Ninety seconds into Missouri’s clash with Kentucky, wing Tamar Bates took a handoff from Josh Gray in the slot, sized up Andrew Carr, and coasted past him for a layup
In the roughly two seconds it took for Bates to reach the rim, it was easy to imagine the lefty native capping Senior Day with a crescendo. Instead, more than 33 minutes passed before the Kansas City native added another tally to the scoring column.
In between, he missed a pull-up 3-pointer on a secondary break. A minute later, Bates clanked a spot-up 3 during an in-bounds play.