SMS Men, MU Women Host Tourneys

Two college basketball tournaments will get underway tonight in the Show-Me State. In Springfield, the SMS Bears host their annual four-team tourney. Tonight the 1-2 Bears will take on Samford, who enters the game with a mark of 3-1. The other match up will feature 3-2 Wisconsin-Milwaukee and 4-1 Florida International. In Columbia, the MU ladies host the 25th annual Tiger Classic. The Lady Tigers are 3-2 after dropping two in a row at the Islander Classic in Corpus Christi, Texas last weekend. Mizzou faces 0-3 McNeese State while 1-3 UMKC goes up against 2-1 Austin Peay.