COLUMBIA, Mo. — After playing the game of his life in a victory his team needed badly, Missouri’s Reed Nikko didn’t have to think long about the question.
Was this the best game of his Mizzou career?
“I mean it's definitely up there,” the senior center said Tuesday night, drenched in water from the postgame locker room celebration. “I feel good about how I played tonight. I’m just happy we won.”
There’s an early candidate for Mizzou’s biggest understatement of 2020.
Speaking of 20, that was the Tigers’ deficit to Georgia with 13 minutes and 33 seconds left in what was turning into another disaster for Cuonzo Martin’s team.