Da'Sean Butler highlighted the first half of the West Virginia Mountaineers-Missouri Tigers second-round NCAA Tournament game with 19 points and two rebounds giving the Mountaineers a 30-25 lead going into halftime.

West Virginia started the game on a slower pace compared to their Big 12 counterparts who love to take advantage of mistakes by using the full-court press defense.

Missouri freshman guard Michael Dixon came off the bench and gave the Tigers a quick seven points to help pull the game to 25-25 with about three minutes left.

The Mountaineers never trailed in the first half taking advantage of the inexperience of the Tigers and using their own speed against them.

Unfortunately, the Tigers didn't antici...

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