For more than 12 minutes to open the game, Missouri looked like they weren’t really all that interested in being at Mizzou Arena on a Wednesday night the day before Thanksgiving. Maybe you can call it the Jackson State hangover. Maybe everyone’s thoughts were on turkey day. Whatever the reason, the Missouri Tigers stunk it up for 12 minutes and 15 seconds.
Let’s just talk for a moment about South Carolina State. They’re 349th in KenPom, and while they play fast they’re not particularly good at anything. They’re 28th in steals and 48th in offensive rebounding, but they’re 324th in effective field goal percentage and 322nd in turnover rate.