Hanneman lifts MU women's basketball team

Sunday, December 2, 2007 | 2:20 a.m. CST; updated 8:48 p.m. CDT, Sunday, July 20, 2008

COLUMBIA — The Missouri women’s basketball team has relied on three players all season to boost its offense. Junior guard Alyssa Hollins, sophomore forward Jessra Johnson and freshman forward Shakara Jones are the mainstays. But with Johnson, the team’s leading scorer, away from the team to attend her grandfather’s funeral on Saturday, the Tigers needed someone else to provide a third offensive option.

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