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Missouri guard Deuce Bello, forward Johnathan Williams III will transfer

Missouri Tigers basketball players Deuce Bello and Johnathan Williams will both transfer.
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Missouri guard Deuce Bello and forward Johnathan Williams III will transfer, the school announced Tuesday.

Williams, a 6'9" sophomore, played in all 32 of the Tigers' games this season and led the team in scoring, rebounding and blocked shots. He averaged 11.9 points and 7.1 rebounds in 29.4 minutes per game. 

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Bello, a redshirt junior, averaged 1.8 points and 1.1 rebounds in 10.9 minutes per game. He played his first two seasons at Baylor before transferring in 2013. Bello intends to graduate from Mizzou this spring and transfer as a graduate student, which would allow him to play immediately. 

Mizzou went 9-23 (3-15 in the SEC) in Kim Anderson's first season as head coach. 

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