Missouri basketball was imperfect for long stretches against Minnesota, but the Tigers exploded on offense in the second half to beat the Gophers.

The Minnesota Golden Gophers are 2-0 with lopsided victories against Gardner-Webb and Alcorn State. Those teams are a combined 0-7 and outside the Top 300 (with Gardner also losing to a Div II school), so don't give them too much credit for those wins.

Mark Mitchell scored 18 points to lead five in double-figure scoring, and Missouri pulled away midway through the second half and beat Minnesota 83-60 on Wednesday night.

The Tigers trailed early in the second half but pulled away quickly to hand Minnesota its first loss this season.

The Minnesota Golden Gophers and Missouri men's basketball teams are scheduled to meet in a non-conference contest at Mizzou Arena in Columbia, Missouri, on Wednesday, Nov. 12. The game is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. CT.

On a night when Missouri’s top scorers Mark Mitchell and Anthony Robinson II struggled to find their rhythm, it was the Tigers’ bench that swung the game. The reserves combined for 41 of Missouri’s 83 points, providing the spark that powered the second-half surge over Minnesota and secured Missouri’s first Power Four win of the season.

A five-minute, 18-1 run that launched Missouri basketball to a win over Minnesota looked a lot like MU at its best. Here's how it turned on the heat.

Despite a second-half collapse, there were a lot of encouraging signs from Niko Medved's first loss with the Gophers.

The Big Ten had three games on Wednesday. Two of them were buy games and the other featured Minnesota going on the road to battle Missouri. Let’s take a look at what happened.