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Phillips Leads Balanced Scoring Attack in Win over South Carolina State
Missouri improved to 7-0 with a strong start and balanced scoring, including five players in double figures and Trent Burns' debut contributing 7 points.
- On Tuesday in Columbia, Mo., the Missouri Tigers men's basketball team defeated the South Carolina State Bulldogs 98-66 as Shawn Phillips Jr. scored 17 and Mark Mitchell added 15.
- The Tigers opened with a 21-3 run and an 18-1 stretch, preventing SC State from scoring a basket for six minutes to establish early control.
- Supporting the win, five Tigers reached double figures, with Phillips shooting 7 of 8 and grabbing eight rebounds, while Sebastian Mack and Annor Boateng each scored 12 and Mark Mitchell added 13 in the first half.
- The win moved Missouri to 7-0 while South Carolina State Bulldogs dropped to 0-7, and redshirt freshman center Trent Burns debuted with 7 points, 3 rebounds, and a block as Missouri leads the series 2-0.
- Missouri hosts Cleveland State at 1 p.m. on Friday at Mizzou Arena, with Dennis Gates, head coach, returning to face his former program.
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