Missouri Tigers basketball standouts Caleb Grill, Mitchell, Robinson earn SEC honors

Three Missouri Tigers men’s basketball players — all guards for Mizzou head coach Dennis Gates — were lauded with SEC postseason honors on Monday.

Graduate student and Wichita native Caleb Grill is the Southeastern Conference’s Sixth Man of the Year, while Kansas City’s Mark Mitchell garnered third-team All-SEC recognition and Anthony Robinson II made the league’s All-Defensive Team.

Mitchell is a junior, Robinson a sophomore.

Grill is the second player in MU history to win the sixth man award. He ranked second on the team with 14.2 points per game ... until league play began, when he stepped it up a bit more with 14.8.

Grill also ranked 19th nationally in 3-point shooting (42.3%) and garnered an SEC Player of the Week nod after averaging 19.5 points in January wins against No. 5 Florida and Arkansas.

This is Mitchell’s first season with the Tigers, and he was an instant contributor averaging 14.3 points per game. He also ranks second on the team with 4.7 rebounds.

Per Mizzou, he’s one of just 12 players nationally — and only five from power-conference schools — with 400 points, 125 rebounds, 60 assists, 30 steals and 25 blocks.

Robinson, meanwhile, is the second Tiger to earn SEC All-Defensive Team accolades, joining Dru Smith in 2020-21. He leads Mizzou (and ranks 38th nationally) with 2.03 steals per game and averaged 9.2 points, 3.2 rebounds and 3.5 assists during the 2024-25 season.

Missouri returns to the court at 6 p.m. Thursday in the SEC Tournament at Nashville. The Tigers open in the second round of the tourney at Bridgestone Arena against the winner of a Wednesday first-round game between Mississippi State and LSU.

This story was originally published March 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM.