COLUMBIA, Mo. — A week after Cuonzo Martin’s most lopsided loss in five years at Missouri, he shook up his lineup for Saturday’s visit from Utah, giving freshmen Anton Brookshire and Trevon Brazile their first career starts.
The changes became footnotes to the day’s thesis: The Tigers still had Kobe Brown — and Brown delivered like never before.
The junior forward scored a career-high 27 points, with 23 coming in the second half, as the Tigers pulled away from short-handed Utah 83-75 at Mizzou Arena, a win Martin’s team badly needed after last Saturday’s 37-point shellacking at Kansas and another rivalry game just days away.