Big 12 Men: Mizzou clobbers Green Bay
Columbia, Mo. ? Rickey Paulding had a career-high 25 points and every Missouri starter scored in double figures as the Tigers beat Wisconsin-Green Bay 88-67 on Monday.
Travon Bryant had 12 points and 10 rebounds, and Ricky Clemons had 16 points for Missouri (5-0).
Matt Rohde scored a career-high 26 points, and Mike King added 14 off the bench for Wisconsin-Green Bay (3-4).
Missouri used a 17-2 run and made seven three-pointers in the second half to pull away from Wisconsin-Green Bay, which took a brief three-point lead early in the half on Brandon Hansen’s three-pointer.
The Phoenix got it to 43-45 with 15:52 left, but Paulding hit a three-pointer four minutes later to increase MU’s lead.
No. 11 Missouri 88, Wisconsin-Green Bay 67
WISC.-GREEN BAY (3-4)
Babcock 2-6 0-0 4, Hansen 4-10 0-0 10, N’diaye 0-2 0-0 0, Rohde 10-19 2-4 26, Jessup 0-4 2-2 2, Monfre 1-2 0-0 2, Parker 1-6 2-2 5, Scheidt 1-2 0-0 2, Collins 0-0 0-0 0, Hughes 0-5 2-2 2, King 6-11 2-2 14. Totals 25-67 10-12 67.
MISSOURI (5-0)
Bryant 5-8 2-4 12, Johnson 4-12 3-3 11, Clemons 6-8 0-0 16, Kroenke 3-4 2-3 11, Paulding 9-18 3-4 25, McKinney 1-7 3-4 5, Young 2-3 2-2 6, Ferguson 0-2 0-2 0, Echols 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 31-65 15-22 88.
Halftime-Missouri 32-31. 3-Point goals-Wisc.-Green Bay 7-17 (Rohde 4-7, Hansen 2-5, Parker 1-2, Hughes 0-1, N’diaye 0-2), Missouri 11-24 (Clemons 4-6, Paulding 4-10, Kroenke 3-3, McKinney 0-5). Fouled out-Babcock, Hughes. Rebounds-Wisc.-Green Bay 38 (Hansen 6), Missouri 43 (Bryant 10). Assists-Wisc.-Green Bay 17 (Hughes, Parker, Rohde 4), Missouri 22 (McKinney 9). Total fouls-Wisc.-Green Bay 20, Missouri 15. A-8,380.