KANSAS CITY — Missouri men’s basketball coach Dennis Gates grimaced from the sideline, looking like he was suffering through an unpleasantly sour piece of candy. And then came the high-flying dunk.
With 13:26 left in the Tigers’ 93-87 loss to Seton Hall on Sunday in Kansas City, the Pirates inbounded with a lob to unchecked forward Dre Davis, who cocked back to catch the ball before slamming it through the rim.
The dunk, by that point, was an exclamation point, some bitter icing, some salt in a wound that showed how the Big East team was able to drive and shoot its way around MU with ease, even as the Tigers threatened a late-game comeback.