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The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

Tigers women’s basketball out-scraps in-state rival St. Louis for 70-58 home win

Tigers women’s basketball out-scraps in-state rival St. Louis for 70-58 home win

Adam Cole December 9, 2017

It was a night of hard-fought basketball at Mizzou Arena on Friday with in-state rival Saint Louis in Columbia to take on the Tigers. Mizzou women’s basketball held off the Billikens by a score of 70-58,...

C.J. Roberts to transfer from Mizzou at the end of semester

C.J. Roberts to transfer from Mizzou at the end of semester

Bennett Durando December 8, 2017

Freshman C.J. Roberts will transfer at the end of the semester, his father told the Kansas City Star Thursday night. In a statement, Mizzou men’s basketball confirmed his decision. “C.J. Roberts will...

Missouri gymnastics ready to kick off 2018 season with Black & Gold scrimmage

Missouri gymnastics ready to kick off 2018 season with Black & Gold scrimmage

Liad Lerner December 7, 2017

Missouri gymnastics is set to kick off the 2018 season with its annual Black & Gold scrimmage this Saturday. The Tigers boast a wealth of experience, as 12 gymnasts return from last season, 11 of whom...

Missouri beats Miami (Ohio) despite turning ball over 17 times

Missouri beats Miami (Ohio) despite turning ball over 17 times

Joe Noser December 6, 2017

At the start of the second half of an otherwise quiet night at Mizzou Arena on Tuesday, Cuonzo Martin’s voice boomed through the gymnasium, yelling “Hands! Hands!” Martin wanted his players to keep...

Getting to know the story behind Kassius Robertson, Mizzou’s hottest hand

Getting to know the story behind Kassius Robertson, Mizzou’s hottest hand

Garrett Jones December 6, 2017

Canisius College is a small private school in the Hamlin Park neighborhood of Buffalo, New York. Located 865 miles from Columbia, the school specializes in the biological and health science fields and...

Wrestling notebook: Injury updates on Miklus, Eierman ahead of conference opener

Wrestling notebook: Injury updates on Miklus, Eierman ahead of conference opener

Bennett Durando December 1, 2017

The circumstances were all too familiar for Willie Miklus. Trying to clinch a crucial dual for Missouri at the 197-pound weight class last Saturday, the redshirt senior was struggling early on against...

Amber Smith carries Mizzou women’s basketball to 73-59 win over Kansas State

Amber Smith carries Mizzou women’s basketball to 73-59 win over Kansas State

Adam Cole December 1, 2017

Thursday was a night of surprises for Missouri women’s basketball. Sophie Cunningham, who averages 17.8 points per game, didn’t put any points on the board until the fourth quarter, finishing with...

Missouri gets first true road win of the season in 62-59 victory over UCF

Missouri gets first true road win of the season in 62-59 victory over UCF

Joe Noser December 1, 2017

At times during Thursday night’s game between the Missouri Tigers and the University of Central Florida Knights, it looked as if the Tigers were destined to repeat the collapse they suffered against...

Poised and mature, Jontay Porter carves out big role with Tigers

Poised and mature, Jontay Porter carves out big role with Tigers

Eli Lederman November 28, 2017

Jontay Porter grabbed the rebound off a Jordan Geist miss and fired the ball into the corner. Waiting for it there was junior Kevin Puryear, who was squared up to shoot even before the ball arrived in...

Harrowing weekend in Virginia brings out elite character in Mizzou wrestling

Harrowing weekend in Virginia brings out elite character in Mizzou wrestling

Bennett Durando November 28, 2017

Amidst fireworks surrounding the triumphant return of 197-pound redshirt senior Willie Miklus at Mizzou wrestling’s season opener against Illinois, Grant Leeth humbly took care of business in his first...

Myers’ decision takes down Virginia, Mizzou wrestling stays unbeaten

Myers’ decision takes down Virginia, Mizzou wrestling stays unbeaten

Bennett Durando November 27, 2017

Austin Myers doesn’t get many chances to play the hero. A transfer from West Virginia at the heavyweight weight class, the redshirt sophomore closes out duals for Missouri, often competing in irrelevant...

Missouri stunned in final minutes, falls to No. 23 West Virginia in Advocare Invitational championship

Missouri stunned in final minutes, falls to No. 23 West Virginia in Advocare Invitational championship

Eli Lederman November 27, 2017

With 4:59 remaining in the second half, it was a wrap. Jontay Porter had just calmly sunk a free throw to extend Missouri’s lead to 73-60, and the Sagaba Konate technical foul that sent Porter to the...