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No. 24 Tigers focus on positives in tough loss to No. 5 Arizona State

Jack Soble • February 11, 2020

No. 24 Missouri (10-7, 7-0 Mid-American Conference) couldn’t overcome an early deficit to No. 5 Arizona State (12-1, 3-0 Pac-12), losing each of its first three matches and falling 21-13 to the Sun Devils. The...

Tigers lose to No. 7 Alabama despite season-best score

February 11, 2020

No. 21 Missouri posted its highest score of the season on Friday in a loss to No. 7 Alabama. The Tigers lost by a margin of 0.7 points. The loss comes just a week after the Tigers lost by less than a...

Blackwell’s career-high leads Missouri women’s basketball to upset win at Georgia

Ben Pfeifer • February 11, 2020

The Missouri Tigers (6-17. 3-7 SEC) went into Athens and left with their third conference victory, an upset win over the Georgia Bulldogs (12-11, 3-7 SEC) on the road, 73-65. Missouri kept the contest...

Jackson drives Missouri with energy off bench

Wilson Moore • February 9, 2020

Tray Jackson stood at the end of the court and took in the moment. One jaw-dropping display of athleticism had just led to another for the freshman as he rejected an Arkansas layup to jumpstart a fast...

Tigers top Razorbacks in Rally for Rhyan game

Eli Hoff • February 8, 2020

In a game filled with fouls, in an arena filled with the season’s biggest crowd, Missouri men’s basketball (11-12, 3-7 SEC) picked up an overtime victory over border-state rivals Arkansas (16-7, 4-6...

Offensive struggles doom Missouri men against Texas A&M

Eli Hoff • February 4, 2020

Two weeks removed from a heartbreaking defeat to Texas A&M, Missouri men’s basketball (10-12, 2-7 SEC) fell once again at the hands of the Aggies (10-11, 5-4 SEC), this time losing 68-51 in College Station. The...

Missouri struggles from field, falls to South Carolina

Wilson Moore • February 1, 2020

After a dramatic comeback win over Georgia, Missouri forward Mitchell Smith talked about how the Tigers hoped to take the momentum from the emotional victory and use it to turn around what had been a forgettable...

Mauller, No. 24 Missouri look for upset wins at No. 11 Oklahoma State

Jack Soble • January 31, 2020

No. 5 Brock Mauller, 20-1 this year and 53-6 in his young career at Missouri, has yet to face an opponent in his sophomore season whose ranking is higher than his. That will change on Sunday when Mauller...

Missouri women’s basketball falls to No. 13 Kentucky

Ben Pfeifer • January 30, 2020

Deafening silence pierced the press room after Missouri’s (5-16, 2-6 SEC) loss to No. 13 Kentucky (17-3, 6-2 SEC). “It’s probably been one of my tougher seasons,” an emotional coach Robin Pingeton...

Missouri Gymnastics falls short at Auburn

Shannon Belt • January 29, 2020

Coming off of last week’s loss at home against No. 2 Florida, the No. 20 Missouri gymnastics squad (1-4),(0-3) SEC headed on the road to take on another Top 25 SEC matchup No. 14 Auburn (2-1). At Auburn...

‘Reed Nikko changed the game’: Nikko drives second-half comeback for Missouri

Eli Hoff • January 29, 2020

Minutes after Missouri men’s basketball came back from a 20-point deficit to beat Georgia 72-69, Bulldogs coach Tom Crean had one thing on his mind: Reed Nikko. Before he had even fully sat down for...

Pinson, Nikko guide comeback as Missouri stuns Georgia

Wilson Moore • January 29, 2020

Xavier Pinson made his way into the lane on a crossover with under 30 seconds left. As Georgia’s defense collapsed, he kicked the ball out to Javon Pickett in the corner. Pickett swung to Mitchell Smith...