For the second time this season, Missouri has lost one of its best basketball players for the remainder of the year.
Sophomore guard Mark Smith will undergo ankle surgery on Monday and miss the rest of the season, the team announced.
The Tigers already lost star player Jontay Porter to a torn ACL and MCL shortly before the season opener.
Smith sprained his left ankle in Missouri’s loss at Arkansas on Jan. 23 and missed the following six games before returning in MU’s loss at Mississippi, despite not being fully recovered. He played in the Tigers’ loss to Kentucky on Feb.