St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Feb 10, 2019
Without Tilmon, Mizzou blows another big lead, falls to lowly Aggies
Missouri's Reed Nikko, right, and Texas A&M's Christian Mekowulu, left, battle for a rebound during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019, in Columbia, Mo. (AP Photo/L.G. Patterson)COLUMBIA, MO. • Already undermanned without starting guard Mark Smith, Missouri was down another starter Saturday when center Jeremiah Tilmon missed his first college game thanks to emergency wisdom teeth extraction.
The team that lost its star players each of the last two seasons — Michael Porter Jr. and his balky back last season and Jontay Porter and his knee last fall — was down to eight scholarship players to open the second half of conference play.