IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - Tashia Brown scored 13 of WKU's 18 points in the fourth quarter and finished with 30 as the Lady Toppers opened the season with a 79-76 upset of No. 16/16 Missouri on Friday afternoon at the 2017 Hawkeye Challenge inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

The Tigers took their last lead at 66-65 with 3:35 to play on two free throws by Sophie Cunningham, but Brown quickly responded with a three-pointer. Cunningham tied the game at 70 with a layup with 2:04 to go and Sidnee Bopp answered that with a 3-pointer. Brown scored the last six points for WKU in the final minute, including a contested pull-up jumper with 17.5 seconds to play and two free throws with 1.1 to go.

Dee Givens added 20 points for the Lady Toppers, who outscored Missouri 27-17 in the second quarter to lead 45-35 at the half. It is the third-straight season that WKU has knocked off a Top 25 team, the longest such streak for the Lady Toppers since 1990-91 through 1992-93.

WKU will now face Iowa on Saturday at 4:30 p.m for the Championship of the Hawkey Challenge.

Congrats.

I feel like the Women's side of this conference is much better than the Men's.

Thanks Herdfan: Should be a good football game tonight.

I'm not holding my breathe and no longer care about football. Until we get a new HC I will not get emotionally invested in the football team.

(11-11-2017 11:16 AM)herdfan129 Wrote:  Congrats.

I feel like the Women's side of this conference is much better than the Men's.

In other news, water is wet.