During Missouri’s last road game on Feb. 25 at Mississippi, sophomore forward Kevin Puryear marveled as he gazed across from the visiting team bench.
There sat Morgan Freeman — yes, the Academy Award-winning actor and stars of countless classic movies, including “The Shawshank Redemption,” “Driving Miss Daisy,” “Million Dollar Baby” and “The Dark Knight” trilogy.
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“I wasn’t nervous, but I did think it was slightly weird,” Puryear, a Blue Springs South graduate, said before revealing himself as a young pup. “I’m like, ‘I’ve seen you on ‘Bruce Almighty’ and now I’m playing a game in front you.