Mizzou beats Alabama on senior day

By Andrew Kauffman

March 7, 2020 8:44 PM

Published March 7, 2020 6:47 PM

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

The Mizzou basketball team beat Alabama 69-50 on senior day. You can watch the highlights in the video player above.

Senior Reed Nikko was honored before the game. The Minnesota native had three points and three rebounds in 16 minutes. The crowd gave him a standing ovation as he left the court.

Watch: #Mizzou big man Reed Nikko says he was overwhelmed by all of the support on senior day.

"I didn't expect the fans to be that vocal in their appreciation of me, and that means so much to me."

Full highlights/reaction 📺: https://t.co/wF5oZNAZ6X pic.twitter.com/f2fyjmwjy3
— Andrew Kauffman (@A_Kauff) March 8, 2020

Dru Smith finished with 17 points and eight assists. Jeremiah Tilmon had eight points and nine rebounds. MU had 40 bench points.

MU's defense held Alabama to a season-low point total. Coming into Saturday, the Crimson Tide were averaging more than 80 points per game.

The Tigers are now 15-16 overall and 7-11 in SEC play. Up next - MU will play in the SEC Tournament in Nashville, Tenn.

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