COLUMBIA, Mo. – Though it finished within single digits of a power conference opponent for the third time this year, the Omaha men's basketball team fell 85-78 to Missouri Wednesday night at Mizzou Arena. With the loss, the Mavericks dropped to 4-5 (0-0 Summit League), while the Tigers improved to 5-3 (0-0 SEC).

Senior forward Jake White recorded his second double-double of the season, scoring a game-high 18 points and hauling in a game-best 10 rebounds. The Chaska, Minn., native shot 6-of-8 from the floor and a perfect 5-of-5 at the line, adding two steals and an assist as well.

Senior guard Devin Patterson also had a double-figure scoring night with 17 points, also putting up seven assists, four boards and two steals. Junior guard Tra-Deon Hollins added 13 points with three steals, an assist and a block, going 7-of-7 at the free throw line.

As a team, Omaha shot 41 percent (25-of-61) from the floor, 23 percent (5-of-22) from three and 74 percent (23-of-31) at the stripe. Missouri came in at 48 percent (25-of-52) from field with a 38 percent (6-of-16) showing from long range and 76 percent (29-of-38) foul shooting.

Missouri was led by Kevin Puryear's 18 points and eight rebounds.

A back-and-forth start saw a 16-16 tie eight minutes into the game. After four straight points from Jakeenan Gant, a jumper by sophomore forward Tre'Shawn Thurman got the Mavericks within two again. Omaha was then held scoreless for the next five minutes while the Tigers put together a 12-0 run, but a Smallwood jumper at 5:14 finally broke through the Mavericks' drought. UNO continued to chip away at Missouri's lead, using two pairs of free throws from White and senior guard Kyler Erickson to shear it to 37-30 by the end of the half. In the first stanza, the Tigers, who committed 13 turnovers, shot 50 percent while holding the Mavericks to a dismal 33 percent.

In the second half, UNO was tagged with 10 turnovers, which resulted in 16 Tiger points. White, however, kept Omaha in it with 14 second-half points, shooting 5-of-6. He also had six boards, helping the Mavericks outrebound Mizzou 22-13 over the last 20 minutes, including 8-1 on the offensive end.

A 7-0 Omaha run made it a five-point game at 59-54, sealed with a baseline jumper from Thurman, but Puryear halted it with a bucket at 8:21. With 5:04 remaining, Hollins started a two-minute, 6-2 scoring stretch for the Mavericks, accounting for all six points that cut it to 72-64. Though UNO reduced it to a six-point margin at 75-69 on a White jumper with 1:14 left, Missouri staved off the Mavericks with at least a seven-point lead for the remainder of the game. A Patterson 3-pointer with three seconds left was Omaha's last tally of the game, bringing the final score to 85-78.

Omaha returns to action on Sunday, Dec. 13, visiting Grand Canyon. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. (CT) at GCU Arena in Phoenix, and Gary Sharp will have the radio call on 1180 Zone 2. Links to live video, audio and stats will be available on OMavs.com.