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Mizzou freshmen 'grew up a little bit' with small moments in Tigers' loss to Kansas

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COLUMBIA, Mo. — It was the duality of freshman, the pairing of exclamation point and question mark, the combination of plays that might elicit a “what!?” for entirely opposite reasons.

Such is the nature of a young college basketball player experiencing some of his first big-time playing time, and Missouri’s Anthony Robinson II experienced quite a bit during the eight minutes he was on the court in the Tigers’ 73-64 loss to No. 2 Kansas on Saturday.

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Kansas center Hunter Dickinson is pressured by Missouri’s Jesus Carralero Martin and freshmen Jordan Butler, left, and Anthony Robinson II during the second half of a game Saturday, Dec.