The University of Missouri Women’s Basketball team concluded their season with 83-78 loss to Drake in overtime in the first round of the Women’s National Invitational Tournament. “They continue to battle,” MU Head Coach Robin Pingeton said. “They continued to, you know, just lean into each other and it sucks because I hate to lose. But I tell you what we learned a lot about life this year and you cannot put a price tag on that.” The Tigers started out hot, hitting their first five shots to give them a 13-2 lead just over three minutes into the game. Mizzou would continue that lead going into the second quarter up 19-10 while out-shooting Drake by over 30 percent from the field. The Bulldogs would start to bring it back in the second as they would go on a 8-0 run to bring the deficit to one point. Drake would continue their dominance in the second quarter as they would end up taking a lead late in the quarter. Both teams would go back and forth in the second with the lead, but the Bulldogs would go into the half up 27-26. The Bulldogs always had an answer for the Tigers in the second half. Drake’s Maddie Petersen had 17 points, Sarah Gueldner had 17, Myer had 13 points, and Maggie Bair had 13 points. Drake led all the second half until Aijha Blackwell scored two points late in the game to tie at 66. Blackwell had 27 points and 10 rebounds on the night. MU Freshman Izzy Higginbottom contributed 14 points. The Tigers were unable to stop the bulldogs as Drake goes on to win 83-78 in overtime. The tigers finished the season 18-13 overall.