COLUMBIA, MO. • Sophie Cunningham has known Robin Pingeton for more than eight years. Their relationship goes back to when Cunningham committed to Pingeton and the Missouri women’s basketball program when she was in eighth grade.
So it was fitting that Cunningham was the one who willed Pingeton to her 500th career victory on Sunday with a 69-46 win over Vanderbilt. Cunningham drained four straight 3-pointers to start the game and ended with 27 points in the win that took a backseat to Pingeton’s milestone.
“No words can do it justice, how much she’s impacted my life,” Cunningham said with tears in her eyes.