After narrowly dodging an upset against Southeast Missouri State on Friday night, Missouri will try to rebound Sunday afternoon against Virginia Military Institute in Columbia, Mo.

The Tigers (2-0) will host the Keydets (2-0) to continue their nonconference schedule.

Missouri trailed SEMO by as many as nine points during the second half before pulling away to an 89-84 victory. The Tigers allowed the Redhawks to shoot 59.4% during first half before tightening their defense during the final 10 minutes of the game.

"You look at our angles of our closeouts in the first half, it wasn't hard to figure out what was happening," Missouri coach Dennis Gates said.

"I think we just showed more fight and . . . just got back to our principles," said Tigers forward Mark Mitchell, who led the Tigers w

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