COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou basketball team will now host LSU on Saturday, March 6. The SEC announced the rescheduled matchup on Thursday afternoon. The Tigers were supposed to host LSU back on Jan. 9, but the game was postponed due to COVID-19 concerns. MU said it will honor its five seniors immediately following the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team led after each of the first three quarters on Thursday night, but the Tigers could not close out No. 20 Tennessee. The Lady Volunteers went on to beat the Tigers 78-73. https://youtu.be/gZMKjgM6GJQ MU was up 60-55 headed into the fourth quarter, but that’s when Rennia Davis went
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou soccer team won its spring season opener on Thursday afternoon. The Tigers beat Creighton 1-0 thanks to a Julissa Cisneros second half goal. You can watch the full highlights in the video player above.
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COLUMIA, Mo (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team will not host Texas A&M on Saturday, due to COVID-19 concerns within the Aggies’ program. Texas A&M has not played a game since the team met Kansas State in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge on Jan. 30. Up next – the Tigers will travel to Gainesville on March
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team did not find redemption against Ole Miss on Wednesday night, in a 60-53 loss at Mizzou Arena. The Tigers shot just 35 percent from the field in the first half, with the Rebels leading 33-24 at the break. However, after the half, Mizzou managed to put together
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou athletic director Jim Sterk met with reporters on Tuesday night. You can watch the full news conference in the video player above. Sterk said Mizzou athletics operated at an $8.9 million deficit for the 2019 fiscal year which was July 2019 to June 2020. He attributed the loss to COVID-19’s impact
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz completed his coaching staff on Tuesday morning ahead of spring practices. You can watch Coach Drinkwitz’s full news conference in the video player below. https://youtu.be/3ypw2sh1jWA Former Tulsa assistant coach Aaron Fletcher will replace David Gibbs as MU’s defensive backs coach. Drinkwitz also created two new positions on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The No. 24 Mizzou basketball team will play Ole Miss for the second time this season on Tuesday at 8 p.m. The Tigers are hoping for a different result after losing to the Rebels 80-59 in Oxford, Miss. on Feb. 10. “It was a tough game,” said Mizzou basketball assistant coach Marco
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman brought on Mizzou soccer coach Bryan Blitz in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. Coach Blitz and the Tigers are getting ready to start their first ever spring season. MU will host Creighton on Thursday at 3 p.m. You can watch the full conversation in the
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Three familiar faces made the short jump down Providence Road to Hickman High School, where they brought their Mizzou knowledge to a whole new program. The Kewpies named former MU women’s basketball standout Morgan Eye Scott as head coach over the summer. Since then, Scott added Jordan Roundtree and Michael Porter Sr.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team dominated Florida on Sunday afternoon. The Tigers beat the Gators 96-80 on senior day. MU honored its two seniors Shug Dickson and Shannon Dufficy before the game. Dickson finished with a season-high 20 points, and Dufficy had a season-high 19 points. Aijha Blackwell returned to action after
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Here are the local high school basketball scores from Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS GIRLS HOOPS Jackson (45) Rock Bridge (50) FINAL Jefferson City (63) Maryville (64) FINAL Fulton (25) Kirksville (46) FINAL St. Elizabeth (46) Hermitage (14) FINAL West Plains (61) Camdenton (42) FINAL
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team snapped its three-game losing streak with a 93-78 win over South Carolina on Saturday. The win marked senior forward Jeremiah Tilmon’s return to play after a death in his family. Although he was not in the starting line up, he finished the day with 17 points, on
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team will honor its seniors, Shannon Dufficy and Shug Dickson, in a Sunday afternoon match up with Florida. The duo has not been with Robin Pingeton’s group long, as they both transferred for their senior season before COVID-19. Dickson landed at Mizzou after transferring from both Tulsa and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The No. 25 Mizzou volleyball team swept Georgia, 3-0, on Friday night at the Hearnes Center. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. The Tigers will play the Bulldogs again on Saturday at 6 p.m. Also on Friday – the Mizzou baseball team lost its season opener to Grand
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team will hold its spring game on March 20. https://twitter.com/MizzouFootball/status/1362813446924996610 An MU spokesman said he anticipates fans will be allowed to attend with no more than 25% capacity. The Tigers will begin spring practices on Feb. 26. MU did not have a spring game last year due to COVID-19
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INDIANAPOLIS (KMIZ) The NCAA will allow up to 25% capacity at its upcoming Division 1 men’s basketball tournament. The NCAA said face coverings and physical distancing will be required to attend. On Friday – Mizzou basketball coach Cuonzo Martin said he was happy with the NCAA’s decision. “I think you’re always talking about energy and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou big man Jeremiah Tilmon is back with the team and is expected to play on Saturday on the road against South Carolina. Mizzou basketball coach Cuonzo Martin confirmed the news at his pregame news conference on Friday morning. You can watch the full interview in the video player above. Tilmon missed
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ORLANDO, Fla. (KMIZ) Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz has a new opening on his coaching staff. David Gibbs announced he is leaving the Mizzou football program to join UCF’s staff. https://twitter.com/UCF_Football/status/1362559655973642241 Gibbs will be the Golden Knights co-defensive coordinator and secondary coach under new head coach Gus Malzahn. Gibbs spent the last two seasons as
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team will head down to Florida on Friday to compete in FAU’s “Strike-out Cancer,” Tournament. Larissa Anderson’s team was originally supposed to travel to Waco, Texas to meet Prairie View A&M, No. 23 Baylor, and Northwestern State. However, official canceled the tournament due to winter weather. Instead, the Tigers
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