PHOTO GALLERY: Missouri women's basketball team defeats Chicago State

Lianna Doty, middle, leaps up beyond Chicago State defenders Layne Murphy, left, and Jasmie Collins, right, to score a basket in the first half of the game Monday night at Mizzou Arena.   |  Sarah Bricker

From left, Chicago State forward Paris Williams jumps to block a shot by Missouri forward Bri Kulas in the second half of the game Monday night at Mizzou Arena.   |  Sarah Bricker

Chicago State center Chanel Wilson-Stewart, left, throws her arms up to defend against Missouri forward Darian Saunders' shot in the first half of the game Monday night at Mizzou Arena. Saunders helped lead the team to an 88-55 victory over the Chicago State Cougars.   |  Sarah Bricker

Graham Geyer, 12, laughs as his shot falls incomplete thanks to his falling, oversized basketball shorts during halftime at the Missouri Women's basketball game against the Chicago State Cougars on Monday night. Geyer and his opponent Coban Porter, 11, both failed to make a basket, continuously tripping over the large basketball shorts and slipping on the floor into fits of laughter.   |  Sarah Bricker

Missouri forward Bri Kulas is surrounded by her teammates as she lies on the floor after colliding with a Chicago State opponent in the first half of a game Monday night. Despite her collision, Kulas returned to play the rest of the game.   |  Sarah Bricker

Chicago State guard Jasmie Collins, right, jumps to block a shot by Missouri guard Morgan Eye in the first half of the game Monday night. Eye, a sophomore at MU, helped the Tigers take a 12-6 lead early on in the first half.   |  Sarah Bricker

Bri Kulas, a junior forward on the Missouri women's basketball team, hits the floor after falling during the second period of Missouri's game against Chicago State on Monday night.   |  Marysa Greenawalt

Rebecca Nowlin with her daughter, Olivia, 3, watches the Missouri women's basketball team play Chicago State.   |  Marysa Greenawalt

Sydney Crafton, a senior guard on the Missouri women's basketball team, dribbles the ball toward Missouri's basket during the first half of the game against Chicago State.   |  Marysa Greenawalt

Lianna Doty, a freshman guard on the Missouri women's basketball team, scores a basket during the second period of the game against Chicago State. The Tigers beat the Chicago State Cougars 88-55 in their first game of the season.   |  Marysa Greenawalt