University of Missouri
Oklahoma State
Missouri Defeats Oklahoma State, 65-62
2/21/2001 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Feb. 21, 2001
Columbia, Mo.-The University of Missouri women's basketball team slipped past Oklahoma State with a 65-62 victory. Despite only shooting 31.9 percent in the game, the Tigers pulled down 21 offensive rebounds and forced 13 steals.
Missouri opened the game with seven unanswered points before Oklahoma State could make a bucket. The first half was neck-and-neck keeping within four points through the period. Missouri scored 11 points from turnovers and 10-second chance points. OSU scored just four-second chance points in the first half, but managed a five-point lead going into intermission.
The game remained close at the beginning of the second half while the Tigers played catch-up. At 13:54 Evan Unrau pulled down an offensive rebound and made a layup to boost Mizzou to a 42-40 lead. Although the Cowgirls tied the score, a fast break layup by senior Tracy Franklin boosted Missouri to a lead it would not relinquish for the rest of the game.
Overall, Missouri scored 25 points from turnovers and 19-second chance points. The Tigers had 44 total rebounds and just 12 turnovers while forcing 22 from OSU.
Senior Amanda Lassiter led the Tigers with 20 points, also pulling down six rebounds. Franklin was second with 14 points and topped Mizzou with eight rebounds on the evening. She also had four steals in the game.
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