WATCH: Mizzou football coach takes questions ahead of New Mexico State game
Mizzou football head coach Eli Drinkwitz is scheduled to take questions from reporters at noon Tuesday.
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Mizzou women remain undefeated in win against Western Kentucky
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) With three players scoring into the double-digits, the Mizzou women’s basketball team captured its fourth win of the season against Western Kentucky on Monday night. The victory puts MU at 4-0 to start the season. You can watch extended highlights of the win in the video player below. https://youtu.be/duVXEkbQBNs Senior Lauren Hansen
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Mizzou women overcome turnover battle for win against Southeast Missouri State
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team overcame 23 turnovers against the Southeast Missouri State RedHawks to get the 62-50 win on Sunday afternoon. “We’ll take it,” head coach Robin Pingeton said after the game. “I don’t know what else to say about that.” You can watch the full press conference with Pingeton and
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Team effort powers Mizzou men’s basketball to third straight win
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team improved to 3-0 on the season Sunday evening with a 82-53 win over Lindenwood. Kobe Brown led the Tigers with 13 points, nine rebounds, seven assists and three steals. Noah Carter had 14 points and Nick Honor added 11. Watch the full post-game press conference below. https://youtu.be/uz4I7YGEo2Y
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Sunday Sit-down with Jarrett Sutton
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on Mizzou men’s basketball alum and broadcaster Jarrett Sutton in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch their full conversation in the video player above.
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Huge second half powers Tennessee over Mizzou
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After trailing Tennessee by just four points early in the third quarter, the Mizzou Tigers gave up 38 points in the second half to fall to the Vols 66-24. The Mizzou defense gave up a total of 724 yards. Vols quarterback Hendon Hooker passed for 355 yards and three scores, plus had
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Mizzou WBB wins big in home opener
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After a win on the road to start the season, the Mizzou women’s basketball team got an even bigger win at home Thursday, 83-38 over Bradley. Watch the full press-conference from after the game below. https://youtu.be/5ZX2O-BIqoc The Tigers were led by Lauren Hansen with 17 points followed by Jayla Kelly with 13
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Mizzou hoops signs three in Early Signing Period
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball officially signed three new players during the early signing period. Jordan Butler, Trent Pierce, and Anthony Robinson II all put pen to paper on Wednesday. All three will join the program in the 2023-24 season as a part of the nation’s No. 17 ranked class, according to 247Sports.
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Mizzou WBB cites “sisterhood” as key to a special locker room
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team opened up the regular season with a win against in-state foe Missouri State on Monday night. The victory snapped a three-game losing streak against the Bears, but also revealed MU’s team chemistry. Head coach Robin Pingeton returned five major contributors from last season in guards Lauren Hansen,
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Mizzou MBB takes lessons from season opener into game two
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou men’s basketball coach Dennis Gates said he learned a lot about his team in the group’s season-opening win against Southern Indiana. He specifically pointed to how the group overcame adversity in the final minutes of Monday’s win. “No one pointed a finger at another. No one blamed one person. It is
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Mizzou football gears up for trip to No. 5 Tennessee
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Head coach Eli Drinkwitz said that Neyland Stadium will likely be the toughest place that his team will play in this season, as the Tigers prepare to take on No. 5 Tennessee on Saturday. Mizzou is heading to Knoxville off a close loss to Kentucky at Faurot Field. The Tigers had a
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WATCH: Mizzou football coach Drinkwitz takes questions ahead of Tennessee game
Mizzou football head coach Eli Drinkwitz will take questions from reporters at noon Tuesday.
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Gates starts Mizzou era with a home win against Southern Indiana
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Dennis Gates officially began his era at Mizzou Arena Monday night with a 97-91 win over Southern Indiana in front of the biggest crowd for an opener in five years with 10,723 fans. Watch the post-game press conference with Gates and players below. The Tigers were led by one of the few
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Mizzou women’s basketball wins opener at Missouri State
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team won the season opener on the road at Missouri State 68-51. The Tigers were led by senior forward Hayley Frank with 17 points and four rebounds. Sara-Rose Smith also started the season big with a double-double, 10 points and 10 boards. Mizzou dominated in the paint scoring
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RECAP: A new chapter added to the Mizzou, Kentucky saga
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou, Kentucky series is no stranger to controversy and a new one was added to the list on Saturday. With the Tigers down by just four points, the refs called a roughing the punter penalty on MU. It was a call that gave Kentucky the ball back and put the win
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Sunday Sit-down with KTGR’s Andy Humphrey
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on the KTGR’s co-host of ‘The Big Show,’ Andy Humphrey in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the full conversation in the video player above.
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Mizzou wrestling gets opening win on the diamond
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The No. 3 Mizzou wrestling team opened its season with a dominant win over Lindenwood 55-0, taking all ten matches in the second ever Dual on the Diamond. Noah Surtin started things off hot with a pin in the 125-pound weight class followed by a pin from Connor Brown in the 133-pound
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Mizzou can’t hang on in a nail-biter with Kentucky
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou Tigers did not come out with the win in a close home game with the Kentucky Wildcats. Despite a 14 point fourth quarter, the Tigers came up short in the 21-17 loss in front of the biggest crowd in the Eli Drinkwitz era, 61,047 fans. You can watch the full
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Mizzou Saturday football game to cause traffic impacts
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou is set to kick off against the University of Kentucky at Faurot Field at 11:00 a.m Saturday. With more people in town, some traffic impacts are to be expected. Those attending the game will need to keep parking in mind, as spots can fill up quickly due to increased crowds. Several public
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Two-year contract extension keeps Eli Drinkwitz at Mizzou through 2027
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri announced Saturday that the Board of Curators voted 7-0 to approve a two-year contract extension for head football coach Eli Drinkwitz through 2027. Drinkwitz led the Tigers to bowl appearances in both of his first two seasons and at Faurot Field, he has won nearly 71% of his
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