COLUMBIA, Mo. — — Reserve Jacob Crews scored 19 points and Mark Mitchell scored 18 points and Missouri overcame a handful from Jacksonville State and beat the Gamecocks 83-72 on Tuesday night.
Reserve Trent Pierce scored 12 points and Anthony Robinson II scored 11 for the Tigers (10-1), who won their 10th straight game for the first time since the 2013-14 season when they started 10-0.
Crews sandwiched a pair of 3-pointers around a Mitchell layup and the 8-0 run in 1:23 gave Missouri its largest lead of the game at 75-68 with 4:23 remaining. The run continued when Mitchell made a pair of foul shots and Crews dropped another 3 for an 80-68 lead.
Missouri hosts Illinois on Sunday.