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The Maneater

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The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

Tiger in transition: Jakeenan Gant

Tiger in transition: Jakeenan Gant

Daniel Witt March 4, 2015

With seven minutes remaining, Florida guard Kasey Hill grabbed his own rebound and put the ball back up. The rubber Nike Elite basketball met the hand of a leaping Jakeenan Gant for his second of his three...

The NCAA tournament’s most likeable teams

Daniel Schmidt March 4, 2015

Your Missouri Tigers men's basketball team has had a tough season under first-year head coach Kim Anderson. This was expected. There's a lot of youth on the team, and this is Anderson's first year at the...

First season proves difficult for Mizzou freshmen, on and off the court

First season proves difficult for Mizzou freshmen, on and off the court

Will Jarvis March 4, 2015

They lost 13 straight games, had to teach themselves and learned discipline the hard way. One could say it’s been an eventful year for Missouri men’s basketball’s freshmen. Since playing in their...

Tigers win final home game of season

Tigers win final home game of season

Bobby Ceresia March 1, 2015

It was the last game of the regular season. It was Senior Day, with senior guards Morgan Eye and Bree Fowler’s whole families present. It was a rematch against a team that had previously won by 23...

Tigers finally find mojo against Gators

Tigers finally find mojo against Gators

Michael Natelli February 25, 2015

Thirty seconds remaining, a 12-point lead. All Keith Shamburger had to do was run out the clock. “Finally,” Missouri coach Kim Anderson said after his team’s second win in 2015. Spot on, Coach. After...

Every loss has a story

Will Jarvis February 25, 2015

Before last night’s 64-52 victory over the Florida Gators, Missouri men’s basketball team had one win to their name in 2015. Yes, the win was nice but it’s not enough to help fans heal from that...

With career nearing end, Eye content

With career nearing end, Eye content

Bruno Vernaschi February 25, 2015

Ask Missouri women’s basketball senior guard Morgan Eye about any of her teammates and she’ll give you a rousing review. Junior guard Juanita Robinson: “Mature.” Senior forward Bree Fowler? “Most...

Storming the court: An epidemic

Daniel Schmidt February 25, 2015

Storming the court. It's meant to be a once-in-a-lifetime type of thing. Something you get to tell people. “Yeah I was there and yeah, it was incredible.” I'll never forget when dozens of MQP faithful...

Senior Bree Fowler approaches her final games

Senior Bree Fowler approaches her final games

Bobby Ceresia February 25, 2015

She’s been through this all before. She was a freshman, completely new to the summer workouts and daily practices being run by women’s basketball coach Robin Pingeton. She was a sophomore, setting...

Mayes, team looking ahead to MAC, National Championships

Mayes, team looking ahead to MAC, National Championships

Quinn Malloy February 25, 2015

Late last season, soon-to-be national champion and then-freshman J’den Cox pulled then-redshirt freshman Lavion Mayes aside after practice. Cox knew that Mayes had been struggling on bottom in duals...

24-0: Recapping Missouri wrestling’s historic regular season

24-0: Recapping Missouri wrestling’s historic regular season

Harrison Degrood February 25, 2015

It hasn’t been the brightest winter in Columbia. It has consisted of bitter cold, slippery ice and a fair share of snow. Athletics haven’t been much better. The Missouri men’s basketball team is...

‘Brothers’ in the backcourt

‘Brothers’ in the backcourt

Daniel Witt February 18, 2015

When fifth-year senior guard Keith Shamburger transferred to Missouri for his final season of college basketball, all he could think was: _Man, I wonder who they’re going to room me with._ Questions...