COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou women’s basketball will host Lindenwood at 2 p.m. Sunday at Mizzou Arena. The game will be broadcast on SEC Network+ and on the radio through the Mizzou Tigers app.
Mizzou enters the contest 4-0 after a commanding 103-59 win over UT Martin on Thursday. The Tigers scored 100 or more points against both Tennessee Tech and UT Martin, the first time the program has done so in consecutive games since Jan. 11 and Jan. 14, 1984. It is also Mizzou’s first 4-0 start since the 2022-23 season, when the Tigers opened 5-0.
Four Tigers scored in double figures against the Skyhawks. Senior guard Grace Slaughter, sophomore guard McKenzie Mathurin and senior guard Abbey Schreacke each scored 17 points to lead Mizzou. Schreacke made six 3-pointers, the second-most of her career, and Mathurin grabbed 11 rebounds for her first career double-double. Sophomore guard Neveah Caffey also added 16 points.
Slaughter leads Mizzou’s offense and is 11th on the program’s all-time scoring list with 1,531 points, four behind No. 10 Erika Martin (1992-96), who scored 1,535. Slaughter is one of 13 players from the 2023 class with 1,450 or more points and 445 or more rebounds in their careers. She was also named to the Preseason All-SEC Second Team and the Cheryl Miller Small Forward of the Year watch list.
Freshman forward Ellie Muller recorded five blocks against Tennessee Tech on Monday, becoming the first Tiger to record four or more blocks in consecutive games since Christene Flores did so on Dec. 3 and Dec. 7, 2011. As a team, Mizzou blocked 10 shots against the Golden Eagles, its most in a game since March 1, 2018, against Ole Miss.
Freshman forwards Khloe Ford and Muller are part of Mizzou’s No. 25-ranked recruiting class, the program’s highest-ranked class since 2018. Among SEC teams, it also has the highest percentage of underclassmen on its roster at 66.67% (8 of 12).
With the additions of Caffey and Mathurin, Mizzou has five top-100 recruits on its roster from the 2025 and 2026 classes: Mathurin (No. 39), Caffey (No. 42), Hodge (No. 54), Ford (No. 82) and Maples (No. 96).
Lindenwood enters the matchup 2-3 after beating Stephens College on Friday.
Lions head coach Phil Sayers is in his first season with the program. Lindenwood’s roster has 12 newcomers, including six transfers. Sayers earned his first career win on Nov. 7 with a 62-49 victory over Evansville.
Senior guard Candace Dykstra leads the Lions with 10.5 points per game this season.
This will be the first meeting all-time between the two programs. The teams have played three preseason exhibition games.
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