What was once a 10-point lead, turned into a nine-minute drought without a field goal for Missouri (8-17, 0-12 Southeastern Conference) basketball on the road. The end result was a narrow 79-76 loss to Mississippi (19-6, 6-6), extending its losing streak to 49 days.
After getting crushed in their previous two games by a combined 43 points, the Tigers played perhaps its best basketball in two months with the return of Sean East II, who missed the past two games with a knee contusion.
East led the team with a season-high 25 points on 6-of-9 shooting to go along with six assists.