Live updates: Mizzou men open SEC play at No. 2 Auburn

Mizzou basketball guard Tamar Bates, left, speaks with the media on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, after Illinois' Braggin' Rights win over Mizzou at Enterprise Center. (Video by Ethan Erickson, Post-Dispatch)Missouri men's basketball (11-2) will open Southeastern Conference play against No. 2 Auburn (12-1) at 3 p.m. Saturday. The game will be televised on the SEC Network.

Keys to the game include how Mizzou will contain Auburn star Johni Broome, whether MU can force a stingy AU team to turn the ball over and which bench has the more productive outing.

Check back here for live updates during the game.

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