COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Marques Warrick scored 11 of his 16 points in the first half as Missouri blew a huge lead en route to a 111-39 victory over Mississippi Valley State on Thursday night — the 72-point margin matching – with the biggest in the history of the Tigers.

It was Missouri’s largest margin of victory since beating Chicago State 117-45 in 1995. The Tigers also defeated MacMurray 106-34 in 1976.

Caleb Grill and Tamar Bates each added 15 points, Mark Mitchell 13 and Marcus Allen and Annor Boateng 10 each for Missouri (3-1). The Tigers made 15 of 31 from the arc, led by Warrick’s four, and shot 57 percent overall. The Delta Devils (1-2) had 23 turnovers that turned into a 45-2 Missouri advantage.

Arthur Tate scored 10 points to lead MVSU.

Leading by 32 points at halftime, Missouri opened the second half, scoring the first 15 points of the second half to take a 66-19 lead. The Tigers reached 100 points with just under five minutes remaining amid a 17-0 run.

After MVSU scored first in the game, Missouri rattled off 12 straight points. Another 12-0 run with 3s from Grill, Jacob Crews and Bates made it a 30-point margin with 6 1/2 minutes left in the half that ended with the Tigers up 51-19.

Thursday’s game was the Tigers’ third in a 10-game hitting streak.

It was the first game of a six-game road trip for the Delta Devils, who will face Texas, Kansas State, BYU, Utah and UC Santa Barbara before returning home.

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