COLUMBIA, Mo. - The Mavericks ended their four-game road trip with a 36-83 loss to Mizzou Friday afternoon in Missouri.

Omaha drops below .500 at 4-5 after going 1-3 on their road trip, notching their only win at Pepperdine. The Tigers improve to 10-1 with their fourth win in a row. 

Leaders For Omaha 
Grace Cave was the only Maverick in double-digits today, dropping 10 points while shooting 3-for-10 (.300) with two three-pointers. She also blocked a shot and had three steals.

Elena Pilakouta was tied with Cave for the team lead in rebounds with four total, while Katie Keitges led the team with two blocked shots after previously having zero on the season. 

Jaylen Townsend also made the first start of her Mavericks career today.

Leaders for Mizzou
Five different Tigers topped 10 points today, led by Lauren Hansen with 15. Sara Rose-Smith was right behind her with 13, as well as 12 rebounds to earn a double-double. 

Team Stats 
The Tigers topped the Mavericks in nearly every category, outshooting them 48.4% (30-for-62) to 22.2% (12-for-54). They also had more rebounds (48 vs. 27), blocks (6 vs. 4), and steals (9 vs. 5).

Inside the First Quarter 
The Mavericks had plenty of opportunities in the first period, but simply could not catch a break as they shot 1-for-12 (.083), including 0-for-5 from three. 

Down 11-0, Townsend scored Omaha's first points of the day at 5:53 on a jumper following a Mizzou travel. Cave and Polina Nikulochkina would score the rest of Omaha's points, each going a perfect 2-for-2 from the line in the final three minutes.

A big part of Mizzou's early lead was their accuracy from behind the arc, going 5-for-9 (.556) including two from Haley Troup.

Inside the Second Quarter 
Through the first half of the quarter, Omaha's defense was rock solid, holding the Tigers to just four points on a .250 shooting percentage (2-for-8) in the first six minutes.

Overall, the Mavericks pulled down seven defensive boards in the period, with Aaliyah Stanley and Pilakouta leading the way with two each. Keitges also blocked her first shot of the year at 7:43 when she batted away a layup attempt from Mama Dembele. Cave also blocked a shot of her own with just over 30 seconds left in the period, just getting a finger on a three-point attempt by Mizzou's top scorer Lauren Hansen.

On offense, Cave did most of the work for the Mavericks, notching their first three-pointer of the game at 4:12 and adding two more points with another jumper at 1:24.

Inside the Third Quarter 
Omaha finally started getting into an offensive groove in the third quarter, putting up more points than in the entire first half.

Cave kicked things off with her second three-pointer at 8:15, followed by back-to-back buckets from Stanley and Townsend a couple minutes later. Akili Felici also drained a three with her first shot of the day at 3:21, before Morgann Gardner sunk a couple of jumpers within 30 seconds of each other to get Omaha to 18 points in the quarter.

Inside the Fourth Quarter 
The Mavericks could not carry their momentum into the fourth, however, as the Tigers retook control of the court. Omaha's first basket came almost four minutes into the period on shot from the elbow. Their only other points in the period would come on a 3-PT FG from Stanley at 3:30.

Next Up 
With their road trip at an end, the Mavericks have a quick turnaround as they return to Baxter Arena this Sunday for a home tilt against the College of Saint Mary at 2 p.m.