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The Maneater

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The Maneater

William Cook loses voice, Missouri loses to Ole Miss

William Cook loses voice, Missouri loses to Ole Miss

Alec Lewis February 4, 2016

William Cook lost his voice echoing a former Black Eyed Peas hit song on Wednesday night. Yet, he insists he learned the term “hands up” playing basketball as a “youngin.” Missouri’s basketball...

Keys to success for Missouri men’s basketball against Ole Miss

Keys to success for Missouri men’s basketball against Ole Miss

Tyler Kraft February 3, 2016

The Missouri men’s basketball team faces Ole Miss (13-8, 3-5 SEC) in the final game of its two-game home stretch on Wednesday night at Mizzou Arena. The Tigers (8-13, 1-7 SEC) are also looking to put...

Missouri basketball falls to Ole Miss 76-73, loses seventh straight

Missouri basketball falls to Ole Miss 76-73, loses seventh straight

Alec Lewis February 3, 2016

Kevin Puryear flushed a dunk to open Wednesday night’s game against Ole Miss, but it was Missouri’s 3-point performance that kept the Tigers in the game. In front of 4,734 fans, the lowest number...

Stock watch: Missouri women’s basketball upperclassmen step up

Alexzandria Churchill February 2, 2016

Over the past week, the Missouri women’s basketball team faced two unranked opponents in LSU and Ole Miss, the first week since conference play began that it didn’t see a top-25 team. The players took...

Missouri men’s basketball struggles stem from lack of experience on court

Missouri men’s basketball struggles stem from lack of experience on court

Tyler Kraft February 2, 2016

The state of the Missouri men’s basketball team has become all too familiar for the Tigers’ fans. Unfortunately for the Tiger faithful, it also appears that the current state is here to stay for the...

Missouri wrestlers not losing focus in ‘dark days’ of January and February

Missouri wrestlers not losing focus in ‘dark days’ of January and February

Anne Rogers February 2, 2016

Some days, when junior Willie Miklus walks into the Missouri wrestling room, he questions why he’s even doing it. But, other days, Missouri’s 184-pound starter knows exactly why he is there and would...

Missouri wrestling defeats Old Dominion 29-6 on Senior night

Missouri wrestling defeats Old Dominion 29-6 on Senior night

Anne Rogers January 31, 2016

For Le’Roy Barnes, Sunday was his last wrestling match in Hearnes Center and he felt the emotions run through him. “Walking down the stairs I was telling the seniors that it was the last time we would...

Keys to success for Missouri men’s basketball against Mississippi State

Tyler Kraft January 30, 2016

The Missouri men’s basketball team returns to Mizzou Arena on Saturday night looking to get off its current five-game skid against Southeastern Conference foe Mississippi State (8-11, 1-6 SEC). The...

How Missouri women’s basketball escaped an LSU loss

Alexzandria Churchill January 29, 2016

Missouri may have won this one, but they shouldn’t have. Coming off perhaps its most emotional win of the season against No. 22 Florida, the Missouri women’s basketball team should have been on a...

Kevin Puryear has emerged as Missouri basketball’s most consistent player

Kevin Puryear has emerged as Missouri basketball’s most consistent player

Alec Lewis January 27, 2016

There came a time when Vicki Puryear wasn’t sure Missouri was the right fit for her son. The school had yet to offer, Kim Anderson had just been hired and Kevin Puryear had other official visits scheduled. Still,...

Puryear’s stock rising in latest stock watch

Tyler Kraft January 27, 2016

The Missouri Tigers (8-11, 1-5 SEC) men’s basketball team is in the midst of its longest losing streak of the season, and there does not appear to be an end in sight. On Saturday, Mizzou traveled to...

Basketball freshman Hannah Schuchts embraces her redshirt year

Alexzandria Churchill January 27, 2016

Most Missouri women’s basketball fans know the names of freshmen Sophie Cunningham and Cierra Porter all too well. After all, they’ve been a dominant duo thus far. However, many may not be as familiar...