Women’s basketball loses to Missouri, drops third game in a row – The Sunflower

Graduate student Taylor Jameson will play against the Oklahoma Sooners on November 19th. Jameson scored 14 points for Wichita State.

Despite shooting 21-28 from the free throw line, Wichita State women’s basketball dropped its third straight game against the University of Missouri on Tuesday night at the Emerald Coast Classic in Florida.

The Shockers struggled to shoot from the field in the 85-57 loss. The Shockers fell to 2-5 on the season as Missouri improved to 6-3.

The Tigers took the first two scores, but the Shockers answered back with two scores of their own to tie the game at 4. It was the closest Wichita State would ever come to taking a lead.

Both teams struggled with turnovers in the first quarter, but the Tigers played a cleaner game. The Tigers shot 65% from the field compared to the Shockers’ mediocre 40% in the first.

Riding away momentum as of Monday night, junior guard Jasmine Peaks came off the bench to make her first 3-pointer of the year to make the score 16-12. It was short-lived as the Tigers then went on a 7-0 run.

Peaks was the only player to play at least 30 minutes when the starters were rested in the back-to-back games.

The Shockers were able to find comfort at the free throw line in the first quarter, getting six from the charity stripe.

Unable to string together anything positive, the Shockers ended their first half with a 45-32 deficit. WSU never got within 13 points the rest of the game.

Sophomore guard Salese Blow was ice cold after an efficient 14 points against Creighton University on Monday, going 1-13 from the field for the Missouri game.

Blow switched roles with graduate student guard Taylor Jameson, who was tied for the lead with nine points after going blank against Creighton.

In the third quarter, head coach Terry Nooner’s timeout led to an 8-2 run to make it 56-43. But the promising run ended soon after as the Shockers rattled off 10 straight points to end the period, 66-43.

Not even fourth-quarter garbage time allowed any WSU player to reach double-digit scoring.

Missouri cleaned the glass during the game with 44 rebounds to Wichita State’s 30, including 16 offensive boards to the Shockers’ eight.

It showed in the shooting numbers as Wichita State shot 33% from the field compared to Missouri’s 51%. The Shockers continued to shoot ice cold from deep, knocking down just four of their 17 attempts.

The Shockers return home to Charles Koch Arena to play Prairie View A&M University on Monday, December 2nd. Tipoff is scheduled for