Morning Buzz: Saturday, December 2nd, 2023
Today is... National Bartender Day
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Today’s schedule
- Wrestling: Cougar Clash at SIU-Edwardsville
- Women's Basketball: Mizzou vs Southeast Missouri, 2 p.m., Watch, Listen, Live Stats
- Volleyball: Mizzou at Nebraska, 8 p.m
- Swim & Dive: USA Diving Winter Nationals, Knoxville, Tenn.
Mizzou Results
• Volleyball: Mizzou swept Deleware in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, the program's first tournament win since 2020. Janet deMarrais and Jordan Iliff paced the Tigers offensively, finishing in double-digit kills with 13 and 10, respectively. The Tigers advanced to face host and top-seeded Nebraska.
• Wrestling: Mizzou 30, Oklahoma 12
Did You Notice?
- Legendary Mizzou basketball coach Norm Stewart will be honored at halftime of the Tigers' game against Wichita State on Sunday for his 30-year coaching career and his founding of the Coaches vs. Cancer foundation.
- Mizzou football redshirt freshman linebacker, Carmycah Glass announced that he is entering the transfer portal. The former three-star recruit missed the entirety of the 2022 regular season due to a torso injury and did not see any playing time in 2023.
- 2023 SEC All-Freshman volleyball selection Sierra Dudley passed out 32 assists with seven digs and three kills as Mizzou hit .272 against Delaware.
On this date in Mizzou history:
December 2nd, 2015: Mizzou WBB defeats Southeast Missouri 74-32. Columbia native and current-WNBA player Sophie Cunningham led the Tigers with 15 total points and six rebounds in the win.
Mizzou quote of the day:
“We’re going to need our crowd. We’re going to need our community to come out and support us the best that they can and create a home court advantage.” — Dennis Gates
We’ll leave you with this …
