COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball started off their season with a 96-78 win over North Alabama on Friday night. Robin Pingeton’s squad featured two players with double-doubles on the night. Hayley Frank claimed her first-ever double-double, with a team-high of 24 points and 11 rebounds. Meanwhile, Blackwell finished the night with 21 points
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) One Vanderbilt soccer play could make history on Saturday, as the first woman to start in a Power-5 football game. The Vanderbilt football team recruited soccer standout Sarah Fuller as a place kicker for Saturday’s game against Mizzou. Fuller made the trip to Missouri with the team on Friday. 🛫 to Columbia.
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The Mizzou basketball team will not make the trip to Connecticut to compete in a tournament at the Mohegan Sun. The team confirmed that it is no longer attending the tournament because of several unknowns, which includes opponents. A team spokesperson said the cancelation is not due to COVID-19 concerns. The team
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team did not take Thanksgiving off, as Eli Drinkwitz led practice on Thursday morning. After the 9:00 A.M. run-through, the team shared a Thanksgiving meal. Drinkwitz added that after practice has was going to go home and eat with his family. “After the nap I anticipate some pecan pie.
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The Mizzou basketball team claimed its first win of the season in a 91-64 win over Oral Roberts University. Mark Smith finished the game with 18 points. The senior was out much of the previous season with a back injury. The Tigers were a 14.5-point favorite in Wednesday’s season opener, but finished
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Mizzou will start its season against Oral Roberts on Wednesday night, after more than six months without games. MU announced that Mizzou Arena will be operating at 20 percent capacity during games. All fans will sit in assigned seating, in order to remain six feet apart from one another. Masks are required
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Here are the local scores from Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS GIRLS HOOPS Jefferson City (70) Battle (38) FINAL Calvary Lutheran (27) New Bloomfield (59) FINAL HS BOYS HOOPS Jefferson City (71) Smith-Cotton (55) FINAL Helias (42) Republic (60) FINAL Fulton (77) Warrenton (53) FINAL
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team will open up its season at home on Wednesday at 6 p.m. against Oral Roberts. Head coach Cuonzo Martin is entering his fourth season at the helm. You can hear his full news conference ahead of the opener in the video player below. Coach Martin said there
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team will play Vanderbilt – instead of Arkansas – on Saturday at 11 a.m. Head coach Eli Drinkwitz met with reporters on Tuesday afternoon. You can hear his full news conference in the video player below. Drinkwitz said the team had zero positive COVID-19 tests on Sunday. He added
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team will open up its season at home on Friday at 6 p.m. against North Alabama. Head coach Robin Pingeton met with reporters Tuesday to preview the matchup. You can hear the full news conference in the video player above. We also spoke with Mizzou standouts Aijha Blackwell,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team will now play Vanderbilt on Saturday at 11 a.m. due to COVID-19 concerns at Arkansas. The Tigers were originally supposed to play the Razorbacks this weekend, but the SEC postponed the Battle Line Rivalry Game due to positive COVID-19 tests at Arkansas. “As we continue to adapt to
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ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman brought on ESPN play-by-play announcer Tom Hart in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football won its second straight Mayor’s Cup on Saturday despite playing with just 52 scholarship players. “It’s a tribute to our players,” head coach Eli Drinkwitz said after the game. “It’s a tribute to our seniors and a tribute to our staff.” ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman recapped the
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team won its second straight Mayor’s Cup over South Carolina on Saturday night. The Tigers held on to beat the Gamecocks, 17-10. The Tigers are now 3-3 on the season. You can watch our full interview with Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz in the video player above. Mizzou played
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team will be without defensive coordinator Ryan Walters on Saturday due to contact tracing. A Mizzou spokesman announced the news an hour before kickoff against South Carolin. David Gibbs will serve as the defensive coordinator in Walter’s place. Defensive analyst Grant O’Brien will take Gibbs’ place as the 10th
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team will play its first game in three weeks on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. on the road against South Carolina. The Tigers will play with 53 scholarship players, according to head coach Eli Drinkwitz. The SEC recommends each school should have at least that many players in order to
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) A win on Saturday would not be Eli Drinkwitz’s first time defeating the South Carolina Gamecocks, in fact, it would be the second-straight year. Just one year ago, Drinkwitz and Appalachian State took down South Carolina in a 20-15 victory. However, Drinkwitz was not alone. Mizzou special teams coordinator Erik Link was
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Mizzou football is down one more scholarship player, after slot receiver Dominic Gicinto announced his entry into the transfer portal on Wednesday. On Tuesday, Eli Drinkwitz said the team had 56 players available, including Gicinto. The SEC requires 53 scholarship players to be available in order to play a game and Mizzou
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team will return to action Saturday on the road against South Carolina. Kickoff from Williams-Brice Stadium is at 6:30 p.m. You can hear head coach Eli Drinkwitz’s full news conference previewing the game in the video player below. Drinkwitz said MU has 56 scholarship player available to play on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou women’s basketball standout Aijha Blackwell was named to the preseason All-SEC second team on Tuesday. Blackwell is entering her second season with the Tigers. She averaged 15 points and seven rebounds a game as a freshman. As a team, MU was selected to finish 10th in the SEC in the preseason
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