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The morning after each Mizzou basketball game this season, we will highlight a few notable takeaways from the performance in the ‘And-One.’

While Missouri's 12-point loss at Kentucky on Saturday didn't feel as close as the score indicated, Tuesday's 69-59 defeat at the hands of Tennessee was the inverse. Missouri battled to stay in the game for about 35 minutes, even taking a three-point lead with less than seven minutes to play. That’s when head coach Cuonzo Martin brought junior point guard Dru Smith off the bench and inserted him back in the lineup, even though Smith had been called for four fouls.

Less than two minutes later, Smith got whistled for a charge — foul number five. The Tigers trailed by three points when Smith left the game. After that point, they were outscored 13-6. Martin said after the game that losing Smith hurt Missouri on both ends of the floor.

“It was a big deal, because he makes a lot of things go,” Martin said. “He can attack the rim, he can make plays, he obviously made shots, and he’s a difference-maker on the defensive side of the ball.”

After Smith left the game, his replacement, sophomore Xavier Pinson, took Missouri’s next four shots from the field. Pinson missed all four. Meanwhile, Tennessee was able to force Pinson to switch on 6-foot-6 small forward Yves Pons on a few possessions and take advantage of the mismatch. Tennessee ended up making five of its final six field goals to end the game. Missouri missed 10 of its last 11.

Smith has been a bit foul prone this season, especially for a guard. He has recorded at least three fouls in 11 of Missouri’s 13 games, and he also fouled out with more than five minutes to play in the Tigers’ home loss to Charleston Southern on Dec. 3. Martin said the coaching staff needs to work with Smith to limit his fouls because he’s too important to the lineup to have on the bench late in games.

“We just have to get him where he’s not fouling, because he knows how to push the ball, he knows how to find guys, probe the defense, and again, you need him to switch onto Pons, he can do a good job.”

Compounding Missouri’s 0-2 start in SEC play is the fact that the team will be without forward Jeremiah Tilmon for the foreseeable future. Tilmon missed Tuesday’s matchup after being diagnosed with a stress fracture in his left foot on Monday. Martin didn’t provide a timeline for his return.

Martin said he was pleased with how the frontcourt played without Tilmon against Tennessee, though he would like the duo of Mitchell Smith and Reed Nikko to take advantage of opponents switching smaller defenders into the post. Smith scored 10 points and grabbed seven rebounds and Nikko had six points and three boards, though Martin revealed he was limited by a bruised thigh suffered early in the game. Freshman Tray Jackson also provided a spark, as he led the team with 11 points despite playing just nine minutes.

“It wasn’t bad,” Martin said. “I thought the biggest key, they have to get low post production, especially when they have those smaller guards defending them. We have to be able to get some production down there.”

While Martin doesn’t plan to make any drastic schematic changes due to Tilmon’s absence, he also didn’t downplay the loss of the junior. It will be up to the likes of Nikko, Jackson and Smith to make up for the loss.

“Regardless of his stats on the floor, he comes with a reputation, and even though the foul situation, struggles with that, you still have to identify him on the floor,” Martin said of Tilmon. “He’s a guy that’s a presence, and there’s a scouting report and there’s a game plan how to go against him.”

As mentioned above, one of the bright spots for Missouri during the loss was the play of Jackson, who didn’t see the floor at all Saturday. Jackson only played two minutes in the first half, but when he returned in the second, he made his presence known on the offensive end. On consecutive possessions, he beat his defender on a baseline drive and finished with a reverse layup, then stopped his drive short and drained a pull-up jumper. A few trips later, he hit a three-pointer from the wing to give Missouri its first lead of the half.

Jackson, who last scored a point on Nov. 25 against Butler, finished with a career-high 11 points to go along with three rebounds. He hopes the performance will earn him more minutes moving forward.

“I've been playing like that all year,” he said. “I just try to play my game, be comfortable, do what I can.”

Martin said one factor in Jackson only playing nine minutes was his game shape, or lack thereof. Since Jackson hasn’t seen much action in games lately, Martin said, he got winded quickly against Tennessee.

“Just not having the game reps — and you’re talking about high intensity level game,” Martin said. “I thought he did really well, again, because he has an aggressive mentality to score the ball, and he’ll continue to grow and get better.”

CAUSE FOR OPTIMISM: We got to see Jackson play, and it was good. The freshman scored 11 points in just nine minutes. He had seven in a two minute, 20 second span in the second half that keyed a 15-3 run to give Missouri a lead. After the game, Jackson and Martin both said he was a bit winded due to lack of previous game experience, which helps explain why he played only 47 seconds in a 9:45 span after that offensive spurt. Of course, it's also fair to ask why Jackson hadn't played a bit more, especially in blowouts, to condition him for league play, especially on a team that struggles so much to score. There have to be more minutes for a guy that has the ability to put the ball in the basket on a team that lacks guys who can do that.

CAUSE FOR CONCERN: Not only is Missouri behind the eight-ball with its 0-2 conference record, the Tigers also won't have Jeremiah Tilmon for an indeterminate amount of time. While Tilmon has struggled In his past few games, he is far and away Missouri's best offensive threat in the low post. Oh, and Reed Nikko was limited on Tuesday after suffering a thigh bruise early in the game.

STOCK UP: Mitchell Smith. The junior had a rough, rough day in Lexington against the Wildcats, but he scored ten points and looks to be taking on a bit of an emotional leader role with the Tigers. Yes, he needs to harness it and avoid things like the technical foul he was called for in a 47-45 game (though, to be fair, it was the result of a slow whistle and Cuonzo Martin didn't seem to cast much blame on his player after the game), but in an arena that seemed to lack energy much of the night, Smith got the crowd and his teammates into the game. He just couldn't help them put the ball in the basket enough after that.

STOCK DOWN: Shut down defense. All season, Missouri has said that defense will keep it in every game. But the lingering question was what would happen if the other team made some shots. We found out on Tuesday night. Sure, there were some defensive lapses that helped the Vols shoot 53.5% for the game including 11-23 from three-point range. But sometimes the other team is going to make some shots, even when you're playing good defense. That happened a few times on Tuesday and Missouri had no answer. The Tigers are now 0-6 when their opponent scores at least 60 points. That's simply not a recipe for success.

UP NEXT: Missouri (8-6) plays a second straight home game against Florida (10-4, 2-0 SEC) on Saturday. The Gators beat South Carolina 81-68 on Tuesday. Tipoff is set for 7:30 p.m.