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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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team has suffered six straight SEC losses to end January, but a new opportunity for a fresh start starts Thursday as the Tigers get set to host Vanderbilt. Head coach Robin Pingeton said after the last loss against Kentucky that her team needs to win six of the
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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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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17’s Chanel Porter brought on Rock M Nation’s Mizzou hoops beat writer Parker Gillam in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. The two talked about the Mizzou men’s basketball team’s dominate performance Saturday taking down No. 12 Iowa State. Gillam said the Tigers found their rhythm at Ole Miss and kept
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team is still trying to work its way through a rough patch taking its sixth straight loss Sunday 77-54 at Kentucky. Mizzou won the first meeting between the two teams on Dec. 29 at Mizzou Arena 74-71. The Tigers struggled out of the gate scoring just nine points
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team stayed tough to beat at home knocking off No. 12 Iowa State 78-61 Saturday in the last annual SEC/Big 12 Challenge. The Tigers were led by Kobe Brown with a double-double 20 points and 12 rebounds. Three other Tigers also scored double-figures. Watch Mizzou’s full post-game press
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Coming off a road win, the Mizzou men’s basketball team is preparing for the last annual SEC/Big 12 Challenge hosting No. 12 Iowa State Saturday at 1 p.m. Head coach Dennis Gates has been big on tradition since taking over at MU hints why the Tigers decided to bring out throwback uniforms
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ATHENS, Ga. (KMIZ) The losing streak is now up to five games for the Mizzou women’s basketball team. The Tigers fell to Georgia on the road, 62-51, on Thursday night. With the loss, MU is 14-7 overall and 3-5 in SEC action, after starting 3-0 in conference play. MU had three players in double digit
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Southeastern Conference selected the No. 23 Mizzou softball team to finish eighth in the conference in 2023. MU is coming off of a season where the group hosted an NCAA Regional for the second-consecutive year. The group also made it to the SEC Tournament Championship for the second time in program
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OXFORD, Miss. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team shot lights out, with 16 three pointers from five different players, in the 89-77 win over Ole Miss on Tuesday night. Mizzou shot 54 percent from the field and 53 from three in the win. D’Moi Hodge led the team with 24 points and six three pointers,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Coming off of a week-long break, the Mizzou women’s basketball team came very close to snapping a three-game losing streak, but could not hang on in the final seconds. In the end, Tennessee came out on top with a 68-65 win. You can watch head coach Robin Pingeton and players’ full post
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie brought on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s Dave Matter in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. The two talked about an up and down week for the Mizzou men’s basketball team. The group upset No. 25 Arkansas, but ended up falling to No. 4 Alabama in front of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team could not complete its second Top-25 upset of the week against No. 4 Alabama, as the Crimson Tide rolled to a 85-64 win at Mizzou Arena. You can watch the full press conference with head coach Dennis gates and players in the video player below. https://youtu.be/IMRZzSUOFJY Big
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team is coming off a big revenge win against Arkansas, but the Tigers need to keep that momentum rolling if they want to take down the team that Dennis Gates calls the best in the nation, No. 4 Alabama, on Saturday. Even after Wednesday night’s finish against the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team had a week to reset after three straight SEC losses. The Tigers didn’t have it easy last falling to No. 1 South Carolina and No. 3 LSU and now getting ready to host Tennessee. Head coach Robin Pingeton said that the bye week couldn’t have came at
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A new quarterback is coming to Columbia. Former Miami Hurricanes QB Jake Garcia announced his commitment to the Tigers on Friday afternoon. The former Top-25 recruit entered the transfer portal on Tuesday and quickly made a decision from there. He redshirted in his first year at Miami, in 2021, and played in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou men’s basketball forward Kobe Brown was recognized as one of the nation’s top players on Thursday as he was named to the Oscar Robertson Trophy Midseason Watch List, which is awarded to the National Player of the Year by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association. The first-team All-SEC Preseason senior leads the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team got back in the win column Wednesday night at home taking down No. 25 Arkansas Razorbacks 79-76. Watch extended highlights of the win in the video player below. https://youtu.be/40RQi5pLI2A Mizzou struggling to get on the board early, but got back in the game to trail by one
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