Mizzou Tigers show fight before falling to Alabama at SEC women’s hoops tourney
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- Mizzou erased an 11-point halftime deficit in the 3rd but lost 65-48 to Alabama.
- Jordana Reisma led Mizzou with 15; Grace Slaughter had 11 pts, 11 rebs.
- Alabama advanced and will face No. 6 Tennessee on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. CT.
The Missouri Tigers women’s basketball team showed fight before losing its Southeastern Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament opener on Wednesday night at Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina.
Alabama was just too much for Mizzou to handle in the second half, blowing it open to advance past Mizzou with a 65-48 victory.
Missouri (16-16, 4-12 regular season in the SEC) entered the postseason tournament as the league’s No. 14 seed. The Crimson Tide (22-9, 7-9 regular season in the SEC) are the tourney’s No. 11 seed.
The Tigers erased an 11-point halftime deficit in the third quarter, knotting the contest at 33-33 before running out of gas — just as Bama was mashing the pedal to the floor.
Senior forward Jordana Reisma was Missouri’s leading scorer with 15 points and five rebounds. The only other Tiger to reach double-digit scoring was Grace Slaughter, the junior guard from Grain Valley, who pulled down a team-best 11 rebounds to match her 11 points.
For the Crimson Tide, Ace Austin scored 14 points, Diana Collins 13, Ta’Mia Scott 12 and Essence Cody 10. Alabama’s Karly Weathers collected a game-high 16 rebounds and chipped in 4 points..
The Crimson Tide led 13-9 after one quarter and 31-20 at halftime. The Tigers produced a flurry of offense to open the third quarter, however, piecing together a 6-0 run. Chloe Sotel hit a 3-pointer, Reisma made a bucket and Slaughter hit one of two free-throw attempts.
Then Reisma drained a 3 and a layup and the Tigers were within 2 — the closest they’d been since the opening moments of the game — at 33-31 with 4:45 remaining in the penultimate period.
A pair of Slaughter free throws knotted it even at 33 ... but it was all Alabama after that.
The Crimson Tide next face No. 6 seed Tennessee (16-12, 8-8) on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Central Time. The Volunteers received a bye into the tournament, so Thursday’s showdown will be their postseason opener.
The top four teams (No. 1 seed South Carolina, 2-seed Vanderbilt, 3-seed Texas and 4-seed LSU) earned double-byes in the 16-team event, meaning their first games will be Friday.
Upset Tennessee, and Bama would play the Longhorns in a game tipping off at 7:30 p.m. Friday.
This story was originally published March 4, 2026 at 9:25 PM.