GAINESVILLE, Fla. (KMIZ) Mizzou guard Dru Smith’s reverse layup in the final seconds lifted the Tigers over Florida on Wednesday night. The Tigers beat the Gators on the road 72-70. You can watch the game-winning shot here. https://youtu.be/wIzeQQHIzrA Mizzou had five players in double-figures. Dru Smith led the way with 17 points and nine assists.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou wide receiver Dominic Lovett earned his No. 7 before spring practice on Tuesday. The East St. Louis native is an early enrollee this spring. Head coach Eli Drinkwitz had high praise for Lovett. “He’s just been consistent, playing with great effort, making plays,” Drinkwitz said. “[He] made some explosive plays in Friday’s
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou basketball team will play its final road game of the regular season on Wednesday against Florida at 5:30 p.m. The Gators are 13-6 overall and 9-5 in the SEC. They’re currently on a three-game winning streak. We spoke with head coach Cuonzo Martin ahead of the matchup on Tuesday morning.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou women’s basketball standouts Aijha Blackwell and Mama Dembele each earned SEC honors on Tuesday. The SEC named Blackwell to its All-SEC second team. The sophomore standout is averaging 14 points and 11 rebounds per game this season. She will likely become just the fifth MU player in program history to average
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The Mizzou baseball team ended its series with Omaha in a tie after a 9-3 loss on Sunday. The Tigers trailed the majority of the game, but managed to tie it up at three going into the ninth inning. https://youtu.be/Un3S5XNqCUw However, MU’s bullpen could not hold off the Mavericks, as they scored
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman brought on Mizzou beat writer Dave Matter from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the full conversation in the video player above.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou quarterback Connor Bazelak is gearing up for his second season as the Tigers starting quarterback. Bazelak said he wants to work on throwing a better deep ball and scoring more touchdowns in the red zone this spring. ABC 17’s Nathalie Jones tells us what’s changed for Bazelak since he first stepped
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STARKVILLE, Miss. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team closed out the regular season with a huge road win over Mississippi State. The Tigers beat the Bulldogs 77-57 on Sunday afternoon. Shug Dickson scored 16 points and brought down five rebounds to lead the Tigers. Aijha Blackwell finished with 14 points and 12 rebounds. MU finishes
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The Mizzou baseball team will still have a shot at the series win over Omaha, after splitting the double-header with the Mavericks on Saturday. The Tigers bounced back after dropping the first game of the day, 17-11. MU had a one run lead going into the fourth inning, but Omaha’s bats lit
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are the Mizzou athletics scores from Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. SOFTBALL (20) Mizzou 6 | Middle Tennessee 3 FINAL (20) Mizzou 8 | South Alabama 3 FINAL BASEBALL Mizzou 12 | Omaha 10 FINAL VOLLEYBALL (25) Mizzou 3 | South Carolina
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team opened up spring practice on Friday afternoon as head coach Eli Drinkwitz enters year two with program. https://youtu.be/ZXLV_6z13zI Drinkwitz gave a quick injury update at his news conference after Day 1 of spring practice WR Jalen Knox had surgery on a “lower extremity” and will be out for
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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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