Columbia, Mo. ? After another slow start, No. 15 Missouri used a big second half to rout another nonconference opponent.

Arthur Johnson scored a career-high 24 points and Rickey Paulding added 17 as the Tigers beat Sacramento State 98-60 on Monday night.

Johnson, who also had 10 rebounds, scored 12 of Missouri’s first 20 points of the second half after the Tigers managed only a 10-point lead at the break. Missouri outscored Sacramento State 48-20 in the second half.

“I thought we defended well again tonight and we played a good team,” Missouri coach Quin Snyder said. “I think when opposing guys are making good plays, you can get out of character. You can get almost overaggressive in your help.”

After Sacramento State made the first shot of the second half, Missouri went on a 12-0 run to make it 62-42 with 16:30 left. The lead jumped to 77-50 on a 3-pointer by freshman Jimmy McKinney with 10:32 left.

The loss was the Hornets’ 39th straight on the road and it was Sacramento State’s first game against a ranked opponent since facing then-No. 2 Stanford on Dec. 18, 1999.

Center Tony Champion had all but two of his career-high 16 points in the first half for the Hornets and DeShawn Freeman added eight assists.

Point guard Ricky Clemons had 17 points and McKinney added 11 for Missouri, which beat Austin Peay 81-46 on Saturday.

“They really turned it up on us in the second half,” Sacramento State coach Jerome Jenkins said. “I think we played a very good first half, but I know we were tired in the second half. They shot the ball very, very well in the second half and that helped them win the basketball game.”

Missouri (3-0) shot 57.6 percent in the second half while the Hornets (1-3) made just 27.6.

Missouri shot 57.6 percent in the second half while the Hornets were at 27.6 percent.

Sacramento State'S Raashad Hooks, left, and DaShawn Foster, right, trap Missouri's Josh Kroenke during the first half. Missouri defeated Sacramento State on Monday night at Columbia, Mo.

Sacramento State, which averaged 58.5 points entering the game, led 7-2 on four inside points from Champion. The Hornets took a 16-11 lead with 14:49 left in the first half then Missouri went on a 13-0 run ignited by a three-pointer by Paulding and a steal by Clemons who passed to McKinney for an acrobatic move to the basket. During a three-minute span in that run, the Hornets didn’t take a shot.

Missouri, which led 50-40 at halftime.

Iowa State 85, Jackson State 63

Ames, Iowa – Jake Sullivan scored 23 points as Iowa State beat Jackson State.

Sullivan was 6-of-11 from the field, including 3-of-6 from three-point range as he moved past Hurl Beechum and into fourth place on Iowa State’s all-time three-point shooting chart. Sullivan was 8-of-8 at the free throw line as Iowa State (3-0) drained 25-of-29 from the foul line. Sullivan scored the last 10 points of the first half, including two three-pointers, to give the Cyclones a 45-27 halftime lead.

Jackson Vroman finished with 14 points, Tim Barnes had 13 and Adam Haluska and Marcus Jefferson each added 10 for ISU.

Cliff Walker led Jackson State (0-4) with 16 points.

Texas A&M 71, Oakland 65

College Station, Texas – Antoine Wright scored 21 points to lead Texas A&M (3-1). Bernard King was held to a season-low nine points, but turned a three-point play at 0:31 to break a 64-64 tie.

Mike Helms led Oakland (2-2) with a season-high 31 points.