Missouri Basketball Holds On, Takes Down Penn

Seeking to transfer to 2-0 on the season, the Missouri Tigers entered their matchup with the Pennsylvania Quakers on Friday evening in Columbia as 14-point favorites and have been anticipated to win huge. 

And, to everybody’s shock, the Quakers have been unphased by the atmosphere of Mizzou Enviornment and got here to play vs. the Tigers, practically pulling off the upset. 

Nonetheless, after a back-and-forth battle, the Tigers have been in the end capable of draw back, successful 92-85, incomes their second win. 

The Tigers and Quakers battled in a decent affair till late within the second half, when the expertise of Mizzou, together with junior Noah Carter, have been capable of take over. 

Carter completed as the sport’s excessive scorer with 28 factors, to go together with eight rebounds three assists, and two steals.

D’Moi Hodge additionally added 17 factors for Missouri, whereas Nick Honor additionally completed in double figures with 16.

As a group, the Tigers shot 45.9 p.c from the ground, together with 45.7 p.c from three. 

In the meantime, the Quakers outshot the Tigers in each classes, hitting 49.1 p.c from the ground and 48.4 p.c from three. 

Nonetheless, regardless of these capturing numbers, it was the Mizzou protection that made the distinction on this one, forcing the Quakers into 19 turnovers.

Actually, six totally different Tigers completed with a steal within the sport, with 5 gamers ending with a minimum of two, and three gamers ending with a minimum of three. 

Ultimately, that effort was sufficient to permit Mizzou to carry on, and provides first-year head coach Dennis Gates his second win of the season. 

Following the win, the Tigers will now flip the web page to a Sunday afternoon matchup in opposition to the Lindenwood Lions at Mizzou Enviornment.

The Lions (1-1) shall be coming off of an 85-58 win over the Hannibal-LaGrange Trojans, and have additionally performed the No. 24 Dayton Flyers. 

The Lions and Tigers are scheduled to tip off at 5 PM, with Mizzou set to as soon as once more be heavy favorites.

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