COLUMBIA, Mo. – In a relentless back-and-forth battle by way of the buzzer, the Missouri males’s basketball staff earned its fourth-straight win on Saturday in entrance of a sold-out crowd of 15,061 followers at Mizzou Enviornment, defeating Ole Miss, 82-77.

With the win, the Tigers enhance to 23-8 general and 11-7 in convention play – essentially the most victories by Mizzou since 2013-14, whereas matching their best-ever SEC win tally with 11. Missouri additionally secured a double bye for the SEC Event for the primary time, incomes the No. 4 seed at subsequent week’s championship. Ole Miss dropped to 11-20 and 3-15 in opposition to SEC foes.

4 Tigers scored in double figures with seniors Kobe Brown and Noah Carter main the way in which on Senior Day with 17 factors apiece. Graduate guards DeAndre Gholston and D’Moi Hodge chipped in 15 and 14 factors, respectively.

Brown additionally led BU with seven rebounds, whereas graduate scholar Nick Honor paced the assault with 5 assists.

In a sport that featured 18 lead adjustments and 11 ties, it is no shock the result wasn’t determined till the ultimate minute. Hodge splashed a 3 with just below 2:30 to play, which introduced the capability crowd to its ft, giving the Tigers a 74-72 lead they’d not relinquish.

A defensive cease adopted by an offensive board offered an additional alternative for Gholston to put one in and superior the result in 76-72 with 70 seconds remaining. Mizzou introduced it residence from there, going 6-for-7 from the charity stripe within the closing minute and sending its nine-person senior class out with a victory, the staff’s fourth in-a-row.

Within the first half, Mizzou grabbed a double-digit lead just for a run on each side of halftime organising the tight conclusion. Trailing by a degree, Mizzou went on an 18-6 spurt to drag in entrance by 11, 35-24. Ole Miss, nonetheless, wouldn’t go away quietly, ending the opening interval on an 8-2 run earlier than including one other 8-2 spurt to start out the second. Total, the 16-4 stretch put the guests up a degree, organising a second half the place neither staff would lead by greater than 4 factors till the ultimate minute of play.

Missouri shot 55.2 p.c from the ground, marking its second-highest sport proportion in SEC play this season, aided by making 60.9 p.c of its baskets within the second half. The Rebels made 50.9 p.c of their discipline objectives however have been additionally pressured into 16 turnovers with the Tigers amassing 11 steals on the day.

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Mizzou begins its postseason marketing campaign subsequent week in Nashville, Tennessee, on the SEC Event. The Tigers jumped over Tennessee to complete because the No. 4 seed and open their quest for a title within the quarterfinals on Friday at roughly 2:30 p.m.