The Kentucky Basketball Women’s team held off a furious late charge from Missouri tonight, outlasting the Tigers 64-62 to pick up its first conference win of the season. Kentucky, coming off consecutive losses to Duke and Tennessee, struggled early, was brilliant through a big stretch of the game, then collapsed late before holding on for the win.
“So proud of our team,” said head coach Matthew Mitchell. “What an important victory for us and every one of those in this league is a good win and a great win for us tonight. Huge second quarter for us obviously really turned the game around and helped us make enough plays to win.