University of Missouri

MU notes: Wes Clark is bright spot in Tigers’ loss


Wes Clark had a big first half for Missouri on Saturday, scoring 13 of his 15 points before halftime.
Wes Clark had a big first half for Missouri on Saturday, scoring 13 of his 15 points before halftime. The Associated Press

Wes Clark had 13 points in the first half and appeared on his way to a big scoring game before wearing down in the second half Saturday. Still, he was the Tigers’ bright spot with 15 points and six assists in a career-high 37 minutes in Missouri’s 83-61 loss to Texas A&M.

“When you look at our team, Johnathan (Williams III) and Wes are marked men,” MU coach Kim Anderson said. “They’re the veteran guys. We have to have other guys step up and help them.

“I thought Wes played really well. When you have to play guys 37, 38 minutes they’ll get fatigued after a while.”

First half

Key play: Danuel House knocked in three-pointers on successive possessions and broke a 9-9 tie, and the Aggies didn’t trail again.

Key stat: Texas A&M made five of nine three-pointers.

Second half

Key play: It wasn’t really key, but De’Angelo Allen had a nice follow slam of Keith Shamburger’s miss with 2:27 remaining. It was Missouri’s last field goal.

Key stat: Texas A&M shot 70.4 percent and scored on 22 of 32 possessions.

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This story was originally published February 7, 2015 at 8:35 PM with the headline "MU notes: Wes Clark is bright spot in Tigers’ loss."

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