St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Feb 16, 2020
Mizzou's dynamic duo helps topple No. 11 Auburn
Missouri's Xavier Pinson shoots between Auburn's Danjel Purifoy, right, and Austin Wiley in the second half of a game on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020, in Columbia, Mo. Missouri won 85-73. (L.G. Patterson, Associated Press)COLUMBIA, Mo. — If the Missouri basketball team can measure its progress from a lifeless January to a suddenly resurgent February by the veins bulging out of Bruce Pearl’s head, then Saturday was another great day for the Tigers.
In front of the biggest home crowd in two years, Missouri made a clear statement at Mizzou Arena on Saturday: It hasn’t given up on a once-spiraling season.