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The Maneater

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The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

A tale of two halves proves Missouri capable of being great if consistent

Lucas Smith January 28, 2019

While there never can be a truly perfectly played basketball game, Missouri did its best to play a perfect first quarter on Sunday afternoon. No. 25 Missouri (17-5, 5-3) outscored Auburn (15-5 3-4) 23-2...

Missouri gymnastics finishes third at Metroplex Challenge

Missouri gymnastics finishes third at Metroplex Challenge

Caroline Stiefbold January 28, 2019

No. 15 Missouri gymnastics (4-4, 1-2 SEC) took third in the Metroplex Challenge on Saturday in Fort Worth, Texas. No. 1 Oklahoma won all four events at the meet, while No. 7 Denver took second overall...

Missouri dominates early, holds on in second half to beat Auburn

Missouri dominates early, holds on in second half to beat Auburn

Owen Krucoff January 28, 2019

Mizzou Arena erupted as the first half came to a close. A buzzer-beating 3 from senior Sophie Cunningham just extended Missouri’s lead to 43-23, and it seemed as if nothing could stop the hosts from...

Missouri's signature win slips while missing Smith’s spark

Missouri’s signature win slips while missing Smith’s spark

Andy Kimball January 26, 2019

For nearly 38 minutes, Missouri looked to have its signature win. Despite an ankle injury to second-leading scorer Mark Smith, it had a 14-point lead over No. 25 LSU with 2:14 to go. No Mark Smith, no...

Missouri toppled by LSU, loses 86-80 in overtime

Missouri toppled by LSU, loses 86-80 in overtime

Emily Leiker January 26, 2019

Redshirt junior Ronnie Suggs fouled out in the final two seconds of regulation after setting a new career-high point total of 9 in a career-high 29 minutes played. “Ref said that I walked into him,...

Missouri can’t overcome sluggish third quarter, loses 52-41 to No. 15 Kentucky

Lucas Smith January 25, 2019

An offensive rebound by Kentucky’s freshman star Rhyne Howard with 41 seconds to play sealed the deal on a 52-41 win for the No. 16 Kentucky Wildcats (17-3, 4-2). It was No. 25 Missouri’s (15-6, 4-3)...

Tigers tested as competition ramps up at Wieczorek Invitational.

Jerry Duggan, Mckenzie Knapp January 24, 2019

After dominating local competition at the first two meets of the season, the Missouri men’s and women’s track team faced off against more formidable foes on Friday and Saturday at the Larry Wieczorek...

Turnovers plague Missouri in 72-60 loss to Arkansas

Turnovers plague Missouri in 72-60 loss to Arkansas

Andy Kimball January 24, 2019

Missouri looked to be headed for another conference win, but turnovers got in the way of the Tigers once again this season. Missouri came into the game 223rd in the country in turnovers per game, averaging...

Battle Line Rivalry preview: For Missouri men’s basketball, containing Daniel Gafford and beating full court pressure will be the keys to victory.

Ben Ramirez January 23, 2019

When Missouri made the move from the Big 12 Conference to the Southeastern Conference prior to the 2012-13 school year, it left its Border War Rivalry against historical nemesis Kansas in favor of a new...

Missouri soccer adds 8 more to 2019 signing class, one of the largest in program history

Emily Leiker January 22, 2019

Missouri soccer rounded out its 2019 signing class with eight new signees, the team announced Tuesday in a press release. The team has now signed 10 total for the upcoming season, as the new signees will...

Tough defense halts Tigers in road loss at South Carolina

Tough defense halts Tigers in road loss at South Carolina

Owen Krucoff January 22, 2019

Cierra Porter’s second free throw clanged off the rim, and the crowd of 12,004 went wild in Columbia, South Carolina. The game was already mostly decided, but Porter’s back-to-back free throw misses...

Grace Berg set to transfer from Missouri women’s basketball

Grace Berg set to transfer from Missouri women’s basketball

Owen Krucoff January 22, 2019

Missouri women’s basketball announced Monday that freshman Grace Berg will transfer from the university. The announcement came shortly before the Tigers’ matchup against South Carolina in Columbia,...