LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) Edmond Sumner's free throw with 0.3 seconds left in overtime gave No. 11 Xavier an 83-82 win over Missouri in the opening round of the Tire Pros Invitational on Thursday.
Sumner was fouled by Missouri's Terrence Phillips along the sideline, after the Musketeers inbounded the ball near midcourt. He missed the first one short, then rattled in the second for the win.
Sumner and J.P. Macura each scored 19 points for Xavier (3-0), which got 13 apiece from Trevon Bluiett and Sean O'Mara.
Frankie Hughes scored 24 points for Missouri (1-1), and Kevin Puryear finished with 22 points and 10 rebounds.
Phillips scored 21 for Missouri, which never got off a desperation shot after Sumner's deciding free throw.
Missouri led by 10 in the first half and held the lead most of the second half, but needed to scramble late in regulation.
Puryear's two free throws with 12.4 seconds left in regulation for Missouri tied the game at 71, and Sumner's stepback 3-point try at the second-half buzzer bounced off the front of the rim.
Bluiett - who sat for 32 minutes in real time in the second half because he had four fouls, two of those in the first minute after halftime - scored to open the extra session, and his free throw with 3:04 left put Xavier up 78-73.
Missouri scored the next seven to reclaim the lead, and Macura made two free throws with 17.8 seconds remaining to tie the game for the 15th and final time.
BIG PICTURE
Xavier: It was the second time in three games that the Musketeers were put to the test - they beat Lehigh 84-81 to open the season last week. ... Xavier missed its last 12 3-pointers, shooting 2 for 22 in the game from long range.
Missouri: Hughes is averaging 23.5 points after two games. Only 10 Missouri players have managed to go their entire freshman season averaging more than 10 points. ... The Tigers were outrebounded 52-39.
HELLO, AGAIN
This is the third straight season that Xavier and Missouri have played.
Xavier won 74-58 at Missouri on Dec. 13, 2014, in the start of what was going to be a two-game series, and prevailed again at home 78-66 exactly one year before this meeting - Nov. 17, 2015.
UP NEXT
Xavier: Faces Clemson in the tournament semifinals Friday.
Missouri: Faces Davidson in the consolation semifinals Friday.
