Tulio Da Silva scored 12 of his game-high 14 points in the second half to help lift Missouri State to a 65-52 come-from-behind win over visiting Evansville here Tuesday in the Missouri Valley Conference opener for both squads.

Lamont West and Isiaih Mosley also poured in 13 points apiece to help the Bears’ cause.

MSU (7-7, 1-0 MVC) fell behind by 13 in the early going, but overcame a sluggish start by shooting 59.3 percent in the second half and outscoring the Purple Aces by a 48-22 margin over the game’s final 22 minutes.

Evansville (9-5, 0-1) got 13 points from K.J. Riley and 12 from DeAndre Williams who also snagged a game-high 10 rebounds.

The Bears made just seven of their first 22 shots to start the afternoon, while Evansville used runs of 10-1, 8-3 and 7-2 to take a 30-17 lead with 2:20 left in the opening half. But with just under two minutes remaining before the break, Mosley splashed home his second 3-pointer of the opening stanza to put a dent in the deficit. Tyrik Dixon then stole the ensuing inbound pass and converted a quick layup to whittle MSU’s deficit to 30-22.

Both teams would add a free throw before the intermission to give the Aces a 31-23 lead at the halfway point, but Missouri State came out throwing haymakers in the second half. [Read more…]

Antti Raanta made 38 saves and the Coyotes ended the Blues’ eight-game winning streak with a 3-1 victory at Gila River Arena.

Phil Kessel scored to break a 1-all tie in the third and Nick Shmaltz lit the lamp on an open-netter with under a minute to play as the Coyotes ended a three game drought to win their 1,300th franchise game.

Tyler Bozak scored the lone goal for St. Louis, which dropped to 26-9-and-6.

The Blues visit the Avalanche tomorrow night.

Sophomore Torrence Watson scored a career-best 24 points on a career-high eight 3-pointers as Mizzou Men’s Basketball (8-4) downed Chicago State, 91-33, on Monday night at Mizzou Arena. Watson set a new Mizzou Arena single-game record for 3-pointers with eight triples.

The 58-point win marked the largest margin of victory for Mizzou since beating Chicago State by 72 in 1995. The final non-conference matchup before SEC play saw Mizzou’s highest scoring half and the least amount of points scored by an opponent this season.

Mizzou jumped out to an early lead thanks to stout defense and outside shooting. At the midpoint of the first half, the Tigers had forced seven Cougar turnovers in seven minutes, and Mizzou didn’t allow a field goal in the final six minutes of the opening frame. Watson punctuated a high-octane first half offensively with a buzzer-beating 3-pointer, one of Mizzou’s season-high 16 triples on the night.

Mizzou came out strong to launch the second half, extending its lead out to 39. Watson caught fire for the Tigers, scoring 18 of his 24 points and making six of his eight treys in the final 20 minutes. Mizzou would again record its highest scoring half of the season with 46, which was capped off with triples from walk-ons Evan Yerkes and Brooks Ford, who each scored their first career points. Twelve different Tigers found the scoring column in the rout.

David Perron scored 3:14 into overtime as the Blues snuck past the Jets 5-4 in Winnipeg.

Tyler Bozak lit the lamp twice in regulation for St. Louis, which won its seventh straight.

Jaden Schwartz logged three assists in the win. Kyle Connor found the back of the net twice as the Jets lost their second in a row.

Blake Wheeler scored the game-tying goal in the third to send it into extra time in defeat.

Patrick Mahomes accounted for three touchdowns as the Chiefs handled the Bears 26-3 on Sunday Night Football in Chicago.

Mahomes passed for 251 yards and two scores, and rushed for another TD. Kansas City held a 17-0 lead at halftime and cruised to their 11th win of the season.

Travis Kelce caught eight passes for 74 yards and a score in the win.

Mitchell Trubisky passed for 157 yards and took three sacks for Chicago in defeat. The Bears fell to 7-and-8.

Mizzou Football claimed the Battle Line Rivalry Presented by Shelter Insurance® with a 24-14 win over Arkansas Friday afternoon (Nov. 29) at War Memorial Stadium. Mizzou QB Taylor Powell found former Razorback Jonathan Nance, who graduate transferred to Mizzou this season, for a 10-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter to put the game away.

Mizzou finishes the regular season 6-6 (3-5 in SEC play) while Arkansas falls to 2-10 and 0-8 in league contests. Mizzou has dominated its permanent cross-division rival Arkansas as of late, winning the last four meetings against the Razorbacks.

The Tigers took a 10-7 lead into intermission and got the ball back on the second half’s opening possession with a chance to extend the lead. However, Arkansas CB Greg Brooks picked off Mizzou QB Taylor Powell on the first play of the drive. Arkansas scored three plays later on a Jack Lindsey completion to Grayson Gunter for a 10-yard strike, giving the Hogs a 14-10 lead.

The four-point cushion was short-lived as Powell led an impressive touchdown drive, aided by big runs from sophomore RB Tyler Badie, who capped an eight-play, 84-yard drive with a three-yard score. Badie had 53 of Mizzou’s 84 yards on the go-ahead drive to give the Tigers a 17-14 lead heading to the fourth quarter.

The play of the game then came courtesy of redshirt freshman WR Tauskie Dove, who went up and over an Arkansas defender on third-and-10 from Mizzou’s own 36 to haul in a 37-yard reception. Five plays later, Powell connected with former Arkansas WR Jonathan Nance for a 10-yard TD strike to put the game out of reach of his former team.

Mizzou Men’s Basketball (4-3) fell to the Oklahoma Sooners (6-1), 77-66, Tuesday night in the consolation game of the Hall of Fame Classic. Juniors Mark Smith, Jeremiah Tilmon, Jr., and Dru Smith combined for 40 of Mizzou’s 66 points, including 31 in the second half to fuel a comeback that fell short.

Oklahoma got off to a sizzling perfect 8-for-8 start from the field, as Mizzou faced an early deficit out of the gate. The Sooners led by as many as 18 in the opening half, but sophomore guard Torrence Watson kept the Tigers within striking distance, knocking down three key triples to counter Oklahoma’s hot stretch. Mizzou turned up the defense late in the frame. A 6-0 run capped off with a Dru Smith steal and a Javon Pickett layup in transition sliced the deficit to 12 at halftime.

Mizzou continued to chip away at the Oklahoma lead, as the Tigers held the Sooners to a four-minute scoring drought early in the second half. A Mark Smith 3-pointer punctuated a 9-0 run that made it a one-possession game with seven minutes remaining. Oklahoma responded, however, with tough shots, and capitalized on Mizzou turnovers to stave off the Tigers’ comeback.

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Dru Smith scored a game-high 19 points but Missouri still fell to Butler, 63-52, in the semifinal of the Hall of Fame Classic in Kansas City.

Mizzou started slow, falling behind by 12 at halftime.  The Tigers for the game only made 2 of 11 three point attempts and were outrebounded 29-20.

Xavier Pinson and Kobe Brown combined for 19 points for the Tigers, who dropped to 4-and-2.

Mizzou faces Oklahoma in the consolation game tonight.