https://www.si.com/college/missouri/basketball/everything-mizzou-s-dennis-gates-said-after-win-over-vanderbilt-01jhca25nada
On Missouri's quick start, Vanderbilt's defense:
"I thought we relaxed sometimes the silver lining in making your first couple threes is that you live now the entire game with three point shots. Think about Trent Pierce his last three attempt. It's a great shot if he makes it, but that's an opportunity where you got to punish the defense and get downhill, especially in that situation, in the first half, we were in a bonus and we still locked down on three point attempts. So the ratio of three point attempts during that run helped their defense, and credit to their defense, meaning Vanderbilt's defense, they were tough".