June 22, 2001

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The University of Missouri women's basketball season will open the 2001-2002 non-conference season on November 16 when the Tigers travel to Kansas City and will meet the Kangaroos of Missouri-Kansas City.

The Tigers will face Southwest Missouri State on Nov. 19 in their regular season home opener at 7 p.m. The Bears of SMS and Duke, a possible opponent as Missouri plays in the Duke Tournament, are non-conference foes who advanced to the 2001 NCAA Sweet Sixteen.

MU faces Lincoln (Mo.) in an exhibition game on Nov. 2 and will face a team from Basketball Travelers on Nov. 9 prior to opening the regular season.

Missouri returns three starters from last season's team which went 22-10 and also participated in the 2001 NCAA Sweet Sixteen.

The Big 12 schedule is expected to be released in mid to late July.

Please note: Game times are subject to change.

Date	Opponent	Site	Time
Nov. 2 (Friday)	Lincoln University (Exhibition)	Columbia	7 p.m.
Nov. 9 (Friday)	Basketball Travelers(Exhibition)	Columbia	7 p.m.
Nov. 16 (Friday)	at Missouri-Kansas City	Kansas City, Mo.	TBA
Nov. 19 (Monday)	Southwest Missouri State	Columbia	7 p.m.
Nov. 24-25	at Duke Tournament	Durham, N.C.	TBA
Saturday	vs. South Carolina	Durham, N.C.	TBA
Sunday	vs. Duke or Davidson	Durham, N.C.	TBA
Nov. 30/Dec. 1	Lady Tiger Tournament	Columbia	6/8 p.m.
(Fri./Sat.)	Participating Teams: Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Southeast Missouri State, Southeastern Louisiana		TBA
Dec. 7 (Friday)	at Saint Louis	St. Louis, Mo.	7 p.m.
Dec. 9 (Sunday)	Northern Iowa	Columbia	1 p.m.
Dec. 20 (Thursday)	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	Columbia	7 p.m.
Dec. 22 (Saturday)	Illinois*	St. Louis, Mo.	TBA
Dec. 30 (Thursday)	Wisconsin-Green Bay	Columbia	1 p.m.

*-doubleheader with the Missouri/Illinois men's basketball game