{"id":424624,"date":"2024-11-28T20:13:26","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T20:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=424624"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"Missouri-handles-Lindenwood-for-sixth-straight-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/Missouri-handles-Lindenwood-for-sixth-straight-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Missouri handles Lindenwood for sixth straight win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tony Perkins scored 18 points, Marques Warrick added 17, and Missouri pulled away for an 81-61 win over Lindenwood on Wednesday night in Columbia, Mo. Trent Pierce added 12 points on 4-for-6 shooting for Missouri (6-1), which won its sixth game in a row. Aidan Shaw finished with eight points as all four of the Tigers&#8217; top scorers came off the bench. Markeith Browning II scored 21 points on 7-for-16 shooting to lead Lindenwood (2-5), which took its second loss in a row. Jadis Jones had 14 points and pulled down a team-high eight rebounds. Missouri shot 50 percent (27 of 54) overall and 22.7 percent (5 of 22) from 3-point range. Lindenwood shot 35.6 percent (21 of 59) from the field and 15 percent (3 of 20) from beyond the arc. Lindenwood pulled within 49-38 when Jones made a layup with 13:21 remaining in the second half. That proved to be as close as the Lions would come for the rest of the game. Warrick made a layup 17 seconds later, and the Tigers never relinquished their double-digit lead over the final 13 minutes. Missouri increased its lead to 20 points when Anthony Robinson II made one of two free throws to give the Tigers a 63-43 edge with 8:40 to go. A dunk by Perkins put the Tigers on top by 24 points &#8212; their largest lead &#8212; with 3:30 remaining. Missouri led 37-27 at the half. Perkins made a layup to put the Tigers on top 25-19 with 7:34 left in the first half. Lindenwood responded with a 6-0 run to even the score with 3:48 remaining. Jones scored on a layup to start the run, and Browning made back-to-back layups to help the Lions erase the deficit. The Tigers finished the first half on a 12-2 run to grab a double-digit advantage. Jacob Crews hit a 3-pointer to start the run. Shaw made a jump shot, and Warrick made 3-pointers on back-to-back possessions to help the Tigers take control. &#8211;Field Level Media<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/imgupload\/c94b00dd6de6d9f7e0cbde53600bd1bd.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p>\n<p>Nov 27, 2024; Columbia, Missouri, USA; Lindenwood Lions guard Jadis Jones (10) passes the ball against Missouri Tigers guard Marcus Allen (4) and guard Aidan Shaw (23) during the first half at Mizzou Arena. Mandatory Credit: Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>-Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tony Perkins scored 18 points, Marques Warrick added 17, and Missouri pulled away for an&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-424624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=424624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424624\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}