By MATT PIKE
St. Joseph Post
Up by nine at the halftime break, a late three by Vanderbilt forced overtime and the Commodores took over from there, taking down the #14 Missouri Tigers in Nashville 97-93.
Missouri and Vanderbilt traded blows through the first seven minutes of the game before the Tigers pulled away, leading at the first official TV timeout 16-7 with 12:06 left in the first half. After the timeout, the Commodores begin to fight their way back, getting within one by the second TV timeout.
Missouri went on to pull away through the remainder of the first half, leading 38-29. But once again on the road, the Missouri shooters went cold, while the opposing team found a way to get hot, the Commodores going on an 11-5 run to open up the second half.
Vanderbilt eventually took the lead, but the Tigers continued to scratch and claw keeping up with the Commodores, but were forced into overtime as Tyler Nickel made a three point shot with four seconds left in regulation.
The Commodores outscored Missouri 16-12 in the overtime period to earn the win.
Caleb Grill led the Tigers with 28 points off the bench. Mark Mitchell scored 20 points while Tamar Bates and Anthony Robinson each added 16 points.
Missouri is now 21-8 on the season, 10-6 in the SEC. The Tigers stay on the road Wednesday taking on Oklahoma. Tipoff is at 7pm, pregame will air at 6:30 on KFEQ (680AM/95.3FM).