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The Maneater

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The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

Missouri men’s basketball rebounds from rough first half to take down Liberty

Jack Soble December 10, 2020

With six seconds remaining in the first half, Missouri guard Mark Smith received a pass on the left wing, his team trailing 32-25. The Tigers had shot eight 3-pointers up to that point and missed every...

Bench minutes from Mitchell Smith proved important in Missouri men’s basketball win over Liberty

Mason Arneson December 10, 2020

The starting Smiths, Mark and Dru, paced the team in scoring during Wednesday’s victory over the Liberty Flames. But while their collective contributions were important, it was a different Smith —...

Missouri men’s basketball faces mid-major powerhouse Liberty in final test before Illinois

Mason Arneson December 9, 2020

Senior guard Mark Smith said the word “excited” 10 times during Tuesday’s media availability, an appropriate motif for the first two weeks of the Missouri men’s basketball season. Coach Cuonzo...

Five takeaways: Promising freshmen provide glimpses of a bright future in wild win over Arkansas

Kyle Pinnell December 7, 2020

Down by one point with 46 seconds left, redshirt freshman quarterback Connor Bazelak and the Missouri offense took the field. Bazelak led his team on a seven-play, 65-yard drive to put the Tigers in field...

Missouri rides perimeter defense to win over Wichita State

Jack Soble December 6, 2020

Going into their Sunday afternoon announcing gig in Wichita, Kan., ESPN2 commentators Chuckie Kempf and Mark Adams liked Missouri. By midway through the second half, they liked Missouri to a frightening...

Immune to shock: Missouri men’s basketball improved to 3-0 with victory over Wichita State

Mason Arneson December 6, 2020

Missouri is off to their first 3-0 start since 2013, and from senior guard Mark Smith’s perspective, he could see it unfolding before the season even started. “In this team, just from the first couple...

X-Factor: Where Xavier Pinson goes, Missouri basketball follows

Mason Arneson December 6, 2020

Despite a small sample size, Missouri is off to one of its hottest starts in years. The Tigers are averaging 20 points per game more than last season and playing at a faster tempo than in years past....

An instant classic at Faurot: Battle Line Rivalry heats up thanks to injection of two new coaches.

Kyle Pinnell December 5, 2020

Dubbed the “Battle Line Rivalry,” the annual showdown between Arkansas and Missouri has all the potential to be an intriguing rivalry game. The two schools sit roughly 310 miles away from one another,...

‘Let’s go win the game’: Missouri roars back to beat Arkansas

Jack Soble December 5, 2020

The ball ricocheted off of Jamal Brooks’ chest and into the hands of Arkansas’ Mike Woods. Woods’ catch gave the Razorbacks a 48-47 lead with less than a minute to go. Brooks, in the game in place...

Like father like son: How Nick Bolton’s dad helped shape him as a linebacker

Jack Soble December 5, 2020

Alabama snapped the ball. Less than a second later, Nick Bolton knew where it was going. The dead giveaway: the Crimson Tide’s left and right guards rotated their hips 90 degrees to the defense’s...

Missouri lands 4-star 2022 safety Isaac Thompson

Matthew Newkirk December 4, 2020

After almost one year at the helm of the program, Missouri coach Eli Drinkwitz has landed his program’s biggest recruiting target since Drew Lock in 2015. In a live-streamed event from the Elite Football...

Bazelak looks to build on strong Vanderbilt performance

Jack Soble December 4, 2020

Missouri coach Eli Drinkwitz will praise his redshirt freshman quarterback, Connor Bazelak, when he’s played well. And he certainly won’t hesitate to criticize him when he hasn’t. On Tuesday, it...