Cullen VanLeer felt comfortable behind the arc when he caught the ball with a chance to break open the game against Maryland-Eastern Shore on Sunday night.
Leading 46-41 with 10:42 remaining in the basketball game, the Mizzou Arena crowd, 5,082 strong, sensed separation. Spotting up on the left side, VanLeer caught the ball and drilled a three-pointer prompting a warranted eruption.
That three from the Pacific, Missouri, native ignited an 11-0 run for the Tigers leading to the 73-55 victory.
“I thought, in the last 10 or 11 minutes tonight, we really started playing,” coach Kim Anderson said.