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"All summer, the main focus was defense. We want to be tough, physical and disruptive, so we know that if we can do our job at the defensive end of the floor, we'll be able to score in bunches on the offensive end," Mizzou guard Tamar Bates said. "You can look at the team on paper in terms of the guys we have returning, the transfers that we have in terms of how they scored the ball at their previous schools, but if we don't guard, we don't feel like we'll be able to reach our potential and make it a reality."