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MBB HOOPS 2020-21 UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES Columbia, Missouri ESPNU GAME 1 p.m. CT - Saturday, Jan. 30 Tiger Radio Network 14 Mizzou Arena (15,061) mizzou.statbroadcast.com MEDIA INFORMATION GAME 14 No. 12 MIZZOU (10-3, 4-3) at TCU (9-6, 2-5) STORYLINES ESPNU After playing just one home game in the month of January, No. 12 Mizzou finally returns home for a three-game PBP: Mark Neely homestand starting Saturday vs. TCU. Mizzou is 5-1 at home this season and 39-15 overall during the Cuonzo ANALYST: Mark Wise Martin era. Despite being on the road most of the month, a win on Saturday would improve Mizzou to 5-2 in January, its best record in the month since the 2011-12 squad went 7-2. TIGER RADIO NETWORK XM: 191 Mizzou is competing in its fourth SEC/Big 12 Challenge. The Tigers are 1-2 all-time in the Challenge with the victory PBP: Mike Kelly SIRIUS: coming at home against West Virginia on Dec. 5, 2013, as Jordan Clarkson erupted for 25 points to lead the win. Saturday's clash with TCU marks just the second time Mizzou will host the SEC/Big 12 Challenge. ANALYST: Chris Gervino Mizzou has 586 all-time wins over Big 12 teams and has more Big 12 Conference tournament championships this ENGINEER: Matt Winegardner decade than eight of the league's 10 teams. Mizzou and TCU will meet for the first time since Dec. 18, 1952, and the sixth time overall. Mizzou leads the all- TWITTER: @MizzouHoops time series 4-1 with all five matchups taking place in a six-year span from 1946-1952. It will be the fifth meeting LIVE VIDEO: ESPN App between the two programs in Columbia, with the previous four contests all taking place at Brewer Fieldhouse. Mizzou's loss to Auburn on Jan. 26 snapped a 19-game streak for Martin's squad holding opponents to fewer than 2020-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS (10-3, 4-3) 80 points. Mizzou leads the SEC in 3-point field goal percentage defense and 3-pointers allowed per game (5.4) DATE ! MIZ ! OPP OPPONENT TV TIME-CT and ranks second in field goal percentage defense. Since Dec. 6, just one opponent has made more than six threes. N 25 W - / - - / - Oral Roberts SEC+ W, 91-64 Mizzou polished off a statement win last weekend at No. 6 Tennessee, 73-64. It was the Tigers' first win in Knoxville since 1972 and the first road win over a No. 6 team since beating No. 3 Baylor in 2011-12. Mizzou now has four true road wins, three wins over Top 25 teams and six wins over teams in the NET's Top 77. D 2 W - / - 21 / 20 Oregon+ FS1 W, 83-75 The last time Mizzou had a pair of wins over Top 6 teams in the same campaign was 2011-12 (Baylor twice). D 6 S - / - - / - at Wichita State ESPN2 W, 72-62 Mizzou is one of four teams nationally with four true road wins & three ranked wins (Gonzaga, Baylor & Ohio State) D 9 W RV / RV - / - Liberty SECN W, 69-60 Mizzou checked in at No. 12 in the Jan. 25 AP Top 25 poll. That marks seven consecutive weeks for the Tigers in D 12 S RV / RV 6 / 9 Illinois% ESPNU W, 81-78 the poll, their longest streak since 2012-13. It's the 15th-longest streak among all Division I teams and the second- D 22 T 14 / 14 - / - Bradley SECN W, 54-53 longest streak among all SEC teams. All seven weeks have included Mizzou in the Top 20. No. 12 matches the D 30 W 12 / 12 7 / 6 vs. Tennessee* SECN L, 73-53 Tigers' highest ranking this season and the highest since Jan. 7, 2014. Mizzou is No. 26 in the latest NET rankings. Twelve of Mizzou's 13 opponents are in the NET's Top 135. Thanks J 2 S 12 / 12 RV/ RV at Arkansas* CBS W, 81-68 to the tough schedule and Mizzou taking advantage of those opportunities, ESPN's Basketball Power Index ranks J 5 T 13 / 13 - / - at Mississippi State* SECN L, 78-63 Mizzou's strength of record eighth nationally and the Tigers clock in at No. 5 nationally in the RPI. J 16 S 17 / 16 - / - at Texas A&M* SECN W, 68-52 Redshirt senior Dru Smith racked up his second SEC Player of the Week honor on Monday. He is the only player J 19 T 19 / 19 - / - vs. South Carolina* SECN W, 81-70 in the SEC with two outright Player of the Week honors this season. Dru surpassed 1,000 points for his career at J 23 S 19 / 19 6 / 6 at Tennessee * SECN W, 73-64 Auburn with a season-high 21 points and has scored in double figures in five consecutive games. J 26 T 12 / 12 - / - at Auburn* ESPN2 L, 88-82 Mizzou is 6-1 in its last seven "bounce-back" games coming off a loss. The Tigers haven't suffered back-to-back J 30 S 12 / 12 - / - vs. TCU# ESPNU 1 p.m. losses since Feb. 29 and March 4, 2020. F 2 T - / - - / - vs. Kentucky* ESPN 8 p.m. MATCHUP No. 12 MIZZOU (10-3, 4-3 SEC) __________ NET: 26 TCU (9-6, 2-5 Big 12) ____________________ NET: 100 F 6 S - / - 9 / 8 vs. Alabama* ESPN 11 a.m. F 10 W - / - - / - at Ole Miss* SECN 8 p.m. Head Coach __________Cuonzo Martin (13th season) Head Coach ___________ Jamie Dixon (18th season) F 13 S - / - - / RV vs. Arkansas* ESPN2 3 p.m. Career Record __________________ 246-170 (.591) Career Record __________________ 421-185 (.695) F 16 T - / - - / - at Georgia* SECN 5:30 p.m. Mizzou Record _______________ 60-49 (4th season) TCU Record _________________ 93-62 (5th season) F 20 S - / - - / - at South Carolina* ESPN2 1 or 3 p.m. Mizzou All-Time vs. TCU __________________ 4-1 F 23 T - / - - / - vs. Ole Miss* SECN 8 p.m. Coach Martin vs. TCU ____________________ 0-0 F 27 S - / - - / - vs. Texas A&M* SECN 5 p.m. 2020-21 Stats 2020-21 Stats Category __________________ Overall ___ Conf. Category __________________ Overall ____ Conf. M 3 W - / - RV / RV at Florida* SECN 5:30 p.m. Points/Game ___________________ 73.2 ____ 71.6 Points/Game ___________________ 66.6 ____ 61.7 M10-14 SEC Tournament& TBD TBD Points Allowed/Game _____________ 68.1 ____ 70.4 Points Allowed/Game _____________ 68.4 ____ 74.1 Field Goal Shooting ______________ .449 ____ .450 Field Goal Shooting ______________ .445 ____ .416 Schedule Key Field Goal Defense _______________ .398 ____ .406 Field Goal Defense _______________ .436 ____ .456 % Braggin' Rights (Columbia, Mo.) 3-Point Shooting _________________ .286 ____ .288 3-Point Shooting _________________ .347 ____ .346 # Big 12/SEC Challenge (Columbia, Mo.) 3-Point Defense _________________ .286 ____ .333 3-Point Defense _________________ .303 ____ .322 * SEC Game Free Throw Shooting _____________ .721 ____ .693 Free Throw Shooting ______________ .619 ____ .639 & Bridgestone Arena (Nashville, Tenn.) Rebounds/Game _________________ 37.4 ____ 35.7 Rebounds/Game _________________ 35.5 ____ 34.3 + CHI Health Center Omaha (Omaha, Neb.) Opponent Rebounds/Game _________ 35.1 ____ 36.0 Opponent Rebounds/Game _________ 34.3 ____ 35.7 Assists/Game __________________ 12.6 ____ 12.6 Assists/Game __________________ 14.1 ____ 11.4 Turnovers/Game _________________ 13.7 ____ 11.1 Turnovers/Game _________________ 14.5 ____ 15.7 Steals/Game ____________________ 6.1 _____ 6.9 Steals/Game ____________________ 5.9 _____ 5.3 Blocks/Game ____________________ 3.1 _____ 3.9 Blocks/Game ____________________ 3.7 _____ 3.4 PROBABLE STARTERS # POS TIGERS YR PPG RPG APG MPG # POS HORNED FROGS YR PPG RPG APG MPG 27 1,639 72 45 01 G Xavier Pinson Jr. 13.5 3.5 3.3 25.5 1 G Mike Miles Fr. 13.7 3.5 3.1 31.6 NCAA TOURNAMENT VICTORIES IN 114 FIRST-TEAM NBA DRAFT 23 F Jeremiah Tilmon Sr. 12.5 7.9 0.8 27.4 22 G RJ Nembhard Jr. 16.8 4.5 3.9 34.2 APPEARANCES SEASONS ALL-CONF. PLAYERS SELECTIONS 13 G Mark Smith Sr. 10.8 2.6 0.9 30.0 5 F Charles O'Bannon R-Jr. 5.8 3.7 0.4 14.5 12 G Dru Smith R-Sr. 13.2 3.5 2.9 32.2 21 C Kevin Samuel Jr. 9.3 9.2 1.2 27.2 23 36 21 8 24 F Kobe Brown So. 6.6 5.7 0.6 18.5 11 G Taryn Todd R-Fr. 4.1 1.2 2.7 16.5 CONFERENCE POSTSEASON ALL-AMERICAN CONFERENCE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIPS APPEARANCES PLAYERS OF THE YEAR 2020-21 MIZZOU BASKETBALL GAME NOTES GAME 14 - TCU 2 PRONUNCIATIONS MARTIN ALL-TIME HEAD TO HEAD SCHOOL W L SCHOOL W L Pro-nun-SEE-A-shun GUIDE Air Force 1 0 Northern Kentucky 1 0 Parker Braun ________________________ BROWN Alabama 4 5 Oakland 1 1 Cuonzo Martin _______________________KHAN-zo Alcorn State 2 0 Oklahoma 0 1 Javon Pickett ________________________ JUH-von Arizona 1 6 Oklahoma State 0 2 Xavier Pinson ________________________ EX-avier Arizona State 4 2 Ole Miss 3 7 Arkansas 7 5 Oral Roberts 3 0 Arkansas State 4 0 Oregon 2 5 QUICK FACTS Arkansas-Little Rock 3 0 Oregon State 7 1 Auburn 6 5 Pacific 2 0 Location _______________________ Columbia, Mo.