COLUMBIA, Mo. — There was balance, and there was force.
Through 39 minutes and 10 seconds of game time, No. 15 Missouri and No. 10 Texas A&M had played competitive basketball. Their contest was a tad low-scoring, chippy and chock-full of fouls, but undeniably even
Entering the last 50 seconds, the Tigers and Aggies had 64 points apiece. They had taken the same number of shots: 52. They had the same number of offensive rebounds: 11. And they'd each been whistled for 19 fouls.
There was a disruption, then a defeat. Two possessions defined a hard-fought game, and those saw Mizzou foiled and Texas A&M victorious: a 67-64 result through a game-winning 3-pointer from Aggies guard Wade Taylor IV.