Crowe Stars in Mizzou’s Victory Over SIUE, Mitchell Goes Down
The team was down maybe its most important member less than two minutes into the game when Mark Mitchell exited with an apparent injury to the face.
Key points
- No other Mizzou player reached double-digit scoring aside from the freshmen, but Trent Pierce had six rebounds, five assists and three steals as he struggles to find his stroke from deep.
- While there were some missed assignments that led to open shots in the first half, SIUE failed to capitalize.
- The 5-star freshman wasted no time picking things up in the second half with a fastbreak dunk to open the scoring and finished the game with 34 points and four assists on 11-for-16 shooting from the field, 4-for-8 from deep and 8-for-9 from the free-throw line.
SIUE’s tallest starter was 6-foot-8 Darrion Baker compared to a Mizzou starting lineup that had four players above that mark.
The Mitchell injury will be actively monitored as Mizzou has a neutral-site matchup against Marquette in Chicago at 1:30 p.m.
Additional details
- Burns played nine minutes in the game and started in place of the absent Mitchell out of halftime.
- Mizzou shot 58.5% from the field, 52.2% from three and 81.5% from the charity stripe as a team.
- Crowe needed to get back on track after a wake-up call against Saint Louis last Friday.
- They couldn’t do anything to stop the Tigers’ offense led by Jason Crowe Jr., however.
- He raises both the floor and ceiling of the team, but if his injury does leave him sidelined, it will force the Tigers to learn how to operate without their most experienced leader.
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