Mizzou men tie program record for largest margin of victory in 72-point win over Delta Devils

Eli Hoff and Ben Frederickson break down their keys to Missouri's upcoming game against South Carolina, including keeping the Gamecocks' formidable pass rush at bay and continuing defensive momentum from last weekend's four-takeaway win over Oklahoma.COLUMBIA, Mo. — Some of the proprietary, cutting-edge box scores that college basketball programs pay advanced statistics providers thousands for list the time that a game was analytically “over.”

Whatever the moment was in Missouri’s 111-38 domination of Mississippi Valley State on Thursday night, it must have been early.

The Delta Devils, ranked by KenPom as the nation’s worst D-I program, scored the first bucket of the game to lead for 41…