Missouri Tigers basketball falls to Arkansas Razorbacks, team’s 8th straight loss

JADEN LEWIS
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Guard Tamar Bates scored 29 points for the Missouri Tigers men’s basketball team, but coach Dennis Gates’ squad lost 91-84 to Arkansas on Wednesday night at Mizzou Arena.

Its Missouri’s eighth straight loss in a season that’s taken a decidedly disappointing turn.

The Tigers trailed most of the way on Wednesday, and at times things seemed to be on the verge of getting out of hand. But MU made a couple of runs to prevent a wider margin of defeat.

Bates’ season high for points came on Jan. 20, when he poured in 36 in a loss to Florida. That was the fifth loss of Mizzou’s current eight-game slide.

The Tigers fell to 8-13 overall and remain winless in SEC play at 0-8.

Akansas improved to 11-10 (2-6 SEC).

Junior guard Tramon Mark led the Hogs with 22 points. Teammate Makhi Mitchell tied a career best with 19 points and pulled down 14 rebounds on his 24th birthday.

This story will be updated.

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