In a game that was never actually particularly close, Mizzou laid a smackdown on Mississippi Valley State.
Mizzou Arena reached peaked nervousness in the opening minute of the game. Mark Mitchell had a layup blocked out of bounds with 0.1 seconds left on the shot clock; the Tigers didn’t execute the ensuing baseline out-of-bounds, and Alvin Stredic knocked down a jumper on the other end for the game’s first points.
That’s about as high on the mountain as the Delta Devils got, as Mizzou proceeded to rip off a 14-0 run and never looked back. MVSU couldn’t do much of anything on either end of the court, as the Tigers proved to be too much from a skill and physicality standpoint.