I’ve witnessed a lot of things in watching basketball over the years, but I’m hard-pressed to find another example of a game turning as abruptly as the meeting between Missouri and Mississippi State on Tuesday. It went like so:
- First 7 minutes: Tied 13-13
- Next 15 minutes: Mizzou 30, MSU 16
- Next 15 minutes: MSU 38, Mizzou 11
- Last 3 minutes: MSU 9, Mizzou 7
So, there was a 15- minute stretch where everything worked for Mizzou, a 15-minute stretch where everything worked for Mississippi State, and a dead for the remaining 10 minutes.