WBB PREVIEW: Billikens Take On Tigers

12/13/2025 3:57:00 PM

SLU Women's Basketball Information
Game No. 11	Saint Louis (4-6) vs. Missouri (9-3)
Date // Time	Sunday, Dec. 14, 2024 // 2:00 p.m.
Location	St. Louis, Mo. (Chaifetz Arena)
Stream	ESPN+
Live Stats	StatBroadcast

SETTING THE SCENE

Saint Louis hosts Missouri for its second power opponent of the year on Sunday at 2 p.m.

FOLLOWING THE ACTION

BILLIKEN NOTABLES

Saint Louis has won three of its last four games.
The Billikens defeated Evansville 72-55 on Sunday.
Jahda Denis was named the Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week on Monday.
She averaged 18 points, four assists, four steals and 2.5 rebounds across two games.
Alexia Nelson leads the Billikens with 14.9 points per game and has six consecutive games in double figures.
Zya Nugent adds 13.0 points and 5.9 rebounds per game.
Zhykera Brown led the Billikens in scoring against the Purple Aces and is averaging double figures with 11.5 points.
The Billikens lead the Atlantic 10 with 5.3 blocks per game.
Alyssa Koerkenmeier ranks first in the A-10 and 18th nationally with 22 total blocks.
Koerkenmeier is also third in the league with 8.2 rebounds per game.
Tillett is in her fourth season at Saint Louis and eighth as a head coach. She guided the Billikens to their first Atlantic 10 tournament title and NCAA tournament appearance in 2022-23, and previously led Longwood to the 2021-22 Big South championship.

ABOUT THE TIGERS

Missouri is 9-3 on the season and is coming off a 70-62 loss to Illinois.
The Tigers faced both of SLU's exhibition match ups in the regular season, defeating both SIUE and Bradley.
Grace Slaughter leads Mizzou with 19.2 points per game, she is ninth in the NCAA in scoring so far this season.
Shannon Dowell paces the Tigers on the glass with 7.8 rebounds per game and is also in double figures with 16.4 points per game.
Jordana Reisma rounds out those in double figures with 11.4 points per game.
The Tigers are 10^th nationally in three-point percentage at 39.5 percent and are 14^th in free throw percentage at 80.5 percent.
Mizzou was picked to finish 13^th in the SEC preseason poll. The Tigers finished with a 14-18 record and a 3-13 SEC mark last season.

SERIES HISTORY

This is the 28th meeting between Saint Louis and Missouri.
The Tigers have a 25-2 advantage in the series.
One of the two Billiken victories came under Tillett during the 2023-24 season that saw SLU capture the WNIT crown.