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The Maneater

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The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

No. 11 Mizzou’s battle with foe No. 9 South Carolina comes down to the wire in its second straight loss, 64-54

No. 11 Mizzou’s battle with foe No. 9 South Carolina comes down to the wire in its second straight loss, 64-54

Adam Cole January 29, 2018

Sunday night’s Southeastern Conference matchup between No. 11 Mizzou and No. 9 South Carolina was intense before the ball was even tipped. Both teams came into the night sitting at 17-3 with two conference...

Tigers fall flat, lose 62-50 to a stout Georgia defense

Tigers fall flat, lose 62-50 to a stout Georgia defense

Adam Cole January 26, 2018

A usually explosive Missouri women’s basketball offense met its match Thursday night in Athens, Georgia, as the Tigers were shut down in a low-scoring, 62-50 loss to No. 21 Georgia. The Tigers, who...

Women’s basketball uses offensive firepower to defeat Arkansas 88-54

Women’s basketball uses offensive firepower to defeat Arkansas 88-54

Anderson Kimball January 22, 2018

Women’s basketball kept up its offensive firepower on the way to its fourth straight win, beating Arkansas 88-54 on Sunday night. Missouri is 5-1 in Southeastern Conference play and 17-2 overall. With...

Mizzou dominates the boards at the Pavilion, comes out with 67-48 win over Ole Miss

Mizzou dominates the boards at the Pavilion, comes out with 67-48 win over Ole Miss

Adam Cole January 19, 2018

Led by another dominant performance from junior guard Sophie Cunningham, a lot of team basketball and a very hot start, Mizzou came out of Thursday’s matchup in Oxford, Mississippi, with an easy 67-48...

Balanced offense leads women’s basketball to 81-70 win over Vanderbilt

Balanced offense leads women’s basketball to 81-70 win over Vanderbilt

Anderson Kimball January 12, 2018

Missouri women’s basketball won its second straight game and moved to 3-1 in Southeastern Conference play, beating Vanderbilt 81-70 in Nashville, Tennessee, on Thursday. The Tigers continued their positive...

Tigers upset fourth-ranked South Carolina Gamecocks at home, 83-74

Tigers upset fourth-ranked South Carolina Gamecocks at home, 83-74

Adam Cole January 7, 2018

Coming into Missouri’s Sunday afternoon matchup against the fourth-ranked, defending-national-champion South Carolina Gamecocks, it was uncertain if the Tigers’ leading scorer Sophie Cunningham would...

Women’s basketball has 13-game winning streak snapped in loss to LSU

Women’s basketball has 13-game winning streak snapped in loss to LSU

Anderson Kimball January 5, 2018

Missouri women’s basketball dropped its second game of the season and had its school-record 13-game winning streak snapped, losing 69-65 to LSU Thursday at home. The Tigers were without junior Sophie...

Women’s basketball wins Southeastern Conference opener, beats Alabama 62-56

Women’s basketball wins Southeastern Conference opener, beats Alabama 62-56

Anderson Kimball January 2, 2018

With 1:20 left in the fourth quarter, Missouri was without its star, junior Sophie Cunningham, and had a crucial possession in its Southeastern Conference opener versus Alabama. Cunningham had left the...

Sophie Cunningham propels Missouri women’s basketball to 75-55 win over Indiana

Sophie Cunningham propels Missouri women’s basketball to 75-55 win over Indiana

Adam Cole December 17, 2017

After a pivotal third quarter that saw junior Sophie Cunningham score 17 of her 19 points, the Tigers were able to pull away from Indiana and seal a 75-55 win in the West Palm Invitational. Cunningham...

Cunningham’s career night leads Tigers to ninth straight win

Cunningham’s career night leads Tigers to ninth straight win

Anderson Kimball December 10, 2017

Junior Sophie Cunningham caught a pass and then nailed a 3 from the left wing on Missouri’s opening possession. Missouri was up 3-0 and the Sophie Cunningham show was underway at Mizzou Arena. Cunningham...

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,...

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...