With its best performance of the young season, Missouri advanced to the championship game of the Paradise Jam in the Virgin Islands with Sunday’s 69-63 victory over Oregon State. The Tigers (3-1) only trailed once against the previously unbeaten Beavers from the Pac-12 Conference.
Seniors Jordan Geist and Kevin Puryear carried Mizzou on the offensive end. Geist, playing with a sore back that’s kept him out of practice this week, finished with a game-high 21 points and didn’t commit any turnovers. Puryear, playing on his 22nd birthday, added 17 points and eight rebounds.
Mizzou will meet No.