COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia College women’s basketball team advanced to the AMC Tournament semifinals with a dominant win over Cottey College on Friday night. The Cougars routed the Comets, 84-48. Sophomore Mallory Shetley led the scoring attack with a team-high 16 points in the win. However, it was a by-committee effort on the box
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KMIZ) The No. 15 Mizzou gymnastics took down No. 17 Arkansas with a program-high team score on Friday night. MU won 197.850 to 196.650. The Tigers finished with the top scorer in three out of the four rotations in Fayetteville. Sophomore Jocelyn Moore notched a 9.975 on the vault. That score comes just
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou guard Ashton Judd is this week’s SEC Freshman of the Week. The conference made the announcement on Tuesday. Judd averaged about 16 points on 70 percent shooting, as well as four rebounds in wins against Mississippi State and Texas A&M. The West Plains alum also set a new career-high with 17
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team routed Texas A&M in a 65-31 win in College Station on Monday night, which put the Tigers at 6-8 overall in SEC play. Freshman Ashton Judd led the team with 16 points, which followed up a career-high 17 point game against Mississippi State on Thursday night.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou junior Alex Honnold received her first-ever SEC honor on Monday evening, as the conference named her the co-player of the week. The Tigers went 6-0 on a road trip to Florida over the past week. In that time, Honnold notched a .643 batting average, 1.357 slugging percentages and a .762 on-base
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team will look to come out on top in the second meeting of the season with Mississippi State on Tuesday night. Last time out, the Bulldogs won by 11 points in Starkville. However, MU will have the home court advantage this time. The Tigers are 14-3 at home
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team is building a new identity after graduating several seniors after the 2022 season. Head coach Larissa Anderson said her team’s new motto is ‘never go alone.’ “That’s what they’ve been saying to each other. Like, if you’re going to go to the field to take reps, don’t go
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie brought on KTGR’s co-host of ‘The Big Show’ Andy Humphrey in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch their full conversation in the video player above.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The No. 11 Mizzou gymnastics team put on a show for a record-breaking crowd at the Hearnes Center on Sunday night. The home Tigers upset No. 5 Auburn 197.450 to 196.550, which is the highest score of the season for MU. The highlights of the night was when sophomore Jocelyn Moore earned
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MIAMI, Fla. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team captured the Panther Invitational Championship with a 6-4 win over Pittsburgh on Sunday morning. With the win, the Tigers went 5-0 through three days of action. Head coach Larissa Anderson and company downed Butler, Pittsburgh and Florida International University on the three-day road trip. The weekend put MU
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team put up a much-needed win against Mississippi State on Thursday night. The Tigers topped the Bulldogs 75-62 at Mizzou Arena. MSU got out to an early lead against MU, but the Tigers stormed back in the second quarter to take a lead into the locker room. The
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GLENDALE, Ariz. (KMIZ) When Super Bowl LVII kicks off on Sunday evening, it will mark the first time that two Black quarterbacks have faced off in the championship game, as Patrick Mahomes and Jalen Hurts battle for the Lombardi Trophy. “It’s a historic moment, with two historic football teams,” Mahomes said on Opening Night. “So
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Baptist University men’s basketball team nailed a three-pointer with 1.8 seconds left to lift them to a 72-71 win at Columbia College on Saturday at the Southwell Complex. Missouri Baptist improved to 13-12 (9-4 AMC) with the win, while Columbia fell to 17-7 (9-3 AMC). The Cougars remain in first place in
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PHOENIX, Ariz. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou hoops standout Sophie Cunningham will be continuing her WNBA career in Phoenix, after signing a multi-year deal on Friday. Cunningham had a breakout season in 2022, which was her fourth year in the league. She was considered a top candidate for the Most Improved Player award, as she averaged career
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team will roll into Starkville, Miss. on a three-game winning streak on Saturday. Head coach Dennis Gates said the Tigers’ matchup against the Bulldogs will not be an easy one. “They do a great job of, offensively, doing the things that they need to do, whether it’s to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A trip home, to Mizzou Arena, was just what the doctor ordered for the Tiger women’s basketball team. Head coach Robin Pingeton and company took down Vanderbilt 86-69 to break up a six-game losing streak on Thursday night. Four Tigers got into double digit scoring in the win, including Hayley Frank, Lauren
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou shortstop Jenna Laird received another preseason honor on Thursday. The junior was named to the 2023 Preseason All-SEC Softball Team for the second straight year. Laird led the Tigers in 2022 batting .338 with 11 doubles, three triples, 44 runs scored and 22 stolen bases. She had 20 multi-hit games in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team hit 13 3-pointers in the win against LSU on Wednesday night. The 87-77 win snapped MU’s eight-game losing streak in the series against the other Tigers. 11 of the Tigers’ 13 total 3-pointers came in the first half of play. More than that, five of those first
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DENVER (AP) — University of Denver basketball player Coban Porter has been charged with felony counts of vehicular homicide and vehicular assault stemming from a suspected drunken-driving crash that killed a 42-year-old woman. Porter is the brother of Denver Nuggets star Michael Porter Jr. Investigators say Corban Porter smelled of alcohol and his speech was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball teams enters February 16-5 on the season and 4-4 in SEC play. Kicking the month off, the Tigers will host LSU Wednesday at 8 p.m. With a month full of conference games, Dennis Gates is expecting the competition to take it up a notch. “We’re in a part
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