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The Maneater

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The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

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...

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...

Missouri women’s basketball exhibits plenty of reasons to be excited despite narrow loss to No. 10 Arkansas

Kyle Pinnell January 3, 2021

There were a few times on Sunday afternoon when it felt as if it wasn't Missouri’s day. After they went up 8-0 early in the first quarter, the Tigers allowed Arkansas to go on a 14-5 run and take control...

Just short: Stellar 4th quarter shooting not enough as No. 10 Arkansas holds on against Missouri

Michael Howie January 3, 2021

It was a game Missouri could’ve won, but it just couldn’t finish the job. Aijha Blackwell’s 20-point double-double wasn’t enough to overcome No. 10 Arkansas’ hot three-point shooting in a narrow...

Missouri women’s basketball falls to Alabama in its final game of 2020

Sydney Dixon January 3, 2021

Missouri women’s basketball will enter the new year with two losses on the season. The Tigers dropped Thursday’s game 74-59 to the undefeated Crimson Tide. Missouri played its last game 10 days ago,...

‘Everyone can get buckets’: Added depth, bench scorers help spark Missouri’s offense

Michael Howie January 3, 2021

There’s something different about Missouri’s offense this year. At the beginning of the season, a reporter asked sophomore Hayley Frank who she thought would stand out on offense this year. “It’s...

Double trouble: Tilmon and Pinson score season-highs to spark Missouri men’s basketball win over Arkansas

Mason Arneson January 2, 2021

Missouri men’s basketball found the formula for success against top Southeastern Conference teams on Saturday morning: pound the paint and defend the basket like it’s a member of their family. The...

Discrepancy in shooting ability clear for Missouri in blowout loss to Tennessee

Jack Soble December 31, 2020

he second half of No. 12 Missouri’s blowout loss to No. 7 Tennessee began much like the first one: Volunteers guard Santiago Vescovi drilled a three. Seeing Vescovi come out of the gate like that, as...

Missouri men’s basketball silenced on offense in conference opener loss to Tennessee

Mason Arneson December 31, 2020

Missouri coach Cuonzo Martin predicted this kind of game would happen in media availability before Wednesday’s game against No. 7 Tennessee. “I think you might see some sluggish legs early tomorrow...

Roundtable: Where does Missouri men’s basketball stack up in the SEC after its hot start?

Jack Soble , Mason Arneson December 30, 2020

In a year where the preseason media polls projected the Missouri men’s basketball program to finish 10th in the Southeastern Conference, the Tigers have already exceeded expectations through non-conference...

Missouri men’s basketball rallies in final minutes to avoid upset against Bradley

Mason Arneson December 22, 2020

When senior forward Jeremiah Tilmon went to the free throw line with the chance to win Tuesday night’s game against Bradley, it felt poetic. Here was a 36.8% free-throw shooter stepping to the line...

Missouri women’s basketball ends non-conference schedule on a high note, takes down Southern Illinois 79-43

Kyle Pinnell December 20, 2020

Missouri women’s basketball started its non-conference schedule with one game in just over two weeks. It ended it with four games in six days. The Tigers came out of that grueling stretch 3-1, capped...