Missouri’s starts and finishes to each half of basketball Wednesday night against Morehead State had room for plenty of praise: the Tigers played clean, efficient basketball. The in-between left plenty to be desired.
After jumping out to a sizzling 14-3 lead in the first five minutes, Missouri played an extremely ugly brand of basketball, saved only by a 7-0 run to end the half.
Ditto for the second half, thanks to Missouri going ice cold from the three-point line. The result was nothing fans didn’t already know: if Missouri struggles to shoot the ball, there will be no putting teams away convincingly.