It’s been since 2013, when Laurence Bowers led the Tigers with 23 points, the last time Mizzou beat Illinois in the annual Bragging Rights game. Bowers has since retired from a professional career overseas, and the Tigers have hired two basketball coaches and endured five straight losses in this rivalry game.
Tonight Missouri won by 16 points, Javon Pickett had 16 points.
Picket, the forgotten member of the Illinois signing class in 2017, cut loose by Brad Underwood and his staff with little after thought, was the literal difference in the 2018 version of the Bragging Rights game.