If you’ve wanted to see Annor Boateng, Trent Pierce or Trent Burns play at Mizzou Arena , you’ve had to get there early this year.

None of the three expected contributors for Missouri men’s basketball have featured in any of the Tigers’ opening five games of the 2025-26 season. That included Mizzou’s 91-73 win over Prairie View A&M on Monday night in Columbia, which extended MU’s unbeaten run to begin the new campaign.

But, two of the injured trio did appear to get closer to a return Monday.

Boateng and Burns both took part in the pregame shoot-around and layup line, which — from a purely minutes and seconds standpoint — is closer to gametime than at seemingly any other point this season.

After the game against the Panthers, the Tribune asked head coach Dennis Gates about a potenti

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