Mizzou men’s basketball led Vanderbilt by 17 points in the first half of Saturday’s Southeastern Conference showdown.
“Coach always talks about us having endurance, and I think today, we did that,” said forward Mark Mitchell, who led Mizzou with 19 points.
“Basketball is a game of runs and highs and lows.”Speaking of runs, the Tigers started with a big one.
And from a stoppage shortly after the Commodores closed within one point to the end of the game, Gates used only six players.
Like with Mizzou’s league opener against Auburn, it’s not a game that the away team will be expected to win.

‘Timely’ recovery from almost-blown lead nets Mizzou men’s hoops valuable SEC win