The Missouri Tigers men's basketball team defeated LSU 83-67, ending a 699-day losing streak in the SEC. The victory was fueled by strong defensive performance, forcing 14 turnovers, and an efficient offensive display, shooting 12-of-25 from three-point range.
Despite a Columbia recently riddled with snow from a brewing storm across the country, Missouri men's basketball still traveled home to Mizzou Arena to face-off against the LSU Tigers Tuesday night. To get back some lost momentum following its blowout loss to the Auburn Tigers on Saturday, Missouri notched a blowout of its own past LSU, defeating it 83-67 to end a losing streak spanning 699 days in the SEC .
Some scares started to pop up in the second half — as its grown accustomed to — but it still managed to hold off the Tigers enough down the stretch. In of its finest defensive performances of the season, Missouri forced a whopping 14 LSU turnovers that it scored 20 points from. Whether it be in passing lanes or inbounds passes after scores, the Tigers were quick to jump on the ball and gain easy opportunities for themselves. In its own right, Missouri's offense came to play just as much as its defense. As a team it shot 12-of-25 from 3-point range by the end of the game, and guard Tamar Bates had an impressive showing of 20 points, eight rebounds and three steals while shooting 6-of-9 from the field. The Tigers flooded out of the gates with a different lineup than coach Dennis Gates has ran with previously, sending center Josh Gray to the bench unit and forward Trent Pierce back to the starting lineup. The lineup had a strong start, as guard Anthony Robinson II picked up a quick five of his eventual 16 points and they forced four LSU turnovers by the under-16 timeout and leading 7-4. That strong start carried even further over the next several minutes. Missouri led 23-9 with 10:27 remaining following a 3-pointer from guard Marques Warrick, and by the 9:10 minute mark, Robinson II had already reached a total of 10 points on the night. The opposing Tigers did try to work their way back, but the Missouri offense kept rollin
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