Missouri Falls Short Once Again, Loses to Texas A&M in Blowout
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Although Missouri men’s basketball looked close to finally breaking its winless streak in the Southeastern Conference, Wednesday night resulted the same as its last ninth games. A loss.
The losses continue to get more and more demoralizing for the Tigers, this time with a 79-60 score. They got it within three points with 12:56 left in the second half, but quickly fell apart in the proceeding three minutes, falling back down to a 11-point differential.
It was a rough night for Missouri as a whole, but a bright spot came from one of Nick Honor’s best performances of the entire season. He recorded 19 points on 8-of-16 shooting, including a pair of deep triples that came in important stretches of the game. Tamar Bates had 20 points of his own on 6-of-13 shooting, but it was one of the weaker nights of his brilliant stretch in SEC.
The disparities in statistics are very apparent in the rebounding category, where the Tigers lost the battle 40-to-22, including a 16-to-5 offensive rebound differential. They also had 12 turnovers compared to the Aggies' seven, which created 24 points off turnovers for Texas A&M.
The chances for Missouri to break the losing streak are getting slimmer and slimmer, especially with a difficult final stretch ahead. Next, it will remain at home to face the Mississippi State Bulldogs (15-8) on Saturday, Feb. 10 at 7:30 p.m. CT.
Live Updates:
Second Half:
16:44: Curt Lewis starts an electric fastbreak off a forced steal and creates an and-one opportunity.
15:47: Another fastbreak scoring opportunity ensues, but this time is it Carter who gets it to go.
12:56: Honor pulls up for a deep 3-pointer and swishes it. The Tigers are now within three points after a hot start to the second half.
9:56: Tyrece Radford puts the Missouri run to rest after a corner triple, making the score 56-45.
6:49: Another deep 3-pointer from Honor, a trend throughout the night. Gets his point tally up to 19.
FINAL: Texas A&M 79 - Missouri 60
First Half:
16:00: A nice 3-point jumper from Noah Carter caps off five of his points before the game's first timeout. A hot start to the night for the senior.
14:59: Jordan Butler gets denied at the rim on a layup attempt. Rookie mistake there.
13:18: Nick Honor hits a clean step-back 3-pointer over 6-foot-7 forward Andersson Garcia.
10:15: Tamar Bates gains his first points of the night after getting a wide-open 3-pointer to go.
7:51: Mabor Majak throws down a second chance dunk all over Wildens Leveque. The loudest Mizzou Arena has been in quite some time.
3:42: Rebounding issues are still plaguing the Tigers. They have 11 rebounds as a team, while the Aggies have 20 and match them with 11 from Garcia alone.
:15.6: Anthony Robinson II breaks a 14-0 scoring run from Texas A&M in the last six minutes of the first half.
HALF: Texas A&M 38 - Missouri 25
