BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Mizzou Women's Basketball was picked to finish sixth in the Southeastern Conference in a vote of the league's coaches. The selection is the highest preseason ranking for the Tigers since joining the SEC. Junior forward Jordan Frericks (Quincy, Ill.) was voted second-team Preseason All-SEC.

Mizzou received 94 total votes and each coach also voted for an eight-player All-SEC first-team, second-team and Player of the Year.

Frericks earned second-team All-SEC honors last season after leading the team with 13.2 points, 9.9 rebounds, 1.5 steals and 1.4 blocks per game. She led the SEC in rebounding, finished fifth in blocks, 11^th in scoring and 12^th in steals.

South Carolina was predicted to repeat as league champion and Gamecocks senior guard Tiffany Mitchell was named SEC Preseason Player of the Year for the second consecutive season. Tennessee was picked second, followed by Texas A&M, Mississippi State and Kentucky.

SEC Coaches Preseason Predicted Order of Finish

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