Looking to build some momentum after beating Texas A&M over the weekend, Missouri headed to Nashville, but ran into Scotty Pippen, Jr. Pippen Jr., the son of NBA Hall of Famer and Chicago Bulls great Scottie Pippen, led the Commodores with 19 points, 15 of which came in the second half when the Commodores needed them most.
“He’s a scorer,” Missouri Head Coach Cuonzo Martin said after the game of Pippen’s stellar performance. “Anytime you have a guy like that on your team, in any conference, you have a chance to win games.”
For a while, it looked like that stellar second half from Pippen would put Missouri away without much of a fight, but what started as a slow game became very interesting when Missouri erased an 11-point second half Commodore lead to take a 1-point lead with 4:52 to play thanks to a holistic team effort.