“It’s not how you start, but it’s how you finish.”
Michael Phelps, one of the most decorated athletes of all time, once said that, and it certainly applied to Mizzou women’s basketball on Thursday night.
While they were able to shake off a slow shooting start and make the final few possessions the most important ones of the game, the Tigers fell to the Aggies 69-67. The loss dropped them to 11-9 overall and 2-5 in SEC play.
The Tigers seemed to set an aggressive tone from the get-go. The first play of the game saw Mama Dembele cross over her defender, attack the basket and draw a shooting foul on the layup attempt, where she knocked down both free throws.