BYU pounces on Missouri early, extends season by rolling into WBIT quarterfinals

BYU guard Delaney Gibb (11) dribbles past Missouri's Shannon Dowell during the Cougars' matchup with the Tigers in the second round of the Women's Basketball Invitation Tournament at the Marriott Center in Provo, Utah, on Monday, March 23, 2026. | Brandon Judd, Deseret News For 10 seconds Monday night at the Marriott Center, visiting Missouri had a lead on BYU in second-round action of the Women’s Basketball Invitation Tournament. And then, the “fun,” as freshman Olivia Hamlin put it, began.

With a 25-2 run to end the first quarter, the Cougars put themselves in firm control of the postseason contest before rolling to the 93-75 win. BYU moves on to the WBIT quarterfinals, where it will host Stanford on Thursday (7 p. m.

MDT, ESPN+). “That was a good game for us. It was really fun to see just the aggressiveness come out from the jump from our group, because it was something that we emphasized leading into this game,” BYU coach Lee Cummard said.

“And it was both sides — we wanted to be aggressive offensively and defensively. We knew some of the things they were going to try to do defensively that they were going to try to exploit and got a couple 3s to go early and just kind of continued that way. " The Cougars, the only No.