COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Both the Columbia College men’s and women’s basketball teams got wins Saturday afternoon at the Southwell Complex against William Woods. Up first, the women’s team downed the Owls 66-41 led by a big double-double performance from Hannah Ferguson. Ferguson finished the day with 14 points and 11 rebounds. Abby Backes added nine
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz introduced the Tigers’ new offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Kirby Moore, before the start of the MU men’s basketball game on Saturday morning. Moore is joining Drinkwitz’s staff after six years at Fresno State, where he most recently served as the offensive coordinator in 2022. Drinkwitz said
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The No. 20 Mizzou men’s basketball team is in the midst of preparation for Saturday’s game against Vanderbilt. The Tigers will return home after a close loss to No. 13 Arkansas on Wednesday night. Head coach Dennis Gates said there is a balancing act between learning from Wednesday night’s loss and moving
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LAS VEGAS, Nev. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou linebacker Michael Scherer landed his first defensive coordinator job on Thursday. The 29-year-old will take over at UNLV on his former head coach Barry Odom’s staff. Scherer worked with Odom at Arkansas, before the head coach took the job at UNLV in December. He spent two seasons coaching the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou running back Elijah Young announced that he will be entering the transfer portal on Tuesday afternoon after three seasons in Columbia. The junior saw more game action earlier in the 2022 season, but Young faded more to the background as the season went on and Truman State transfer Cody Schrader became
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team will make the trip back down to Alabama to meet the Crimson Tide, just days after recording a gritty win against Auburn. With MU’s win over the other SEC Tigers, head coach Robin Pingeton and company improved to 13-2 on the season and 2-0 in conference play.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou defensive coordinator Blake Baker received some good news on Tuesday morning. Standout defensive end Trajan Jeffcoat said he will be staying in Columbia for one more season. 2023 will be Jeffcoat’s sixth season with Mizzou. He saw action in every single one of his seasons, except for his redshirt year in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) For the first time under first-year head coach Dennis Gates, the Mizzou men’s basketball team cracked the AP Poll with a No. 20 ranking on Monday. It is the first time in nearly two years that MU has broken into the nation’s top 25 list. The Tigers last did it under former
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou defensive lineman Darius Robinson started off 2023 by announcing that he will return to Columbia for one more season, instead of declaring for the NFL Draft. In a social media post on Sunday, Robinson said, “I was blessed with the opportunity to start my NFL career now. However, I’m committed to
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AUBURN, Ala. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team came out on top in a back and forth fight with Auburn on Sunday. The Tigers downed the other Tigers 62-56 at Auburn Arena. Hayley Frank continues to impress in her senior season, as she put up her second-straight 20 point game. The forward finished with 23
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The past year has not only seen its fair share of news stories from across Mid-Missouri, but weather and sports had its time in the headlines. Feb. 2 would had a snow storm where some parts of Missouri saw close to 11 inches of snow. With 15.5 inches of our total snow fall for
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DENVER, Col. (KMIZ) The Denver Broncos signed former Mizzou running back Tyler Badie to the team’s 53-man roster on Thursday. The move comes after Badie ended his practice squad contract with the Baltimore Ravens on Wednesday. The Ravens drafted Badie in the sixth round of the 2022 NFL Draft, but he never made his NFL
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team announced that quarterback Brady Cook underwent right shoulder surgery on Thursday morning and, as a result, will miss all of spring football. The team added that his surgery, to repair a torn labrum, was successful. He was inured during the Kansas State game in week two, but played
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Water pipes that burst over the weekend caused “significant damage” at Faurot Field, according to a University of Missouri spokesman.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17’s Chanel Porter brought on Columbia College Athletic Director and women’s basketball coach James Arnold in this week’s Christmas edition of Sunday Sit-down to talk all things Cougars athletics. Arnold got back into coaching this season taking over the Cougars women’s basketball team who have started the season 9-3. “We were
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) In his second year as the head basketball coach at Stephens College, Andre Bell recruited a group that didn’t just fit who he wanted his team to be on the court, but off the court as well. The Stars have set goals to create history at a place that doesn’t have much
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TAMPA, Fla. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team sealed a losing record for the 2022 season with a 27-17 loss to Wake Forest in the Gasparilla Bowl on Friday night. The Tigers finish the season at 6-7 overall. The Demon Deacons got off to a quick start against MU. The first touchdown of the game came
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ATHENS, Ga. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou wide receiver Dominic Lovett announced his commitment to the Georgia Bulldogs on Thursday, just 18 days after he announced he would be entering the transfer portal. The sophomore finished fourth in the SEC in receiving yards in 2022, as he caught 56 passes for more than 840 yards and three
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) William Woods University announced that Steve Wilson will be the new Director of Athletics for the Owls, starting in 2023. Wilson will take the helm of the department with more than 20 years of experience in collegiate athletics. He will officially step into the position on Jan. 15, 2023, succeeding Interim Athletics
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team will leave for its Gasparilla Bowl matchup against Wake Forest on Monday morning. The Tigers will be down quite a few players headed into the Dec. 23 game. A total of 10 players entered the transfer portal, as well as a few guys declaring for the NFL Draft.
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