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The Maneater

MACtion at Hearnes Center: No. 21 Missouri receives last year’s rings, defeats Ohio

Jack Soble January 17, 2020

No. 21 Missouri (6-4, 3-0 Mid-American Conference) extended its MAC win streak to 17 on Friday evening, defeating Ohio (2-5, 0-2 MAC) 22-12 at Hearnes Center. The Tigers received their rings from last...

Quick start not enough as Missouri women fall to No. 21 Arkansas

Eli Hoff January 15, 2020

Once again, Missouri women’s basketball (4-13, 1-3 SEC) looked like an upset contender on the road against ranked competition, but the Tigers ultimately proved to be no match for No. 21 Arkansas (14-3,...

Missouri handles Florida 91-75

Max Baker January 12, 2020

On an icy and snowy night throughout Missouri, the Tigers didn’t come out cold. Missouri (9-6, 1-2) jumped out to an early nine point lead and never trailed in its 91-75 rout over the Florida Gators...

Missouri falls to Kentucky in conference opener

Wilson Moore January 5, 2020

In Saturday afternoon’s battle of the post players, Kentucky came out on top. Missouri’s Jeremiah Tilmon wasn’t in his normal spot in the starting lineup while recovering from a foot injury. When...

Size dooms Missouri against Tennessee in SEC opener

Eli Hoff January 5, 2020

For a moment, it looked as though Missouri (3-11, 0-1 SEC) might be able to stage an upset of No. 22 Tennessee (11-2, 1-0 SEC) to kick-off conference play. In the end, the Lady Vols’ size and physical...

Defense, Watson’s shooting ease Missouri past Chicago State

Eli Hoff December 31, 2019

Faced with a tune-up against Chicago State before the start of conference play, Missouri easily handled the third-worst team in KenPom ratings through suffocating defense and a surprising offensive performance...

Team of the Decade: Who made The Maneater’s Tiger football team of the decade

Team of the Decade: Who made The Maneater’s Tiger football team of the decade

Max Baker, Ian Laird December 30, 2019

This past decade was filled with many highs and lows for Missouri football. The Tigers joined the Southeastern Conference in 2011 and won their division in the 2013 and 2014 seasons. In 2013, Missouri...

Tiger defense, bench lift Missouri to Braggin’ Rights win

Max Baker December 27, 2019

ST. LOUIS –– Midway through the first half, with the Tigers facing their largest deficit of the game, sophomore Xavier Pinson made his first of many key shots in Missouri’s 63-56 win over Illinois....

Another year of braggin’: Missouri’s dominant second half secures rivalry win over Illinois

Emily Leiker December 21, 2019

ST. LOUIS — Missouri spent 16 minutes trailing Illinois in the opening half of Braggin’ Rights. It was only by a handful of points, but on an unfamiliar court in a loud environment — and for a team...

Mark Smith leads in low-producing win for Tigers

Emily Leiker December 16, 2019

Only two players scored double digits for Missouri on Sunday afternoon. One of them set a career-high in scoring as well. Junior Mark Smith scored 23 points in Missouri’s (6-4) 64-48 win over Southern...

‘We found our guy:’ Drinkwitz introduced as Missouri’s new head football coach

‘We found our guy:’ Drinkwitz introduced as Missouri’s new head football coach

Max Baker December 11, 2019

Missouri has its new football coach. Three hours after the UM System Board of Curators unanimously voted to approve the contract for Eliah Drinkwitz as Missouri’s 33rd head football coach, he was introduced...

‘He has that vision:’ Missouri players look forward to future under Drinkwitz

‘He has that vision:’ Missouri players look forward to future under Drinkwitz

Emily Leiker December 11, 2019

When news first broke on Twitter late Sunday evening that Eli Drinkwitz had been hired as Missouri’s next football coach, it was the first that any of the players had heard of it. That’s not uncommon...