Mizzou’s Anthony Robinson celebrates the Tigers’ victory over Kentucky, Wednesday night at Rupp Arena in Lexington. (Photo courtesy: Mizzou Athletics)
| NCAA Men’s Basketball | 1 | 2 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Missouri (12-3, 2-0) | 33 | 40 | 73 |
| Kentucky (9-6, 0-2) | 32 | 36 | 68 |
LEXINGTON, KY — The University of Missouri men’s basketball team finished the night on a 15-2 run to earn a historic 73-68 win over Kentucky, Wednesday night at Rupp Arena.
The win marks the first in 10 tries on Kentucky’s home floor, while Missouri also improved to 2-0 in Southeastern Conference play for the first time in school history.
Senior forward Mark Mitchell and grad student wing Jayden Stone both eclipsed 20 points in the victory. Mitchell tallied 21, including the go-ahead basket with 36.2 seconds remaining, while Stone added 20 points — his most as a Tiger. Stone also had a team-best seven rebounds.
Junior point guard Anthony Robinson recorded nine points and added a career-best 10 assists, and fellow junior Trent Pierce chipped in key numbers with five points, five rebounds, a personal-best four steals, and three assists.
Mizzou’s Jayden Stone drives for the basket during Wednesday’s game against Kentucky. (Photo courtesy: Getty Images)
Kentucky seemed to take control with just under five minutes left in the game, when the Wildcats hit a pair of back-to-back threes to go ahead 66-58. But Mizzou responded with the final run of the night, which began with a quick seven points in less than a minute to get the Tigers back to within 66-65.
The Wildcats scored the next basket, but the Tigers got an alley-oop dunk from Shawn Phillips to make it a one-point game again.
From that point on, Mizzou’s defense didn’t allow Kentucky to score any more points, while taking the lead for good, thanks to a short, turnaround floater from Mitchell with 36.2 seconds left.
The Wildcats committed a turnover and missed a three on its final possessions. Stone added four free throws to help the Tigers close out the night.
Members of the Missouri Tigers men’s basketball team celebrate Wednesday’s victory over Kentucky. (Photo courtesy: Getty Images)
Mizzou is now 12-3 on the season and will go for its third straight SEC win on Saturday, when it travels to Oxford, Miss., to take on Ole Miss. That contest will tip off at 5 p.m., and will be televised nationally on the SEC Network.
MIZZOU 73
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | PTS |
| Shawn Phillips | 22 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| Anthony Robinson | 36 | 4-9 | 0-3 | 1-3 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| Mark Mitchell | 37 | 7-15 | 1-1 | 6-7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 |
| Jacob Crews | 16 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Jayden Stone | 26 | 6-10 | 3-6 | 5-7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
| Luke Northweather | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Annor Boateng | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| T.O. Barrett | 17 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| Nicholas Randall | 11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Trent Pierce | 27 | 2-5 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| TEAM | *** | 27-52 | 6-17 | 13-18 | 29 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 73 |
KENTUCKY 68
| PLAYER | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | PTS |
| Jayden Quaintance | 18 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Mouhamed Dioubate | 25 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Otega Oweh | 35 | 6-11 | 3-4 | 5-8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 20 |
| Denzel Aberdeen | 28 | 3-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Jaland Lowe | 28 | 2-11 | 1-5 | 4-4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| Brandon Garrison | 11 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| Malachi Moreno | 22 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| Collin Chandler | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Kam Williams | 28 | 3-8 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| TEAM | *** | 22-51 | 7-18 | 17-24 | 31 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 18 | 68 |
2025-26 MISSOURI TIGERS MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
| Date | Time | At | Opponent | Location | TV | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 3, 2025 (Monday) | 6 pm | Away | Howard | Washington, D.C. |  | W, 88-67 (1-0) |
| November 7, 2025 (Friday) | 7 pm | Home | Southeast Missouri | Mizzou Arena |  | W, 89-84 (2-0) |
| November 9, 2025 (Sunday) | 1 pm | Home | VMI | Mizzou Arena |  | W, 106-68, (3-0) |
| November 12, 2025 (Wednesday) | 7 pm | Home | Minnesota | Mizzou Arena | | W, 83-60 (4-0) |
| November 17, 2025 (Monday) | 7 pm | Home | Prairie View A&M | Mizzou Arena | | W, 91-73 (5-0) |
| November 20, 2025 (Thursday) | 7 pm | Home | South Dakota | Mizzou Arena | | W, 102-68 (6-0) |
| November 25, 2025 (Tuesday) | 7 pm | Home | South Carolina State | Mizzou Arena | | W, 98-66 (7-0) |
| November 28, 2025 (Friday) | 1 pm | Home | Cleveland State | Mizzou Arena | | W, 86-59 (8-0) |
| December 2, 2025 (Tuesday) | 8 pm | Away | Notre Dame | South Bend, Ind. |  | L, 76-71 (8-1) |
| December 7, 2025 (Sunday) | 12 pm | Neutral | #21 Kansas | Kansas City, Mo. / T-Mobile Center |  | L, 80-60 (8-2) |
| December 11, 2025 (Thursday) | 7 pm | Home | Alabama State | Mizzou Arena | | W, 85-77 (9-2) |
| December 14, 2025 (Sunday) | 1 pm | Home | Bethune-Cookman | Mizzou Arena | | W, 82-60 (10-2) |
| December 22, 2025 (Monday) | 7 pm | Neutral | #18 Illinois | St. Louis, Mo. / Enterprise Center |  | L, 91-48 (10-3) |
| January 3, 2026 (Saturday) | 7:30 pm | Home | #22 Florida | Mizzou Arena | | W, 76-74 (11-3) |
| January 7, 2026 (Tuesday) | 6 pm | Away | Kentucky | Lexington, Ky. | | W, 73-69 (12-3) |
| January 10, 2026 (Saturday) | 5 pm | Away | Ole Miss | Oxford, Miss. | | |
| January 14, 2026 (Tuesday) | 6 pm | Home | Auburn | Mizzou Arena | | |
| January 17, 2026 (Saturday) | 2:30 pm | Away | LSU | Baton Rouge, La. | | |
| January 20, 2026 (Tuesday) | 8 pm | Home | Georgia | Mizzou Arena | | |
| January 24, 2026 (Saturday) | 1 pm | Home | Oklahoma | Mizzou Arena |  | |
| January 27, 2026 (Tuesday) | 8 pm | Away | Alabama | Tuscaloosa, Ala. | | |
| January 31, 2026 (Saturday) | 2:30 pm | Home | Mississippi State | Mizzou Arena | | |
| February 7, 2026 (Saturday) | 12 pm | Away | South Carolina | Columbia, S.C. | | |
| February 10, 2026 (Tuesday) | 8 pm | Away | Texas A&M | College Station, Texas | | |
| February 14, 2026 (Saturday) | 7:30 pm | Home | Texas | Mizzou Arena | | |
| February 17, 2026 (Tuesday) | 8 pm | Home | Vanderbilt | Mizzou Arena | | |
| February 21, 2026 (Saturday) | 3 pm | Away | Arkansas | Fayetteville, Ark. | | |
| February 24, 2026 (Tuesday) | 8 pm | Home | Tennessee | Mizzou Arena | | |
| February 28, 2026 (Saturday) | 12 pm | Away | Mississippi State | Starkville, Miss. | | |
| March 3, 2026 (Tuesday) | 6 pm | Away | Oklahoma | Norman, Okla. | | |
| March 7, 2026 (Saturday) | 11 am | Home | Arkansas | Mizzou Arena | |