Mizzou Mens Basketball

For the vast majority of their game against the Missouri Tigers on Tuesday night, the South Carolina Gamecocks shot around the 60% mark from the field. While being outshot by nearly 15% at times, the Tigers needed to find a way to claw their way back into the contest. They did this by winning the turnover battle, finishing the game with nine steals and forcing the Gamecocks into 14 turnovers, holding on to win 83-74...

DeAndre Gholston may have hit Missouri’s two biggest shots of the night on Wednesday night in a 79-76 win over the Arkansas Razorbacks. Gholston shot lights-out in the final minutes, hitting a 3-pointer to tie the game at 67 and hitting a fading jumper through contact to tie the game back up at 71 just a minute later. His and the team’s clutch shooting performance helped the Tigers to an intense comeback victory...

SIKESTON — Charleston rising sophomore PJ Farmer has made quite a name for himself on the national recruiting trail this summer while playing on the AAU circuit. The 6-foot-1-inch, Class of 2025 guard earned four Division I scholarship offers after leading the Michael Porter Elite 17U to a 3-1 overall record while averaging about 19 points per game this past weekend at the Hardwood Classic in Kansas City, Mo...

Southeast Missouri State junior guard Eric Reed Jr. was recently named as a Second Team selection for District 18 by the National Association of Basketball Coaches. Reed, Jr. was a First-Team All-Ohio Valley Conference selection this season after leading SEMO in scoring (16.1 ppg), free throw percentage (101-of-124, .815), and 3-point field goals made (71) while dishing out 52 assists and collecting 30 steals.

Mizzou handled Southeast Missouri State 59-28 on Sept. 21, 2021 at Memorial Stadium in Columbia.

An expectation for every basketball team, at every level, is that its returning players will be better than they were the previous season. Thus, the purpose of the off-season. However, that has not been the case with the Southeast Missouri State men's program...

When it comes to national exposure, the Southeast Missouri men’s basketball program is lagging behind its peers. That is one of the criticisms leveled against the Redhawk program in an article published recently on the sports website watchstadium.com.

For fans of college basketball that have followed the negative news surrounding the sport in recent years, it will come as no surprise what Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball coach Rick Ray was looking for when he hired his latest assistant coach.

After watching Missouri basketball for two seasons it is pretty clear to Tiger fans that men's basketball coach Cuonzo Martin is going to roll out squads that shoot 3-pointers with great frequency. Over the course of 65 games under Martin, Missouri has connected on 216 more shots beyond the arc than its opposition...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Auburn guard Bryce Brown had to wait until his senior season to experience a victory at the Southeastern Conference Tournament. Now he and his teammates want more. Brown scored all 17 of his points in the second half, and No. 22 Auburn beat Missouri 81-71 Thursday in the second round of the Southeastern Conference Tournament...

ATHENS, Ga. -- Jordan Geist scored 18 points and Torrence Watson had 17 to lead Missouri to a 64-39 win over Georgia on Wednesday night in a matchup of two of the SEC's bottom teams. Watson made each of his five 3-pointers in the second half. Neither team made a 3 in a low-scoring first half...

STARKVILLE, Miss. -- Tyson Carter scored a season-high 22 points, Quinndary Weatherspoon added 20 and Mississippi State beat Missouri 68-49 on Tuesday night. Mississippi State (21-7, 9-6 Southeastern Conference) has won five straight league games for the first time since 2008...

The Southeast Missouri State baseball team opened its season Saturday, but still has yet to complete a game. The Redhawks' opener was originally scheduled for Friday, but inclement weather pushed the game back a day. Then, the Redhawks, along with other athletic teams at the university and the Western Michigan team it faced, had to spend Saturday morning and early afternoon clearing snow from Capaha Field...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Missouri locked down on the final defensive possession and squeaked by Arkansas 79-78 Tuesday night. The Tigers were up three points with 17 seconds remaining when Arkansas' Daniel Gafford threw down an alley-oop dunk from Jalen Harris. On the ensuing inbound play, Missouri's Xavier Pinson committed a push-off foul to give Arkansas the ball back and a chance to win...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee has matched the longest winning streak of Rick Barnes' 32-year head coaching career. Admiral Schofield and Grant Williams scored 13 points each as the top-ranked Volunteers defeated Missouri 72-60 on Tuesday night to earn their 17th straight victory, extending a school record. Barnes' only other 17-game winning streak came in 2009-10 at Texas...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- Isaiah Joe scored 23 points, and Arkansas rallied from an early deficit to snap a four-game losing streak, beating Missouri 72-60 Wednesday night in Bud Walton Arena. Joe knocked down seven 3-pointers and fueled a late second-half run turning a close game into a runaway...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Avery Johnson Jr. scored 14 points to lead Alabama to a 70-60 road victory over Missouri on Wednesday. Johnson -- the son of Crimson Tide head coach Avery Johnson -- shattered his season high of four points. Johnson shot 5-for-10 from the field and compiled his highest points total since his career-high 23-point performance against South Carolina in February 2017...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Tennessee coach Rick Barnes told Kyle Alexander to stop thinking about scoring and concentrate only on defense and rebounding. Since the talk last week, the points and rebounds have come in bunches for the 6-foot-11 senior forward. Alexander scored 14 points and grabbed a career-high 17 rebounds as third-ranked Tennessee routed Missouri 87-63 Tuesday at Mizzou Arena. It was Alexander's second straight double-double in Southeastern Conference play...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Maybe one prominent loss can turn into a few crucial victories. That's the hope of Rick Ray. The Southeast Missouri State men's basketball coach believes Monday night's close shave against Florida State -- the Redhawks led for more than 21 minutes of the game before falling 85-68 at the Tucker Center -- can turn into a positive for his team...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- When Jeremiah Tilmon caught the ball in the post on Missouri's first possession against Xavier, he waited for a double-team. It didn't arrive. So he spun into the lane and powered his way to the basket, hitting the shot and drawing a foul...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Mark Smith scored 14 points and Missouri's offense came alive in the second half to defeat Oral Roberts 80-64 Friday night for its third win in a row. The Tigers fed off the 3-point ball all game. Freshman Torrence Watson shot 4-for-4 from 3, and Smith knocked in three from beyond the arc as well. Missouri finished 12-for-26 from 3...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Jeremiah Tilmon posted 10 points and 12 rebounds -- his second double-double this season -- to lead Missouri to a 65-45 victory over UT Arlington on Tuesday night. The 6-foot-10 Tilmon took advantage of an undersized UTA frontcourt. The tallest players in the Mavericks' starting lineup -- Andres Ibarguen and Patrick Mwamba -- are each 6 foot 5. The sophomore forward has been heating up, and has now scored double-digits in each of his last three contests...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Fran Dunphy's last season as Temple's coach produced a November to remember. The Owls calmly held off a late Missouri charge to win 79-77, claiming their third victory over a Power 5 conference opponent this season after previous wins over Georgia and Cal...

ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands -- Kevin Puryear scored 17 points, and Missouri pulled ahead in the final two minutes to beat Kennesaw State 55-52 on Friday at the Paradise Jam tournament. Jeremiah Tilmon added 12 points for the Tigers (2-1), who will face Oregon State in Sunday's semifinals at the University of the Virgin Islands' Sports and Fitness Center...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Missouri sophomore transfer Mark Smith shot just 23.2 percent from 3 in his freshman season at Illinois. When the NCAA granted Smith eligibility in late October, the Tigers expected him to contribute, but maybe not like he did Tuesday night...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Michael Porter Jr. was supposed to leave a lasting impression on the Missouri basketball program when one of the top players in the nation committed to play for the Tigers last season. Then his brother Jontay was supposed to be the one to do it...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Missouri star Jontay Porter tore ligaments in his knee during a closed scrimmage with Southern Illinois on Sunday and will miss the upcoming season. The school said the sophomore forward tore his ACL and MCL but declined further comment...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Missouri forward Jontay Porter has withdrawn his name from the NBA draft and will return for his sophomore season. The school announced Porter's decision Wednesday, the final day the 6-foot-11 forward could remove his name from the draft and return to the Tigers for next season. Porter followed the lead of his brother, Michael Porter Jr., in declaring for the draft last month, but he didn't hire an agent...

The Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team announced Friday that guard Ray Kowalski intends to transfer out of the program. Kowalski appeared in 26 games for the Redhawks during the 2017-18 season, starting five. The 6-foot-3, 195-pound Concord, North Carolina, product averaged 4.9 points in 16.8 minutes per game, shooting 40.5 percent from 3-point range...

A local face is joining the Southeast Missouri State women's tennis team, coach Mary Beth Gunn announced Tuesday. Notre Dame Regional High School student, and Cape Girardeau native, Grace Powderly will play for SEMO next season as a freshman. Powederly, a three-time Semoball Awards girls tennis finalist, advanced to the Class 1 singles state tournament as a junior and senior. ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Missouri's Michael Porter Jr. says he is declaring for the NBA draft. The 6-foot-10 forward made the announcement on Instagram on Monday "after talking it over with my coaches and my family." Missouri was eliminated from the NCAA Tournament by Florida State in the opening round. The freshman scored 16 points in 28 minutes as a reserve, just his third appearance of the season due to a back injury...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Ninth-seeded Florida State has lots of guys who can score, and the Seminoles used that depth to win their fourth straight NCAA Tournament opener. Or as coach Leonard Hamilton calls it, a team effort. Mfiondu Kabengele scored 14 points, and Florida State beat No. 8 seed Missouri 67-54 on Friday night in the West Region...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Missouri freshman Michael Porter Jr. is one of the biggest unknowns in the NCAA Tournament. Not that he minds at all. "People can kind of say what they want," Porter said Thursday. "I'm pretty good at taking what people say and putting it aside and focusing on what's important for me."...

ST. LOUIS -- Yante Maten scored 21 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and Georgia spoiled the return of heralded freshman Michael Porter Jr. with a in a 62-60 victory over Missouri in the second round of the Southeastern Conference Tournament on Thursday...

ST. LOUIS -- Missouri standout Michael Porter Jr. will return from back surgery to play in the Southeastern Conference Tournament today, marking his first time in a game since the season opener. Coach Cuonzo Martin announced the change in Porter's status on Wednesday, a day before the fifth-seeded Tigers (20-11) open against Georgia in the second round...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Jontay Porter ended his shooting slump and Missouri ended its three-game losing streak. Porter scored a career-high 24 points, including four 3-pointers in the Tigers' 74-66 win at Vanderbilt on Tuesday night. "That was pretty refreshing because I haven't been shooting the ball very well lately," Porter said. ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Breein Tyree scored 25 points, including a game-tying basket in regulation, and Ole Miss defeated Missouri 90-87 in overtime Tuesday night. The Rebels took the lead with 4:14 left in overtime and managed to hold on the rest of the way despite a series of fouls and turnovers...

It was very nearly a lot of hard work undone. Instead, the Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball team continued its winning ways. The Redhawks allowed SIU Edwardsville to slice a 14-point deficit to just three points in the final minutes, but Southeast hung on to snag its fourth consecutive win in Ohio Valley Conference play, 79-74, on Saturday at the Show Me Center...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Missouri freshman Michael Porter Jr. is hopeful he'll be cleared to return to practice from lower back surgery next week, providing a boost for a Tigers team aiming to reach the NCAA Tournament. The 6-foot-10 Porter, the top prep prospect in the country last season, played in only two minutes of the Tigers' season-opening win over Iowa State before missing the rest of the season following surgery in November...

OXFORD, Miss. -- Kassius Robertson scored 27 points to lead four Missouri players in double figures and the Tigers beat Mississippi 75-69 on Tuesday night. Jontay Porter had 18 points and 13 rebounds as Missouri (16-8, 6-5 Southeastern Conference) outscored Ole Miss 8-2 in the final 90 seconds to win their third consecutive game. Kevin Puryear and Jordan Geist added 12 and 10 points, respectively...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Missouri has shown upward mobility under first-year coach Cuonzo Martin, and the latest sign came Saturday -- the Tigers' first victory over Kentucky. Behind 16 points each from Jordan Barnett and Kassius Robertson, the Tigers finally cleared that Big Blue hurdle with a 69-60 victory against the No. 21 Wildcats...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Kassius Robertson scored 22 points to help Missouri snap a three-game losing streak with a 69-60 victory over Alabama on Wednesday night. Jontay Porter overcame foul trouble to score 13 points for the Tigers (14-8, 4-5 Southeastern Conference). Fresh from a win over No. 12 Oklahoma, the Crimson Tide (14-8, 5-4) fell behind by double digits in the first half and had an abysmal shooting performance after the break...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Missouri basketball player Terrence Phillips has been suspended from the team and is being investigated by university officials. The University of Missouri-Columbia's Title IX office that investigates allegations of sexual discrimination and violence said in an email that it is investigating Phillips. Both the Kansas City Star and St. Louis Post-Dispatch obtained a copy of the email...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Jared Harper scored 21 points, Bryce Brown and Desean Murray each added 16, and No. 19 Auburn pulled away from Missouri in a 91-73 victory Wednesday night. Five players scored in double figures for Auburn, including Mustapha Heron -- who had 14 points and a game-high 12 rebounds...

COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- Texas A&M, once ranked No. 5 nationally to start Southeastern Conference play, believes it's finally back on track following its second consecutive league victory. "It's good to get back to the way we're capable of playing on the defensive end and taking care of the ball offensively," A&M coach Billy Kennedy said following the Aggies' 60-49 victory over Missouri on Saturday...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Missouri coach Cuonzo Martin has a job to do. It doesn't matter that his next game is against No. 21 Tennessee (12-4, 3-2 Southeastern Conference), a team he coached for three seasons. It doesn't matter that it involves a fan base that didn't exactly love Martin when he coached there...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Jontay Porter had 15 points and 10 rebounds in his first career start, and Missouri overcame a sluggish start to defeat Georgia 68-56 on Wednesday night. Georgia cut a second half, 10-point deficit to two on Rayshaun Hammonds' 3-pointer, but the Tigers went on a 7-0 run thanks to 3-pointers from Kassius Robertson and Kevin Puryear with six minutes left, and Missouri (12-4, 2-1 Southeastern Conference) widened its lead to 15 before sealing the victory...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- On the game's decisive play, Florida's Chris Chiozza was assigned to guard Jordan Barnett, who was standing in front of the Missouri bench. But when a soft pass from the opposite wing was directed toward Kassius Robertson at the top of the key, Chiozza sprang into action...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Missouri point guard Blake Harris has announced he plans to transfer and continue his college career elsewhere. The 6-foot-3 freshman was averaging 3.8 points and a team-high 3.1 assists in 13.9 minutes per game for Missouri (11-3). He set career highs with 11 points and nine assists in a win over Long Beach State on Nov. 23...

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Kassius Robertson had 23 points and Jontay Porter and Jordan Barnett scored 19 apiece as Missouri won its first Southeastern Conference road game in nearly four years with a 79-68 victory at South Carolina on Wednesday night. Robertson, Porter, the freshman brother of injured star Michael Porter Jr., and Barnett combined 13 of Missouri's 14 3-pointers. ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Kassius Robertson scored 23 points with a steal in the closing seconds, Jordan Barnett had 22 points and Missouri hung on to defeat Stephen F. Austin 82-81 on Tuesday night for its fifth straight win. It was Robertson who missed two free throw with 13.5 seconds to play before his hustle led to a turnover with 2.7 seconds left...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Jordan Barnett is in his fifth year of college basketball, but he's just starting to show what he can do. The senior forward scored 18 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as Missouri beat North Florida 85-51 on Saturday. "He's a talented basketball player," Missouri coach Cuonzo Martin said. ...

Surging might be an apt descriptor for the current state of the Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team. Now here comes its most challenging opponent yet. The Redhawks will aim to extend their four-game winning streak when they travel to take on Big 12 member Kansas State at 7 p.m. Saturday at Bramlage Coliseum in Manhattan, Kansas...

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Jevon Carter scored 29 points, including a go-ahead 3-pointer in the final minute, and No. 23 West Virginia overcame a 16-point second-half deficit to beat Missouri 83-79 on Sunday night in the Advocare Invitational championship game...

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Jordan Barnett had 19 points, nine rebounds and three blocks, Kassius Robertson added 17 points, and Missouri beat St. John's 90-82 in the semifinals of the Advocare Invitational on Friday. Missouri (5-1) has won consecutive games since announcing that starting guard Michael Porter Jr. will miss the remainder of the season with back surgery...

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Blake Harris made the most of his first Missouri start and got postgame congratulations from the Tigers' injured star. The freshman guard had 11 points, nine assists and turned the ball over once, and Missouri routed Long Beach State 95-58 Thursday in the opening round of the Advocare Invitational...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Michael Porter Jr. insisted before the season that he was not necessarily a one-and-done player who would leave next year for the riches of the NBA. The standout Missouri freshman will have plenty of downtime to consider his future after the school announced Tuesday that he would miss the rest of the season following lower back surgery. The procedure, called a microdiscetomy, was scheduled in Dallas and the expected recovery time is three to four months...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- What was supposed to be an easy tuneup against a Division II opponent turned out to be a stern test for Missouri. The Tigers edged Emporia State 67-62 on Monday in a game in which they shot 10 percent from 3-point range and 56 percent from the foul line...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Kassius Robinson scored 23 points, Jontay Porter had 11 points and eight rebounds, and Missouri routed Wagner 99-55 on Monday night. The Tigers found no difficulty scoring in the absence of star freshman Michael Porter Jr. Five different Tigers scored in double figures...

Southeast Missouri State men's basketball coach Rick Ray expected more from his team after its season-opening win over NAIA member Missouri Baptist. On the road Monday in a hostile environment against their first Division I team of the season, the Redhawks took their opposition into overtime and performed much closer to their coach's expectations...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- For Cuonzo Martin, even as he watched from 2,000 miles away in California, the 2015 protests on the University of Missouri campus had a personal connection. Martin's parents were born in St. Louis, and he was raised just across the Mississippi River in East St. Louis, Illinois -- two hours away from the campus in Columbia. Even when he attended and played basketball at Purdue, where his collegiate coaching career later began, Martin paid special attention to the Tigers...

For Southeast Missouri State men's basketball coach Rick Ray, the first exhibition game of the season provided plenty of coachable moments. Sophomore Denzel Mahoney finished with a game-high 27 points to go along with seven rebounds, and the Redhawks rallied from a slow start and pulled away in the second half to defeat Division II Missouri S&T 94-75 on Wednesday at the Show Me Center...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Cuonzo Martin took over a Missouri basketball team that had finished in last place in the Southeastern Conference for three straight seasons when he was hired in March. Very little looks the same with the season fast approaching: The Tigers have parlayed the arrival of both Martin and top freshman Michael Porter Jr. into a much-needed boost of excitement in Columbia...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas and Missouri finally got back together on the basketball court, teaming to raise money for hurricane relief in a "Showdown for Relief" exhibition. Devonte' Graham scored 25 points in the Jayhawks' 93-87 victory. The last time Kansas and Missouri met in basketball, Devonte' Graham was a sophomore in high school...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Missouri forward Michael Porter Jr. has yet to play his first college game, and he's already making it clear he has very high expectations both for himself and the Tigers. It's one reason why he chose Missouri. "I always kind of wanted to be the type of player that could go to a school that could make a difference," Porter said Wednesday at the Southeastern Conference men's basketball media day. ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Kevin Puryear was fresh off welcoming Cuonzo Martin to Columbia when his attention turned to who might be coming to Missouri with his new coach. Little did the junior know at that point that his school, the one that had won just 18 games over his first two seasons, was about to put together a Kentucky-like class of freshmen that will hopefully help the Tigers climb out of the Southeastern Conference basement -- at least...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Missouri announced Wednesday that prep basketball standout Jontay Porter has reclassified and signed as part of first-year coach Cuonzo Martin's 2017 recruiting class. The 6-11, 240-pound forward joins his older brother and father for what will be one of the most highly anticipated seasons in years in Columbia. Porter, who recently completed his junior season in Seattle, averaged 14.3 points and 13.6 rebounds per game for undefeated Nathan Hale High School...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- A 23-year-old man has been arrested after smashing through two gates and driving onto the basketball court at the University of Missouri over the weekend, causing an estimated $100,000 in damage. Police were called early Sunday after a Volkswagen Passat was driven through a closed gate on the south side of Mizzou Arena. ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- University of Missouri police say freshman basketball player Jeremiah Tilmon was arrested for possession of alcohol by a minor and released after being given a summons. Police Capt. Brian Weimer says Tilmon was pulled over early Friday for a traffic violation and the officer smelled alcohol...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Prep basketball standout Jontay Porter has announced his intention to sign with Missouri, joining his older brother and father. Porter, who recently completed his junior season in Seattle, averaged 14.3 points and 13.6 rebounds per game for undefeated Nathan Hale High School. The 6-foot-10 forward is listed by 247sports as the 27th-best player in the 2018 class, though there is a chance he could finish high school in the summer and join Missouri this fall...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- A second high school prospect who initially committed to Washington before the Huskies' coach was fired last month says he will instead play basketball at Missouri. Blake Harris, a 6-foot-3 point guard from Raleigh, North Carolina, announced Sunday on Twitter that he will play for the Tigers under new coach Cuonzo Martin...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Michael Porter Jr., rated as the nation's top high school basketball prospect in his class by multiple recruiting services, says he plans to play for Missouri. Porter tweeted his college selection Friday on his verified account, one day after Missouri announced that his father had accepted a position as an assistant coach on the Tigers' staff...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Cuonzo Martin is making something of a homecoming, and he'd be happy to stick around for a while this time. Martin, a native of East St. Louis, Illinois, was introduced as men's basketball coach for Missouri on Monday. Following stints with Tennessee and California, Martin says he's ready to put down roots about a two-hour drive from his hometown...

BERKELEY, Calif. -- In a whirlwind few hours, Cuonzo Martin resigned at California on Wednesday and was announced as the new coach at Missouri. He's headed back to the place he knows so well, a big attraction to lure him away from Berkeley after three seasons...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Missouri's fired men's basketball coach Kim Anderson will receive $650,000 as part of a severance package. Under the agreement released to media outlets Thursday, when the Tigers' season ended in the second round of the Southeastern Conference Tournament, Anderson will receive $450,000 for "liquidated damages" and $200,000 "for meeting or exceeding the academic accomplishment and social responsibilities" spelled out by the school's athletics department administrators...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Deandre Burnett scored 16 of his 23 points in the first half, and Mississippi beat 14th-seeded Missouri 86-74 Thursday night at the Southeastern Conference Tournament. The Rebels (20-12), the six seed, won their fourth in five games trying to improve their postseason resume. They simply wore down Missouri a night after the Tigers upset Auburn to give one last victory to coach Kim Anderson, whose firing was announced last weekend...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Kevin Puryear hit a 3-pointer just before the buzzer, and Missouri rallied to beat Auburn 86-83 in overtime Wednesday night at the Southeastern Conference Tournament to keep coach Kim Anderson working at least one game longer. The 14th-seeded Tigers (8-23) snapped a six-game skid by rallying from 10 points down in the final five minutes of regulation, including hitting back-to-back 3s within the final 17 seconds to force overtime. ...

Kim Anderson was told more than a week ago this would be his final season leading Missouri, making for an awkward finish to the regular season for the man who called coaching the Tigers his dream job. The school announced Sunday that Anderson had been asked to step down before finishing his third season at his alma mater. But in reality, Anderson was told by athletic director Jim Sterk about 10 days ago that a change would be made following this week's SEC Tournament...

Kim Anderson was never quite embraced by most Missouri fans, even after starring for the Tigers' men's basketball team in the 1970s and serving two stints as an assistant to beloved coach Norm Stewart. His won-loss record may have had a lot to do with that...

AUBURN, Ala. -- Mustapha Heron made every shot he took in the first half, and the Auburn Tigers didn't miss many either. Heron scored 20 points and the Tigers shot nearly 70 percent before halftime in an 89-78 victory Saturday over Missouri. It was the regular-season finale for both teams...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Bam Adebayo's fourth double-double of the season helped No. 11 Kentucky avoid a late-season upset, as the freshman scored 22 points and grabbed a career-high 15 rebounds in the Wildcats' 72-62 victory over Missouri on Tuesday night...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee guard Robert Hubbs III's different look gave the Volunteers some different luck. Grant Williams scored 25 points and Hubbs added 21 on Saturday as Tennessee bounced back from its most lopsided loss of the season by delivering a 90-70 blowout of Missouri...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Dazon Ingram scored 18 points -- including 15 in the second half -- and grabbed nine rebounds to help Alabama overcome dismal first-half shooting and defeat Missouri 57-54 Wednesday. Riley Norris, Braxton Key and Jimmie Taylor each added nine points, and the trio combined for 19 second-half points. Bola Olanyian grabbed a season-high 14 rebounds...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Jordan Barnett matched his career best in scoring just three days after he achieved it as Missouri defeated Vanderbilt 72-52 on Saturday. Barnett scored a career-high 23 points in a 76-73 loss at Texas A&M on Wednesday and did it again in Mizzou's win on Saturday...

COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- Robert Williams scored 18 points and grabbed 16 rebounds, Admon Gilder scored 22 points and Texas A&M defeated Missouri 76-73 on Wednesday night. The game was tied 65-65 with five minutes remaining when D.J. Hogg banked a shot high off the glass from about four feet, giving the Aggies a 67-65 lead. ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Missouri's worst conference losing streak in school history ended on Saturday night against the opponent it began with. Jordan Barnett scored 17 points and K.J. Walton added 16, helping Missouri beat Arkansas 83-78. Missouri (6-16, 1-9 SEC) fell 84-72 on Feb. 20, 2016 in Fayetteville, Arkansas, beginning a streak of 14 consecutive SEC losses...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Late in the second half, backup Florida guard Chris Chiozza whispered to coach Mike White that he needed to get him back in the game. His reasoning? Chiozza said he was going to get a triple-double. "I said, 'No, you're not. Come on,"' White said...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- No. 23 South Carolina entered Saturday night with the nation's best 3-point defense, holding opponents to 26.4 percent from beyond the arc. So it's not surprising that struggling Missouri had a miserable night from deep. Sindarius Thornwell had 16 points and 11 rebounds, Missouri shot just 5.9 percent from 3-point range and South Carolina beat the Tigers 63-53...

STARKVILLE, Miss. -- Quinndary Weatherspoon had a career-high 29 points Wednesday night to lead Mississippi State to an 89-74 victory over Missouri. Lamar Peters had 23 points with a 7-of-11 showing on 3-pointers for the Bulldogs (13-6, 4-3 SEC). Mario Kegler added 16 points...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- Daryl Macon scored 17 points and Dusty Hannahs added 16 as Arkansas snapped a two-game Southeastern Conference losing streak with a 92-73 win against Missouri on Saturday. Macon, Arkansas' top scorer, had just eight points in Tuesday night's stunning 84-78 home loss to youthful Mississippi State...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Auburn guard Mustapha Heron injured his left ankle during a Monday practice, leaving coach Bruce Pearl unsure whether or not he would be available for Tuesday night's game against Missouri. Heron's father Bryan, who played professional basketball in Europe and now works in corrections, insisted his son ice his ankle, tape it, and play through the pain...

Not many teams have traveled to the Curb Event Center and gotten the best of the Belmont men's basketball team, which is 82-6 at home since 2010. On Saturday night, Southeast Missouri State became the next in a long line of squads unable to make a dent in that record...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Antonio Blakeney hit 3 of 4 from 3-point range and finished with 24 points for the second consecutive game as LSU beat Missouri 88-77 on Wednesday night. Aaron Epps and Jalyn Patterson added 11 points apiece. Jordan Barnett scored 18 points and grabbed nine rebounds for Missouri. ...

Nathan Moran shot 5-for-10 from 3-point range and led all scorers with 22 points to help Lipscomb defeat Missouri 81-76 Thursday. It's the Bisons' first win over a Power-5 opponent since 2008. Garrison Matthews had 16 points and six rebounds despite fouling out with 2:09 remaining, and Josh Williams and Rob Marberry scored 14 points apiece for Lipscomb (7-9)...

Another close game, another loss for the Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team. This one didn't come down to a shot or two in the final minute, but in a two-possession game with 3 minutes left to play Southeast left too many opportunities on the table and fell to Chicago State 74-65 in the Las Vegas Classic on Thursday afternoon at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada...