WASHINGTON, D.C. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team started a highly-anticipated season off with a win, on Monday, as the Tigers handled business, 88-67, on the road at Howard. Head coach Dennis Gates and company showed off their depth against the Bison. The Tigers had just as much production off the bench, as they did
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Ahead of Monday’s season opener, Mizzou women’s basketball announced that Rock Bridge alum Averi Kroenke will miss the entire 2025-26 season due to a lower-body injury. The redshirt junior has averaged 2.0 points and 1.8 assists over the course of her career, as the team said she will begin recovery immediately to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Students spoke and Mizzou Athletics listened. Following a social media outcry over the new configuration of the student section out at Mizzou Arena, Tiger Athletics announced that it made some changes, ahead of Monday’s women’s basketball opener. You might remember that in the weeks leading up to the season, Athletic Director Laird
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones sat down Mizzou men’s basketball coach Dennis Gates in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the full interview on SportsZone at 10:30 on KMIZ. The pair previewed Coach Gates’ fourth season in Columbia, breaking down new additions, returning talent and where he feels
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The 2025-26 season opened on Sunday for the Missouri wrestling team at the Hearnes Center. The Tigers competed in the Missouri Duals, where they picked up two shutout wins and added another victory by more than 30 points to start the season 3-0. For the first time in program history, Mizzou squared
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Gymnastics hosted an open intrasquad meet spread across two days. Uneven bars and vault took place on Friday, with balance beam and floor routines being held on Saturday. This was the first time head coach Shannon Welker has shown off his squad since their third-place finish at the national championships in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou cross country opened the postseason in Knoxville, Tennessee, at the SEC Championships, where both No. 22 men’s and No. 23 women’s teams finished in fifth place. For the men, it was their second consecutive season slotting in at No. 5, totaling 145 points. 12 points separated the second and fifth teams,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) For the second-straight season, the Mizzou men’s basketball team will tip off a brand new season on the road. The Tigers are set for a clash with Howard University in our nation’s capitol on Monday, Nov. 3. Head coach Dennis Gates said there’s quite a few advantages to starting off the year
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As Mizzou men’s basketball is set to debut a new-look roster when the 2025-26 campaign opens up on Monday, Nov. 3, head coach Dennis Gates and company will, undoubtedly, lean on their returning talent to pave the way. The Tigers will enter Coach Gates’ fourth season in Columbia with three returning starters
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou quarterback Beau Pribula and tight end Brett Norfleet’s timelines to return remain unclear. On Wednesday, MU head coach Eli Drinkwitz provided the latest information on Pribula and Norfleet’s statuses during the weekly SEC Football Coaches Teleconference, following their respective injuries in the team’s seven-point loss to Vanderbilt. Pribula exited Saturday’s game
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Women’s Basketball is represented on the 2026 Cheryl Miller Award Preseason Top-20. On Wednesday, Grace Slaughter was tabbed to the Cheryl Miller ‘Small Forward of the Year’ watch list, which honors the best small forwards in women’s college basketball. Texas forward Madison Booker has won the award in back-to-back years. Slaughter,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Tigers fans’ first glimpse at the new era of women’s basketball may not have gone as expected. Missouri suffered a 90-84 overtime loss Tuesday night in an exhibition game against the Maryville Saints at Mizzou Arena, marking the unofficial start to new head coach Kellie Harper’s tenure with the program. You can
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones sat down Mizzou women’s basketball coach Kellie Harper in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. The pair previewed Harper’s first season at the helm in Columbia. You can find a full transcript of the interview below. Be sure to also watch the full conversation on SportsZone
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As the No. 19 Mizzou football team is set to enter the back half of the 2025 season, the group is left with some questions to answer. That makes it the perfect time for the second bye week of the season, as the Tigers will get a week to regroup following a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) MU has closed out the 2025 regular season. Mizzou soccer fought back against Auburn for a 1-1 draw in their final contest of the year. Haley Chambliss picked up the lone score for the Columbia Tigers late in the second half. Auburn struck first, taking the lead in the 20th minute. Despite
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Volleyball took down Georgia 3-1 for its sixth straight win, heading into the Tennessee road trip. The Tigers improved to 15-7 with a win at the Hearnes Center against the Bulldogs on Sunday. MU held the Bulldogs to a .167 hitting percentage across the match. Senior Caylen Alexander led the team
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Football took a slight tumble in the Associated Press (AP) Poll. The Tigers (6-2) slipped to No. 19 in the newest rankings, following its seven-point loss to Vanderbilt (7-1) at FirstBank Stadium. Despite the four-spot slide, MU has been ranked in the top-20 of the poll in six straight weeks. Collectively,
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (KMIZ) No. 15 Mizzou (6-2) suffered more than just a loss at FirstBank Stadium. Quarterback Beau Pribula was forced to leave Saturday’s 17-10 defeat at No. 10 Vanderbilt (7-1) with an ankle injury. The Penn State transfer was taken to the locker room in a wheelchair with an air cast on his leg.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Eli Drinkwitz picked up another commit for next season’s squad. Ahmod Billins announced his decision to play for the Tigers in the coming fall on Saturday. The 6-foot-2 cornerback is the 16th three-star recruit that Mizzou has picked up, according to 247 Sports. He’s the 39th-ranked player in the state of Alabama
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (KMIZ) All the hoopla and national attention may be going the way of the No. 10 Vanderbilt Commodores, leading up to head coach Eli Drinkwitz and company’s Top-15 showdown in Nashville on Saturday, however, some of the biggest names in college football are telling fans not to look past Mizzou. The Music City
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