COLUMBIA, Mo. - The Northern Iowa women's basketball team dug itself an early hole it could never escape from Sunday as the Panthers dropped a 74-57 contest at Missouri.

The host Tigers (1-0) bolted to a 41-16 halftime advantage and strolled to victory backed by Amanda Hanneman's 26 points and six 3-pointers.

The Panthers (0-2) shot just 23.1 percent in the first 20 minutes and finished with 21 turnovers.

UNI outscored the Tigers, 41-33, in the second half.

Northern Iowa Mn FG-A FT-A Rb As PF TP

Armstrong 32 2-8 4-9 1 5 1 9

Kalin 33 1-8 4-4 2 1 2 6

Boeck 21 3-6 3-4 7 0 2 9

Clausen 35 3-9 0-0 3 0 1 8

Wypiszynski 20 3-6 3-5 4 0 1 9

Kirschbaum 23 3-7 0-3 6 0 5 6

Madrigal 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0

Wubbens 17 0-3 0-0 1 0 1 0

Brocka 13 3-5 2-2 6 0 2 6

Morgan 6 0-0 2-2 0 1 0 2

Yeggy 1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0

Team 9

Totals 201 18-52 18-29 45 7 15 57

Missouri Mn FG-A FT-A Rb As PF TP

Hanneman 29 10-16 0-0 2 0 1 26

Johnson 28 2-14 4-5 3 2 3 8

Richbow 37 1-5 1-2 8 1 3 3

Brown 37 4-8 1-2 7 4 4 10

Jones 22 3-7 0-2 4 1 4 6

Gee 3 0-0 0-1 0 0 1 0

Otote 9 1-4 0-0 0 0 2 3

Brock 9 1-3 1-1 0 1 0 3

Scott 16 5-6 0-1 5 1 2 11

Frazier 7 0-3 0-0 1 0 1 0

Flores 4 2-4 0-0 1 1 1 4

Team 8

Totals 201 29-70 7-14 39 11 22 74

Northern Iowa 16 41 - 57

Missouri 41 33 -74

3-point goals - UNI 3-16 (Armstrong 1-2, Kalin 0-5, Boeck 0-1, Clausen 2-6, Wubbens 0-1, Brocka 0-1); Missouri 9-24 (Hanneman 6-11, Johnson 0-5, Richbow 0-2, Brown 1-2, Otote 1-3, Scott 1-1). Turnovers - UNI 21 (Armstrong 5); Missouri 7 (Johnson 3). Blocks - UNI 2 (Boeck, Kirschbaum); Missouri 2 (Richbow 1, Brock 1). Steals - UNI 2 (Clausen, Brocka); Missouri 10 (Brown 3).

Officials - Jones, Yarbrough, Bonner. Att. - 1,246.