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The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of Mizzou since 1955

The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of Mizzou since 1955

The Maneater

Just how bad is Mizzou basketball with a late lead?

Just how bad is Mizzou basketball with a late lead?

Bennett Durando January 23, 2018

The plot roller coaster is literature’s most undeniably basic story structure. The refreshingly simple template never seems to fail at charming its consumers — that is, unless its classic up-and-down...

Women’s basketball uses offensive firepower to defeat Arkansas 88-54

Women’s basketball uses offensive firepower to defeat Arkansas 88-54

Anderson Kimball January 22, 2018

Women’s basketball kept up its offensive firepower on the way to its fourth straight win, beating Arkansas 88-54 on Sunday night. Missouri is 5-1 in Southeastern Conference play and 17-2 overall. With...

Missouri falls 60-49 in lackluster road performance at Texas A&M

Missouri falls 60-49 in lackluster road performance at Texas A&M

Garrett Jones January 20, 2018

A concerning trend has defined Missouri in Southeastern Conference play: an inability to close out tight games. Specifically, Saturday games. For the third straight week, Missouri lost its Saturday SEC...

Mizzou dominates the boards at the Pavilion, comes out with 67-48 win over Ole Miss

Mizzou dominates the boards at the Pavilion, comes out with 67-48 win over Ole Miss

Adam Cole January 19, 2018

Led by another dominant performance from junior guard Sophie Cunningham, a lot of team basketball and a very hot start, Mizzou came out of Thursday’s matchup in Oxford, Mississippi, with an easy 67-48...

Missouri men’s basketball can’t finish comeback in 65-63 road loss to Arkansas

Missouri men’s basketball can’t finish comeback in 65-63 road loss to Arkansas

Garrett Jones January 13, 2018

Missouri fans had a bad case of deja vu in Saturday’s game against the Arkansas Razorbacks. Like last Saturday’s 77-75 loss to Florida, the Tigers found themselves in a tight contest. Like last week,...

Balanced offense leads women’s basketball to 81-70 win over Vanderbilt

Balanced offense leads women’s basketball to 81-70 win over Vanderbilt

Anderson Kimball January 12, 2018

Missouri women’s basketball won its second straight game and moved to 3-1 in Southeastern Conference play, beating Vanderbilt 81-70 in Nashville, Tennessee, on Thursday. The Tigers continued their positive...

Missouri overcomes slow start to handle Georgia in SEC showdown, 68-56

Missouri overcomes slow start to handle Georgia in SEC showdown, 68-56

Bennett Durando January 11, 2018

Going into its bout with Georgia Wednesday night, Missouri basketball didn't expect a lower-scoring first half than that of the football game between the two schools in October. But down 23-20 at the...

Tigers upset fourth-ranked South Carolina Gamecocks at home, 83-74

Tigers upset fourth-ranked South Carolina Gamecocks at home, 83-74

Adam Cole January 7, 2018

Coming into Missouri’s Sunday afternoon matchup against the fourth-ranked, defending-national-champion South Carolina Gamecocks, it was uncertain if the Tigers’ leading scorer Sophie Cunningham would...

Mizzou falls in 77-75 thriller against Florida

Mizzou falls in 77-75 thriller against Florida

Joe Noser January 6, 2018

All of the makings for a signature Mizzou win were there: a quality opponent, a raucous home crowd, an inspired performance from a senior trying to get his program back to prominence. Florida Gators senior...

Women’s basketball has 13-game winning streak snapped in loss to LSU

Women’s basketball has 13-game winning streak snapped in loss to LSU

Anderson Kimball January 5, 2018

Missouri women’s basketball dropped its second game of the season and had its school-record 13-game winning streak snapped, losing 69-65 to LSU Thursday at home. The Tigers were without junior Sophie...

Blake Harris to transfer from Missouri men’s basketball program

Blake Harris to transfer from Missouri men’s basketball program

Garrett Jones January 5, 2018

Missouri men’s basketball freshman guard Blake Harris announced on Friday morning that he will transfer from the program, as first reported by ESPN’s Jeff Goodman. "Blake Harris has decided to transfer...

Missouri men’s basketball bests South Carolina in 79-68 road win

Missouri men’s basketball bests South Carolina in 79-68 road win

Garrett Jones January 4, 2018

After 11 days off, one could have worried about a rusty performance from Missouri men’s basketball as it began conference play Wednesday night, but that didn’t seem to be the case. Missouri (11-3,...