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Alabama hands Missouri eighth straight loss

Tyler Kraft • February 7, 2016

The longest losing streak of the Missouri men’s basketball team’s season continued Saturday as the Tigers lost their eighth straight game to the Alabama Crimson Tide (13-9, 4-6 SEC) 80-71. Missouri...

UPDATED: Basketball players Jakeenan Gant and Russell Woods suspended following arrests

Alec Lewis • February 5, 2016

Following the suspension of Missouri basketball players Jakeenan Gant and Russell Woods, the Tigers headed to Alabama, where their losing streak continued. Gant and Woods average 4.5 and 3.5 points per...

Three takeaways from Missouri women’s basketball’s loss to Georgia

Alexzandria Churchill • February 5, 2016

The Tigers came out with next to no energy, and it came back to bite them. Although the team stayed competitive for the majority of the game, a few major mistakes caught up to them in the end, resulting...

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

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

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

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

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

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...