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MU falls late to Oklahoma State
By MIKE DeARMOND
The Kansas City Star
COLUMBIA | Leo Lyons pulled a Michael Beasley.
Lyons, a junior forward, scored a career-high 27 points and grabbed a career-high 18 rebounds.
But just as has been the sad state of affairs for Beasley and Kansas State lately, Lyons and Missouri lost a game the Tigers simply had to have.
Byron Eaton saw to that. The Oklahoma State point guard, who hit four of the Cowboys’ 14 three-pointers, slashed to the basket, jumped into Mizzou’s Jason Horton and lofted an 8-foot jumper from the right of the lane.
The ball sank into the basket with 1.7 seconds left. A crowd of 7,692 fell into silence.
Oklahoma State 75, Missouri 73.
The game Lyons had dreamed so long of playing at Missouri, ended in anguish.
“I know it’s difficult for the young guys,” Lyons said of not only this night but Missouri’s 15-13 season, now fallen to 5-8 in the Big
12. “They probably weren’t used to losing. I’ve been through it before, the ups and the downs. But for me it’s been pretty frustrating.
“I know I can do so much more.”
Most of the season you never knew what Lyons would bring. Tuesday night he brought it all.
He hit 12 of 13 shots. The only one he missed was from about 2 feet when he left the ball on the front of the rim. But even that one he rebounded and put back.
Lyons scored 14 points and ripped off nine rebounds in the first half alone, a 20-minute period in which the score was tied 10 times, including 37-37 at the break.
“I grew up playing a certain way,” Lyons said, admittedly frustrated by games in which he tried to play within the context of coach Mike Anderson’s defense-first system. “I’m kind of out of my element. But I’m trying to give everything I’ve got.”
MU falls late to Oklahoma State
By MIKE DeARMOND
The Kansas City Star
COLUMBIA | Leo Lyons pulled a Michael Beasley.
Lyons, a junior forward, scored a career-high 27 points and grabbed a career-high 18 rebounds.
But just as has been the sad state of affairs for Beasley and Kansas State lately, Lyons and Missouri lost a game the Tigers simply had to have.
Byron Eaton saw to that. The Oklahoma State point guard, who hit four of the Cowboys’ 14 three-pointers, slashed to the basket, jumped into Mizzou’s Jason Horton and lofted an 8-foot jumper from the right of the lane.
The ball sank into the basket with 1.7 seconds left. A crowd of 7,692 fell into silence.
Oklahoma State 75, Missouri 73.
The game Lyons had dreamed so long of playing at Missouri, ended in anguish.
“I know it’s difficult for the young guys,” Lyons said of not only this night but Missouri’s 15-13 season, now fallen to 5-8 in the Big
12. “They probably weren’t used to losing. I’ve been through it before, the ups and the downs. But for me it’s been pretty frustrating.
“I know I can do so much more.”
Most of the season you never knew what Lyons would bring. Tuesday night he brought it all.
He hit 12 of 13 shots. The only one he missed was from about 2 feet when he left the ball on the front of the rim. But even that one he rebounded and put back.
Lyons scored 14 points and ripped off nine rebounds in the first half alone, a 20-minute period in which the score was tied 10 times, including 37-37 at the break.
“I grew up playing a certain way,” Lyons said, admittedly frustrated by games in which he tried to play within the context of coach Mike Anderson’s defense-first system. “I’m kind of out of my element. But I’m trying to give everything I’ve got.”