University of Missouri
Nebraska
Lassiter, Barr Lead Mizzou in Blowout of Nebraska
2/13/2001 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Feb. 13, 2001
COLUMBIA, Mo.- AMANDA LASSITER scored a game-high 25 points and KERENSA BARR added a career-high 17 points as the Missouri Tigers (16-7, 7-5) defeated the Nebraska Cornhuskers (10-15, 2-10) by a score of 83-55 at the Hearnes Center in Columbia on Tuesday night. The Tigers will face a tough road test on Saturday afternoon when they travel to Baylor.
The game was close through the first seven minutes of the contest. Missouri held five seven-point leads through the first six minutes of the game, only to see Nebraska go on a 7-0 run to cut the Missouri lead to 19-17 at the 12:34 mark of the first half. That is when the Tigers took the game over.
Missouri used a strong defensive effort to go on a 17-0 run that covered eight minutes, 19 seconds of the half to jump out to a 36-17 advantage. The Tigers forced five turnovers during the run, all coming off of steals. Three of those steals came from MARLENA WILLIAMS who contributed four of Missouri's 20 steals on the night.
Nebraska's scoreless streak ended with a free throw by CASEY LEONHARDT at the 4:20 mark to make it a 36-20 game. The Tigers held the Huskers without a field goal the rest of the half while tacking on nine more points to take a 45-21 halftime lead.
Missouri continued to dominate on the defensive end in the second half, holding Nebraska to just two field goals in the first five minutes. Missouri's biggest lead of the game came at the 11:17 mark on two Barr free throws to give the Tigers a 31-point advantage at 63-32. Barr ended up with a career-high 17 points while adding six rebounds, four assists and four steals.
Big 12 Player of the Year candidate Amanda Lassiter added six steals to go along with her game-high 25 points. Freshman EVAN UNRAU added eight points and 10 rebounds.
The Missouri bench contributed 20 points on the night, including a career-night for freshman AMY LOFTUS. Loftus played a career-high 17 minutes on the evening, netting a career-best six points and pulling down a career-high six rebounds. WANNETTE SMITH added seven points for the Tigers and WENDY OKESON scored five points while racking up a career-best seven boards.
Three Nebraska players netted double-figures led by AMANDA WENT with 13 points. Leonhardt added a double-double, 10 points, 10 rebounds for the Huskers.
