{"id":200426,"date":"2026-03-21T13:06:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T13:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/200426\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T13:06:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T13:06:18","slug":"mens-basketball-falls-to-no-25-miami-in-ncaa-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/200426\/","title":{"rendered":"Men\u2019s Basketball Falls to No. 25 Miami in NCAA Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"

St. Louis \u2013 A late run proved decisive as seventh-seeded Miami earned an 80-66 win over the 10th-seeded Mizzou men’s basketball team on Friday night. The Tigers finish the season with a 20-13 overall record, while the 25th-ranked Hurricanes advance to face Purdue on Sunday.<\/p>\n

MIZZOU LEADERS

\nPlaying in their final collegiate game, Jayden Stone<\/a> and Mark Mitchell<\/a> led the Tigers in scoring with 21 and 19 points, respectively.\u00a0Junior Anthony Robinson II<\/a> also scored in double figures with 11 points with Mitchell and Robinson adding a team-best five assists apiece.<\/p>\n

Stone and senior Shawn Phillips Jr.<\/a>\u00a0led the Tigers with six boards and three blocks on the night.<\/p>\n

GAME RECAP

\nMiami grabbed the early advantage in the game thanks to its performance on the glass. The Hurricanes scored 12 of their first 24 points via second-chance opportunities and stretched their lead to as many as 10 points, 27-17.<\/p>\n

Mizzou, however, would not go away quietly as a 9-0 run to finish the opening stanza pulled the Tigers within one, 27-26, at the break. Robinson and Mitchell scored all nine points during the stretch as the Tigers made their move.<\/p>\n

The second stanza was tight throughout and Mizzou finally moved in front with a pair of free throws by Trent Pierce<\/a>. Mitchell then gave the Tigers a 54-52 advantage with under eight minutes remaining, sinking one of his three triples on the night.<\/p>\n

The Hurricanes would respond though to pull in front for good. An 11-0 spurt gave Miami a 63-54 advantage. Mizzou would pull as close as five points but the Hurricanes would not allow the Tigers to get any closer en route to the 80-66 win.<\/p>\n

TEAM STATS

\nMiami made 43.3 percent of its field goals with a 45.8 (11-of-24) clip from 3-point range. Mizzou converted 35.1 percent of its field goals and 35.7 (10-of-28) percent from shots beyond the arc.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Malik Reneau led Miami with 24 points, while Tre Donaldson adding 17 \u2013 knocking down 5-of-7 from 3-point range.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"St. Louis \u2013 A late run proved decisive as seventh-seeded Miami earned an 80-66 win over the 10th-seeded…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":200427,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-200426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}