Before the Tigers and the Panthers entered the U16 media timeout, Jevon Porter had already matched his season-high in points. Other Tigers soon followed suit.
For the fifth straight contest, Annor Boateng, Trent Burns, and Trent Pierce were all out due to injury; it didn't matter much in the final result. The Tigers took down another mid-major, Prairie View A&M, 91-73 on Monday night in Columbia, and balanced scoring was very much on the menu.
On the topic of those three players, Gates had this to say post-game.