COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Women’s Basketball announced its full 2015-16 schedule in conjunction with the Southeastern Conference releasing the 2016 league schedule live on SEC Network Thursday evening. The competitive 31-game slate features 18 contests at Mizzou Arena, including 16 regular season games and two exhibition matchups.
“We have put together another exciting schedule and can’t wait to get started with our team that is returning to campus this weekend,” head coach Robin Pingeton said. “We are especially looking forward to playing in front of our home crowd 18 times at Mizzou Arena. It is our hope to boost our average home court attendance to over 5,000 this season. We have put together a strong nonconference slate and then will face off with some of the top teams nationally as we compete in the SEC, which is the most challenging and competitive conference in the country. Our players have once again worked very hard this offseason, and we are all anxious to carry the momentum from last year’s strong finish into this upcoming season.”
Mizzou opens the season with two home exhibition contests against Southwest Baptist and Quincy on Nov. 4 and Nov. 9, respectively. The regular season begins with a Nov. 13 road game at in-state rival Missouri State in Springfield.
The Tigers will return home for a Nov. 16 matchup against Arkansas-Pine Bluff before traveling to play at Wichita State on Nov. 18. Mizzou will then return home to face Wake Forest on Nov. 22 and SIU Edwardsville on Nov. 24.
Over Thanksgiving, Mizzou will compete in a tournament hosted by Saint Mary’s College in California. The Tigers will play in consecutive days against Northeastern and Saint Mary’s on Nov. 27 and 28 in Moraga, California.
Mizzou then returns home to face Southeast Missouri on Dec. 2 and Loyola Marymount on Dec. 7.
On Dec. 12, former Big 12 Conference rivals Mizzou and Colorado face off in Boulder. The Tigers will then round out the nonconference slate with home matchups vs. Lamar and Texas State on back-to-back nights, Dec. 20 and 21, before finishing with Charlotte on Dec. 29.
Mizzou opens Southeastern Conference play with a home contest against national power Tennessee on Jan. 4, which will air on SEC Network at 6 p.m.
The Tigers then hit the road to face Georgia on Jan. 7 and South Carolina on Jan. 10, which will be an 11 a.m. tipoff on SEC Network against a squad that advanced to the 2015 Women’s Final Four.
Mizzou hosts Mississippi State on Jan. 14 before playing consecutive road games at Arkansas on Jan. 17 at 1 p.m. on SEC Network and Texas A&M on Jan. 21. On Jan. 24, Mizzou hosts Florida for a 1 p.m. tip that will air on SEC Network. The Tigers wrap up the home stand with a Jan. 28 matchup with LSU.
Mizzou travels to Ole Miss with a 4 p.m. start on Jan. 31 that will be carried by SEC Network. Georgia makes a return visit to Mizzou Arena on Feb. 4. The Tigers return to road play at Mississippi State Feb. 7 before hosting consecutive home games against Alabama on Feb. 11 and Arkansas on Feb. 14. To finish the road schedule, the Tigers travel to Auburn on Feb. 21 and Kentucky on Feb. 25 before wrapping up the regular season on Senior Day vs. Vanderbilt at 1 p.m. on SEC Network.
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The 2016 SEC Tournament will be held March 2-6 at Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida.
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