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Missouri guard improving
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COLUMBIA, Mo. — It wasn't the shot Wesley Stokes was looking to take, and he hasn't looked at it since.
"I haven't watched it," said Stokes, Missouri's sophomore point guard, of his buzzer-beater against Saint Louis on Dec. 3. "I don't
watch it like that. If I watch it, I watch the whole game, not just that play."
Taking shots, even game winners that end up on highlight reels, isn't what coach Quin Snyder wants from Stokes, the point guard in
his second year at Missouri. He's been trusted with a more crucial task: getting the ball to stars Kareem Rush and Clarence Gilbert.
"I'm really happy with the way I've been playing so far," said Stokes. "I've led my team to victories and I'm having fun out there — and I'm playing defense."
That's where Stokes struggled at times last season, and in no game was it more noticeable than the Tigers' second-round loss in the NCAA tournament to eventual champion Duke. You can forgive Stokes for his play in the
It's a long way until March, but with Missouri 9-0 and ranked No. 2 to Duke's No. 1, there's potential for a rematch.
game; he was defending all-American Jason Williams, who scored 31 and had 9 assists.
"I'm happy with my defense, but I'm most happy with my jump shot." Stokes said.
This season, Stokes has started every game and is averaging 9.6 points to go with 5.6 assists. Both are a steady improvement over last season, when Stokes averaged 2 assists and 6.4 points while starting six games.
Stokes had gone just 1-for-6 before the final play against Saint Louis, but didn't have time to look for either Rush or Gilbert, the team's leading scorers.
Getting the inbound pass with just 4.8 seconds left. Stokes drove the length of the court — sound familiar? — before hitting an off-bal-
"I was going to try to get all the way to the basket and get fouled," Stokes said. "But I didn't have enough time, so I pulled up for the jump shot."
— sound familiar? — before hitting an off-ball
jumper from in-between the Billikens.
The 4.8 seconds Stokes had to make the shot, which kept the Tigers out of overtime with a 69-67 win, is the same amount of time UCLA's Tyus Edney needed in 1995 to drive the length of the court and score at the buzzer to knock Missouri out of the NCAA tournament.
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Tomorrows's Games
No. 4 Kansas at Princeton, 7 p.m.
No. 15 Iowa vs. Drake, 7 p.m.
No games scheduled
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Friday's Game
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Saturday's Games
No. 22 Alabama vs. Jacksonville State, 7 p.m.
No. 2 Missouri vs. No. 15 Iowa, 8 p.m.
No. 4 Kansas vs. South Carolina State, 7 p.m.
No. 5 Florida vs. Charlotte at American Airlines Arena, 6 p.m.
No. 6 Arizona at No. 23 Michigan State,1 p.m.
No. 9 Kentucky vs. Kentucky State, noon
No. 13 Stanford vs. Long Beach State, 9 p.m.
No. 17 UCI a vs. LIU. Imp. n
No.18 Georgetown vs. Norfolk State, noon No.20 Ball State at Indiana-Purdue-Indianapolis, 6 p.m.
No. 21 Indiana vs. Miami at American Airlines Arena, 4 p.m.
No. 24 Okiomana vs. High Point, 7 p.m.
No. 25 Gonzaga vs. Washington State, 9 p.m.
Sunday's Games
Miles Area, 4 p.m.
No. 24 Oklahoma vs. High Point, 7 p.m.
No. 1 Dukes vs. North Carolina A&T 1:230 p.m.
No. 1 Illinois vs. Western Illinois 3 p.m.
No.11 Boston College vs. Holy Cross, noon
No.13 Syracuse vs. Georgia Tech at Philips
Arena. 5 p.m.
No. 19 Wake Forest vs. Florida State, 7 p.m.
No. 24 Oklahoma vs. Bethune-Cookman,
6:30 p.m.
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