Stone scores 22, Mitchell 20 as Missouri beats Auburn 84-74, improves to 3-1 in SEC

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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Jayden Stone scored 22 points on 7-of-10 shooting, Mark Mitchell added 20 points, and Missouri beat Auburn 84-74 on Wednesday night.

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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Jayden Stone scored 22 points on 7-of-10 shooting, Mark Mitchell added 20 points, and Missouri beat Auburn 84-74 on Wednesday night.

Stone (14) and Mitchell combined to score 26 second-half points.

Trent Pierce scored 18 points and T.O. Barrett 13 for Missouri (12-4, 3-1 SEC), which is off to its best start since in conference play since it joined the SEC in July 2012.

Missouri's Jayden Stone celebrates after making a basket during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Auburn Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, in Columbia, Mo. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Missouri's Jayden Stone celebrates after making a basket during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Auburn Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, in Columbia, Mo. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Kevin Overton and Elyjah Freeman scored 13 points apiece for Auburn (10-7, 1-3). Sebastian Williams-Adams added 12 points and Keyshawn Hall scored 10. Hall was coming off back-to-back 32-point games in a 90-88 loss to Texas A&M and a 95-73 win over No. 15 Arkansas.

Stone made a layup with 2:27 left that stopped an 7-0 Auburn run and gave Missouri an eight-point lead. Overton and Hall made consecutive baskets in the paint to make it 74-70, but Stone converted a three-point play that pushed the lead to seven with 1:38 remaining and it was at least a two-possession game the rest of the way.

Missouri made 27 of 49 (55%) from the field and shot 47% (9 of 19) from 3-point range.

Overton hit two 3s in an 8-1 spurt that trimmed Auburn’s deficit to 44-42 with 16:16 left in the game, but Missouri scored 15 of the 21 points to push their lead to 11 midway through the second half.

Missouri is 13-0 this season when it scores 72-plus points, but 0-4 when it does not.

Up next

Auburn: Hosts South Carolina on Saturday.

Missouri: Visits LSU on Saturday.

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