If you’re looking for more of the macro-view of where Mizzou is right now, I wrote about that yesterday. We’re going to focus on this game in the micro-view, and how the combination of a hot South Carolina team and a Jeremiah Tilmon-less Missouri team left the Tigers just a possession or two from capturing a needed road win.
Early in the second half, the South Carolina lead surged to as many as 13 points, and it looked like they might put away the Tigers at that point. But the Tigers cut the lead to three on three separate occasions — at 9:41, 7:54, and at 3:13 — but the last play they needed to pull even eluded them, and the Gamecocks were able to make just enough plays to keep the Tigers at bay.