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Smith helps No. 17 Missouri beat Texas A&M 68-52

AP
Jan 16, 2021

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) A COVID-19 pause left Missouri Tigers a little rusty before the Tigers shook it off and beat Texas A&M Aggies.

Dru Smith scored 15 points and the 17th-ranked Tigers beat the Aggies 68-52 on Saturday. It was Missouri's first game since Jan. 5 before they got paused because of a positive coronavirus test within the program.

Though Missouri was without its full team for practice for a week while players were quarantined, the Tigers used the break to regain focus after the early-January loss.

''We were watching film on our own and stuff, just making sure the we were locked in still,'' senior forward Jeremiah Tilmon said. ''That helped us out. In our group chats, (we were) making sure that we were going into this game being focused. Making sure we were keyed in on defense and taking open shots. Making sure that we had the right energy.''

Tilmon had 14 points and 10 rebounds for the Tigers (8-2, 2-2 SEC).

Sophomore guard Andre Gordon paced the Aggies (7-5, 2-4) with 19 points.

The Tigers led 27-24 at the half and used a 21-5 run midway through the second half to take control of the game.

After trailing for the majority of the first half, Missouri mounted a 12-2 run to close out the half and held the Aggies scoreless for the final four minutes. In that run, Texas A&M went 0-for-11 from the field.

A&M head coach Buzz Williams said it was a drop in defensive energy that opened the door four Missouri's second-half offensive surge.

''I thought we closed down the half without much energy,'' he said. ''It wasn't zero energy, it was just lacking, relative to the cohesiveness we need to play with on both ends. And then I think we started the second half worse than we ended the first half.''

BIG PICTURE

Missouri has a chance to put together its first winning streak of conference play, having alternated losses between its win against Arkansas on Jan. 2. Despite starting off strong against the Tigers, the Aggies repeated a trend of only one half of strong play in the loss.

HIGHLIGHT REEL

Streaking unabated through the middle of the paint, Tilmon collected a missed corner 3-pointer by Torrence Watson and slammed it home in one motion. Tilmon's put-back dunk was a part of a 11-0 Missouri second half run.

STAT OF THE NIGHT

With the win, Missouri claimed its third true road victory before Jan. 16 for the first time since the 1994-95 season. It was achieved this season after a near one-month delay.

UP NEXT

Texas A&M travels to Vanderbilt on Wednesday.

Missouri hosts South Carolina on Tuesday.

1st Half
MIZZ
Tigers
27
TXAM
Aggies
24

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Jeremiah Tilmon vs. Jonathan Aku (Andre Gordon gains possession)
19:51	+3	Andre Gordon makes three point pullup jump shot	0-3
19:24		Mark Smith misses three point jump shot
19:22		Aggies defensive rebound
18:52		Dru Smith blocks Andre Gordon's two point jump shot
18:50		Tigers defensive rebound
18:37		Jeremiah Tilmon turnover (lost ball) (Andre Gordon steals)
18:21	+2	Emanuel Miller makes two point layup (Andre Gordon assists)	0-5
18:00	+3	Dru Smith makes three point jump shot (Xavier Pinson assists)	3-5
17:40		Jonathan Aku misses two point jump shot
17:38		Mark Smith defensive rebound
17:23	+2	Jeremiah Tilmon makes two point driving jump shot	5-5
17:03		Emanuel Miller turnover (out of bounds)
16:37		Mark Smith misses two point jump shot
16:35		Jonathan Aku defensive rebound
16:18		Hassan Diarra misses three point jump shot
16:16		Dru Smith defensive rebound
16:07		Dru Smith misses three point jump shot
16:05		Xavier Pinson offensive rebound
16:02	+2	Xavier Pinson makes two point pullup jump shot	7-5
15:38	+3	Jay Jay Chandler makes three point step back jump shot	7-8
15:25		Mark Smith misses three point jump shot
15:23		Jonathan Aku defensive rebound
15:11		Jay Jay Chandler turnover (bad pass) (Mark Smith steals)
14:52		Mark Smith turnover (lost ball) (Hassan Diarra steals)
14:40		Mark Smith personal foul (Zach Walker draws the foul)
14:40		TV timeout
14:25		Emanuel Miller offensive foul (Parker Braun draws the foul)
14:25		Emanuel Miller turnover
13:56		Javon Pickett misses two point jump shot
13:54		Torrence Watson offensive rebound
13:49		Kevin Marfo blocks Torrence Watson's two point layup
13:47		Kevin Marfo defensive rebound
13:26		Andre Gordon misses two point jump shot
13:24		Kevin Marfo offensive rebound
13:18		Savion Flagg misses three point jump shot
13:16		Drew Buggs defensive rebound
13:06	+2	Mitchell Smith makes two point driving dunk (Javon Pickett assists)	9-8
12:50		Drew Buggs personal foul (Andre Gordon draws the foul)
12:46		Jeremiah Tilmon blocks Quenton Jackson's two point layup
12:44		Jeremiah Tilmon defensive rebound
12:26		Torrence Watson misses three point jump shot
12:24		Jeremiah Tilmon offensive rebound
12:22		Jeremiah Tilmon turnover (traveling)
12:06	+2	Savion Flagg makes two point driving jump shot (Quenton Jackson assists)	9-10
12:06		Mitchell Smith shooting foul (Savion Flagg draws the foul)
12:06		Savion Flagg misses regular free throw 1 of 1
12:01		Dru Smith defensive rebound
11:53		Xavier Pinson turnover (lost ball)
11:53		TV timeout
11:43		Quenton Jackson misses two point jump shot
11:41		Kobe Brown defensive rebound
11:40		Jump ball. Kobe Brown vs. Kevin Marfo (Tigers gains possession)
11:21		Kobe Brown turnover (bad pass)
10:57	+2	Hassan Diarra makes two point layup	9-12
10:36		Kobe Brown misses two point jump shot
10:34		Hassan Diarra defensive rebound
10:28		Quenton Jackson misses two point layup
10:26		Kobe Brown defensive rebound
10:09		Hassan Diarra shooting foul (Jeremiah Tilmon draws the foul)
10:09	+1	Jeremiah Tilmon makes regular free throw 1 of 2	10-12
10:09	+1	Jeremiah Tilmon makes regular free throw 2 of 2	11-12
9:54	+3	Andre Gordon makes three point pullup jump shot (Emanuel Miller assists)	11-15
9:16	+2	Drew Buggs makes two point floating jump shot (Javon Pickett assists)	13-15
8:45		Jay Jay Chandler misses two point jump shot
8:43		Dru Smith defensive rebound
8:35	+2	Jeremiah Tilmon makes two point layup (Dru Smith assists)	15-15
8:18		Andre Gordon turnover (lost ball)
8:08		Dru Smith misses two point jump shot
8:06		Dru Smith offensive rebound
7:58		Javon Pickett misses two point jump shot
7:56		Zach Walker defensive rebound
7:45	+3	Savion Flagg makes three point jump shot (Andre Gordon assists)	15-18
7:34		Javon Pickett offensive foul (Savion Flagg draws the foul)
7:34		Javon Pickett turnover
7:34		TV timeout
7:24		Savion Flagg turnover (bad pass) (Jeremiah Tilmon steals)
7:18		Drew Buggs turnover (bad pass) (Andre Gordon steals)
6:58		Dru Smith personal foul (Jay Jay Chandler draws the foul)
6:41	+2	Jay Jay Chandler makes two point pullup jump shot	15-20
6:18		Jay Jay Chandler personal foul (Mitchell Smith draws the foul)
6:06		Dru Smith misses three point jump shot
6:04		Emanuel Miller defensive rebound
5:46	+2	Emanuel Miller makes two point driving layup	15-22
5:22		Xavier Pinson misses two point layup
5:20		Jay Jay Chandler defensive rebound
5:14		Savion Flagg misses three point jump shot
5:12		Emanuel Miller offensive rebound
5:09		Emanuel Miller turnover (bad pass) (Dru Smith steals)
5:03		Dru Smith misses two point layup
5:01		Jay Jay Chandler defensive rebound
4:45		Savion Flagg misses three point jump shot
4:43		Mark Smith defensive rebound
4:24	+2	Jeremiah Tilmon makes two point driving layup (Dru Smith assists)	17-22
4:03	+2	Andre Gordon makes two point pullup jump shot	17-24
3:49	+3	Xavier Pinson makes three point jump shot (Jeremiah Tilmon assists)	20-24
3:32		Mitchell Smith personal foul (Emanuel Miller draws the foul)
3:32		TV timeout
3:25		Hassan Diarra misses two point layup
3:23		Kevin Marfo offensive rebound
3:20		Jay Jay Chandler misses three point jump shot
3:18		Emanuel Miller offensive rebound
3:15		Kobe Brown blocks Emanuel Miller's two point layup
3:15		Emanuel Miller offensive rebound
3:15		Jump ball. Emanuel Miller vs. Kobe Brown (Aggies gains possession)
3:10		Jay Jay Chandler turnover (traveling)
3:10		Mark Smith turnover (5-second violation)
2:58		Kevin Marfo misses two point layup
2:56		Kobe Brown defensive rebound
2:49		Xavier Pinson turnover (bad pass) (Quenton Jackson steals)
2:42		Hassan Diarra misses two point jump shot
2:40		Jeremiah Tilmon defensive rebound
2:29		Xavier Pinson misses three point jump shot
2:26		Quenton Jackson defensive rebound
2:15		Quenton Jackson misses three point jump shot
2:13		Kobe Brown defensive rebound
2:04		Xavier Pinson turnover (lost ball)
1:49		Quenton Jackson misses three point jump shot
1:47		Savion Flagg offensive rebound
1:43		Quenton Jackson misses two point layup
1:41		Dru Smith defensive rebound
1:34	+3	Javon Pickett makes three point jump shot (Dru Smith assists)	23-24
1:11		Hassan Diarra misses two point jump shot
1:09		Kobe Brown defensive rebound
0:58	+2	Javon Pickett makes two point driving layup (Dru Smith assists)	25-24
0:01		Torrence Watson defensive rebound
0:43		Andre Gordon misses two point jump shot
0:41		Jeremiah Tilmon defensive rebound
0:28	+2	Kobe Brown makes two point pullup jump shot	27-24
0:03		Jay Jay Chandler misses three point jump shot
0:01		Torrence Watson defensive rebound

2nd Half
MIZZ
Tigers
41
TXAM
Aggies
28

Time		Play	Score
19:52		Hassan Diarra personal foul
19:50	+2	Dru Smith makes two point layup	29-24
19:02		Emanuel Miller turnover (Dru Smith steals)
19:02		Mark Smith misses three point jump shot
19:00		Emanuel Miller defensive rebound
18:44		Hassan Diarra misses three point jump shot
18:42		Tigers defensive rebound
18:21	+2	Xavier Pinson makes two point layup	31-24
18:04		Kobe Brown shooting foul (Andre Gordon draws the foul)
18:04	+1	Andre Gordon makes regular free throw 1 of 2	31-25
18:04	+1	Andre Gordon makes regular free throw 2 of 2	31-26
17:56		Mark Smith misses three point jump shot
17:54		Jeremiah Tilmon offensive rebound
17:46		Mark Smith misses three point jump shot
17:44		Jay Jay Chandler defensive rebound
17:26		Jay Jay Chandler turnover (out of bounds)
16:40		Quenton Jackson misses two point jump shot
17:08		TV timeout
16:57		Javon Pickett turnover (lost ball) (Kevin Marfo steals)
16:40		Quenton Jackson misses two point jump shot
16:38		Kevin Marfo offensive rebound
16:22	+3	Jay Jay Chandler makes three point jump shot (Andre Gordon assists)	31-29
16:08	+2	Javon Pickett makes two point layup	33-29
16:08		Zach Walker shooting foul (Javon Pickett draws the foul)
16:08	+1	Javon Pickett makes regular free throw 1 of 1	34-29
15:59		Kobe Brown personal foul (Emanuel Miller draws the foul)
15:59		TV timeout
15:51		Quenton Jackson turnover (bad pass)
15:42		Dru Smith misses two point jump shot
15:40		Kevin Marfo defensive rebound
15:21		Kevin Marfo turnover (lost ball) (Drew Buggs steals)
15:06		Drew Buggs misses three point jump shot
15:04		Jeremiah Tilmon offensive rebound
15:02		Jeremiah Tilmon misses two point layup
15:00		Jeremiah Tilmon offensive rebound
14:58	+2	Jeremiah Tilmon makes two point layup	36-29
14:42		Jay Jay Chandler misses three point jump shot
14:40		Drew Buggs defensive rebound
14:27	+3	Kobe Brown makes three point jump shot (Dru Smith assists)	39-29
13:39	+2	Javon Pickett makes two point layup (Drew Buggs assists)	41-31
14:09		Jeremiah Tilmon shooting foul (Savion Flagg draws the foul)
14:09	+1	Savion Flagg makes regular free throw 1 of 2	39-30
14:09	+1	Savion Flagg makes regular free throw 2 of 2	39-31
13:42		Andre Gordon personal foul (Kobe Brown draws the foul)
13:39	+2	Javon Pickett makes two point layup (Drew Buggs assists)	41-31
13:20	+3	Andre Gordon makes three point jump shot (Hassan Diarra assists)	41-34
13:11		Dru Smith misses three point jump shot
13:09		Javon Pickett offensive rebound
12:53	+2	Javon Pickett makes two point layup	43-34
12:43		Jonathan Aku personal foul
12:37		Hayden Hefner personal foul (Dru Smith draws the foul)
12:22		Javon Pickett turnover (out of bounds)
12:10		Hassan Diarra turnover (bad pass)
11:53		Torrence Watson misses three point jump shot
11:51		Jeremiah Tilmon offensive rebound
11:43	+2	Jeremiah Tilmon makes two point dunk	45-34
11:25		Hayden Hefner turnover (bad pass) (Dru Smith steals)
11:20	+2	Mitchell Smith makes two point dunk (Torrence Watson assists)	47-34
11:20		Kevin Marfo flagrant 1 (Mitchell Smith draws the foul)
11:20		Kevin Marfo turnover
11:20		TV timeout
11:20	+1	Mitchell Smith makes flagrant free throw 1 of 2	48-34
11:20	+1	Mitchell Smith makes flagrant free throw 2 of 2	49-34
10:57	+3	Dru Smith makes three point jump shot (Drew Buggs assists)	52-34
10:41	+2	Emanuel Miller makes two point jump shot (Andre Gordon assists)	52-36
10:17		Quenton Jackson personal foul (Jeremiah Tilmon draws the foul)
10:17		Jeremiah Tilmon misses regular free throw 1 of 1
10:17		Savion Flagg defensive rebound
9:56		Jay Jay Chandler misses three point jump shot
9:51		Luke McGhee offensive rebound
9:42	+2	Savion Flagg makes two point dunk (Quenton Jackson assists)	52-38
9:26		Mitchell Smith misses two point jump shot
9:24		Savion Flagg defensive rebound
9:24		Javon Pickett personal foul
8:53		Kobe Brown blocks Emanuel Miller's two point jump shot
8:51		Mitchell Smith defensive rebound
8:24		Xavier Pinson misses three point jump shot
8:22		Emanuel Miller defensive rebound
8:12	+2	Andre Gordon makes two point dunk (Savion Flagg assists)	52-40
7:58		Javon Pickett misses three point jump shot
7:56		Andre Gordon defensive rebound
7:48	+2	Andre Gordon makes two point jump shot	52-42
7:20	+2	Kobe Brown makes two point layup	54-42
7:43		TV timeout
7:20	+2	Kobe Brown makes two point layup	54-42
6:46	+2	Jay Jay Chandler makes two point jump shot	54-44
6:24	+2	Kobe Brown makes two point layup	56-44
6:24		Jay Jay Chandler shooting foul (Kobe Brown draws the foul)
6:24		Kobe Brown misses regular free throw 1 of 1
6:24		Jay Jay Chandler defensive rebound
6:06		Hassan Diarra turnover (bad pass) (Kobe Brown steals)
6:00	+2	Dru Smith makes two point layup (Kobe Brown assists)	58-44
5:45	+2	Andre Gordon makes two point jump shot	58-46
5:34		Dru Smith turnover (lost ball) (Jay Jay Chandler steals)
5:29		Jeremiah Tilmon blocks Jay Jay Chandler's two point layup
5:27		Aggies offensive rebound
5:22		Kobe Brown shooting foul (Jay Jay Chandler draws the foul)
5:22	+1	Jay Jay Chandler makes regular free throw 1 of 2	58-47
5:22		Jay Jay Chandler misses regular free throw 2 of 2
5:22		Jeremiah Tilmon defensive rebound
5:10		Xavier Pinson turnover (bad pass)
5:07		Jay Jay Chandler misses three point jump shot
5:05		Emanuel Miller offensive rebound
5:05		Xavier Pinson personal foul (Emanuel Miller draws the foul)
5:05		Emanuel Miller misses regular free throw 1 of 2
5:05	+1	Emanuel Miller makes regular free throw 2 of 2	58-48
4:51	+2	Dru Smith makes two point jump shot (Mark Smith assists)	60-48
4:38		Drew Buggs shooting foul (Quenton Jackson draws the foul)
4:38	+1	Quenton Jackson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	60-49
4:38	+1	Quenton Jackson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	60-50
4:11	+3	Mark Smith makes three point jump shot (Dru Smith assists)	63-50
3:55		Savion Flagg turnover (bad pass) (Dru Smith steals)
3:48	+2	Dru Smith makes two point layup	65-50
3:43		TV timeout
3:31		Kobe Brown shooting foul (Savion Flagg draws the foul)
3:31		Savion Flagg misses regular free throw 1 of 2
2:59		Andre Gordon defensive rebound
3:31		Savion Flagg misses regular free throw 2 of 2
3:31		Jeremiah Tilmon defensive rebound
3:01		Dru Smith misses two point layup
2:59		Andre Gordon defensive rebound
2:50		Jeremiah Tilmon blocks Andre Gordon's two point layup
2:48		Dru Smith defensive rebound
2:32		Quenton Jackson personal foul (Jeremiah Tilmon draws the foul)
2:32	+1	Jeremiah Tilmon makes regular free throw 1 of 2	66-50
2:32	+1	Jeremiah Tilmon makes regular free throw 2 of 2	67-50
2:21	+2	Emanuel Miller makes two point jump shot (Jaxson Robinson assists)	67-52
2:01		Jay Jay Chandler personal foul (Dru Smith draws the foul)
2:01	+1	Dru Smith makes regular free throw 1 of 2	68-52
2:01		Dru Smith misses regular free throw 2 of 2
2:01		Emanuel Miller defensive rebound
1:41		Andre Gordon misses two point jump shot
1:39		Javon Pickett defensive rebound
1:15		Dru Smith misses three point jump shot
1:13		Emanuel Miller defensive rebound
0:57		Emanuel Miller misses three point jump shot
0:55		Drew Buggs defensive rebound
0:31		Mark Smith misses three point jump shot
0:29		Jay Jay Chandler defensive rebound
0:18		Jay Jay Chandler misses three point jump shot
0:14		Luke McGhee offensive rebound
0:13		Emanuel Miller turnover (out of bounds)
0:00		End of period

Emanuel Miller turnover (out of bounds)