OXFORD, MISS. — Led by a school-record performance from Amari Davis, the University of Missouri men’s basketball team clicked on all areas for a dominating 25-point, 78-53, road victory at Ole Miss Tuesday evening. The margin of victory is the third-largest since Mizzou (8-9, 2-3 SEC) joined the SEC and the largest since March 6, 2019.
Amari Davis tied a program record with his perfect 10-of-10 performance from the floor for a season-high 23 points. Davis is just the second player in NCAA Division 1 to go 10-of-10 from the floor this season and the first SEC player to do so since Erik Murphy Nov. 14, 2012. It was Davis’ 17th 20+-point game of his career.
Kobe Brown and Javon Pickett also contributed double-digit scoring efforts with 15 and 11, respectively. Jarron Coleman came up big for the Tigers with a career-high 13 rebounds and tying a season-high seven assists. The redshirt junior contributed eight points.
TURNING POINT
After holding a 38-23 lead at half, Mizzou started the second-half with a pair of buckets by Brown. Ole Miss (9-8, 1-4 SEC) eventually cut the margin down to 10, 57-47, on a 9-0 run but Mizzou held steady with a timely basket by Brown. Brown’s layup kickstarted a 21-4 stretch that the Tigers’ would close out the game on. Mizzou shot an outrageous 70.8 percent as a team from the floor in the second half, going 17-of-24.
GAME NOTES
- The win marked just the second all-time for the Tigers in Oxford and the fourth all-time against the Rebels.
- The last Mizzou player to go 10-of-10 from the floor was Jeff Warren against Oklahoma on March 4, 1992 – a span of 10,912 days between Warren and Davis’ performance.
- Davis also went 3-of-3 at the charity stripe, meaning he did not miss a shot all night.
- No Power 5 player has gone 10-for-10 and perfect at the free throw line with three or more attempts since the 2010-11 season.
- Trevon Brazile recorded two blocks, marking his ninth-consecutive game with a block. Brazile has 24 on the season which moves him into a tie with Tate Decker (1996-97) for the sixth most all-time by a Mizzou freshman.
- Tuesday was Coleman’s tenth straight game with a made three-pointer, as he is shooting 34.5 percent from deep against conference opponents.
- Mizzou attempted just seven three-pointers, making four of them for a 57.1 percent mark from deep. It is the fewest three pointers attempted by the Tigers since Feb. 15, 2014 against Tennessee.
- The last time Mizzou had a margin of victory larger than 25 points was Feb. 13, 2013 against Mississippi State.
- Mizzou shot 70.8 percent from the floor in the second half (17-of-24) including Kobe Brown who was 4-of-4 in the second half.
- The Tigers’ overall 62.7 shooting performance is the highest for Mizzou since Nov. 13, 2017 against Wagner and the second-highest all-time in an SEC game.
UP NEXT
Mizzou heads to Alabama for its second-straight road game, Jan. 22 at 5 p.m. on SEC Network. The Tigers’ defeated Alabama earlier this month, 92-86.
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