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The Maneater

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The Maneater

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The Maneater

Missouri falters offensively but defeats Morehead State

Missouri falters offensively but defeats Morehead State

Max Baker November 20, 2019

Two days after its most complete win of the season, Missouri (4-1) struggled offensively in an ugly 70-52 win over Morehead State (4-1). The Tigers turned the ball over 17 times, shot 40% from the field...

Stifling defense leads Missouri past Wofford

Stifling defense leads Missouri past Wofford

Wilson Moore November 19, 2019

With 14:35 left in the game, Wofford’s Nathan Hoover knocked down a mid-range jump shot to bring the Terriers within two points of Missouri. The Tigers had kept Wofford at an arm's length for most of...

Missouri falls 78-73 to Northern Iowa

Eli Hoff November 17, 2019

The nonconference portion of the Missouri women’s basketball schedule has been far from non-competitive so far this season. The Tigers (1-2, 0-0 SEC) lost a close game at home once again, this time...

Seniors lead the way in opening night victory

Ben Pfeifer November 14, 2019

Jordan Chavis stared up at the shot clock. Five seconds … four … three ... two. Well beyond the three-point line, she took a step to her left and drilled a contested three. Missouri found itself...

Pingeton, Martin hit and miss on top prospects heading into season

Jack Soble November 13, 2019

Missouri began its college basketball seasons last week, with the women’s team tipping off on Nov. 5 with a win over Western Illinois and the men’s team doing the same one day later against Incarnate...

Missouri basketball gives sloppy performance, drops first game to Nebraska

Ben Pfeifer November 13, 2019

In its second straight overtime matchup, the Missouri women’s basketball team (1-1, 0-0 SEC) fell to its former Big 12 foe, the Nebraska Cornhuskers (2-0, 0-0 Big Ten). The game was close, yet sloppy...

Missouri fights back but falls in overtime to No. 21 Xavier

Max Baker November 13, 2019

In the first half, Missouri looked like its old 2018-19 self. The Tigers turned the ball over 13 times and fell behind by double digits late in the half against No. 21 Xavier. They kept the game within...

Nikko hoping for strong end to Missouri career

Nikko hoping for strong end to Missouri career

Wilson Moore November 11, 2019

Missouri basketball has seen a lot of changes over the last three years. Coach Kim Anderson stepped down at the end of the 2016-17 season. Less than a month later, Cuonzo Martin was hired, bringing in...

Sophomore trio looks to step up for Missouri

Wilson Moore November 11, 2019

Torrence Watson gets yelled at by his roommate almost every day, but he doesn’t mind. “I know every day in practice, Javon [Pickett]’s gonna yell at me for something,” the sophomore said. “I...

Missouri women prevail in overtime against Western Illinois

Eli Hoff November 7, 2019

It wasn’t simple, but the Missouri women’s basketball team (1-0, 0-0 SEC) managed to survive an upset bid from Western Illinois (0-1, 0-0 Summit League) with a 97-89 overtime win on Tuesday night at...

Freshmen lead the way: what we learned from Missouri’s exhibition play

Ben Pfeifer November 7, 2019

Entering a new, post-Sophie Cunningham era, Missouri’s women’s basketball entered exhibition play with high hopes. It beat down on Truman state. It ran Fontbonne out of the building. Scoring over...

Tilmon powers Missouri past Incarnate Word in 82-42 opening night win

Tilmon powers Missouri past Incarnate Word in 82-42 opening night win

Wilson Moore November 7, 2019

After Missouri’s exhibition win over Division II Central Missouri last week, coach Cuonzo Martin talked about how the team needed to do a better job of getting center Jeremiah Tilmon the ball after the...