FAYETTEVILLE — First five
Darious Hall joined guards Jaylen Barford and Anton Beard, and forwards Dustin Thomas and Daniel Gafford in the starting lineup for the first time.
Senior guard Daryl Macon did not start for the first time this season, leaving Barford and Beard as the only players to start all 17 games. Gafford has started the past nine games, and Thomas has started nine of the past 10, returning to the opening lineup after a one-game hiatus for Adrio Bailey.
“I was happy when he didn’t start,” Missouri Coach Cuonzo Martin said of Macon.