St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Dec 6, 2020
Tigers handle Wichita State, improve to 3-0
Missouri's Mark Smith (13), here playing against Oregon on Wednesday, led Mizzou with 19 points in a win over Wichita State on Sunday. (Chris Machian/Omaha World-Herald via AP)Against a Wichita State basketball program picking up the pieces of its previous coach’s problematic tenure, Missouri’s sloppiness didn’t cost it enough to ever be in doubt Sunday as the Tigers led almost the entire game and held on for a 72-62 win.
Mark Smith led the way with 19 points and six rebounds, and Dru Smith and Kobe Brown added 14 points each. Brown led the team in rebounds with seven before fouling out late. Mizzou is 3-0 for the first time under fourth-year coach Cuonzo Martin.