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The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

‘Our language is about championships’:No. 23 Missouri softball sets high goals in season filled with challenges

Anthony Kristensen February 12, 2021

In front of the computer screen for the first press conference of the 2021 season, Missouri softball coach Larissa Anderson looked ahead at a season unlike any other. Currently ranked No. 23 in the country,...

Just halfway: Cold second-half shooting dooms Missouri against No. 1 South Carolina

Michael Howie February 11, 2021

As Missouri and South Carolina retreated to their respective locker rooms at halftime, it looked like the No. 1 Gamecocks were on track to suffer a similar fate as they did Monday, a hard-fought overtime...

Missouri men’s track and field finishes second with first-place finishes from Ja’Mari Ward and Georgi Nachev

Jack Horan February 11, 2021

Missouri’s men’s track and field team knew it would need near perfection at the Arkansas Qualifier, and senior Ja’Mari Ward and sophomore Georgi Nachev brought that to the table. Missouri finished...

Basket Case: No. 10 Missouri men’s basketball allows season-worst field goal percentage in loss to Ole Miss

Mason Arneson February 11, 2021

After 16 minutes of play against Ole Miss, No. 10 Missouri men’s basketball hit its sixth 3-pointer of the game, matching the team’s season average. The Tigers shot 3-pointers at a 42.1% clip, 12...

‘Some guys didn’t show up’: Missouri’s effort wasn’t there against Ole Miss

Jack Soble February 11, 2021

Ole Miss only missed 22 shots all game in its blowout win over Missouri on Wednesday night. The Rebels corralled nine of them. In total, Ole Miss out-rebounded Missouri 34 to 19. The effort at all levels...

Dru Smith scores quietly and lives loudly

Jack Soble February 10, 2021

On Monday afternoon, Missouri guard Dru Smith took home his third SEC Player of the Week award of the season. Smith, not one to brag about individual accomplishments, didn’t tell his immediate family. “It’s...

Postgame notebook: Missouri shows its growth in win against Auburn

Kyle Pinnell February 7, 2021

Members of the Missouri women’s basketball team woke up at their hotel in Auburn, Alabama, on Jan. 10 ready to bounce back from two consecutive SEC losses with a matchup against unranked Auburn. But...

Steal the show: Missouri men’s basketball upsets Alabama with loads of defensive hustle

Mason Arneson February 6, 2021

With the dawn of a new defensive era on the gridiron, Missouri football coach Eli Drinkwitz and his new defensive coordinator Steve Wilks started using new language to talk about forcing turnovers. “We’re...

Rejection: Mitchell Smith saves Tigers in win over No. 10 Alabama

Jack Soble February 6, 2021

Alabama’s Herb Jones had the ball under the basket. The Tide executed their play perfectly — having him fake a screen and slip his way to the basket — to get him there. All he had to do was put...

Pregame notebook: Missouri wants Bama

Jack Soble February 6, 2021

Missouri hasn’t circled this game — a Saturday morning showdown with SEC-undefeated Alabama — or any game on its calendar, which shouldn’t surprise anyone. As one of the more experienced teams...

Slocum, Ramirez three-point shooting carries Arkansas past Missouri

Michael Howie February 5, 2021

It rained in Columbia this morning, but it rained more inside Mizzou Arena Thursday night. Destiny Slocum caught the kick-out, stepped into her shot from behind the arc on the right wing and drained it. The...

Déjà vu: Missouri women’s basketball drops another close game, this time to No. 16 Arkansas

Kyle Pinnell February 5, 2021

With 3:46 left in a two-possession game against No. 10 Arkansas back in January, Missouri guard Hayley Frank knifed into the lane, spun to her right and put up a lay-up for an and-one. After she knocked...