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The Maneater

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The Maneater

Late theatrics lead Mizzou women’s basketball to a win over Wright State

Late theatrics lead Mizzou women’s basketball to a win over Wright State

Adam Cole November 17, 2017

With the clock winding down on the final second of play, Wright State forward Nia Sumpter put up a three-point shot. It missed wide right, sealing an 82-80 victory for the Missouri Tigers women’s basketball...

Kassius Robertson, big men lead the way in Tigers’ 99-55 win over Wagner Seahawks

Kassius Robertson, big men lead the way in Tigers’ 99-55 win over Wagner Seahawks

Joe Noser November 14, 2017

There are blowouts, and then there are what transpired at Mizzou Arena on Monday night. Missouri’s depth and length were simply too much for the Wagner Seahawks, as the Tigers cruised to a 99-55 victory...

Frericks leads women’s basketball to win over Quinnipiac

Frericks leads women’s basketball to win over Quinnipiac

Andy Kimball November 12, 2017

After a season-opening loss to Western Kentucky on Friday, Missouri women’s basketball was put through some early season adversity. The Tigers responded with a 66-51 win over Quinnipiac to move to 1-1...

Missouri men’s basketball cruises past Iowa State 74-59 in opener

Missouri men’s basketball cruises past Iowa State 74-59 in opener

Eli Lederman November 11, 2017

For a moment, the stage felt a little too large for freshman Jeremiah Tilmon. As he subbed out just one minute and 40 seconds into Missouri’s 74-59 win over the Iowa State Cyclones on Friday night,...

Impressive defensive effort key to men’s basketball’s opening night win

Impressive defensive effort key to men’s basketball’s opening night win

Joe Noser November 11, 2017

Many Missouri fans expected Friday’s game between the Missouri Tigers and the Iowa State Cyclones to be full of offensive fireworks. Instead, the Tigers’ defensive effort stole the show. Missouri...

Norm Stewart immortalized with statue outside Mizzou Arena Friday

Norm Stewart immortalized with statue outside Mizzou Arena Friday

Garrett Jones November 10, 2017

There was an overwhelming sense of reverence at Mizzou Arena on Friday afternoon. While many fans held their focus on Missouri men’s basketball’s season opener and the potential of a new season ahead,...

Cunningham named to Cheryl Miller Award watch list

Cunningham named to Cheryl Miller Award watch list

Andy Kimball November 8, 2017

Junior Sophie Cunningham was named to the first-ever Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association 2018 Cheryl Miller Award watch list on Wednesday morning. The...

Missouri basketball’s veterans forced to adjust with influx of new talent

Missouri basketball’s veterans forced to adjust with influx of new talent

Eli Lederman November 8, 2017

Kevin Puryear knows what he’ll be feeling when he steps onto the floor Friday night in Missouri men’s basketball’s season opener against Iowa State. It’s a feeling he can trace back to his freshman...

Women’s basketball topples McKendree in final tuneup before opener

Women’s basketball topples McKendree in final tuneup before opener

Andy Kimball November 7, 2017

Senior Jordan Frericks grabbed a rebound, turned and threw an outlet pass the length of the court, hitting junior Sophie Cunningham in stride for a breakaway layup with 7:50 left in the second quarter. Suddenly,...

Identifying the most crucial matchups of Mizzou basketball’s upcoming schedule

Identifying the most crucial matchups of Mizzou basketball’s upcoming schedule

Garrett Jones November 7, 2017

It’s been a long offseason for Missouri basketball and its fans. The team is just days away from what many have been waiting for for months: the tipoff of the Tigers’ 2017-18 season. With new talent...

Missouri women’s basketball ranked No. 16 in preseason AP Top 25 poll

Missouri women’s basketball ranked No. 16 in preseason AP Top 25 poll

Eli Lederman November 2, 2017

With just over a week remaining before Missouri women’s basketball tips off its season in Iowa City, Iowa, Tigers fans now know where their team stands on the national landscape. Missouri was ranked...

After “Showdown for Relief,” the Border War faces an uncertain future

After “Showdown for Relief,” the Border War faces an uncertain future

Eli Lederman October 23, 2017

In many ways, Sunday’s “Showdown for Relief” was everything it was cracked up to be. Fans from Missouri and Kansas flooded Kansas City’s Power & Light District clad in black and gold and crimson...