Coach Robin Pingeton’s self-proclaimed most-talented Missouri team ever ended up as the first Tigers squad in three years not to win a NCAA Tournament game.
The fifth-seeded Tigers lost 80-70 to No. 12 seed Florida Gulf Coast in the Round of 64. MU could not stop the Eagles, the most prolific-three point shooting team in the country.
Missouri only kept this game close for two reasons: Star Sophie Cunningham tied a season high with 35 points on 10-of-16 shooting from the field and 14 free throws, and the Eagles missed 14 of their 37 foul shots.
Florida Gulf Coast averaged 33.