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Tigers finally find mojo against Gators

Michael Natelli • February 25, 2015

Thirty seconds remaining, a 12-point lead. All Keith Shamburger had to do was run out the clock. “Finally,” Missouri coach Kim Anderson said after his team’s second win in 2015. Spot on, Coach. After...

With career nearing end, Eye content

Bruno Vernaschi • February 25, 2015

Ask Missouri women’s basketball senior guard Morgan Eye about any of her teammates and she’ll give you a rousing review. Junior guard Juanita Robinson: “Mature.” Senior forward Bree Fowler? “Most...

Storming the court: An epidemic

Daniel Schmidt • February 25, 2015

Storming the court. It's meant to be a once-in-a-lifetime type of thing. Something you get to tell people. “Yeah I was there and yeah, it was incredible.” I'll never forget when dozens of MQP faithful...

Senior Bree Fowler approaches her final games

Bobby Ceresia • February 25, 2015

She’s been through this all before. She was a freshman, completely new to the summer workouts and daily practices being run by women’s basketball coach Robin Pingeton. She was a sophomore, setting...

Missouri dual-sport signee Doherty ready to make impact

Bruno Vernaschi • February 18, 2015

During his official visit to the University of Missouri on Dec. 12, 2014, Marquise Doherty was sat down by a handful of coaches. Among them were football coach Gary Pinkel and baseball coach Tim Jamieson. In...

Wrestling a family affair for Miklus brothers

Quinn Malloy • February 18, 2015

For a pair of boys who lived so close to an amusement park in Altoona, Iowa, the Miklus brothers had a lot of excess energy. When they were five and six years old, their father devised a unique and, as...

Holmes returns following rough start as Tiger

Bruno Vernaschi • February 18, 2015

On Feb. 5 at Mizzou Arena, a tall figure checked in for Missouri’s women’s basketball team as it took on Texas A&M. This player was not on the Aggies’ scouting report. In her first minute on the...

‘Brothers’ in the backcourt

Daniel Witt • February 18, 2015

When fifth-year senior guard Keith Shamburger transferred to Missouri for his final season of college basketball, all he could think was: _Man, I wonder who they’re going to room me with._ Questions...

Michaelis struggles to find consistency

Bobby Ceresia • February 18, 2015

Against the top-ranked South Carolina women’s basketball team, she scored a career-high 22 points. Going up against Texas A&M and Auburn a month later, she didn’t make a single shot. Her very next...

I can dunk, I promise

Daniel Schmidt • February 18, 2015

Growing up playing basketball, there is one thing you and your friends practice in the driveway more than hitting a buzzer-beater to win a championship. And that is dunking. Dunking on a 7-foot rim with...

The absurdity of NBA All-Star Weekend

Andrew McCulloch • February 18, 2015

This past weekend, the NBA took its biggest event to the biggest stage. The world’s most famous arena, Madison Square Garden, played host to basketball’s most infamous game, the NBA All-Star Game. It’s...

Tigers’ heartache continues on Valentine’s Day

Daniel Witt • February 15, 2015

Missouri basketball failed to break up with its 10-game losing streak on Valentine’s Day Saturday. The Tigers were unable to overcome an 11-point halftime deficit and fell to Mississippi State 77-74...