The Morning Buzz: Sunday, February 25, 2024

Your daily briefing on what's going on with Mizzou athletics and how to keep up with the Tigers

Today is ... National Clam Chowder Day!

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Today's Schedule

• Women's Golf at the Westbrook Invitational in Peoria, AZ, Live Stats
• No. 34 Men's Golf at the Southern Highlands Collegiate in Las Vegas 
• Wrestling: No. 7 Missouri at No. 4 Iowa State, 2 p.m. CT, ESPN+, Live Stats

Mizzou Results

• Swimming and diving: SEC Championships at Auburn, Ala 
• Men's: Placed 8th
• Women's: Placed 11th
• Track and Field: SEC Indoor Championships, at Fayetteville, Ark
• Women's: Placed 14th 
• Men's: Placed 13th
• Men's basketball: Arkansas 88, Missouri 73
• Baseball: UC San Diego 8, Missouri 4; Missouri 5, UC San Diego 4
• Softball: No. 22 Baylor 5, No. 8 Missouri 4

Did you notice?

• Missouri wrestling redshirt senior Zach Elam (285) totaled his 98th career win during the Tiger's loss to the University of Northern Iowa on Friday, Feb. 23.
• Swimming and Diving 
• Men's 200 breast: 6th place - Will Goodwin
  
• Men's 400 Free Relay: 7th place - Daniel Wilson, Grant Bochenski, Darden Tate and Sam Brown 
• Women's 100 free: 8th place - Sierra Smith 
• Freshman Zara Zallen placed 13th in the 100 free at the 2024 SEC Swimming and Diving Championship. Zallen's time of :48.68 puts her at seventh all-time in the 100 free.
• Sophomore Jan Zubik placed 20th in the men's 200 back at the 2024 SEC Swimming and Diving Championship. Zubik's time of 1:42.09 ties him with sophomore Sam Brown (1:42.09) at seventh on Mizzou's all-time leaderboard in the event after today. 
• Track and Field 
• Freshman Sterling Scott placed third in the triple jump to earn All-SEC Second Team Honors at the 2024 SEC Track and Field Championships.
• Junior Kelsey Schweizer placed fifth in the women's 800 meter with a time of 2:06.20. 

Quote of the day

"I thought our guys mentally prepared in the right way, our spirits are high."

- Dennis Gates, Missouri men's basketball head coach, after loss to Arkansas

We'll leave you with this...

The Women’s Intersport Network luncheon featured 3 winners from @MizzouAthletics:

Congratulations to our Tigers!
🟨Female Coach of the Year: Cynthia Metz

🟨Collegiate Sports Woman of the Year: Sienna Schreiber, Gymnastics

🟨Ann Walton Kroenke Leadership Award: Tami Chievous pic.twitter.com/hy5BBAKCCz

— Mizzou Athletics (@MizzouAthletics) February 24, 2024

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