COLUMBIA, Mo. • A year ago, the Kim Anderson regime at Missouri began with a dud, a season-opening loss to Missouri-Kansas City, a defeat from which the Tigers could never quite recover during a dreadful nine-win season.
What a difference a year makes.
Season two under Anderson’s watch couldn’t have started much better Friday night at Mizzou Arena as the Tigers defeated Wofford 83-74 behind freshman Kevin Puryear’s 20 points in the host game for the CBE Hall of Fame Classic. In front of a sparse crowd of 5,037, the Tigers eclipsed their scoring total from every game of last season.