Luke Northweather moves into the starting five as Shawn Phillips Jr. is out sick from today’s matchup. The rest of the starting five is as usual: Robinson, Mitchell, Mack and Porter. Missourian Sports

Freshman Nicholas Randall in for the Tigers just a minute into the game as Northweather takes a trip to the locker room after giving up a foul. Missourian Sports

Northweather has returned from the locker room and is back on the floor. Missourian Sports

South Dakota has gone on a run and drawn level with #Mizzou. 21-21 with just over 10 minutes remaining in the half. Missourian Sports

Halftime at Mizzou Arena: #Mizzou leads South Dakota 53-42. Mark Mitchell leads the Tigers in scoring with 11, followed by Jevon Porter with 10. South Dakota has keeping it competitive with 3-point shooting. #Mizzou shot just a shade under 60% in the first half. Missourian Sports

#Mizzou has steadily built a 19 point lead early here in the second half. Mark Mitchell has 7 points in less then five minutes. 65-46 Tigers with 15:44 left. Missourian Sports

Jevon Porter hits back to back shots under the rim to extend the TIgers' lead to 78-54. An encouraging sight for #Mizzou and Porter who has 19 and 9 on the night. Missourian Sports

3:49 left in the game and #Mizzou has stretched its lead to 31. 91-60 the Tigers lead. Missourian Sports

Final score at Mizzou Arena: Powered by 22 points from Mark Mitchell and 19 from Jevon Porter, #Mizzou improves to 6-0 with a 102-68 win over South Dakota. Missourian Sports

Jevon Porter has now put together consecutive strong performances, adding a new dimension to the Tigers' lineup as a stretch of difficult games approaches. Joseph Pastilha has details on Porter's progression so far this season. columbiamissourian.com/sports/mizzou_…

An injury update for #Mizzou, transfer Jayden Stone is out with an injury to his non shooting hand. The timetable released indicates that Dennis Gates is hopeful he will return before SEC play. Missourian Sports

Confirmed by a team representative that #Mizzou redshirt freshman Trent Burns will be making his season debut today on limited minutes. Missourian Sports

About an hour from tip here at Mizzou Arena. #Mizzou will be without Jayden Stone, but Trent Burns is preparing to make his season debut on limited minutes. Missourian Sports

Starting five as #Mizzou looks to improve to 7-0. Missourian Sports

#Mizzou off to a fiery start here at home. T.O. Barrett hits a 3-pointer to stretch the Tigers' lead to 11-1. Timeout South Carolina State, 16:00 left in the first half. Missourian Sports

It's all #Mizzou in the early going here at Mizzou Arena. Mark Mitchell is fouled on a dunk and we have another timeout. He will be shooting one. 29-7 with 10:49 left in the half. Missourian Sports

Trent Burns gets a warm reception from the crowd at Mizzou Arena as he checks in for the first time this season. Missourian Sports

Halftime at Mizzou Arena: #Mizzou leads South Carolina State 55-30. Mark Mitchell leads the Tigers with 13 points. Missourian Sports

Timeout with 11:22 left in the half. #Mizzou keeps its foot on the gas. Jacob Crews picked off a pass and threw it up for a highlight reel alley-oop. Crews followed it with a dunk of his own. Tigers lead 72-40. Missourian Sports

Final score from Mizzou Arena: #Mizzou improves to 7-0 with a 98-66 win over South Carolina State. Shawn Phillips led the Tigers with 17 points and 8 rebounds. Trent Burns finished with 7 points and 3 boards in his debut. Missourian Sports