Knoxville, Tenn. – Graduate scholar DeAndre Gholston (Gary, Ind.) sunk his second buzzer beater of the season to guide the Missouri males’s basketball crew to an 86-85 victory over No. 6 Tennessee on Saturday evening. With the win, the Tigers enhance to 19-6 and 7-5 in SEC play, whereas the Volunteers drop to 19-6 and 8-4 versus league foes.

Trailing by two factors with 4.2 seconds remaining, Gholston obtain the inbound move from beneath his personal basket. The guard dribbled down the courtroom and pulled up from 35 toes, draining the game-winning triple as time expired. The three-pointer was the second for Gholston this season as he hit an identical shot in a 68-66 win over UCF on Dec. 17.

Gholston completed with 18 factors on the evening – making 6-of-10 subject objectives and 4-of-5 from 3-point vary – however none have been extra vital than his final triple of the evening. Senior Kobe Brown (Huntsville, Ala.) led Mizzou with 21 factors and 5 rebounds, whereas Sean East II (Louisville, Ky.) and D’Moi Hodge (Tortola, British Columbia) additionally scored in double figures with 17 and 14 factors, respectively.

In a battle of two top-15 items, Mizzou’s Thirteenth-ranked scoring offense received the higher of Tennessee’s second-ranked scoring protection. The Volunteers entered the sport permitting simply 55.0 factors per recreation with Mizzou’s 86 factors essentially the most allowed by UT this yr. Tennessee additionally entered because the nation’s top-ranked crew in subject objective proportion protection (34.7) and 3-point protection (22.8) however the Tigers simply surpassed each of these quantity by making 52.6 p.c of their subject objectives and 53.8 p.c of their 3-point makes an attempt (14-26).

The Tigers received off to a powerful begin within the recreation and raced to a double-digit halftime lead. Trailing by 5 factors, 20-15, the Tigers used a 16-3 run to maneuver in entrance by eight, 33-25. East led the spurt by scoring the ultimate 10 factors on his personal and Mizzou would carry its momentum right into a 44-32 halftime lead.

Missouri would pull in entrance by as many as 17 factors earlier than the nation’s sixth-ranked crew made its transfer. Trailing by 14, Tennessee responded with a 24-5 run to seize a five-point benefit, 69-64 with slightly below seven minutes remaining. Mizzou didn’t quit, nevertheless, 4 instances pulling inside a single level just for the Vols to reply every time. The fifth time, nevertheless, was Gholston’s alternative to win the sport.

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The Tigers look to hold their profitable methods on the highway, going through Auburn on Tuesday evening. Tipoff is ready for six p.m. on ESPN2.