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110 WINS OVER THE LAST FIVE SEASONS & TWO LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS | 2012 NATIONAL COACH OF THE YEAR: FRANK HAITH Men’s Basketball Contact: David Reiter | Office: 573.884.2437 | Cell: 573.424.8740 | [email protected] MIZZOU BASKETBALL SCHEDULE EXHIBITION SEASON 2012-13 MIZZOU Date Opponent Time/ Res TV/Score Oct. 29 NW Missouri State Win 91-58 Nov. 4 Missouri Southern Win 86-60 BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON Missouri Tigers vs. Louisville Cardinals Date Opponent Time/ Res TV/Score Tip-Off:8:30 p.m. CT Nov. 10 SIUE Win 83-69 Arena: Imperial Arena (4,500) Nov. 13 Alcorn State Win 91-54 TV: NBC Sports Network Nov. 16 Nicholls State Win 74-54 Radio: Tiger Radio Network Nov. 22 $Stanford Win 78-70 Rankings: Missouri - No. 14/No. 15 - Associated Press / USA Today Coaches’ Poll Nov. 23 $Louisville 8:30 p.m. NBCSN Louisville - No. 2/No. 2 Nov. 24 $Memphis/Duke/VCU TBA NBCSN Series: Missouri leads 2-1; last Missouri won 82-79 on 11-25-1989 at Lahaina, Hawaii Dec. 1 Appalachian State 2 p.m. MSN Coaches: Dec. 4 SEMO 7 p.m. MSN Missouri: Frank Haith (Elon ‘88); 163-106 overall (9th); 34-5 at Mizzou (2nd season) Dec. 8 Tennessee State 2 p.m. MSN Dec. 17 S.C. State 7 p.m. MSN Missouri Tigers (4-0, 0-0 SEC) Dec. 22 %vs. Illinois 5 p.m. ESPN2 Pos. No. Name HT WT YR P/G R/G A/G S/G Hometown Dec. 28 at UCLA 9 p.m. ESPN2 F 21 Laurence Bowers 6-8 227 Sr. 16.3 6.5 1.3 1.3* Memphis, Tenn. Jan. 5 Bucknell 6 p.m. MSN F 42 Alex Oriakhi 6-9 255 Sr. 12.5 9.8 0.5 1.5* Lowell, Mass. Jan. 8 *Alabama 6 p.m. ESPN G 1 Phil Pressey 5-11 175 Jr. 16.0 3.5 5.5 1.0 Dallas, Texas Jan. 12 *at Ole Miss 7 p.m. FSN G 5 Keion Bell 6-4 200 Sr. 9.0 4.3 1.5 1.5 Los Angeles, Calif. Jan. 16 *Georgia 7 p.m. SEC G 33 Earnest Ross 6-5 222 Jr. 12.5 7.5 1.5 1.0 Cary, N.C. Jan. 19 *at Florida 1 p.m. ESPN Jan. 22 *South Carolina 6 p.m. ESPNU For Openers... Jan. 26 *Vanderbilt 4 p.m. ESPNU > Mizzou Basketball returns to action on Friday night when the Tigers take on No. 2 Louisville in the Jan. 30 *at LSU 7 p.m. SEC semifinals of the 2012 Battle 4 Atlantis ... Mizzou earned a 78-70 victory over Stanford in the opening Feb. 2 *Auburn 12:30 p.m. SEC round, recording 19 offensive rebounds en route to the hard-fought win. Feb. 7 *at Texas A&M 8 p.m. ESPN/2 > Missouri will face No. 2 Louisville on Friday night ... The Cardinals defeated Northern Iowa in their Feb. 9 *Ole Miss Noon CBS opener ... Missouri is 2-1 all-time vs. Louisville, but the last meeting occurred back in 1989 during Mizzou’s Feb. 13 *at Mississippi State 7 p.m. SEC tournament championship at the Maui Invitational (82-79) ... Doug Smith led No. 11 Mizzou with 24 Feb. 16 *at Arkansas 3 p.m. ESPN/2 points vs. the No. 12 Cardinals ... Mizzou has won two consecutive in the series, including a 69-55 win Feb. 19 *Florida 8 p.m. ESPN on Jan. 17, 1982, in St. Louis ... Both Louisville and Missouri have been ranked in each of the last three Feb. 23 *at Kentucky 8 p.m. ESPN meetings, including Friday night’s tilt. Feb. 28 *at South Carolina 8 p.m. ESPN/2 > For the second time this season Missouri had two players record double-doubles ...Laurence Bowers March 2 LSU 3 p.m. SEC led the Tigers with 19 points and 10 rebounds, while Earnest Ross scored 10 points and grabbed a game- March 5 *Arkansas 6 p.m. ESPN high 11 boards ... Ross had seven offensive caroms in the win ... Despite playing on the perimeter, Ross March 9 *at Tennessee 3 p.m. ESPN/2 now has eight career double-doubles, with two coming at Missouri. March 13-17 ^SEC Tournament TBA TBA > Alex Oriakhi is making his second trip to this event and played well on Thursday, scoring 13 points and grabbing four boards vs. a big Stanford front line ... The senior continues to thrive at the foul line and is Home Games in Bold shooting 76.5 percent at the line, a career best, including 7-of-8 in Thursday’s win. & - Battle 4 Atlantis Exempt Game (Columbia, Mo.) > Missouri continues to play well defensively early in the 2012-13 season ... The Tigers are allowing $ - Battle $ Atlantis (Nassau, Bahamas) opponents to shoot just 34.7 percent from the floor and 31.7 percent from three-point range ... Stanford % - Bud Light Braggin’ Rights (St. Louis, Mo. - Scottrade Center) managed just 37.5 percent shooting in Game One and hit just 6-of-26 treys (.231). * - Southeastern Conference Game > Missouri out-rebounded Stanford 26-18 in the second half and 16 of those 28 second-half caroms ^ - SEC Tournament (Nashville, Tenn. - Bridgestone Arena) were on the offensive glass ... The Tigers scored 21 second-chance points in the second half alone to control the contest. All Mizzou Basketball game times listed as Central Time. > Head Coach Frank Haith and the Tigers continue to play well in non-league action ... Missouri has never lost a regular-season non-conference game under Haith ... The Tigers are a perfect 17-0 in pre-conference TELEVISION LISTINGS play under Haith (13-0 last season) ... Missouri also won a pair of tournament titles for Haith, claiming 2012 Battle 4 Atlantis the 2011 CBE Championship with wins over Notre Dame and Cal and then the Big 12 Tournament, both Nov. 22 at Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo. Noon Missouri vs. Stanford AXS.tv > Missouri has earned four wins this season, but it’s been a tale of two halves ... Mizzou is averaging 2:30 p.m. Duke vs. Minnesota AXS.tv 34.8 points on 35 percent shooting in the first half, compared to 46.8 points on 48 percent shooting in 6 p.m. Memphis vs. VCU NBC Sports the second half. 8:30 p.m. Louisville vs. Northern Iowa NBC Sports > Few players have a more interesting statistical spread in the two halves thanLaurence Bowers ... Bowers Nov. 23 leads the team in scoring (16.3), but is averaging 13.8 points per game in the final 20 minutes ... He is Noon Stanford vs. Northern Iowa AXS.tv 2:30 p.m. Minnesota vs. Memphis AXS.tv also shooting an impressive 76 percent from the floor (22-of-29) in the second period. 6 p.m. VCU vs. Duke NBC Sports > Missouri is 2-0 vs. BIG EAST opposition underFrank Haith ... The Tigers defeated Notre Dame (87-58) 8:30 p.m. Missouri vs. Louisville NBC Sports in the semifinals of the 2011 CBE in Kansas City and then topped Villanova (81-71) at the Jimmy V Classic Nov. 24 in Madison Square Garden. Noon Loser of Game 5 and Game 6 AXS.tv > Just three current Tigers (Laurence Bowers, Michael Dixon and Phil Pressey) have ever worn the Mizzou 2:30 p.m. Winner of Game 5 and Game 6 AXS.tv uniform (prior to this season) ... Pressey, Dixon and Bowers have each earned all-Big 12 accolades over 6 p.m. Loser of Game 7 and Game 8 NBC Sports their collegiate tenures and Pressey was coined the Preseason SEC Player of the Year by the media on 8:30 p.m. Winner of Game 7 and Game 8 NBC Sports Oct. 22 ... Dixon was also selected as an All-SEC Second Team pick in the preseason. (all times listed as Central) Missouri Basketball - 1 2012-13 MIZZOU BASKETBALL ROSTER No. Name Pos. HT. WT. Class Hometown (Last School) Notes 1 Phil Pressey G 5-11 175 Jr.-2L Dallas, Texas (Dallas Episcopal HS) Named SEC Preseason Player of the Year by the media 3 Tony Criswell F 6-9 226 Jr.-TR Oklahoma City, Okla. (Independence C.C.) Began his career at UAB and gives the Tigers great size in the paint 4 Corey Haith G 5-10 160 Fr.-HS Columbia, Mo. (Rock Bridge HS) Son of Head Coach Frank Haith 5 Keion Bell G 6-4 200 r-Sr.-TR Los Angeles, Calif. (Pepperdine) Has a great ability to get to the rim off the bounce 10 Dominique Bull G 6-4 220 Fr.-HS Worcester, Mass. (Tilton School) Big, physical guard that is adjusting to Division I Basketball 11 Michael Dixon, Jr. G 6-1 190 Sr.-3L Kansas City, Mo. (Lee’s Summit West) Was named a Second Team All-American by Sporting News 14 Negus Webster-Chan G 6-7 200 Fr.-HS Scarborough, Ontario (Huntington Prep) Big, rangy guard that can play all-three perimeter positions 21 Laurence Bowers F 6-8 227 r-Sr.-3L Memphis, Tenn. (St. George’s HS) Returns to Mizzou after missing last season with a knee injury 23 Jordan Clarkson G 6-5 180 Jr.-TR San Antonio, Texas (Tulsa) Will sit out the 2012-13 campaign, but has two years left 31 Danny Feldmann F 6-9 225 r-So.-TR Jefferson City, Mo. (Columbia Univ.) Talented reserve that has the ability to hit open treys 32 Jabari Brown G 6-5 205 r-So.-TR Oakland, Calif.