GAME DETAILS
Missouri 74, Saint Louis 62
Sunday, December 9, 2018 | 5 p.m. (CT)
Chaifetz Arena | St. Louis, Missouri
THE BASICS
• Saint Louis overcame a 12-point halftime deficit and pulled even with Missouri late in the third quarter, but the 23rd-ranked Tigers escaped Chaifetz Arena with a 74-62 win over the Billikens Sunday night.
• Ciaja Harbison tied for game-high scoring honors with 18 points and was joined in double figures byMyia Clark, who tossed in 11 points.
• Saint Louis is 4-6, while Missouri improved to 8-2 with its fifth consecutive victory.
FIRST HALF
• Missouri scored the first five points and led 25-8 before settling for a 25-10 advantage at the first-quarter buzzer.
• Saint Louis closed the margin to 10 points twice before finally narrowing the gap to single digits, 33-24, on Harbison’s 3-pointer with 2:04 left in the second.
• Missouri answered with a trey on its next possession and went on to lead 40-28 at intermission.
THIRD QUARTER
• After a Missouri free throw made it 41-28, SLU went on a 16-3 run that knotted the score at 44 with 2:50 remaining. Kendra Wilken and Harbison tallied six and five points, respectively, to lead the charge.
• Mizzou scored the last five points of the period to gain a 49-44 lead.
FOURTH QUARTER
• A 9-3 spurt put the Tigers on top 58-47, but the Billikens closed to within six on Harbison’s layup and Clark’s 3-pointer.
• However, Missouri registered the next six points for a 64-52 cushion at the 3:42 mark, and the lead remained in double digits the rest of the way.
BILLIKEN NOTABLES
• Saint Louis committed only 11 turnovers and shot a solid 46.2 percent (24-of-52) from the floor.
• The Billikens held Missouri to nine points in the third quarter, the seventh time this season they have limited an opponent to a single-digit point total in a quarter.
• Jordyn Frantz had nine points and a team-high four assists.
• Clark collected a team-high five rebounds.
• Wilken and Kerri McMahan scored eight points apiece.
MISSOURI LEADERS
Sophie Cunningham, 18 points, eight assists; Amber Smith, 15 points, 13 rebounds, four assists; Emmanuelle Tahane, 13 points; Akira Levy, 11 points, three steals
UP NEXT
After taking a break for final exams, the Billikens play at Illinois State Thursday, Dec. 20.
