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Columbia Missourian

PHOTO GALLERY: Missouri women's basketball upsets Kansas State

By JAKOB BERR
February 18, 2009 | 10:52 p.m. CST

The Tigers and Wildcats wore pink in honor of breast cancer awareness month.

Denise Johnson, the mother of MU women's basketball player Jessra Johnson, front row left, and her friend Terry Bentley, front row right, cheer as Johnson scores during the Tigers game against Kansas State at Mizzou Arena on Wednesday.   ¦  JAKOB BERR/Missourian

COLUMBIA — The Missouri women's basketball team beat No. 16 Kansas State on Wednesday.

While the game was hotly contested, both teams took part in Pink Zone night at Mizzou Arena as part of an effort to raise awareness about breast cancer. Both teams wore pink shoelaces and the Wildcats donned special pink uniforms.