Mizzou basketball dominates Prairie View A&M in Columbia. It was a balanced attack
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- Mizzou built a 26-point first-half lead and stretched advantage to 35 points.
- Jacob Crews scored 20 on 7-of-10 shooting and sits at 61.9% from three.
- Missouri committed 9 second-half turnovers but kept the lead; next up vs. South Dakota.
It didn’t take long for Mizzou basketball to pull ahead of Prairie View A&M.
In Missouri’s 91-73 win Monday, the Tigers led by as many as 26 in the first half alone. Jevon Porter and Anthony Robinson ended the first half with 10 points apiece, while Shawn Phillips Jr. had 10 rebounds in 12 first-half minutes.
It was that kind of night.
“I’m proud of our guys for getting the victory,” coach Dennis Gates told reporters postgame. “Proud of our moments that we had.”
Phillips recorded his second double-double of the season, finishing with 12 points and 13 rebounds in just 19 minutes.
But the player of the game may have been Jacob Crews, who poured in 20 points on 7-for-10 shooting for Missouri (5-0). He made 4 of 5 3-point attempts and grabbed eight rebounds.
“I saw a few go in, and that’s all it takes for a great rhythm,” Crews told reporters postgame.
In his postgame media session, Crews talked about learning from former Mizzou sharpshooter Caleb Grill, last year’s SEC Sixth Man of the Year. Grill shot 39.6% from 3-point range for the Tigers, a mark that Crews could be on his way to matching.
Through five games, he’s at a blistering 61.9% clip, going 13-for-21 from deep.
“(Grill is) actually a really good friend, even after the season,” Crews said. “He’s helped me a lot from the mental part and obviously the game part. Watching him do that in games where he wasn’t doing too well, it led him to make big shots for us. ... Definitely helped me out on that end, and continues to (now).”
Jayden Stone provided additional bench production with 12 points. As a whole, six Tigers hit double digits while the team shot 51.6% from the field, 43.5% from 3.
The initial moments of the game were close, as Mizzou led by no more than six points through the first eight minutes. Both teams had issues with turnovers in that time. But the Tigers ultimately broke out and broke away with a 20-2 run in the first half.
“I thought our guys were able to read the game and just play it the right way and get off the basketball, then find the next open man,” Gates said of the run.
Missouri led by double digits for the first time at the 10:44 mark. The margin was double-digits for the final 30 minutes.
A&M had a brutal first half, making just 11 of 33 shot attempts (33.3%) and struggling to find quality looks. The Panthers did, however, outscore Mizzou 46-42 in the second frame, though the game was largely out of reach by that point.
Missouri committed nine second-half turnovers, playing somewhat sloppy with a big lead.
“Just being antsy,” Gates said of the turnovers. “We’ve got to be able to grab and be able to get into an attack position, and I think we were standing straight up in some moments.”
Luckily for Gates’ squad, the Tigers were too far ahead for it to matter. They led by as many as 35 points Monday night.
Next up: The Tigers host South Dakota in Columbia. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. Thursday.
This story was originally published November 17, 2025 at 9:31 PM.
