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Web Extra: Mizzou women’s basketball prepares for SEC Tournament

March 2, 2020 5:05 PM Tyler Murry

Mizzou women’s basketball coach Rob Pingeton previews Mizzou’s opening game against Ole Miss in the SEC Tournament.

No. 21 Mizzou softball finishes weekend strong with three wins

March 1, 2020 11:00 PM Tyler Murry

COLUMBIA, Mo. – The (21) Mizzou softball team won three of four games in its home opening weekend. The Tigers defeated Wichita State, 5-4, and lost to Nebraska, 10-2. Mizzou is now 15-6. The Mizzou baseball team beat Texas on the road, 9-8. The Tigers are now 6-5.

Sunday Sit-Down with Andy Humphrey

March 1, 2020 10:18 PM Tyler Murry

KTGR’s Andy Humphrey joins ABC 17’s Tyler Murry at the desk for Sunday Sit-Down to discuss Mizzou basketball, softball and baseball.

Mizzou women’s basketball loses road game to Alabama

March 1, 2020 2:46 PM Tyler Murry

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Despite another career day from Aijha Blackwell, the Mizzou women’s basketball team lost to Alabama on the road, 73-61. The Tigers are now 8-21 (5-11 SEC). Freshman Aijha Blackwell had her fourth double-double in a row and her fifth in the last six games. Blackwell scored 23 points and had 11 rebounds

Mizzou basketball loses close game at home to Mississippi State

February 29, 2020 4:57 PM Tyler Murry

COLUMBIA, Mo. – The Mizzou basketball team fell back below .500 after a 67-63 loss to Mississippi State. The Tigers are now 14-15 (6-10 SEC). Once again, Xavier Pinson and Dru Smith were Mizzou’s two best players. Pinson had a game-high 20 points and five rebounds. Smith had 19 points and nine rebounds. However, the

No. 21 Mizzou softball wins both games in doubleheader

February 29, 2020 7:12 PM Tyler Murry

(21) Mizzou softball won both of its first home games of the year. The Tigers defeated Wichita State, 7-3, and Nebraksa, 7-1. The Mizzou basketball team upset (22) Oklahoma, 8-7 in 10 inning.

Web Extra: Cuonzo Martin previews game against Mississippi State

February 28, 2020 1:16 PM Tyler Murry

Watch our full interview with Cuonzo Martin as the Mizzou basketball team gets prepared to face Mississippi State.

Mizzou WBB falls in final home game

February 27, 2020 9:40 PM Andrew Kauffman

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team lost its final home game of the season on Thursday night. Auburn beat MU 95-82. Freshman Aijha Blackwell finished with 27 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists. She was 9-14 from the field and played 39 minutes. The Tigers are now 8-20 overall and 5-10 in the

Web Extra: Larissa Anderson previews No. 21 Mizzou softball’s home opener

February 27, 2020 11:33 AM Tyler Murry

Hear from Mizzou softball coach Larissa Anderson as she previews (21) Mizzou softball’s opening weekend at home against Wichita State and Nebraska

Mark Smith and Jeremiah Tilmon return in Mizzou road win

February 26, 2020 10:04 PM Tyler Murry

NASHVILLE – The Mizzou basketball team earned its first road win since beating Temple in early December with a, 61-52, win over the Vanderbilt Commodores. The victory improves Mizzou’s record to 14-14 (6-9 SEC). Mark Smith and Jeremiah Tilmon both returned from injury. Smith played 13 minutes off the bench and scored five points. Meanwhile,

Sunday Sit-down with Souichi Terada

February 23, 2020 10:17 PM Andrew Kauffman

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman brought on the Kansas City Star’s Mizzou Athletics beat writer Souichi Terada in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down.

Mizzou WBB beats Ole Miss on senior night

February 23, 2020 8:33 PM Andrew Kauffman

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team beat Ole Miss 82-67 on senior night. The Tigers are now 8-19 overall and 5-9 in SEC play. MU honored its four seniors before the game, Amber Smith, Hannah Schuchts, Jordan Roundtree and Jordan Chavis. The seniors combined to score 29 points on senior night, but it

No. 24 Mizzou wrestling earns top-25 win on senior day

February 22, 2020 6:40 PM Tyler Murry

COLUMBIA, Mo. – The (24) Mizzou wrestling team defeated (19) Iowa State on senior day, 27-6. The victory improves Mizzou’s record to 12-7 (8-0 MAC). Results: 125: #28 Cameron Valdiviez (16-10) vs. #8 Alex Mackall (16-5) – L, 9-5 (1:55 RT) | 0-3133: #11 Allan Hart (17-8) vs. #16 Todd Small (15-8) – W, 4-0 (1:58 RT) | 3-3141: Alex Butler (13-7) vs.

Mizzou basketball falls to Arkansas on the road

February 22, 2020 2:52 PM Tyler Murry

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The Mizzou basketball team lost to the Arkansas Razorbacks, 78-68, to end a two-game winning streak. The loss drops Mizzou’s record to 13-14 (5-9 SEC). The Tigers started the game firing and led by as much as 13 points. However, 11 first-half turnovers allowed the Razorbacks to lead at the half. Kobe

Web Extra: Mizzou women’s basketball prepares for senior night

February 21, 2020 4:24 PM Tyler Murry

Hear from Robin Pingeton, Amber Smith, Jordan Chavis and Hayley Frank as the Mizzou women’s basketball team gets ready for senior night Sunday against Ole Miss at 5 p.m.

Web Extra: Cuonzo Martin previews game against Arkansas

February 21, 2020 3:48 PM Tyler Murry

Watch Cuonzo Martin’s full interview as the Mizzou basketball team prepares for its game against Arkansas Saturday at 12 p.m.

Kam Scott to transfer away from Mizzou football

February 21, 2020 3:21 PM Tyler Murry

COLUMBIA, Mo. – A spokesperson for the Mizzou football team confirms that wide receiver Kam Scott will transfer away from the team. Scott has entered his name into the transfer portal. Based on court records, officers arrested Scott on Feb. 1 for marijuana possession, operating a vehicle without a license and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Local highlights and scores: Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020

February 20, 2020 10:16 PM Tyler Murry

Here is a look at your local highlights and scores for Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. The (15) Columbia College women’s basketball team defeated St. Louis College of Pharmacy, 84-45. The Columbia College men’s basketball team lost to St. Louis College of Pharmacy, 76-71. The high school state wrestling quarterfinals for both boys and girls also

Frank and Blackwell lead Mizzou to road win

February 20, 2020 9:01 PM Tyler Murry

NASHVILLE – The youth movement is well underway for the Mizzou women’s basketball team as a pair of freshmen led the Tigers to a, 78-66, win over Vanderbilt. The victory improves Mizzou’s record to 7-19 (4-9 SEC). Freshman Hayley Frank led the way with 24 points while freshman Aijha Blackwell had 18 points and 14

Pinson’s career night propels Mizzou past Ole Miss

February 18, 2020 10:16 PM Andrew Kauffman

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou basketball team held to beat Ole Miss 71-68 on Tuesday night. Xavier Pinson scored a career-high 32 points. He’s now scored 60 points in his last two games combined. Dru Smith finished with 17 points, five rebounds and four assists. “We’re playing good basketball, and I think there’s still room