University of Missouri
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Women's Basketball Extends Win Steak to Four With Victory over Northern Illinois
12/7/2024 4:34:00 PM | Women's Basketball
COLUMBIA, Mo. – University of Missouri women's basketball clinched their fourth-straight win, taking down Northern Illinois 94-55 Saturday afternoon at Mizzou Arena.
Junior guard Ashton Judd put up 16 points and a season-high nine rebounds, making this her fourth consecutive game with double-digit points.
Sophomore guard Grace Slaughter led Missouri with 20 points, her third career 20-plus point outing of the season.
Graduate forward Angelique Ngalakulondi logged nine points and 10 rebounds, her personal best night on the boards in the Black and Gold. Saturday's game marked Ngalakulondi's 12th career game in which she grabbed double-digit rebounds.
Both teams started off the game trading buckets on the offensive side. However, an early six points by Ngalakulondi in the paint gave Missouri (9-3, 0-0 SEC) an 11-10 lead halfway through the first quarter.
Midway through the opening frame, a Ngalakulondi layup ignited a 16-2 stretch to close the quarter for the Tigers. Mizzou drilled a trio of 3-pointers during the run and received the two final two buckets of the period from Judd and redshirt sophomore guard Averi Kroenke.
The Tigers started the second quarter hot with a 12-2 run ignited by a free throw and transition triple from Slaughter. A steal by Nyah Wilson and a fast-break layup by Slaughter gave Missouri a 37-19 lead after the Tigers' offensive push.
Slaughter scored 11 in the quarter, behind a perfect 3-of-3 from the field, along with a pair of threes from sophomore guard Abbey Schreacke and Judd powered the Tigers into the break leading 53-30.
3-pointers from Slaughter and Judd opened up the Tigers' scoring in the third.
After a three-point play from Slaughter with just under five minutes left to go in the quarter, Missouri led 64-37.
Schreacke and Randle scored the final four points of the frame for the Tigers to give the Black and Gold a 77-46 advantage.
The Tigers' reserves powered the offense in the final quarter. After buckets from sophomore Hilke Feldrappe and Tilda Sjokvist, graduate guard DeMyla Brown connected on a 3-pointer from the top of the arc with just over four minutes remaining to push the Tigers' lead to 35.
Brown hit two more triples in the final minutes as Missouri closed the contest on an 8-0 run.
Mizzou made a season-most 14 3-pointers at a 50.0-percent clip, matching their most efficient outing of the season. Additionally, the Tigers were able to turn 17 Northern Illinois turnovers into 29 points.
UP NEXT
Missouri will have a week off before returning to action at 3 p.m. on Sunday against Lipscomb at Mizzou Arena. The contest will air nationally on SEC Network.
