Georgia Beats Missouri 85-66 in SEC Women's Game

Georgia defeated Missouri 85-66 in a Southeastern Conference women's basketball game on Sunday at Mizzou Arena in Columbia, Missouri, ending the Tigers' three-game winning streak against conference opponents. The Bulldogs capitalized on a significant size advantage in the frontcourt to pull away after halftime, outrebounding Missouri 44-31 and dominating the offensive glass with 13 boards to the Tigers' five.

The absence of Missouri's 6-foot-7 center Jordana Reisma proved costly, leaving 6-foot-2 forward Grace Slaughter as the Tigers' tallest active player. Georgia, with four players taller than Slaughter, controlled the paint and generated extra possessions that led to 15 made free throws out of 22 attempts. Missouri countered with strong free-throw shooting of its own, converting 18 of 23, but the Bulldogs' physicality resulted in 22 fouls called against them compared to 17 on the Tigers. Both teams spent much of the game in foul trouble, limiting their rotations.

Shannon Dowell led Missouri with 16 points, including 8 of 10 from the line, while Slaughter, the team's leading scorer at 19.3 points per game, managed only 10 on 4-of-15 shooting. Lisa Thompson provided a spark off...