# SEC Women's Basketball: Missouri Tigers Dominates Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles 106-59 **Published:** 2026-11-09 — **By:** Stacy Stanfield **Category:** games — **Type:** game-recap **Source:** https://secscouts.com/news/sec-women-s-basketball-missouri-tigers-dominates-tennessee-tech-golden-eagles-106-59 **Teams:** [Missouri](https://secscouts.com/missouri/) **Players:** [Nevaeh Caffey](https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/player/_/id/5311540/nevaeh-caffey), [McKenzie Mathurin](https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/player/_/id/5311557/mckenzie-mathurin), [Grace Slaughter](https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/player/_/id/5174274/grace-slaughter), [Tanyuel Welch](https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/player/_/id/5107560/tanyuel-welch) --- COLUMBIA, Mo. (11/08/2026) — Grace Slaughter poured in 25 points and Missouri's offense operated at a historic clip, as the Missouri Tigers rolled to a 106-59 victory over the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles at Mizzou Arena on Sunday afternoon in front of 5,194 fans. ## Result The Missouri Tigers left no doubt from start to finish, shooting 56% from the field and 42% from three-point range to post their dominant 47-point win. Missouri's rebounding edge was equally commanding — the Tigers collected 52 boards to Tennessee Tech's 28 — and the Golden Eagles never found a foothold, with the game tied four times in the opening quarter before Missouri's superiority took over completely. ## How It Happened The game began as a competitive affair. Tennessee Tech's Karson Martin buried a 24-foot three-pointer at the 8:24 mark of the first quarter to knot the score at 5-5, and the Golden Eagles hung within striking distance through most of the opening period. With under a minute to play in the first, Natalya Hodge's 17-foot jumper pushed Missouri to a 22-19 lead heading into the second quarter. Missouri steadily extended its advantage in the second quarter. Savannah Davis connected on a 24-foot three-pointer to push the lead to 32-24 at the 5:31 mark, and McKenzie Mathurin followed with a 27-footer to make it 37-24 barely a minute later. Tennessee Tech responded when Martin hit another three-pointer to trim the deficit to 10, but Slaughter answered immediately with a 25-foot three-pointer off a Tanyuel Welch assist to push Missouri back out to a 42-27 advantage. The Tigers took a 46-31 lead into halftime. The third quarter is when Missouri put the game firmly out of reach. Nevaeh Caffey's 23-foot three-pointer extended the lead to 23 points at 61-38, and then Abbey Schreacke caught fire in a sequence that defined the afternoon. Schreacke drilled three consecutive three-pointers in the span of 87 seconds — from 25, 24, and 23 feet — during a 15-0 Missouri run that ballooned the lead from 66-40 to 78-40. McKenzie Mathurin and Natalya Hodge each added triples of their own to close the third quarter, and Missouri entered the fourth leading 78-41. ## Turning Point The decisive sequence came midway through the third quarter when Missouri went on a 15-0 run, turning a manageable 26-point deficit into a 38-point lead. Schreacke's three consecutive long-range bombs were the centerpiece — she hit from 25 feet, then 24 feet off a Mathurin assist, then 23 feet off a Hodge assist in rapid succession between the 3:09 and 2:02 marks. By the time Tennessee Tech scored again, the competitive portion of the game had ended. Missouri converted that sustained burst of scoring into an insurmountable advantage, outscoring the Golden Eagles 24-1 during the run's extended stretch. ## Star of the Game Grace Slaughter was the driving force for Missouri, finishing with 25 points and 6 rebounds on a night when she delivered multiple timely threes. She opened the scoring with a 25-foot three-pointer on Missouri's first possession, hit another from 28 feet in the first quarter during a back-and-forth stretch, and punished Tennessee Tech with a third three in the second quarter to push the lead to double digits for good. Slaughter's performance set the tone for a Missouri offense that never let the Golden Eagles within range after the midway point of the second quarter. Tanyuel Welch posted a double-double with 18 points and 12 rebounds to go with 6 assists, providing the rebounding anchor on a night when Missouri owned the glass by 24 boards. Mathurin added 14 points, 6 rebounds, and 4 assists, while Caffey contributed 13 points and 3 assists off the bench. For Tennessee Tech, Amaya Redd led all Golden Eagles scorers with 13 points and 7 rebounds. LaReesha Cawthorn added 12 points and 6 rebounds, while Evie Freeman chipped in 11 points. The Golden Eagles shot just 37% from the field and 23% from three, finishing with 11 turnovers against Missouri's 8. ## What It Means For the Missouri Tigers, Sunday's performance showcased a balanced offensive attack capable of overwhelming an opponent from multiple angles — Slaughter's shot-making, Welch's interior presence and playmaking, and an impressive display of perimeter depth from multiple contributors gave the Tigers a lopsided advantage. Missouri's 42% three-point shooting and 56% overall field goal percentage represent the kind of efficiency that will make the Tigers a difficult matchup throughout the season. For Tennessee Tech, the Golden Eagles will look to regroup after a performance where the shooting percentages and rebounding margin proved too steep a gap to overcome against a well-constructed SEC opponent. --- *Original article: [SEC Women's Basketball: Missouri Tigers Dominates Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles 106-59](https://secscouts.com/news/sec-women-s-basketball-missouri-tigers-dominates-tennessee-tech-golden-eagles-106-59) — SEC Scouts*