COLUMBIA, Mo. – Jason Crowe Jr. set the Mizzou men’s basketball single-game freshman scoring record as the Tigers cruised to a dominating victory over SIU Edwardsville 95-58 on Monday night at Mizzou Arena. With the victory, the Tigers improve to 2-1 on the year, while the Cougars see their season mark evened at 2-2.
MIZZOU LEADERS
Crowe tallied 34 points in just his third collegiate game – the most single-game points a rookie has scored in program history. The freshman made 11 of his 16 field-goal attempts with a 4-of-8 clip from 3-point range, while also adding four assists on the night. He surpassed the previous standard of 32, set by Derrick Chievous in 1984.
Freshman Toni Bryant followed with 18 points, shooting 6-of-8 from the field. Bryant also added seven rebounds, three assists and a steal to complete his stat line.
Sophomores Bryson Tiller and Jamier Jones also reached double-digit scoring – Tiller with 11 points and Jones with 10.
GAME RECAP
Mizzou opened the first half with an alley-oop dunk from Crowe to senior Trent Pierce, giving the Tigers an early 10-4 lead. The Tigers continued to pour it on early with a Crowe triple while being fouled highlighted an early 13-2 spurt to move in front by 12, 18-6.
Jones continued the push and scored back-to-back baskets off turnovers, extending the lead to 24-8. Mizzou then finished the frame on an 8-0 run to head into the locker room doubling up the Cougars, 48-24.
Mizzou opened the second half hot, with senior Kennard Davis Jr. leading the charge connecting on back-to-back three pointers to extend Missouri's lead to 58-28.
Sophomore Aaron Rowe then found Jones for an ally-pop dunk to extend the lead 67-30.
The only thing left to determine after that was how many points Crowe would finish with as he made Mizzou history with his layup with just over four minutes remaining, raising his tally to 34 points.
GAME STATS
Missouri made 58.5% of its field-goal attempts with a 12-for-23 (52.2%) from 3-point land, while holding the Cougars to a 16.7% three point percentage. Mizzou also led in the assist department with a 23-11 advantage and points off turnovers with a margin of 20-6.
UP NEXT
The Tigers travel to Chicago on Sunday, November 15 to face Marquette in the 2026 Legends Classic at United Center. Tipoff is set for 1:30 p.m. on Peacock.