Missouri men's basketball lost the clutch-time manual, looking about as comfortable in the clutch as someone who's never driven a manual.
The No. 14 Tigers paced Vanderbilt for much of Saturday's road game, struggling on the glass but exerting their superiority over a Commodores side that is prone to upsets and playing flawed defense.
With 1:33 to go in regulation, Mizzou (21-8 overall, 10-6 Southeastern Conference) led Vanderbilt (20-9, 8-8) by six points. A couple of gut punches later came overtime, and at the end of the bonus period, another clutch-time blow brought the knockout punch.
More than 32 minutes with the lead meant very little to the minutes that mattered, and MU fell 97-93 to Vanderbilt.