For the first 25 minutes there were all kinds of reasons to be nervous.
Missouri hasn’t been a great team, but they were around 200 spots better than a struggling Oral Roberts team and here they were, up just two points with 14:12 to play in the second half.
Then everything changed, keyed by an important offensive rebound by Mitchell Smith, Torrence Watson buried a three. Then on the ensuing possession Watson tipped the defensive rebound to Jordan Geist who streaked down the floor for a layup, then stole the inbounds for another bucket and the foul.