Behind senior forward Laurence Bowers’ 23 points, the No. 15 Missouri men’s basketball team started fast and never looked back against Appalachian State on Saturday. Bowers scored the game’s first...

When senior forward Laurence Bowers sat Saturday on the floor of Mizzou Arena during the team's season opener against Southern Illinois, he drew puzzled glances from the Missouri bench. Bowers had picked...

For a third straight game the Missouri men’s basketball team started slowly at its regular season-opener Saturday night. After overcoming early deficits to Northwest Missouri State and Missouri Southern...

As the Missouri Tigers prepare for their first season as members of the Southeastern Conference, they will bring along one player who has already played two seasons in the league. Junior forward Earnest...

Standing at the tip of the Tiger logo, Keion Bell takes the orange basketball in his right hand and palms it with his left, holding a fire he’s about to unleash upon the world. As he waits at the center...

At 6 feet 9 inches and 226 pounds, junior forward Tony Criswell says he has the ability to guard anyone on the court. Whether he gets switched on to a point guard off a pick-and-roll or has to step up...

Phil Pressey was scared. Yes, the Southeastern Conference preseason player of the year, the star point guard and the captain of the No. 15 Missouri men’s basketball team, was scared. He was a diminutive,...

Moments before the Missouri men’s basketball team took the court for its first exhibition game of the season, a commercial centered on the team’s transfers flashed on the Jumbotron. After a few seconds...

Missouri men’s basketball coach Frank Haith said Friday that practices with his No. 15 Tigers have become increasingly competitive and physical, characteristics that make him cringe when someone hits...

Laurence Bowers waited a long time for Oct. 12. Barely more than a year prior, one of the ligaments in his knee shredded, putting his basketball career on the ropes. “That was probably one of the most...