COLUMBIA, Mo. — The Missouri basketball team cruised over a speed bump Tuesday night. Now it’s time to climb a mountain.
Behind Amari Davis’ game-high 15 points, the Tigers pulled away from Eastern Illinois with a 72-44 victory at Mizzou Arena, their final game of the season against a mid-major conference opponent. It’s all high-major from here — and as high as it gets Saturday.
That’s when Mizzou and No. 8 Kansas revive their Border War rivalry at Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, a place the Tigers haven’t played since their final season in the Big 12, way back in March of 2012, when Cuonzo Martins’ freshman players were in third grade.