National Basketball Association
Missouri 83, Louisiana State 67
When: 9:00 PM ET, Tuesday, January 7, 2025
Where: Mizzou Arena, Columbia, Missouri
Officials:
# Keith Kimble, # Bart Lenox, # Courtney Green
Attendance:
10367
By Field Level Media
Tamar Bates scored 20 points, Anthony Robinson II added 16 and Missouri ended a 21-game SEC losing streak by defeating LSU 83-67 on Tuesday night in Columbia, Mo.
Marquez Warrick scored 12 points, Mark Mitchell chipped in 11, Caleb Grill added 10 and Missouri (12-3, 1-1) defeated a conference rival for the first time since the 2023 SEC tournament.
Missouri's offense bounced back from an 84-68 loss at No. 2 Auburn in its conference opener last Saturday, the only time this season that it has scored fewer than 75 points, by making 12-of-25 3-pointers.
Cam Carter scored 16 points, Curtis Givens III had 15, and Daimion Collins and Dji Bailey added 11 each for LSU (11-4, 0-2), which led for a total of just 25 seconds during the game.
Bates made a layup to start the second-half scoring and extend Missouri's lead to 44-27. LSU got within 14 points twice, but Bates had four points during a 6-0 run that gave Missouri a 53-33 lead.
Missouri led by 21 points on two occasions before Givens made a 3-pointer as part of a 7-0 run that pulled LSU within 61-47. Grill made a 3-pointer to stop the run, but Collins scored five points to help LSU creep within 12.
A 3-pointer by Grill and a dunk by Mitchell put Missouri in command with an 18-point lead with five minutes remaining.
LSU's Corey Chest's field goal started the scoring, but Robinson scored five points during a 12-2 run that gave Missouri a 12-4 lead. Collins made a 3-pointer to stop the run, but Bates, Robinson and Warrick each made a 3-pointer during an 11-2 run that pushed Missouri's lead to 23-9.
Jordan Sears and Bailey each made a 3-pointer to get LSU within eight, but Missouri scored the next six points to open a 29-15 lead. Bailey made a layup before Grill, Bates and Mitchell each made a 3-pointer to help Missouri take a 42-27 halftime lead.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| Louisiana State |
|
Missouri |
|
Cam Carter 16 |
Scoring |
Tamar Bates 20 |
|
Dji Bailey 4 |
Assists |
Tony Perkins 4 |
|
Derek Fountain 7 |
Rebounds |
Josh Gray 10 |
|
Cam Carter 5 |
Free Throws Made |
Anthony Robinson II 8 |
|
Dji Bailey 2 |
Steals |
Tamar Bates 3 |
|
Corey Chest 1 |
Blocks |
Anthony Robinson II 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Louisiana State
|
67 |
42.6 |
8-20 |
13-19 |
12 |
27 |
3 |
6 |
14 |
| Missouri
|
83 |
46.3 |
12-25 |
21-27 |
16 |
35 |
1 |
10 |
11 |