Tigers have rare pair in frontcourt

Illinois guard Mark Alstork (second from left), is smothered by Missouri's Jontay Porter, (left), Jeremiah Tilmon and Kassius Robertson on Saturday, Dec. 23, 2017, during the Braggin' Rights game between the University of Missouri and the University of Illinois at Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri. Photo by Christian Gooden,COLUMBIA, MO. • For two seasons Jeronne Maymon roamed the Tennessee court as one of the Southeastern Conference’s most rugged power forwards. Now the 6-8, 260-pounder is a Missouri graduate assistant working under his former coach. As Maymon took his position under the basket Wednesday and whacked Mizzou forwards with a giant yellow pad, he was just another guy in shorts, a relative sapling trying to chop down the Tigers’ sophomore sequoias, Jeremiah Tilmon and Jontay Porter.

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