Columbia, Mo. ? So far, there’s no homecourt advantage for Missouri in the new Paige Sports Arena. It took only three games for the Tigers to fall.

Matt McKillop scored a career-high 28 points, and Davidson got away with squandering two double-digit leads in an 84-81 victory Friday night. All but one point of a 19-point bulge got away, then a 13-point cushion was down to two points in the final minute.

“We knew they were going to keep hitting us and keep hitting us, and they did,” McKillop said. “Hey, it’s a great win.”

Davidson, which tied for first in its division of the Southern Conference last season and has four starters back, had enough poise to survive the runs for its first season-opening victory since 1996-97.

“We’ve been in this environment before, and we’re going to face this environment more times this year,” said coach Bob McKillop, Matt McKillop’s father. “This is a great experience for my players. To be successful after losing a very large lead is very encouraging.”

Davidson (1-0) was 10-for-18 from three-point range to win the first meeting between the two teams. Coach Quin Snyder noted it was the third game in five days for the Tigers, who won their first two home games over Brown and Houston in the Guardians Classic on Monday and Tuesday by a combined 24 points.

“We looked like a tired team,” Snyder said. “We looked drained, emotionally as well as physically.”

Missouri (2-1) was 405-72 in 32 seasons at the Hearnes Center before moving down the block to its new $75 million arena. The Tigers were 10-4 at home in their final season, but 40-5 the three previous seasons.

No. 7 Oklahoma State 91, Northwestern State 53

Stillwater, Okla. — John Lucas scored 24 points, and Joey Graham added 18, leading Oklahoma State past Northwestern State in the season opener for both teams. Graham scored 15 first-half points, and Lucas had 16 points after the break for the Cowboys, who started the season the same way they did last year, by routing the Demons.

Ivan McFarlin added 14 points, and JamesOn Curry scored 12 for Oklahoma State, which returns four starters from last year’s Final Four team that finished 31-4 and won the Big 12 Conference.

It was the Cowboys’ fifth straight victory over the Demons, including games in the last four seasons.

No. 16 Texas 95, Texas State 63

Austin, Texas — P.J. Tucker scored 18 points, leading Texas to a season-opening victory over Texas State. Brad Buckman and Kenton Paulino each scored 13 for the Longhorns, who had six players in double figures. Point guard Daniel Gibson and LaMarcus Aldridge, a 6-foot-10 forward, were the first pair of freshmen to start for Texas since 1986. Anthony Dill scored 19 points to lead Texas State, which kept the score close early as the Bobcats made six of their first eight three-pointers.

Texas Tech 119, N.C. – Asheville 55

Lubbock, Texas — Curtis Marshall scored a career-high 30 points, half of those off three-pointers, to lead Texas Tech. Marshall hit 11-of-14 from the field and 5-of-6 from three-point range. He was one of eight players to score in double figures for the Red Raiders (1-0). Jarrius Jackson scored 15 points. Drew Coffman scored 14 points, hitting 4-of-7 from three-point range. LucQuente White and Damir Suljagic each scored 12 points.

Kansas State 70, North Dakota State 61

Manhattan — Jeremiah Massey had 21 points and 10 rebounds, and Kansas State overcame a sluggish start to beat North Dakota State in the season opener for both teams. Cartier Martin added 13 points, and Fred Peete finished with 10 points and nine rebounds for the Wildcats, who shot just 24 percent (8-for-33) in the first half against a Division Two team that is starting a transition to Division One this season. Andy Kelchen led the Bison with 15 points. David Erbes added 14 points, and Green finished with 11. Friday’s game was the first of eight against Division One opponents this year for North Dakota State.