Sophie Cunningham furthered her case as the greatest women’s basketball player in Mizzou history as she became the program’s career leading scorer Saturday.
That was about as far as the good news went for MU.
Top-seeded Mississippi State beat the Tigers 71-56 in the SEC Tournament semifinals in Greenville, S.C. Mississippi State will face either Texas A&M or Arkansas for the title on Sunday.
Cunningham scored 33 of MU’s 56 points, with the Tigers’ second-leading scorer only having six points. Cunningham, a 6-foot-1 senior guard, pass Joni Davis’ mark of 2,127 points on a baseline jumper early in the first quarter.