COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Missouri's basketball team isn't going winless in conference play.
The Tigers ended their SEC futility by beating Arkansas 83-78 Saturday at Mizzou Arena before an announced crowd of 8,211.
It was Missouri's first SEC victory in 10 tries this season and ended a 13-game losing streak, which No. 24 Florida had extended with a 93-54 pounding Thursday night.
The Tigers -- whose only season without a conference victory was when they finished 0-5 in the Missouri Valley Conference in 1908 -- avoided what would have been a school-record 14th consecutive loss.
"They seemed like they were playing for something," Arkansas Coach Mike Anderson said.