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Missouri Beats UCF On March Madness-Style Buzzer Beater

The Tigers won in dramatic fashion on Saturday

Matt Galatzan

Missouri Beats UCF On March Madness-Style Buzzer Beater
Missouri Beats UCF On March Madness-Style Buzzer Beater /

Following their blowout loss against the Kansas Jayhawks last week, the Missouri Tigers were looking for a pick-me-up win against the Central Florida Golden Knights on Saturday. 

Luckily for the Tigers, that is exactly what they got and more, breaking UCF's hearts on a last-second buzzer-beater for the 68-66 win in the Orange Bowl Classic.

The win, which sent the Tigers to 10-1 on the year, was easily the most thrilling yet of the young season. 

And for Mizzou, it was DeAndre Gholston that played the hero role, drilling a three from Stephen Curry range with the Tigers down a point with one second remaining in regulation. 

Gholston ended the game as the team's second-highest scorer as well, pouring in 16 points to go along with two steals, on 6 of 10 shooting. He was also 2 of 3 from downtown, including the game-winner.

Nick Honor ended the game as the leading scorer for the Tigers, scoring 17 points, while Da'Moi Hodge, who assisted on the game-clinching three, finished with 15 points, three assists, and three steals.  

Following the march madness-style finish, the Tigers will be in store for another tough matchup, as they head to St. Louis to take on the No. 18 ranked Illinois Fighting Illini at the Enterprise Center on December 22.

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Matt Galatzan
MATT GALATZAN

Matt Galatzan is the Managing Editor and Publisher of MizzouSportsTalk.com, AllAggies.com and LonghornsCountry.com, as well as the Editor-In-Chief of InsideTheBears.com, TheGroveReport.com, RamDigest.com, AllSeahawks.com, and TexansDaily.com. Galatzan graduated from the University of Mississippi, where he studied integrated marketing communications, with minors in journalism and business administration. Galatzan started in the sports journalism industry under Mike Fisher at DallasBasketball.com in 2014, which at the time was part of the 247Sports network. He also spent two years covering the SMU Mustangs for PonyStampede.com on the 247Sports network. When DallasBasketball.com and CowboysCountry.com moved over to Sports Illustrated's Fan Nation network in 2020, Galatzan followed suit, eventually being taking over as the Managing Editor and Publisher of LonghornsCountry.com and AllAggies.com a year later. Through the years, Galatzan has conducted a handful of high-profile one-on-one interviews to add to his resume — in both writing and podcasting. Some of his biggest interviews have been with Mavs owner Mark Cuban, former Longhorns players Dan Neil and Phil Dawson, and many other recruits, and current/former players for each of the teams he has covered. Galatzan is also a full-time employee in the digital media department for Audacy and KRLD FM's 105.3 The Fan in Dallas, which is the official radio home of the Dallas Cowboys. You can find Galatzan on all major social media channels. For any inquiries, please email matt.galatzan@gmail.com

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