Missouri basketball vs. Pacific: Live blog, score updates from Mizzou Arena

Posted by Admin November 22, 2024 Basketball

Next on deck: the Pacific Tigers.

Missouri basketball hosts West Coast Conference outfit Pacific on Friday at Mizzou Arena. MU is looking to win its fourth straight game, which would match its longest winning streak from last season.

The Tigers (3-1) tied a program record in their most recent game with a 72-point win over Mississippi Valley State on Nov. 14. The 111-39 win marked the fourth time Missouri has scored 100 points in a game under head coach Dennis Gates.

Pacific is 3-3, with wins over Jessup, San Jose State and Life Pacific to start the season and three straight losses to Hawaii, Northern Arizona and Arkansas since then. The visiting Tigers fell at Arkansas 91-72 on Monday.

The Columbia Daily Tribune is live on site at Mizzou Arena for the Tigers’ fourth home game of the season. You can follow along on this page for updates on every key play and major update live from the game:

Missouri basketball vs Pacific live score updates

This section will be updated when the game begins.

What time does Missouri vs Pacific begin?

Date:  Friday, Nov. 22
Time:  6:30 p.m. CT
Location: Mizzou Arena in Columbia

Missouri’s game against Pacific will begin at 6:30 p.m. CT Friday at Mizzou Arena.

Tickets for the game in Columbia are currently available on StubHub for as low as $1.

What channel is Missouri vs Pacific on?

TV channel:  NA
Streaming: SEC Network+ via  ESPN+
Radio:  Sirius XM 387 / SXM App: 987

Missouri’s game against Pacific will stream live on SEC Network+, which is accessible via ESPN+. KOMU’s Ben Arnet will be the play-by-play announcer for the game, and former Missouri forward Kevin Puryear will be the on-air analyst.

The game will not air on a cable network, but if your cable subscription has SEC Network included you can access SEC Network+ for free.

Tiger Radio Network will air the game live with ‘Voice of the Tigers’ Mike Kelly as the play-by-play announcer and Chris Gervino as the analyst on satellite channel 387. Fans can also tune in via the Sirius XM app on channel 987.

Watch Missouri basketball vs. Pacific on ESPN+

Score prediction: Missouri 82, Pacific 65

Pacific coach Dave Smart, formerly an assistant at Texas Tech and a longtime coach in his native Canada, has earned a reputation for his defensive philosophy, including an endorsement from legendary Villanova head coach Jay Wright under his biography page on the Pacific website.

Mizzou put up 111 on the scoreboard in its last outing, but Friday’s matchup should be a better barometer for the state of the current MU offense.

“They’re a really good defensive team,” Missouri guard Caleb Grill said. “With the coach they have, like Coach Gates said earlier, with his record in Canada, we’ve just got to be prepared to execute at a very high level on the offensive end and then get stops on the defensive end as well.”

Missouri injury and availability updates

Gates was asked Thursday about the availability of point guard Tony Perkins, who missed the last game. For now, the Iowa transfer’s status still appears to be questionable.

“We’re just going to play it day by day, game by game,” Gates said. He later added, “We’ve got another guy (Anthony Robinson II) that’s just as capable, that’s able to play. And when you have that, you can make decisions for the big picture, not just the short term. What I do like is what I’ve seen from (Perkins) before Mississippi Valley, and what I’ve seen from him the last two, three days that we’ve been practicing.”

The Tigers are also yet to play freshman point guard T.O. Barrett and 7-foot-5 rookie center Trent Burns this year, but Gates said he has not considered using a redshirt year on either player.

Missouri basketball full 2024-25 season schedule

Home games are listed in bold.

Neutral-site game listed with an asterisk (*).

All times listed in CDT.

*Date (time)*	*Opponent*	*Location*	*TV channel* */ Result*
Nov. 4	Memphis	Memphis, Tenn.	Memphis 83, Mizzou 75 (0-1)
*Nov. 8*	*Howard*	*Mizzou Arena*	*Missouri 77, Howard 62* *(1-1)*
*Nov. 11*	*Eastern Washington*	*Mizzou Arena*	Missouri 84, EWU 77 *(2-1)*
*Nov. 14*	*Miss. Valley State*	*Mizzou Arena*	*Missouri 111, MVSU 39* *(3-1)*
Nov. 22 (6:30 p.m.)	Pacific	Mizzou Arena	SECN+
Nov. 24 (4 p.m.)	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	Mizzou Arena	SECN+
Nov. 27 (5:30 p.m.)	Lindenwood	Mizzou Arena	SECN+
Dec. 3 (6 p.m.)	California	Mizzou Arena	SEC Network
Dec. 8 (noon)	Kansas	Mizzou Arena	ESPN2
Dec. 14 (11 a.m.)	LIU	Mizzou Arena	SECN+
Dec. 17 (6:30 p.m.)	Jacksonville State	Mizzou Arena	SECN+
Dec. 22 (noon)	Illinois*	St. Louis	ESPN
Dec. 30 (6:30 p.m.)	Alabama State	Mizzou Arena	SECN+
Jan. 4 (3 p.m.)	Auburn	Auburn, Ala.	SEC Network
Jan. 7 (8 p.m.)	LSU	Mizzou Arena	SEC Network
Jan. 11 (2:30 p.m.)	Vanderbilt	Mizzou Arena	SEC Network
Jan. 14 (8 p.m.)	Florida	Gainesville, Fla.	ESPNU
Jan. 18 (5 p.m.)	Arkansas	Mizzou Arena	SEC Network
Jan. 21 (8 p.m.)	Texas	Austin, Texas	SEC Network
Jan. 25 (5 p.m.)	Ole Miss	Mizzou Arena	SEC Network
Feb. 1 (noon)	Mississippi State	Starkville, Miss.	SEC Network
Feb. 5 (6 p.m.)	Tennessee	Knoxville, Tenn.	SEC Network
Feb. 8 (2:30 p.m.)	Texas A&M	Mizzou Arena	SEC Network
Feb. 12 (8 p.m.)	Oklahoma	Mizzou Arena	SEC Network
Feb. 15 (2:30 p.m.)	Georgia	Athens, Ga.	SEC Network
Feb. 19 (8 p.m.)	Alabama	Mizzou Arena	SEC Network
Feb. 22 (7 p.m.)	Arkansas	Fayetteville, Ark.	ESPN/ESPN2
Feb. 25 (8 p.m.)	South Carolina	Mizzou Arena	ESPN2/ESPNU
March 1 (5 p.m.)	Vanderbilt	Nashville, Tenn.	SEC Network
March 5 (7 p.m.)	Oklahoma	Norman, Ok.	SECN+
March 8 (11 a.m.)	Kentucky	Mizzou Arena	ESPN/SEC Network
March 12-16	SEC Tournament	Nashville, Tenn.	TBD
March 18-April 7	NCAA Tournament	TBD	TBD

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