Mizzou wrestling championship hopes take a major hit after a disqualification.  J’den Cox comments on moving on (AUDIO)

Matches have begun on Day 2 of the NCAA Division 1 Wrestling Championships at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis on March 20, 2015. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

Mizzou wrestling sits in third place with 45 team points, 19.5 behind first place Ohio State.  The Tigers were off to a great start on Friday morning, but lost four points when Johnny Eblen was disqualified for flagrant misconduct after head butting Zach Brunson in his third round wrestleback.

Alan Waters, Drake Houdashelt and J’Den Cox, all number one seeds, locked up All-American status.  They will wrestle in the semifinals tonight, while Lavion Mayes, Mikey England, Willie Miklus and Devlin Mellon remain alive.

Team Scores:
1. Ohio St. 64.5
2. Iowa 46.5
3. Missouri 45.0
4. Cornell 41.5
5. Edinboro 40.5
6. Oklahoma St. 35.5
7. Penn St. 33.5

Full brackets and standings

NCAA DI Wrestling Session III

J’den Cox on moving onto the semifinals