COLUMBIA, Mo. – When a college basketball team goes on the road there's a lot of things it must bring with it.
Among the most important are toughness, focus and precision execution.
Xavier misplaced those things Tuesday night at Missouri.
The Tigers trounced the Musketeers 71-56 in a game that got ugly in a hurry.
"I honestly thought today was unacceptable," said Xavier junior guard Quentin Goodin, who finished with a career-high 21 points and six assists. "I felt like the guys didn't bring as much toughness as the other team. We didn't match their energy.