COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Mark Smith scored 18 points, Xavier Pinson added 17 and Dru Smith 16 as Missouri cruised past Oral Roberts in a season opener 91-64 Wednesday night. Mark Smith and Dru Smith, who are not related and are among three Smiths on the team, shot a combined 12-of-19 for the Tigers. Mark…
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (November 23, 2020) – The Arkansas at Missouri football game of November 28 has been postponed, resulting in rescheduling of games that include Vanderbilt playing at Missouri on November 28 and the postponement of the Tennessee at Vanderbilt game originally scheduled for November 28. The Arkansas at Missouri football game of November 28…
During its meeting this morning, the MVC Presidents Council reaffirmed its priorities for decision-making regarding COVID-19 matters, which include: health and safety, ethical responsibility in decision-making, student-athlete experience, quality of competition and opportunities for national competitiveness. The Presidents Council also acknowledged that athletically-related activities will take place only to the extent permitted by local environments…
ST. LOUIS – Saint Louis University will host the Billiken Classic next week at Chaifetz Arena. The MTE (multi-team event) will also include LSU, SIUE and University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis. Below is the schedule of games: Billiken Classic Wednesday, Nov. 25 Saint Louis vs. SIUE Thursday, Nov. 26 SIUE vs. LSU Saturday, Nov. 28 Saint Louis vs.…
The University of Maryland-Baltimore County pulled off one of the greatest upsets in American sports history at the 2018 NCAA Tournament, knocking off Virginia to become the first No. 16 seed to beat a No. 1. The madness kept coming that March from Pittsburgh to San Diego. Top-ranked Xavier lost in the second round and…
COLUMBIA, MO. – Mizzou Men’s Basketball redshirt senior point guard Dru Smith was named preseason second-team All-SEC by a voting panel of both SEC and national media members, announced by the league office on Thursday. Smith took the SEC by storm in 2019-20 after transferring from Evansville, leading Mizzou in scoring (12.7 PPG), assists (3.9…
COLUMBIA, Mo. – The November 14 Georgia at Missouri football game has been postponed due to combination of positive tests, contact tracing and subsequent quarantining of individuals within one position group of the Tigers’ football program, consistent with Southeastern Conference COVID-19 management requirements. Because Missouri has a game tentatively scheduled for December 12, the opportunity…
ST. LOUIS – Saint Louis’ senior trio of Jordan Goodwin, Hasahn French and Javonte Perkins were named to the Atlantic 10 Conference’s preseason All-Conference team, the league announced today. Also, the Billikens were picked to finish second in the A-10 race in the annual preseason poll. The preseason All-Conference teams and the projected order of…
This week’s winner of the Schnucks/KTRS High School Athlete of the Week is Taryn Tkachuk from Villa Duchesne. Tkachuk scored 32 goals in leading Villa to an undefeated state championship season in Field Hockey. Of course, Taryn is also the daughter of former St. Louis Blue Keith Tkachuk, and the sister of Matthew and Brady…
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Men’s Basketball’s 2020-21 Southeastern Conference schedule was announced Friday as well as additional nonconference matchups. The league portion of the schedule is set while the nonconference slate is still under construction with dates subject to change and potential games to be added. Mizzou’s 2021 SEC schedule will open up Dec. 30 vs.…