OXFORD, Miss. • It wouldn't be a Missouri road trip without some travel issues. Thanks to Friday's snowstorm, the Tigers couldn't leave Columbia for today's 2:30 p.m. game at Ole Miss until this morning. The Tigers didn't take the court at The Pavilion until shortly after 1 p.m.
But there is good news: Sophomore guard Mark Smith is available to play after missing the last six games with a sprained left ankle. Smith, MU's second-leading scorer and the Southeastern Conference's top 3-point shooter at 47.5 percent, went through pregame warmups for the first time since hurting his ankle on Jan.