First half• Key play: Missouri started to build momentum for this blowout at the 13 minute, 11-second mark of the first half, when junior guard Michael Dixon made a three-pointer that capped a 7-0 run and caused Oklahoma State coach Travis Ford to call a timeout. The basket gave the Tigers a 16-10 lead.
• Key stat: Missouri dominated Oklahoma State on the boards 21-10, which limited the Cowboys’ second-chance opportunities.Second half• Key play: Missouri was in control the whole half, but the Tigers stretched their lead to 35 (the biggest of the game) thanks to the hustle of senior forward Ricardo Ratliffe, who rebounded a miss by Kim English — the second offensive rebound of the possession — and put it back for a layup that gave Missouri an 80-45 advantage with six minutes, 59 seconds left.• Key stat: The second half was much closer than the first, as Oklahoma State outscored the Tigers by four. But Missouri kept a large lead as it shot 47.1 percent from the field.Alley-oopsYou knew Missouri was feeling it in the first half when junior guard Michael Dixon decided to throw an alley oop to 5-foot-10 teammate Phil Pressey. It did not work.“I thought Markel Brown was going to commit to me more than he did,” Dixon said of the Oklahoma State swingman, who was guarding him on the play.English, who was sitting next to Dixon while he described the moment after the game, quickly joked, “That’s how he drew it up,” which prompted coach Frank Haith to interject with an opinion of his own.“That’s not a good play,” Haith said of Dixon’s decision.The good news was that the Tigers scored anyway. • Revenge isn’t all Missouri earned with Wednesday’s win over Oklahoma State, as seniors Steve Moore, Jarrett Sutton, Kim English and Marcus Denmon won their 101st game at Missouri, the most victories by a senior class in school history.Read more University Of Missouri
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Updated: 2012-02-16T06:23:38Z
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