What you need to know from Mizzou basketball’s exhibition win over Kansas State

Friday marked the second consecutive season in which Mizzou basketball opened its season by beating Kansas State in an exhibition game. This time, the Tigers beat Kansas State 71-67 in Manhattan, Kansas, propelled by 21 points from five-star freshman Jason Crowe Jr.

It was, after all, an exhibition game, so by no means is this a heavy indicator of what’s to come for the rest of Missouri’s season. Regardless, here’s everything you need to know from the Tigers’ win.

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Lineups

Perhaps more than anything, lineups should be taken with a grain of salt. Coach Dennis Gates deployed a starting five of Crowe, Kennard Davis Jr., Trent Pierce, Toni Bryant and Bryson Tiller. Mark Mitchell, who was granted a temporary injunction Oct. 16 to be temporary eligible, came off the bench with the first round of substitutions a little over 4:00 into the game.

With the exception of the 3:11 that 7-foot, 5-inch Trent Burns was on the court, Bryant and Tiller spent the most time at the center spot for the Tigers – Jaylen Carey and Nicholas Randall did not play. Fifth-year guard C.J. Gunn, who is currently operating under a temporary restraining order that grants him eligibility, and senior guard Jordan Crawford also did not play.

Top-50 transfer and sophomore wing Jamier Jones started the game on the bench and did not sub in until there was 12:00 remaining in the first half. He played just 7:32 of action, having an impressive and-1 finish and another alley-oop finish before “tweaking” his ankle and sitting the rest of the game.

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Missouri went on a 13-0 run to open the second half with a lineup of Crowe, Chronister, Pierce, Mitchell and Tiller. Crowe scored or assisted on 8 of those points. As the broadcast pointed out, Missouri has been largely unsuccessful under Gates when trailing at the half, so coming out hot to storm back for a victory is a positive sign.

Missouri ended up closing the game with a lineup of Crowe, Cord Stansberry – a captain who played 20:17, the most of any…

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