Mizzou vs. Oral Roberts Post Game Notes
11/19/2014 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
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Mizzou vs. Oral Roberts
Game Notes
Nov. 19, 2014 // Columbia, Mo. // Mizzou Arena
Sophomore guard Wes Clark dished out a career-high nine assists. Clark's previous career-high of six came against Mississippi State on March 1, 2014 against Mississippi State.
All 10 Tigers recorded at least two points, including three reaching double digits (Williams, III, Gill-Caesar and Clark).
Freshman guard Montaque Gill-Caesar made two 3-pointers in less than three minutes to start the game. That's as many as he had made in the first two games of the season. Gill-Caesar ended the game with 19 points and four made 3-pointers.
Mizzou shot 12-of-21 on 3-pointers overall Wednesday night, and six Tigers made at least one 3-pointer. The Tigers went 8-for-9 behind the arc in the second half to key the second half surge.
Sophomore forward Johnathan Williams, III made a career-high two 3-pointers against the Golden Eagles.
Tonight marked Clark's third straight game of scoring at least 13 points.
Senior guard Keith Shamburger had a solid night across the board with nine points, four rebounds, three assists, four steals, and zero turnovers.
Redshirt Junior guard Deuce Bello tied a career-high with two blocked shots, matching his previous personal best from Nov. 11, 2011 against Texas Southern (while with Baylor).
Mizzou was in the lead for a total of 16:32, but only led for a total of 55 seconds in the first half. The Tigers gained the lead with 11:41 left in the second half and never gave it up again.
After Oral Roberts tied the game at 52-52 with 11:58 left in the second half, Mizzou outscored Oral Roberts 26-12 in the remainder of the half.