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The Maneater

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The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

Preview: Missouri to play No. 4 Kentucky

Preview: Missouri to play No. 4 Kentucky

Emily Leiker February 19, 2019

No. 4 Kentucky bested Tennessee 86-69 on Saturday night, dropping the former No. 1 Volunteers to the No. 5 spot in this week’s AP top-25. It was Tennessee’s first conference loss and snapped a 19-game...

Turnovers doom Tigers in 75-65 loss to Ole Miss

Andy Kimball February 16, 2019

Despite a snowstorm on Friday which delayed Missouri’s flight, the team managed to get to Oxford, Mississippi Saturday morning. The Tigers arrived at The Pavilion at Ole Miss about 90 minutes before...

Puryear’s production propels Missouri over Arkansas

Puryear’s production propels Missouri over Arkansas

Andy Kimball February 13, 2019

Coming into Tuesday night’s game against Arkansas, Missouri was struggling with production from the power forward position. MU fell to Texas A&M over the weekend and was unable to exploit matchups against...

Missouri grabs nail-biter win over Arkansas

Missouri grabs nail-biter win over Arkansas

Emily Leiker February 13, 2019

With 17.8 seconds to go, Missouri led its Battle Line rival, Arkansas, by 3 points. A triple was all the Razorbacks needed to tie up the score. Instead, they went for a dunk from senior forward Daniel...

MU post play under-performs in Tilmon’s absence

MU post play under-performs in Tilmon’s absence

Adam Cole February 9, 2019

Reed Nikko looked dismayed. At 4:39 in the second half of Saturday evening’s matchup with Texas A&M, the junior forward’s number was called for a shooting foul. His fifth and final foul took him out...

Missouri falters down the stretch, falls to Texas A&M

Missouri falters down the stretch, falls to Texas A&M

Andy Kimball February 9, 2019

Without two of its starters, Missouri still looked to be in business. With sophomores Mark Smith and Jeremiah Tilmon out, forward Reed Nikko stepped up while Missouri’s trio of freshman guards – Xavier...

Preview: Turnovers a key factor in rematch with Texas A&M

Preview: Turnovers a key factor in rematch with Texas A&M

Andy Kimball February 9, 2019

After a loss on Tuesday at No. 1 Tennessee, Missouri (11-10, 2-7 SEC) travels back to Columbia to take on Texas A&M (8-13, 1-8 SEC) Saturday. After suffering a season sweep against the Volunteers, Missouri...

Freshman growth promises stronger second half of SEC play

Freshman growth promises stronger second half of SEC play

Emily Leiker February 8, 2019

Freshman guard Xavier Pinson played a season-high 32 minutes in Missouri’s road loss against No. 1 Tennessee on Tuesday night. Since sophomore transfer Mark Smith suffered an ankle injury on Jan. 23...

Missouri loses to Tennessee 72-60

Missouri loses to Tennessee 72-60

Emily Leiker February 6, 2019

Tennessee forward Admiral Schofield stole the ball from Missouri off of a bad pass from redshirt sophomore Mitchell Smith just under four minutes into the second half. The Volunteers were on a 7-point...

Young stars shine in Rally for Rhyan game

Young stars shine in Rally for Rhyan game

Emily Leiker February 2, 2019

Former Missouri assistant coach Brad Loos joked Friday afternoon in a press conference that his daughter and namesake of Rally for Rhyan, Rhyan Loos, was expecting a big game out of Kevin Puryear. “Rhyan,...

Preview: Missouri set to take on Vanderbilt for 4th annual Rally for Rhyan game

Emily Leiker February 2, 2019

Missouri basketball (10-9, 1-6) plays Vanderbilt (9-11, 0-7) Saturday night for the fourth annual Rally for Rhyan game. The game comes in the midst of a three-game losing streak for the Tigers, who have...

Missouri takes pummeling at Auburn, dropping third consecutive game

Missouri takes pummeling at Auburn, dropping third consecutive game

Ben Ramirez January 31, 2019

Talking to the media on Tuesday before getting on a plane to Auburn, Alabama, Missouri men’s basketball coach Cuonzo Martin talked about how Saturday’s overtime loss to LSU would be a game he would...