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The Maneater

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The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

Scouting Iowa State: Missouri wrestling faces fellow top-10 Cyclones

Anthony Kristensen January 17, 2021

Last season, Missouri hosted then-No. 21 Iowa State on Senior Day. In front of the 10th-largest crowd in program history, the Tigers sent out their seniors in style, dominating the Cyclones to claim a...

Wrestling: No. 10 Tigers breeze past No. 21 Central Michigan, Wyoming

Anthony Kristensen January 17, 2021

Coming into Friday, then-No. 10 Missouri’s head coach Brian Smith sat just two wins shy of 300 for his Missouri career. With two duals scheduled, Smith had a chance to reach that milestone. Wyoming...

Missouri wrestling dual against Arizona State canceled

Anthony Kristensen January 16, 2021

No. 9 Missouri’s dual against No. 11 Arizona State has been canceled due to “COVID-19 developments within the Sun Devils’ wrestling program,” the program said in a statement on Saturday afternoon. The...

Missouri men’s hoops wins first game after layoff

Jack Soble January 16, 2021

Mark Smith made a 3-pointer late in Saturday’s game against Texas A&M. He caught a pass in the left corner, shot over his defender’s outstretched hand and put it through the bottom of the net. For...

Same team, different zip code: Missouri men’s basketball continues post dominance, deep shooting struggles in Texas A&M win

Mason Arneson January 16, 2021

Missouri men’s basketball left College Station, Texas with a 68-52 win over Texas A&M, displaying the glaring issues and tremendous advantages that have defined the Tigers’ season throughout the game. Redshirt...

Missouri wins its 12th-consecutive game against Ole Miss, picks up first SEC win of season

Kyle Pinnell January 14, 2021

You have to go all the way back to 1981 to find the last time the Missouri women’s basketball team dropped a game to Ole Miss. While Thursday evening's game may have been a little too close for comfort...

No signs of rust: Missouri defeats Ole Miss after second 10+ day hiatus of season

Michael Howie January 14, 2021

To the naked eye, it didn’t look as if Missouri women’s basketball hadn’t played in 11 days. The Tigers are used to these types of layoffs now. On Thursday night, it seemed as though Missouri was...

No. 12 Missouri wrestling turns attention to Wyoming, No. 21 Central Michigan

Anthony Kristensen January 8, 2021

Last season, the Missouri wrestling team fell in its season opener to Virginia Tech by a score of 29-10. Fast forward to the start of this season, and fortunes have started out far different for the Tigers. The...

‘What happened?’: Missouri collapses in second half in Starkville

Jack Soble January 6, 2021

While No. 13 Missouri watched its first-half lead slip away, coach Cuonzo Martin continued to preach his message of composure, even-keel and one-play-at-a-time to his players. That message has worked...

Tale of two halves: Missouri men’s basketball blows double-digit halftime lead, loses to Mississippi State

Mason Arneson January 6, 2021

If the contest between Missouri men’s basketball and Mississippi State ended after the first half, the Tigers would be heading back to Columbia with their eighth win in the season. But that’s not...

Just keep swimming: After Iowa cuts program, Merkel brings talent, lessons to Missouri

Luca Vitale January 5, 2021

Brecken Merkel’s swimming journey began at a young age. As a toddler, Merkel envisioned sharks at the bottom of the pool when she heard eerie sounds from below during her swimming lessons. She despised...

Keeping the show on the road: Behind the scenes of Missouri men’s basketball road trips with COVID-19

Mason Arneson January 4, 2021

Less than a week before two proposed — yet never finalized — contests against Oregon and Boston College in the Bubbleville invitational tournament in Connecticut, Missouri men’s basketball withdrew...