ORLANDO, FLA. • Mixing a flurry of 3-pointers and turnovers against one of the game’s best defensive teams, Missouri nearly extinguished one of its many longstanding streaks.
The Tigers were on the cusp of beating a nationally ranked team for the first time in four years when Sunday turned to Monday but blew a 16-point lead over No. 23 West Virginia in the Advocare Invitational championship game and suffered a crushing 83-79 loss.
Jevon Carter’s go-ahead 3-pointer with 38 seconds left gave West Virginia its first lead of the second half as the WVU faithful erupted at the HP Field House, but the rally started well before then.