University of Missouri
#3 LSU
No. 24 @MizzouGymTallies Season-High 196.375 Against No. 3 LSU
2/9/2018 10:09:00 PM | Gymnastics
COLUMBIA, Mo. – The No. 24 Missouri gymnastics team tallied a season-high team score as the squad fell to No. 3 LSU, 197.150-196.375 Friday night at the Hearnes Center. Mizzou also notched season-best scores on floor, vault and beam, with tallies of 49.350, 49.150 and 49.100, respectively. Additionally, junior Allison Bower (Mesa, Ariz.) totaled a 39.300 in her first-ever all-around performance.
KEY TIGERS
A 49.150 on vault put kept the home Tigers close after the first rotation, trailing LSU 49.200-49.150. Five different Tigers scored at least a 9.825, including a career-high-tying 9.850 from junior Madeleine Huber (St. Louis, Mo.). Adding 9.825s were senior Shauna Miller (Knoxville, Tenn.), juniors Bower (9.825) and Britney Ward (Ozark, Mo.) and sophomore Aspen Tucker (Lehigh Acres, Fla.).
Huber again led the way in the second rotation, this time tallying a team-best 9.825 on bars, as Mizzou went 48.775 as a team.
Mizzou put up a 49.100 on beam in the third rotation, notching a season-high on the event for the second week in a row. Ward scored a 9.850 to pace the Tigers and freshman Gabrielle Gottula (Spring, Texas) made her Missouri debut with a earned a 9.825. Junior Brooke Kelly (Birmingham, Ala.) added a 9.825 as well, while junior Tia Allbritten (Garland, Texas) and Bower added 9.800s.
Missouri closed in style, as the squad went 49.350 as a team, shattering its old event season-high of 49.225. Senior Kennedi Harris (Atlanta, Ga.) matched her career-high with a 9.950, while Bower garnered a personal-best 9.925, surpassing her old high of 9.900. Tucker added a 9.850 and junior Michaelee Turner (Parkville, Mo.) and Miller recorded season-bests with scores of 9.825 and 9.800, respectively.
QUOTABLES
Mizzou Head Coach Shannon Welker
"The score was definitely a step forward for us tonight. We had some people out who were sick but we had people step up, and that's going to make a big difference for the rest of the season. In the long run that's going to help us down the road. It proves we can have anyone in there and still do a good job."
UP NEXT
The Tigers compete in the Mardi Gras Invitational on Friday, Feb. 16 at 6:30 p.m. CT. Mizzou will face off against No. 3 LSU, No. 10 Arkansas and No. 21 George Washington at the St. Charles Family Arena in St. Charles, Mo.
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