW THE TIGERS<\/p>\n

For all the latest information on\u00a0Mizzou\u00a0Women’s Basketball, please visit MUTigers.com. For up-to-the-minute updates, follow the Tigers on Instagram, Facebook and X.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mizzou women’s basketball fell to No. 7 Vanderbilt 99-68 on Thursday afternoon at Memorial Gymnasium. Junior guard Abbey…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":401217,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-401216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=401216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401216\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/401217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}