Columbia, Mo. — Mizzou basketball (17-7, 7-4 in Southeastern Conference) is set to play Texas (15-9, 6-5) at 7:30 p.m. Saturday night in a pivotal game for each team's NCAA Tournament projections. 

The Tigers are fresh off an upset road win over the Texas A&M Aggies in which Trent Pierce exploded for a season-high 23 points and Shawn Phillips Jr. had a game-saving sequence of an alley-oop and blocked shot. 

Both Pierce and Phillips — along with the rest of the Tigers — have been on a roll as of late and will look to carry that momentum against the Longhorns tonight. 

Tipoff was delayed from 7:30 to 7:50 due to a reported wreck on I-70 that delayed personnel from arriving on time.

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Jevon Porter — OUT
Sebastian Mack — OUT (Illness)
Annor Boateng — OUT (leg)

Lasinna Traore — OUT

G — T.O. Barrett
G — Jayden Stone
F — Trent Pierce
F — Mark Mitchell
C — Shawn Phillips Jr. 

G — Jordan Pope
G — Tramon Mark
F — Dailyn Swain
F — Camden Heide
C — Matas Vokietaitis

Mark Mitchell has scored the first four points for the Tigers, tying it up at 4-4. On Mitchell's second shot, Shawn Phillips Jr. received a technical foul for an elbow to the head of Texas big Mztas Vokietaitis. Phillips is tied for the second-most technical fouls in the nation with five, and picked up his second personal foul a few plays later. 

Starting shooting guard Jayden Stone threw down a viscous dunk over Vokietaitis to put Mizzou up 11-7. Stone has a game-high five points at the first media timeout. Mizzou Arena is loud.

Both Nick Randall and Trent Burns have played minutes. A Trent Burns tip-in makes for his first points of the game and puts Mizzou up 15-14 following a Vokietaitis bucket. 

Mizzou leads 18-14 at the second media timeout. Jayden Stone and Mark Mitchell both have five points. Matas Vokietaitis leads Texas with eight. Shawn Phillips Jr. and Nick Randall both have two fouls — Randall has played just three minutes. 

A Mitchell jam and Stone triple get the crowd pumping. Mizzou leads Texas 27-26. Mitchell (11) and Stone (8) are the Tigers' leading scorers, while Trent Pierce has a team-high four rebounds. The Tigers have just two assists to five turnovers. 

Mark Mitchell (12) leads the Tigers in scoring while Matas Vokietaitis (10) leads the Longhorns. 

Shawn Phillips Jr. starts the second half despite not playing the final 8:24 of the first. He's exchanged some words in a not-so-pleasant manner with opposing players and officials a few minutes into the half.

Plenty of bickering between players, coaches and referees from both sides have created a tense environment. A Randall dunk and a Simeon Wilcher backcourt violation led to a timeout, with Texas leading 41-39. 

Texas leads 51-47 as Dennis Gates calls timeout. Phillips picked up his fourth personal foul, while Anthony Robinson II has three of his own. Mark Mitchell and Jayden Stone are still the only Tigers to score double-digit points.

Anthony Robinson II picked up his fourth personal foul after colliding with Vokietaitis, although he was hit in the face by the driving Wilcher. Robinson's foul stood, but Wilcher picked up a technical foul for the contact to Robinson's head after the whistle. Texas leads 59-49 after two made Texas and Mizzou free-throws each. 

The Longhorns lead 77-66 with 2:58 remaining. Robinson has 11 points and is closing the game over T.O. Barrett, although Robinson and Phillips have four fouls. Mark Mitchell (16) and Jayden Stone (14) still lead the Tigers in scoring. 

Texas held onto the double-digit lead and ended Mizzou's night in misery. Not a very happy Valentine's Day for Mizzou basketball. 

The Tigers will next play Vanderbilt 8 p.m. Wednesday at Mizzou Arena.