Auburn Tigers at Missouri Tigers
· NCAA Men's Basketball
Stone scores 22, Mitchell 20 as Missouri beats Auburn 84-74, improves to 3-1 in SEC
Stone (14) and Mitchell combined to score 26 second-half points.
Trent Pierce scored 18 points and T.O. Barrett 13 for Missouri (12-4, 3-1 SEC), which is off to its best start since in conference play since it joined the SEC in July 2012.
Kevin Overton and Elyjah Freeman scored 13 points apiece for Auburn (10-7, 1-3). Sebastian Williams-Adams added 12 points and Keyshawn Hall scored 10. Hall was coming off back-to-back 32-point games in a 90-88 loss to Texas A&M and a 95-73 win over No. 15 Arkansas.
Stone made a layup with 2:27 left that stopped an 7-0 Auburn run and gave Missouri an eight-point lead. Overton and Hall made consecutive baskets in the paint to make it 74-70, but Stone converted a three-point play that pushed the lead to seven with 1:38 remaining and it was at least a two-possession game the rest of the way.
Missouri made 27 of 49 (55%) from the field and shot 47% (9 of 19) from 3-point range.
Overton hit two 3s in an 8-1 spurt that trimmed Auburn's deficit to 44-42 with 16:16 left in the game, but Missouri scored 15 of the 21 points to push their lead to 11 midway through the second half.
Missouri is 13-0 this season when it scores 72-plus points, but 0-4 when it does not.
Missouri: Visits LSU on Saturday.
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 74 - 84 |
| 2nd 0:00 | End of 2nd half | 74 - 84 |
| 2nd 0:09 | Tahaad Pettiford makes layup | 74 - 84 |
| 2nd 0:13 | Jayden Stone makes 5-foot dunk | 72 - 84 |
| 2nd 0:15 | Jayden Stone Defensive Rebound. | 72 - 82 |
Statistics
 AUB |
 MIZ |
|
|---|---|---|
| 24-59 | FG | 27-48 |
| 41 | Field Goal % | 56 |
| 6-21 | 3PT | 9-19 |
| 29 | Three Point % | 47 |
| 20-28 | FT | 21-31 |
| 71 | Free Throw % | 68 |
| 34 | Rebounds | 32 |
| 15 | Offensive Rebounds | 7 |
| 19 | Defensive Rebounds | 25 |
| 11 | Assists | 18 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 11 | Total Turnovers | 13 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 12 | Points Off Turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Fast Break Points | 22 |
| 34 | Points in Paint | 32 |
| 19 | Fouls | 17 |
| 7 | Largest Lead | 13 |
| 1 | Lead Change | 1 |
| 25 | Percent Led | 68 |
Game Information
Location: Columbia, MO
Attendance: 10,196 | Capacity:
2025-26 Southeastern Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas A&M | 6-1 | - | 16-4 |
| Arkansas | 5-2 | 1 | 15-5 |
| Florida | 5-2 | 1 | 14-6 |
| Kentucky | 5-2 | 1 | 14-6 |
| Vanderbilt | 4-3 | 2 | 17-3 |
| Georgia | 4-3 | 2 | 16-4 |
| Missouri | 4-3 | 2 | 14-6 |
| Auburn | 4-3 | 2 | 13-7 |
| Tennessee | 3-3 | 2.5 | 13-6 |
| Alabama | 3-3 | 2.5 | 13-6 |
| Texas | 3-4 | 3 | 12-8 |
| Ole Miss | 3-4 | 3 | 11-9 |
| South Carolina | 2-5 | 4 | 11-9 |
| Mississippi State | 2-5 | 4 | 10-10 |
| LSU | 1-6 | 5 | 13-7 |
| Oklahoma | 1-6 | 5 | 11-9 |