Overview
- Trent Pierce led Missouri with a season-high 23 points on 10-of-15 shooting as the Tigers snapped their skid against A&M.
- Missouri controlled the interior with 56 points in the paint and a 39-26 rebounding edge, a mismatch A&M coach Bucky McMillan acknowledged postgame.
- Texas A&M drilled 11 first-half threes and had nine different players hit from deep, but a second-half drought undercut the hot start and it finished with 15 triples.
- The defeat marked A&M’s third straight in SEC play, dropping the Aggies to 17-7 (7-4) and tightening NCAA Tournament margins with the NET slipping to 43.
- Next up, A&M visits No. 19 Vanderbilt on Saturday, while Missouri (17-7, 7-4) returns home to face Texas.