Jan. 29, 2001

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The University of Missouri women's basketball team returns home to battle No. 7 Iowa State for the second time this season. The Cyclones defeated the Tigers 68-67 in Ames, Jan. 17. MU looks to overthrow Iowa State in the Hearnes Center this Wednesday at 7:00 p.m.

Following the MU-ISU game, the Tigers go on a two-game road stint. MU travels to Norman, Okla., Sat., Feb. 3 to take-on the Oklahoma Sooners at 3:00 p.m. Missouri then faces Kansas State in Manhattan, Kan., Wed., Feb. 7 at 7:00 p.m.

Tickets for Missouri women's basketball are available by calling 1-800-CAT-PAWS or at the Hearnes Center ticket office.

Special Promotions
The Missouri men's and women's golf teams are sponsoring a clothing drive that will benefit the Wardrobe. Anyone wishing to donate clothes can drop them off at A.L. Gustin Golf Course starting Mon., Jan. 29.

The Tiger women's team is working in conjunction with the charity. Anyone that brings used clothing to the Hearnes Center on Wed., Jan. 31 at 7:00 p.m. will get into the Iowa State for just $2.

Missouri Coverage
Missouri women's basketball is covered live on KFRU radio. David Lile, Gary Link and Jessica Jenkins offer all the action of Tiger women's hoops on 1400 AM.

Mizzou fans can also log onto the Missouri Tigers' Web site at www.MUTigers.com to get live coverage. Scroll down the left side of the MU Tigers main page and select Audio/Video. On the following page, scroll down and select the women's basketball Internet broadcast option. When the schedule of Mizzou women's basketball games is displayed, just choose the appropriate date and hit Go! (www.broadcast.com/sports/ncaa/Missouri/WomensBasketball/).

Turn on the Radio
The Cindy Stein Show features highlights of recent games, upcoming match-up and player profiles. Thursday nights at 7:00 p.m., Head Coach Cindy Stein dishes Tiger women's basketball live from Johnny's Beanery in Columbia, Mo. Listen on KFRU radio 1400 AM.

Missouri vs. Iowa State
Missouri (13-5) continues Big 12 Conference play backed by its most impressive league start in history. The Tigers are coming off a 65-58 victory over Nebraska taking their first win over the Huskers in Lincoln, Neb., in over 10 years. Missouri also owns an impressive 65-60 come-from-behind victory over Kansas State. The Tigers are 4-3 in conference play, also including wins over Texas (68-52) and Texas A&M (69-61). Iowa State currently leads the Big 12 with a 6-1 league record, going 16-2 overall. The Cyclones succumbed 79-74 to Baylor for their only conference loss. ISU also fell to No. 4 ranked Duke (81-63). Iowa State is currently ranked seventh in the country with wins over No. 22 North Carolina State (71-64) and No. 13 Oklahoma (81-79).

The MU-ISU game will be decided on the boards. In their last match-up, the Cyclones pulled down 50 rebounds while the Tigers had 34. Iowa State is second in the conference with a +9.6 rebounding margin. Missouri averages 43.3 rebounds per game and posts a +4.2 rebounding margin. The Tigers are also third in the league in offensive (16.33) and fifth in defensive rebounds (26.94). The Cyclones are fourth in defensive rebounds (27.67) and 11th in offensive boards (12.31).

Another factor in the game will be the Tigers' characteristic attack of the basket. One of the key components in many of MU's close games this season has been repeated shot attempts. Although the Tigers only post a .445 field goal percentage, the Tigers have out shot their opponents 544-1,223 to 418-1,092. MU only averaged 37 percent from the field against ISU earlier this year, but out shot the Cyclones 28-24, with 75 shot attempts.

Missouri continues to improve its turnover ratio. In their first Big 12 game, MU had 26 turnovers against Texas Tech. Since then, the Tigers have kept their turnovers to 15 or fewer. Missouri recorded its lowest turnover mark of the season against Nebraska with eight. In Big 12 play, MU is fourth with a 1.00 assist to turnover ratio and seventh with a +1.57 turnover margin. Iowa State is third in assist/turnover ratio (1.12) and eighth in turnover margin (-1.43).

Scouting the Cyclones
Iowa State has four athletes on its roster averaging over 12 points per game. Junior center Angie Welle leads the Cyclones with 18.1 points and 10.4 rebounds per game. She also leads the team shooting 68 percent from the field netting 126-of-184 shots. Welle tops the Big 12 charts in field goal percentage and defensive rebounds. She is second in overall rebounding and ranks fifth in the league in scoring.

Lindsey Wilson is second on the team with 14.0 points per game. The guard serves as Iowa State's floor leader. She has 97 assists on the team and averages 2.1 rebounds per game. Wilson is fourth in the Big 12 with 5.39 assists per game and is 12th in overall scoring. Megan Taylor is third on the team with 13.6 points and 5.9 rebounds per game. She is 13th in the Big 12 in scoring and first in free throw percentage (.863). Tracy Gahan is fourth with 13.3 points and 7.6 rebounds per game. She is sixth in the Big 12 in rebounding.

The Cyclones are shooting 50 percent from the field as a team and 44 percent from 3-point range.

Last season, Iowa State finished 27-6 with a 13-3 Big 12 Conference record to tie for first in league standings. Iowa State traveled to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen Midwest Region before getting knocked out of postseason play in a 66-65 heartbreaker to Penn State. The Cyclones return three starters and seven letterwinners to this season's squad. Head Coach Bill Fennelly is in his sixth year at Iowa State.

Series Shorts
Missouri leads the MU-ISU series 40-13. The Tigers and the Cyclones began their rivalry in 1977 as members of the Big Eight Conference. Missouri dominated the series winning the first 29 games before giving up a 79-58 loss to the Cyclones in Ames in 1991. Over the last five seasons, Iowa State has been the dominant team taking nine of the last 12 meetings, including its 68-67 victory this season. The Tigers are 18-3 against the Cyclones in the Hearnes Center.

Last Time Against Iowa State
Missouri continues to prove that it is a force to be reckoned with in the Big 12 Conference. Although No. 7 Iowa State slipped past the Tigers 68-67, Missouri played a solid game against one of the nation's best.

"Our team is growing every game," MU head coach Cindy Stein said. "The poise we demonstrated and our ability to come back proves we can play with anyone in the country because of our effort. I think we are one of the finest teams in the conference."

The Tigers started the game with four points by senior Marlena Williams and kept the score within six points the entire half. With 6:16 left to go in the period, freshman Terianne Wolford and senior Amanda Lassiter drained 3-pointers to tie the score 28-28. MU continued to battle the Cyclones to end the half with a 38-38 dead lock.

Missouri throttled the basket with 40 attempts in the first. Perseverance and offensive rebounds proved to be the key to the Tigers game. Missouri pulled down 10 offensive boards in the first period and came up with six steals to curb the Cyclones. Both Lassiter and Williams reached double digits, scoring 16 and 12 points, respectively.

The battle continued in the second half. Mizzou kept pounding the basket with attempts and putting pressure on the Cyclone offense. MU took a 3-point lead in the game with 11:46, but was unable to hold on. ISU brought the score back its way on a jumper by center Angie Welle and went on a 12-point rally. The Tigers were unwilling to bow down however, as senior Tracy Franklin and junior Natalie Bright re-sparked MU's efforts with another pair of back-to-back 3s with 3:35 to go. Missouri continued the drive taking Iowa State to a two-point game. A defensive rebound by freshman Evan Unrau allowed Bright to score another 3-pointer to make bring the score within one with 00:41 left on the clock. The ball went back for two points for ISU. With just seconds to go, the Tigers attempted a missed 3-pointer, giving Unrau an offensive rebound and 2-point bucket to end the game 68-67.

Missouri shot shot 75 from the field and 25 came from 3-point range. MU only shot 37 percent in the game, but also kept Iowa State to its lowest field goal percentage of the season with 41. The Cyclones, who lead the Big 12 with a .444 3-point field goal percentage, shot just 28.6 percent from the 3-point arc. Iowa State has been averaging a +25-point scoring margin over its opponents in Hilton Coliseum, the one-point win over the Tigers is the closest game it has encountered at home this season.

All three of Missouri's seniors recorded double figures. Lassiter led the team with 21 points, Williams, who fouled out with seven minutes remaining, scored 12 points and Franklin came out of her four-game slump to post 11 points for the Tigers. Bright came off the bench to boost the Tigers with eight points and Unrau helped shooting 3-for-4 from the field to score six.

Missouri Defeats Nebraska
Missouri is 13-5 with a 4-3 Big 12 Conference record after defeating the Nebraska Cornhuskers 65-58. The win is Missouri's second over Nebraska since 1991 and the first victory in the Bob Devaney Center since 1990 when the Tigers defeated the Huskers 64-60. Nebraska still leads the series however, 30-20.

Much of the first period was a neck-and-neck battle. Senior Amanda Lassiter started the game with a block and a jumper on their way to scoring 20 points in the half. The Tigers and Huskers kept pace with a 2-point game for the majority of the period, until Missouri rallied for a six-point run with six minutes to go. MU kept the momentum to leave the half with a 40-27 lead. The competition was extremely heated resulting in 24 fouls, including three technical fouls in the first 20 minutes.

The Tigers struggled at the beginning of the second half allowing the Huskers to post nine points, while only scoring two. Missouri played solid defense in the game rebuilding a solid lead that it would not relinquish. The foul trouble continued in the second period, with two Nebraska players fouling out. Jointly, the teams committed 23 personal fouls.

Lassiter led the Tigers with 27 points, nine rebounds and six blocks. The Tigers knocked down 12 blocks overall to set a Missouri single-game record. Lassiter also advances as the fifth-leading shot blocker in school history with 120 career blocks. She is the only Tiger in the Top 10 who has set her career mark in under four years. Senior Marlena Williams played a solid game on the inside scoring eight-points and recording three blocks. Freshman Evan Unrau had seven rebounds and sophomore Wannette Smith tied her career-mark pulling down eight boards.

In the Record Books
? Senior Amanda Lassiter has set another Missouri record netting 38 3-point field goals in a single season. The previous record was set by Julie Helm during the 1996-97 season with 32. In conjunction, Lassiter also topped MU's record for 3-point field goal attempts in a single-season with 106 (previously set by Stacy Williams with 100 in 1991-92).

? The Tigers tied a single-game team record for 3-point field goals made and topped the record for 3-pointers attempted against Iowa State. Missouri knocked down 10-of-25 shot from 3-point range against the Cyclones.

? The Tigers set a single-game team record with 12 blocked shots against Nebraska.

? Senior Tracy Franklin looks to break the single season record for highest 3-point field goal percentage. Franklin is shooting 38 percent from the 3-point arc hitting 24-of-63 shots. The record is held by Sandi Prophete who shot 41 percent (13-31) during the 1987-88 season. Adding to the competition, junior Natalie Bright is shooting 50 percent from 3-point range with 14-of-28 attempts.

Seeing Double
Evan Unrau has posted four double-doubles in her inaugural year on the Mizzou squad. She scored a career-high 18 points and pulled down 13 rebounds against No. 12 Texas shooting 80 percent from the field (8-of-10) and 100 percent from the foul line.

The forward also recorded double-double games this year with 16 points and 20 rebounds against Texas A&M, 15 points and 10 rebounds against Southern Illinois and with 14 points and 13 rebounds against Illinois State.

Senior Amanda Lassiter has also posted four double-double games in 2000-2001. She led the day in MU's 68-52 victory over Texas with 22 points and 10 rebounds. She also recorded doubles against Arkansas (22-11), Kentucky (19-10) and San Diego State (31-11).

Looking at Lassiter
Senior Amanda Lassiter leads the Tigers with 20.5 points and is second on the team with 7.4 rebounds per game. Lassiter has scored in double digits in all 18 games this season including setting a career-high with 31 points against San Diego State. She owns 11 games scoring 20 or more points including five of seven conference games. She recorded 21 points against Texas Tech, 22 points against Texas, 28 points against Colorado, 21 points against No. 7 Iowa State and 27 points versus Nebraska.

The forward is second on the team with 133 rebounds, including a team-high 107 defensive boards. She also tops the team with 55 steals and is second with 67 assists.

Blocking Report
Lassiter has 51 blocks this season to lead the team and top the Big 12. Her six blocks against Nebraska sets the Big 12 Conference 2000 single-game high. Lassiter owns the Missouri single-game high with seven against Western Kentucky last year.

Lassiter set the single-season blocked shot record as a junior last year with 69. After her performance at Nebraska, she moves up another spot as Missouri's fifth all-time blocker (120). She is just five blocks from moving into fourth-place to best Kesha Bonds who recorded 124 blocks from 1985-99. Lassiter is the only athlete appearing in the Top 10 who has played under three years. She is averaging 2.8 blocks per game.

Watching Williams
Center/forward Marlena Williams is taking the Big 12 Conference by storm. In three league games this year she has posted season highs in points and rebounds. She had a career-high 24 points against Colorado hitting 10-of-19 from the field and 1-for-1 from 3-point range. She also had five assists in the game. Against Texas A&M, Williams came just one point (17) and one rebound (7) shy of tying her previous season marks. Against Texas, she had season-highs with eight rebounds and five steals. After a year plagued with foul trouble, she also posted a season best playing 34 minutes without a single foul.

The senior sparked Missouri's 65-60 come-from-behind victory over Kansas State scoring four points, two rebounds and an assist in two minutes of play. Before fouling out with 41 seconds left in the game, Williams scored 10 points, had six rebounds and three assists.

Williams has averaged over 10 points in the last 7-of-8 games, including her first +20 point game against the Buffaloes. She has also scored in double figures in 5-of-7 conference games. The center shot 75 percent against Wisconsin-Milwaukee hitting 6-for-8 shots from the field. She is also 3-5 on the season from 3-point range, hitting her first 3-pointer against Texas Tech. Williams is second on the team averaging 12.3 points per game.

Unrau Update
Evan Unrau has scored in double figures in six games, including her career- high 18 points against then No. 12 ranked Texas. She also scored 16 points against Wisconsin-Milwaukee shooting 6-for-7 from the field and 4-for-4 from the foul line against the Panthers. She pulled down a season-high 11 defensive boards against Arkansas and had nine offensive boards against Illinois State.

Unrau leads the Tigers shooting 59.6 percent from the field netting 62-of-104 attempts. The freshman has 10 games on the season shooting 60 percent or above, including a perfect game against Eastern Illinois (4-for-4). Unrau was 7-of-8 against Southern Illinois and also owns five perfect games from the free throw line.

Bringing Down the Boards
Unrau recorded a career best 20 rebounds, including 11 offensive boards against Texas A&M. That marked the first time a Mizzou player has had 20 rebounds in a single game since the 1998 season when Kesha Bonds had 23 boards against Colorado. Unrau leads the Tigers with 53 offensive and 128 total rebounds on the season. She also tops the charts averaging 7.5 rebounds per game.

Bright Spot
Natalie Bright is proving her versatility in her new role on the Tigers' squad this year. The junior started 28-of-30 games she played in last season to average 7.3 points and come in second on the team with 86 assists.

This year, Bright has come off the bench as one of the key contributors. Against Iowa State the junior rejuvenated the team's efforts hitting two key 3-pointers. She scored eight points in the game and had two steals. Against Texas, she once again revamped the Tigers with five points and three rebounds in 14 minutes of play.

Bright hit double figures against Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Texas Tech. She had a perfect game against the Panthers hitting 4-for-4 from the field, 1-for-1 from 3-point range and 4-for-4 from the free throw line. In the conference opener against the Lady Raiders, Bright downed 3-for-4 from the field, was 2-for-3 from 3-point range and 5-for-5 from the foul line.

The junior started her first game of the season against Nebraska. She scored four points for the Tigers with six rebounds, three assists and three steals.

Bright is shooting 45 percent from the field overall and hits 50 percent from 3-point range. She averages 5.6 points and 2.7 rebounds per game. She also has 45 assists on the season.

Barr Brief
Starting point guard Kerensa Barr is making a name for herself on the Mizzou hardwood as the floor leader. Barr recorded her fourth double-digit game of the season scoring 11 points against Kansas State. She also tied her season-high with seven rebounds. The sophomore leads the Tigers with 90 assists on the year. She averages 5.0 assists per game and hit her season-high with nine against No. 7 Iowa State.

Barr is fifth on the team averaging 6.6 points and 5.1 rebounds per game. She is second on the team with 39 offensive rebounds and 28 steals.

Franklin Forecast
Guard Tracy Franklin recorded a career-high as a senior scoring 18 points against Eastern Illinois. She also hit season marks against Southern Illinois pulling down 11 rebounds and grabbing nine steals. In conference play, Franklin has slowly emerged from a slump. She scored eight points against Colorado and hit her seventh double-digit game of the year against Iowa State with 11 points. Against Nebraska, she scored seven points and pulled down six rebounds and

Franklin is third on the team averaging 9.4 points per game. She tops the charts hitting 24-of-63 shots from 3-point range. Franklin leads the Tigers with a .882 free throw percentage. She has knocked down 15-of-17 on the season. Her nine steals against SIU set a Big 12 Conference 2000 season single-game record.

Tigers Got Game
Missouri (13-5) opened league competition with a 4-3 record to start Big 12 play with its best record in MU history.

In conference action, the Tigers are 3-0 on the home court defeating then No. 12 Texas (68-52), Texas A&M (69-61) and Kansas State (65-60). Missouri has suffered all three of its conference losses on the road, falling to Texas Tech (82-64) in Lubbock, Colorado (90-98) in Boulder and Iowa State (68-67) in Ames.

Mizzou averages 78.4 points per game with a +13.1 scoring margin.

Rebounding Report
Mizzou is averaging 43.3 rebounds per game, including a season high 59 boards against Texas A&M. Freshman Evan Unrau recorded 20 rebounds in the game, including 11 offensive boards.

The Tigers are keeping their opponents to just 39.1 rebounds per contest for a +4.2 rebounding margin. Missouri owns a season mark against the Texas Longhorns with 33 defensive rebounds. The Tigers pulled down 26 offensive boards against Texas A&M for the season-high.

Assist Average
The Tigers have dished out 304 assists so far this season to average 16.9 assists per game to top their opponents who only average 12.0 assists per outing. In their first five games this season, the Tigers out assisted their opponents 94-42. Missouri recorded 26 assists against Eastern Illinois (11/17) and 24 against Wisconsin-Milwaukee (12/30).

Block Breakdown
Missouri is topping the charts with 91 blocks on the year to average 5.05 blocks per game. MU's opponents have only knocked down 57 blocks this season. The Tigers have recorded 13 games in 2000-2001 with five or more blocks, including their record setting 12 blocks against Nebraska. Missouri has also knocked down six blocks against Pepperdine, Lipscomb, Illinois State, Colorado, Iowa State and Kansas State.

Mizzou leads the Big 12 Conference in blocked shots. Colorado is second with 90 and Texas A&M is third with 89. In their match-ups against Texas A&M and Colorado, the Tigers bested both the Aggies (5-to-3) and Buffaloes (6-to-4).

Conference Season Highs
Missouri is currently tied for fifth in the Big 12 Conference with a 4-3 league record. Iowa State, Texas Tech and Oklahoma hold a three-way tie with a 6-1 league record. Colorado is third with a 5-2 conference mark and Baylor is tied with MU in fifth. In Big 12 statistics, Missouri ranks in the Top 50 percent in 11 categories.

? The Tigers set a 2000-2001 season-high hitting 42 field goals against Eastern Illinois. That mark ranks second in conference season records.

? Missouri had a season mark with 12 blocked shots against Nebraska to rank second in the league.

? Missouri went 14-for-14 from the free throw line against Kentucky to lead the Big 12 in single-game free throw percentage.

Tigers in the NCAA
Missouri is among the nation's leaders in several categories. In the most recent NCAA statistics released Jan. 22, Mizzou was ranked 16th in the nation with a 79.2 scoring average. The Tigers are 20th in 3-point field goals made (6.6) and are 23rd in 3-point field goal percentage (38.2). Senior Amanda Lassiter is ranked eighth in the country averaging 2.6 blocked shots per game. She is 18th in overall scoring.

Victory Margin
The Tigers 96-43 win over Lipscomb tops the season as MU's largest margin of victory. The biggest margin an MU team has won by is 98 points versus Bethany College in 1977.

Mizzou has defeated seven teams this year by more than 20 points, including a 47-point triumph over Eastern Illinois and a 35-point win over Kentucky.

Missouri is repeating history opening the 2000-2001 season with seven 20+ wins. In 1999-2000, the Tigers also recorded seven victories scoring 20 or more points over their opponents.

Tigers vs. Ranked Opponents
Missouri's 13-point triumph over then No. 12 Texas was the largest winning margin over a ranked team since the 1995-96 season when the Tigers defeated No. 20 Kansas 86-66. In the last six seasons, Missouri has claimed seven victories over ranked opponents, all in the Hearnes Center.

Off the Bench
Missouri is relying heavily on the production of its bench this season. The MU bench corps has scored 376 of its 1,411 season points to average 20.8 points per game. In comparison, only 17.5 points per game were scored by the opponent's substitutions.

Mizzou in the Rankings
For the third week this season, the Tigers have received votes in the Associated Press Top 25 Poll. After defeating No. 12 Texas, Missouri received 18 votes from AP writers. After the Tiger's 90-98 loss to Colorado, MU dropped to four, but are back on the rise again with nine tallies after their 65-60 come-back victory over Kansas State and a 65-60 triumph over Nebraska.

The Tigers come in 40th in the NCAA Ratings Percentage Index, which ranks teams according to strength of schedule versus that of their opponents. Missouri was 63rd at the beginning of the season, and climbed into the 35th slot after their one-point loss to ISU. Mizzou fell to 40th last week, but is back on the rise at 38th. There are seven Big 12 schools ranked in the Top 50.

Hitting the Three
The Tigers have shot 40 percent or above from 3-point range in 12 of their 18 games. Missouri hit a season-high 57 percent from the 3-point arc against San Diego State when the Tigers downed 8-of-14 attempts. Natalie Bright leads the Tigers from the 3-point arc shooting 50 percent (14-of-28). Tracy Franklin also posts an impressive 38 percent hitting 24-of-63 attempts. Center Marlena Williams broke out of her inside game to sink three 3s against conference opponents. She is shooting 43 percent from the 3-point arc with 3-for-7.

Topping Ten
Four Tiger athletes routinely hit double-figures, including Amanda Lassiter who is 18-for-18 and has yet to hit below 13-points in a game. Marlena Williams owns 13 double-digit games, including her career-high of 24 points. Tracy Franklin has seven double figure games and freshman Evan Unrau posts six. Franklin and Unrau hit career-highs with 18 points against Eastern Illinois and No. 12 Texas, respectively.

Making the Grade
The Tiger women's basketball team is proving they can get it done on and off the court. Junior Christa Millham, an elementary education major, was one of 25 Missouri athletes to post a perfect 4.0 grade point average for the 2000 fall semester. Joining Millham in the spotlight, seven other athletes were named to the Student-Athlete Dean's List: Kerensa Barr, Tracy Franklin, Amy Loftus, Tracy Lozier, Wendy Okeson, Evan Unrau and Terianne Wolford.

Tiger Cheering Section
The Missouri women's basketball program is on the rise and fans are taking notice. The Tigers began selling season tickets for the first time last year and recorded over 500 season purchases in 1999-2000. Midway through this season, Missouri has upped its season ticket numbers to over 800 holders. The Tigers average 1,521 fans to rank 49th in the nation in women's basketball attendance. Missouri hit its season high in its Big 12 home opener against Texas when 2,422 fans populated the Hearnes Center for Toy Day. Missouri had its second largest crowd of the year when 2,062 fans cheered on the Tigers in their win over Kansas State.

Head to the Hearnes
The Tigers are looking to break new ground this season by packing the Hearnes Center during the MU-Kansas game on Sat., Feb. 10 at 3:00 p.m. Over 8,000 tickets for the event have already been sold. Tickets are just $1 and can be purchased from the Mizzou Ticket Office or by calling 1-800-CAT-PAWS or 884-PAWS in Columbia. Organizations looking to purchase group tickets please call the Missouri Group Sales Office at (573) 882-0710. Come out and help the Tigers pack the house.

Strength of Schedule
The 2000-2001 Missouri schedule is ranked in the top third of NCAA Division I schools by the WBCA/Summerville Women's Basketball pre-season poll.

Overall, the Tigers take on five teams ranked in the Top 25 and three schools currently receiving votes in the USA Today/ESPN Polls. The Tigers face No. 7 Iowa State, No. 9 Texas Tech, No. 12 Oklahoma, No. 20 Texas and No. 22 Baylor in Big 12 Conference action. MU also plays Arkansas (21), Colorado (18) and Houston (3).

In the Associated Press poll, Iowa State (7th), Texas Tech (9th), Oklahoma (12th), Texas (17th) and Colorado (25th) represent the Big 12 Conference. Arkansas, Baylor and Illinois all join Missouri receiving votes in the poll.

Million Fan March The Big 12 Conference and its member institutions will jointly embark on a fun and unique women's basketball promotional program for the 2000-01 season--The Million Fan March...to Madness.

The goal is for the Big 12 Conference to become the first to reach 1,000,000 in women's basketball attendance.

Last year the Big 12 led the nation in women's basketball attendance while setting all-time national highs in women's basketball total attendance and average attendance. The turnstiles clicked 802,419 times for an average of 4,720 fans per Big 12 contest, including the Big 12 Tournament.

Tiger Television
Catching all the action of Tiger women's basketball is now easier than ever, along with live radio coverage of every game on KFRU radio 1400 AM, six Mizzou games will be televised. Fox Sports Net and the Mizzou Sports Properties have each picked up three matches. This six game package offers the program the highest single season coverage to date.

Fox Sports Net is scheduled to cover two Tiger home games, including the Kansas State (Jan. 20) and the Missouri-Kansas game Sat., Feb. 10. The network will also feature the Missouri-Baylor game in Waco, Texas, Sat., Feb. 17. All three games are scheduled to begin at 3:00 p.m.

Mizzou Sports Properties offered a similar package televising two home games and one from the road. MSP shot the Eastern Illinois and Saint Louis games in the Hearnes Center and the Iowa State game in Ames, Iowa.

Missouri on the Tube
The Tigers have had four games televised this season to post a 3-1 television record. Missouri defeated Eastern Illinois (106-59), Saint Louis (73-63) and Kansas State (65-60) and fell to Iowa State (68-67). The next televised game for MU is the Kansas game Sat., Feb. 10 at 3:00 p.m.