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Finishing strong
By STEVE WALENTIK of the Tribune’s staff
The final six minutes haven’t been friendly to the Missouri basketball team this season. Leads have disappeared, and comebacks have come up short, particularly since the start of Big 12 Conference play.

Rock Bridge shuts down another foe
By RUS BAER of the Tribune’s staff
Throughout much of last night’s boys basketball game at Rock Bridge gym, one vocal Truman supporter kept bemoaning the fact that his team wasn’t getting any calls.

Kewpies, Bruins swimmers set for state
By JOEL A. ERICKSON of the Tribune’s staff
Heads bowed. Not a sound to be heard, not even a cough. Barely a muscle moved.

Tough slate awaits Tigers in Arizona
By MATT NESTOR of the Tribune’s staff
The veterans on the Missouri baseball team have gotten used to seeing some of the best teams in the nation.

Tigers have tough time shaking flu, Monarchs
By MATT NESTOR of the Tribune’s staff
Missouri freshman wrestler Max Askren brushed aside the questions easier than he could shake off Old Dominion’s David Mendoza last night.

Sweep is too good to be true
By DAVE MATTER of the Tribune’s staff
Seven games into what Ehren Earleywine has always considered his dream job, the first-year Missouri softball coach is already preaching patience - to himself.

Tigers women stay out of the cellar
By the Tribune’s staff
The Missouri women’s basketball team snapped a four-game losing streak with a 67-57 victory over Kansas last night at Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kan.

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