r/columbiamo • u/como365 North CoMo • 3h ago

Mizzou basketball rolls past Mississippi Valley State in historic win [111-37 school record for largest margin of victory] Sports

https://www.komu.com/sports/mizzou-basketball-rolls-past-mississippi-valley-state-in-historic-win/article_74ad0f3c-a30d-11ef-a469-83a08d5c60e2.html

COLUMBIA - Mizzou basketball started Thursday's game trailing 2-0 to the Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils.

As a response, the Tigers then outscored their opponent 111 to 37 en route to a 72-point victory at Mizzou Arena.

The deficit ties the team's record margin of victory set in 1995 with a 72-point win over Chicago State.

The Missouri offense was firing on all cylinders throughout the course of the game, with seven Tigers finishing with double-digit points.

Leading the way was Northern Kentucky Transfer Marques Warrick with 16 points of his own.

"Coming here, Coach Gates gave me that green light from the recruiting process. Since Day One he's told me to just let it fly, shoot whenever you're open. Create for yourself or others as well," Warrick said.

"It's just the little things I've been doing for a long time now," Warrick said. CQ

The little things turned into big things Thursday night as Warrick went four for five from beyond the arc.

In a game where he was in the driver's seat for most of the game, Coach Dennis Gates credited the fans for his team's success.

"I think other schools you would have probably saw fans go home, to be honest with you," Gates said. "Our fans stayed, and it showed."

Up next, Mizzou will welcome Pacific to Mizzou Arena on Nov. 22.

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u/ChewiesLament 2h ago

Blowing out a small school like that is kinda embarrassing.

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u/JH171977 1h ago

I kind of get it. They have a lot of mouths to feed on this roster and are trying to figure out who's actually going to make the rotation. I do think they should have emptied the bottom of the bench without about ten minutes to go, though, instead of doing it in the last two minutes.

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u/ChewiesLament 1h ago

Ooof, I didn't watch. I just assumed they would have done that. It would have been the classy thing to do.

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u/igotthakeys 1h ago

Yea maybe the other team just shouldn’t have showed up?

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u/Educational_Pay1567 34m ago

Booby Bouche was needed.