The Missouri Tigers were able to take advantage of Associate Head Coach David Patrick and the LSU Tigers’ miscues early in the Southeastern Conference contest inside the Mizzou Arena and came away with an 83-67 win over LSU.
Missouri dominated the first half almost from the beginning after LSU scored the first two points of the game.
The home Tigers hit eight first-half three-pointers and took big advantage early of some LSU miscues as LSU committed 10 first half turnovers to allow Missouri to score 14 points off turnovers. Compounding the situation was both Jordan Sears and Vyctorius Miller each had three first-half fouls.
LSU shot 9-of-24 from the field (38 percent) with four treys, while Missouri shot 46 percent, making 13-of-28. Missouri led by 15, 42-27, at the half after the Tigers scored the final four points.
The teams played nearly even in the second half as Missouri outscored the Tigers, 41-40, with LSU making 14-of-30 field goals and only making four turnovers.
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