COLUMBIA, MO. • Already taking a seven-game losing streak into Saturday’s game at Alabama, Missouri basketball coach Kim Anderson will have a depleted bench against the Crimson Tide in Tuscaloosa.
Anderson suspended forwards Jakeenan Gant and Russell Woods after they turned themselves in to Columbia police Friday and were cited for possession of drug paraphernalia, the result of a police raid at their residence last month.
Gant and Woods, backups in Anderson’s five-man forward rotation, will be re-evaluated next week. The Tigers (8-14, 1-8 SEC) tip off the 2 p.m. game against the Crimson Tide (12-9, 3-6) on SEC Network.