Sure enough, Carter followed that script to the letter, easily backing Davis into the middle of the paint - and watching his shot bounce harmlessly of the heel of the rim. And a few dribbles with a low center of gravity would be enough to execute a familiar half-turn and loft a baby hook over his left shoulder.
He’d drawn Dre Davis, a wing, on a switch. On the catch, Carter’s conditions appeared ideal. Unable to turn the corner and assault the paint, Bates reversed the ball to East, who pinged an entry pass to Carter. Run on the left side of the T-Mobile Arena floor, Bates dribbled into a ball screen set in the left slot, followed by Carter drifting more than rolling to the block. So, MU applied a familiar tourniquet: it called a pistol set involving Sean East II, Tamar Bates, and Noah Carter. Breakdowns on back-to-back possessions gifted the Pirates open and unhurried 3-pointers that stretched their lead to seven. Early in the second half Sunday, Missouri found itself needing to halt Seton Hall’s momentum.
