For those unfamiliar with Missouri, they lost their 2-year starting PG Doty in late October. There was no automatic backup at PG so that was a pretty big blow. Right now they're splitting PG between Cunningham and Robinson.
The series of turnovers starting at the 7-minute mark was what I pretty much expected from the start and for that reason I didn't think this would be a close game. They are physical so maybe you would expect them to be even in rebounds but not up 25-12. All pretty surprisingly but credit them for not backing down.
Cal clearly knew that Eye was their top 3FG threat (ignore stats, if you've seen them you'd remember her) and yet they let her hit 2 early. Must have been frustrating. But then Missouri would have scouted Cowling too so their coaches must be upset she has 12.
McDowell was their main big so when she picked up 2nd foul I was interested in how freshman Porter would do. She was yanked pretty quickly so they went with medium-sized lineup for several minutes, making their RB advantage more disconcerting.
This shouldn't be a close game so I still expect Cal to pull away, but who knows.