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Greg Inglis has hailed Cameron Smith as a benchmark for NRL excellence after the Melbourne captain calmly led his side to the top of the competition ladder.Smith slotted a 39m post-siren penalty to put Saturday nights round 22 clash with South Sydney into extra time, before cooly slotting a field goal four minutes into golden point to give the Storm a 15-14 win.After Cronullas loss to Canberra earlier in the night, the AAMI Park win pushed the Storm to competition lead with four rounds to play.Having played alongside Smith many times at club, state and international level, Souths skipper Inglis could only tip his hat to the Storm hookers match-winning qualities.He is just the ultimate player, Inglis said.Thats the leader he is and the player he is.He takes his opportunities when he can and, unfortunately for us, he took it out in the golden-point.It was Smiths second game-winning field goal for the season, his first giving the Storm victory against North Queensland in round 10.Cooper (Cronk) had a shot earlier and had a fair bit of heat on him, Smith said.He mentioned to me when we got the ball back on those seven tackles that, if I saw the opportunity, to go out to the left side and have a crack.However Storm coach Craig Bellamy wouldnt let the emotion surrounding the win hide the deficiencies of his sides performance.Im not quite sure why we were flat, Bellamy said.We will have a chat to the players through their review and we might find a couple of things out.But we were pretty disappointed, especially in our execution and certainly in the way we defended tonight, to be quite honest.Melbournes next face in-form Canberra in the nations capital on Monday week.The Raiders are playing the house down at the moment, Bellamy said.Its going to be a real tough ask for us up there.We just need to get back to work this week, improve in a couple of areas and hopefully we can go up there and be competitive with them.Chicago White Sox Shirts . 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Cullen VanLeer scored 10 points and Kevin Puryear finished with 11 points and six rebounds.Hes doing it the perfect way, Missouri coach Kim Anderson said of Walton. It gives him a chance to kind of evaluate the way the games being called and maybe what his mans doing or where can he get some buckets offensively.Northwestern State (2-3) led 14-9 early, but Missouri closed the first half on a 15-4 run and led 39-27 at halftime.Walton attributed the Tigers slow start to Northwestern States energy.They just played harder than us pretty much, Walton said. I think guys came off the bench and gave a lot of energy and I think coach did a great job of making adjustments as the game went on.The Demons shot 1 for 6 to start the second half and trailed by double digits for all but 26 seconds. Puryears 3-pointer at the 15:50 mark sparked a 16-5 run that buried the Demons, who trailed by as many as 29 points.Zeek Woodley scored 16 points on 7-of-13 shooting andd Ishmael Lane had 12 points and eight rebounds.dddddddddddd Woodley and TraVon Joseph missed key stretches of the game because of foul trouble. Joseph finished with eight points and a team-best eight rebounds despite his four fouls.Northwestern State shot 36 percent from the field, including 5 for 25 from 3-point range, and made 7 of 14 free throw attempts. The Demons also committed 18 turnovers -- 13 in the first half -- leading to 25 Missouri points.RALLY FOR RHYANMissouri assistant coach Brad Loos 6-year-old daughter Rhyan has been battling neurblastoma, a form of bone cancer, for more than a year. On Thanksgiving, the family announced that doctors located a new tumor in Rhyans brain, and she was admitted to intensive care.Shell beat it, but it takes all of us, Anderson said. I know the guys are really emotional about it, but were all praying for her and hoping for the best. We know the best will come.QUICK COMPARISONWhile neither team has an abundance of size, post play proved to be a factor as Missouri outscored Northwestern State 48-32 in the paint and won the rebound margin 40-38.BIG PICTURENorthwestern State: The Demons have just one more Power-5 school on their schedule before heading into Southland Conference play. Last year, the Demons posted a 5-13 conference record, finishing 12th out of 13 teams.Missouri: Freshman forward Reed Nikko injured his left ankle with 17:17 seconds remaining in the second half and did not return. Nikko leads the team in blocks and had been splitting time with fellow big man Russell Woods.UP NEXTNorthwestern State visits Mississippi State Monday.Missouri hosts North Carolina Central Monday. ' ' '