NCAAB

Alabama Crimson Tide at Missouri Tigers

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Alabama Crimson Tide
21-5, 8-2 Away
Final
98 - 110
Missouri Tigers
20-6, 17-1 Home

Mark Mitchell scores career-high 31 points to help No. 15 Missouri beat No. 4 Alabama 110-98

Missouri's Dennis Gates implores fans not to storm court

Missouri coach Dennis Gates headed off a court-storming celebration by taking the public address microphone and imploring the crowd to stay back. “Please, do not rush the court! Please, do not rush the court!” Gates said to the fans.

Anthony Robinson II added 14 points, and Tamar Bates had 13 to help Missouri (20-6, 9-4 Southeastern Conference) win its third straight and improve to 5-3 against ranked teams.

Mark Sears scored a season-best 35 points for Alabama (21-5, 10-3), coming off a home loss to top-ranked Auburn in a 1-2 matchup. Mouhamed Dioubate added 13 points and 10 rebounds before fouling out.

Missouri opened on a 12-0 run forcing Alabama coach Nate Oats to call a timeout just 2:28 into the contest, and outscored the Crimson Tide 59-46 in the first half.

Oats was assessed a technical foul with 5:28 remaining in the first half for slamming his clipboard to the floor after Sears was called for a flagrant foul for grabbing Grill from behind as he had a clear path to the basket.

Takeaways Alabama: First half turnovers proved costly for the Crimson Tide as Alabama committed 10 turnovers resulting in 15 first half points for Missouri. Alabama had been 15-0 when scoring more than 85 points this season.

Missouri: The Tigers were able to keep up with Alabama’s explosive offense shooting 60% from the field despite allowing the Crimson Tide to shoot 54%.

Key moment Sears hit a 3-pointer to cut Alabama’s deficit to six at 79-73 with 9:51 remaining. Missouri responded with a 9-0 run over the next 1:50 to pull away.

Key stat Missouri scored at least 100 points against a conference foe for the first time since beating Colorado 107-62 on Jan. 14, 2009, in the Big 12.

Up next Both teams play Saturday. Alabama hosts No. 2 Florida, and Missouri is at Arkansas.

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Matchup Prediction

Missouri: 42.5%
Alabama: 57.5%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 98 - 110
2nd 0:00 End of 2nd half 98 - 110
2nd 0:01 Missouri Timeout 98 - 110
2nd 0:19 Caleb Grill Defensive Rebound. 98 - 110
2nd 0:21 Labaron Philon missed Three Point Jumper. 98 - 110

Statistics

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35-65 FG 35-58
53.8 Field Goal % 60.3
13-31 3PT 9-23
41.9 Three Point % 39.1
15-21 FT 31-47
71.4 Free Throw % 66.0
33 Rebounds 32
11 Offensive Rebounds 9
22 Defensive Rebounds 23
16 Assists 18
4 Steals 12
1 Blocks 4
14 Turnovers 8
0 Team Turnovers 0
14 Total Turnovers 8
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
12 Points Off Turnovers 21
2 Fast Break Points 13
38 Points in Paint 40
31 Fouls 19
0 Largest Lead 20

Game Information

Mizzou Arena

Location: Columbia, MO
Attendance: 15,061 | Capacity:

2024-25 Southeastern Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Auburn 14-1 - 26-2
Alabama 12-3 2 23-5
Florida 11-4 3 24-4
Tennessee 10-5 4 23-5
Missouri 10-5 4 21-7
Texas A&M 9-6 5 20-8
Ole Miss 8-7 6 19-9
Kentucky 8-7 6 19-9
Mississippi State 7-8 7 19-9
Vanderbilt 7-8 7 19-9
Arkansas 6-9 8 17-11
Georgia 5-10 9 17-11
Texas 5-10 9 16-12
Oklahoma 4-11 10 17-11
LSU 3-12 11 14-14
South Carolina 1-14 13 11-17
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