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The Student Newspaper of Mizzou since 1955

The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of Mizzou since 1955

The Maneater

Notebook: Geist not practicing but will still play after breakout Paradise Jam

Notebook: Geist not practicing but will still play after breakout Paradise Jam

Andy Kimball November 27, 2018

Missouri returned home from the Paradise Jam with up-and-down results: two close wins against Oregon State and Kennesaw State, then a blowout loss to Kansas State in the championship. The Tigers now return...

Kansas State’s uncharacteristic shooting quiets Missouri in Paradise Jam final

Kansas State’s uncharacteristic shooting quiets Missouri in Paradise Jam final

Bennett Durando November 20, 2018

The biggest challenge of Missouri’s nonconference basketball schedule went pretty much how one would expect a game to go for a coach who used to play for his opponent. Kansas State’s Bruce Weber was...

Puryear helps Tigers to 69-63 semi-final win over Oregon State

Puryear helps Tigers to 69-63 semi-final win over Oregon State

Emily Leiker November 19, 2018

Kevin Puryear hit double digits early in the second half on a left-handed layup off of an assist from Xavier Pinson. The Tigers had gone into the locker room at halftime with a lead of 4, the same point...

Smith closes out win for Missouri after nail biter second half

Smith closes out win for Missouri after nail biter second half

Emily Leiker November 17, 2018

With just 16 seconds left in the game, Kennesaw State called a timeout, the ball in its possession, possibly for the remaining time. Missouri had the lead 52-50, but they needed to seal the win. The...

Experienced Puryear is Martin’s fallback when Missouri gets in a hole

Experienced Puryear is Martin’s fallback when Missouri gets in a hole

Emily Leiker November 9, 2018

AMES, Iowa – Benched after 11 minutes with two personal fouls, Kevin Puryear scored 0 points for Missouri while the Tigers unraveled in the first half against Iowa State Friday night. When things got...

Missouri dooms itself with 25 turnovers in 76-59 loss at Iowa State

Missouri dooms itself with 25 turnovers in 76-59 loss at Iowa State

Bennett Durando November 9, 2018

AMES, Iowa – Cuonzo Martin was watching his 2017-18 team again for a moment. His senior point guard Jordan Geist was greeted by full-court pressure after Iowa State missed a pair of free throws that...

Not so fast: Why Porter should consider sticking around one more year

Not so fast: Why Porter should consider sticking around one more year

Wilson Moore November 7, 2018

It’s often said that history repeats itself. No word that it would be this quickly. For the second straight year in Mizzou basketball, a Porter is injured in the fall, out for an extended period of time...

Mark Smith’s “pure stroke” dazzles in debut double-double

Mark Smith’s “pure stroke” dazzles in debut double-double

Andy Kimball November 6, 2018

Mark Smith expected to start the season sitting on the bench in street clothes, riding the pine while he sat through a redshirt season after transferring from Illinois. But all that changed when Smith...

Tilmon plays Porter-to-be as Missouri swats Central Arkansas in opener

Tilmon plays Porter-to-be as Missouri swats Central Arkansas in opener

Bennett Durando November 6, 2018

Jeremiah Tilmon became accustomed to leaving games with two fouls in as many minutes during his freshman season. “They’ve been starting me with four [fouls] at practice,” he said. But when Missouri...

Missouri's Truest Daughter: The stories that shaped Sophie Cunningham

Missouri’s Truest Daughter: The stories that shaped Sophie Cunningham

Bennett Durando October 31, 2018

The driveway of Sophie Cunningham's childhood home is a mountain amid mid-Missouri flatlands. The steep slope in west Columbia ascends to a humble brick house. Above the garage door, one brick is unique,...

‘Too premature’ to decide whether Jontay Porter returns for redshirt sophomore season in 2019

‘Too premature’ to decide whether Jontay Porter returns for redshirt sophomore season in 2019

Emily Leiker October 31, 2018

After Mizzou Madness, Jontay Porter talked about how good his body felt and had been operating in the offseason. Less than 24 hours later, on Sunday, Oct. 21, news broke that the sophomore forward had...

St. Louis high school coaches speak on Cuonzo Martin’s recruiting efforts

St. Louis high school coaches speak on Cuonzo Martin’s recruiting efforts

Owen Krucoff October 31, 2018

It’s no secret that Missouri men’s basketball coach Cuonzo Martin is familiar with the St. Louis area. Born in the city and raised just across the Mississippi River in East St. Louis, Illinois, he...