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Missouri can’t fend off Gator run in fourth, falls 58-56 in Gainesville

Lucas Smith • January 14, 2019

Missouri had the ball with 30 seconds to play and the game tied at 56. Redshirt freshman Haley Troup drove the lane but lost the basketball. She desperately dove in an attempt to regain possession, but...

Missouri earns another SEC win, dominates post-performance against Arkansas

Lucas Smith • January 10, 2019

Senior Sophie Cunningham had the ball in the corner and knocked down a three point field goal with 1:10 to go in the third quarter. It was the first made three of the game for the Tigers, who usually average...

Missouri grabs signature win on the road at No. 10 Tennessee

Owen Krucoff • January 7, 2019

Robin Pingeton rose up on the shoulders of her players in the visiting team locker room, her fist pumping rapidly in the air. In her ninth season as head coach at Missouri, and the team’s seventh in...

Tigers roar past Rebels to open up women’s basketball conference play

Owen Krucoff • January 4, 2019

Women’s basketball in the SEC is not supposed to be a cakewalk. During Missouri's team media day on Wednesday, coach Robin Pingeton and a few players stressed the difficulty of the conference schedule...

Setting the scene for Missouri and the SEC in women’s basketball conference play

Owen Krucoff • January 3, 2019

The SEC women’s basketball conference schedule tips off on Thursday, Jan. 3 with a full slate of seven games. Missouri and the rest of the league will work through the 16-game conference lineup before...

Missouri receives much needed addition in Porter heading into SEC play

Lucas Smith • January 3, 2019

Normally, an 11-3 record heading into conference play is a positive. However, for the Missouri Tigers, it is a drastic underachievement. Missouri hadn’t lost a nonconference regular-season home game...

Missouri uses high percentage at the free throw line to down the Red Wolves

Lucas Smith • December 31, 2018

Cierra Porter stepped to the charity stripe on Sunday afternoon barely out of medical retirement and looking to convert two free throws. She stepped away from it the 36th member of 1,000 career points...

Cierra Porter to make midseason return to Missouri women’s basketball

Owen Krucoff • December 30, 2018

Veteran forward Cierra Porter will return to Missouri women's basketball for the remainder of the 2018-19 season, the team announced Saturday. After spending her freshman through junior years with the...

Tigers play as one to down the Illini, earn Braggin’ Rights

Lucas Smith • December 24, 2018

CHAMPAIGN, Il.- The Missouri Tigers (10-3, 0-0) faced off with the Illinois Fighting Illini (8-3, 0-0) on Friday afternoon for the annual Braggin’ Rights game. Although the Illini held an 8-4 all-time...

Tigers beat the Bobcats behind big night from Cunningham, spark from Roundtree

Lucas Smith • December 19, 2018

Looking to return to being a top-25 team after a second absence this season, the Missouri Tigers (9-3, 0-0) hosted the Texas State Bobcats (4-5, 0-0) Monday night at Mizzou Arena. In front of a crowd...

Comeback attempt not enough as Missouri falls at home to South Dakota

Owen Krucoff • December 16, 2018

Winter break can seem like a dream for college basketball players and coaches. With no class for a month, teams are free to focus on practices and games without having to cope with the demanding student-athlete...

Cunningham and Smith help Missouri beat Billikens, 74-62

Lucas Smith • December 10, 2018

ST. LOUIS – In their second consecutive in-state game, the No. 23 Missouri Tigers (8-2, 0-0) beat the St Louis Billikens (4-6, 0-0) by the final score of 74-62. With the game at Chaifetz Arena in St....