{"id":437816,"date":"2026-01-26T04:04:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T04:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/437816\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T04:04:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T04:04:17","slug":"slaughter-scores-24-womens-basketball-downs-texas-am","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/437816\/","title":{"rendered":"Slaughter Scores 24, Women’s Basketball Downs Texas A&M"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mizzou women’s basketball dominated early and defeated Texas A&M 81-70 on Sunday evening at Mizzou Arena.<\/p>\n

Junior guard Grace Slaughter<\/a> led Missouri (14-9, 2-6 SEC) with 22 points behind an 11-15 performance at the charity stripe.<\/p>\n

Redshirt senior guard Jayla Smith<\/a> hit double figures in the points column with a 15-point performance. Smith went 4-of-4 at the free-throw line.<\/p>\n

Senior forward Jordana Reisma<\/a> totaled 10 points and added three rebounds.<\/p>\n

Junior guard Abbey Schreacke<\/a> totaled 10 points of her own, shooting 50 percent (2-of-4) behind the arc. She grabbed seven boards and contributed two assists.<\/p>\n

With the programs exchanging baskets in the opening minutes, Schreacke ignited Mizzou’s offense with back-to-back triples that accelerated a 9-0 run. Moments later, Chloe Sotell<\/a> buried a triple to bolster a 7-0 run that capped the opening quarter and gave Mizzou a 21-9 lead.<\/p>\n

The Tigers capitalized on Texas A&M (8-8, 1-6) fouls with seven of their second-quarter points coming from free throws. Mizzou pushed its advantage to 17, but a late run from the Aggies saw Mizzou end the second quarter with a ten-point advantage, 35-25.<\/p>\n

Missouri continued its dominance into the third and opened with an eight-point run. Reisma led the charge, as she knocked down four points. Sotell highlighted the period with a 3-point buzzer beater as Mizzou poured in 24 in the quarter and took a 19-point lead headed into the final frame.<\/p>\n

Slaughter scored eight of her total in the fourth quarter to pace the Mizzou offense. Texas A&M made a late run, but the Tigers closed the contest at the free-throw line.<\/p>\n

Mizzou attempted 37 free throws in the contest compared to 24 from the Aggies.<\/p>\n

UP NEXT<\/p>\n

Mizzou will travel to face Mississippi State at Humphrey Coliseum on Sunday at 2 p.m. The game will be broadcast on SEC Network+.<\/p>\n

FOLLOW THE TIGERS<\/p>\n

For all the latest information on Mizzou Women’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 dominated early and defeated Texas A&M 81-70 on Sunday evening at Mizzou Arena. Junior guard…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":437817,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-437816","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\/437816","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=437816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/437817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=437816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=437816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}