COLUMBIA, Mo. — What’s wrong with Xavier Pinson? It’s the most commonly asked question around Mizzou basketball for the last couple weeks.
Outside of a 23-point splurge against Arkansas in last Saturday’s overtime loss, the junior guard has rarely resembled the explosive playmaker who looked like the best guard in the SEC in that road victory at Tennessee or that ferocious comeback against TCU.
But which Pinson will show up Saturday at South Carolina?
In three of MU’s last four games — taking the Arkansas game out of the mix — he’s averaged just 8.7 points per game, attempted just five free throws, made only 1 of 14 3-pointers and mixed seven assists with 11 turnovers.