Missouri stampeded into the quarterfinals of the Southeastern Conference women’s basketball tournament with Thursday’s 87-56 win over Florida in Greenville, S.C. The Tigers broke open a tie game midway through the second quarter with a 12-2 run to close out the half then outscored the Gators 22-14 in the third quarter and scored the first 16 points of the fourth quarter.
Mizzou (22-9), seeded No. 5 in the bracket, advances to play No. 4 seed Kentucky (24-6) in Friday’s quarterfinal, set for 1 p.m. on SEC Network. The Wildcats won the regular-season meeting 52-41 on Jan. 24 in Lexington, Ky.