For 38 minutes it appeared Missouri was going to be able to survive without Mark Smith, its top three-point shooter, who was ruled out with a sprained ankle.
But a blown 14-point lead in the final two minutes of regulation left Missouri (10-8, 1-5 SEC) picking up the pieces after a 86-80 overtime loss to No. 25 LSU (16-3, 6-0 SEC) on Saturday night. LSU has now won nine consecutive games.
Smith went into Saturday as a game-time decision after spraining his left ankle in the closing minutes of Mizzou’s loss to Arkansas on Wednesday.
Missouri senior Jordan Geist led all scorers with a season-high 25 points and had a game-high 11 rebounds.