Mizzou ties program record with 111-39 win against MVSU

Mizzou ties program record with 111-39 win against MVSU

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For fans waiting on a blowout, Thursday night was the night.

The Missouri Tigers tied the program record for margin of victory at 72 points in a 111-39 win against the Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils at Mizzou Arena.

It was the third time Missouri has reached a 72-point victory, allowing with a 117-45 win against Chicago State on Dec. 2, 1995 and a 106-34 win against MacMurray on Jan. 12, 1976.

“We don’t go out there to try to break records like that,” Missouri coach Dennis Gates said. “But I thought our guys didn’t turn the ball over, they were able to get to the free-throw line and we knocked down 15 3s.”

The Tigers also set Gates-era records in points scored, beating the 105 they scored against SIU-Edwardsville (Nov. 15, 2022) and Houston Christian (Nov. 26, 2022) and points allowed, beating the 50 they allowed against SIU-Edwardsville last year (Nov. 13, 2023).

The Tiger half-court offense started slowly with their first two possessions of the game ending with either a shot-clock violation or a heave at the buzzer, but once it got rolling, Missouri never stopped.

Josh Gray kicked the ball out of the paint to Tamar Bates for a right-corner 3 to put Missouri in front for good at 3-2 with 18:27 left in the first half.

Anthony Robinson then turned a chase-down steal into an outlet pass to Bates, who then dished to Annor Boateng for a transition layup to make it 7-2.

Marques Warrick then came off the bench and immediately hit two 3-pointers, the second on the right wing to make it 17-4 with 13:39 left.

“I’ve been doing those things for years now,” Warrick said. “Coming here, coach Gates gave me that green light from the recruiting process, basically, … since Day 1, he’s told me, just let it fly whenever you’re open.”

The offense kept rolling as Gates mixed up his lineup, Jacob Crews faked a swing to Caleb Grill in the corner to open space for a…

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Publish date : 2024-11-15 03:46:00

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