MBB HOOPS 2020-21 UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES Athens, Georgia SEC Network GAME 5:30 p.m. CT - Tuesday, Feb. 16 Tiger Radio Network 19 Stegeman Coliseum (10,523) mizzou.statbroadcast.com MEDIA INFORMATION GAME 19 No. 20 MIZZOU (13-5, 6-5) at GEORGIA (12-8, 5-8) STORYLINES SEC NETWORK Head coach Cuonzo Martin enters Saturday's matchup with Arkansas just one win shy of 250 career wins. PBP: Dave Neal Mizzou and Georgia square off for the first time this season and the 16th time overall in their program histories. ANALYST: Daymeon Fishback Mizzou has won three consecutive games in the head-to-head series. A fourth victory on Tuesday would give the Tigers their longest win streak over Georgia since winning three in a row in 2001, 2009 and 2010. TIGER RADIO NETWORK XM: 191 Mizzou won last year's meeting 72-69 with a game-winning block from Reed Nikko on eventual No. 1 NBA Draft PBP: Mike Kelly SIRIUS: selection Anthony Edwards' drive in the finals seconds. In that win, Mizzou's current point guard duo of Dru Smith and Xavier Pinson combined for 32 points. ANALYST: Chris Gervino The Tigers downed Georgia, 64-39, on Mizzou's last trip to Athens. The 25-point win was Mizzou's largest margin ENGINEER: Matt Winegardner of victory over an SEC opponent since 2013. Mizzou was +22 on the glass and held the Bulldogs to their fewest points at home since Dec. 28, 1945 (36 vs. Georgia Tech). TWITTER: @MizzouHoops Mizzou is coming off back-to-back losses for the first time this season. The Tigers haven't lost three in a row since LIVE VIDEO: ESPN App Jan. 18-Jan. 25, 2020 (at Alabama, vs. Texas A&M and at West Virginia.) A win on Tuesday would be Mizzou's third overall victory in Athens, including wins in 2019 and 2009. 2020-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS (13-5, 6-5) Mizzou is one of eight teams nationally with five Quad 1 victories. Mizzou has three wins over Top 10 teams (No. DATE ! MIZ ! OPP OPPONENT TV TIME-CT 10 Alabama, No. 6 Tennessee, No. 6 Illinois) in the same season for the first time since 2011-12. The Tigers boast N 25 W - / - - / - Oral Roberts SEC+ W, 91-64 four ranked wins and four true road victories, and four of their five losses have come against Quad 1 opponents. Mizzou is 7-0 against Quad 3 and Quad 4 teams. From December of 2013 until Cuonzo Martin's first year at the helm, Mizzou hadn't beaten a ranked opponent in D 2 W - / - 21 / 20 Oregon+ FS1 W, 83-75 more than 1,500 days. Mizzou has four alone this season and the Tigers are 8-6 against ranked teams under Martin. D 6 S - / - - / - at Wichita State ESPN2 W, 72-62 Mizzou checks in at No. 20 in the AP Top 25 poll. That gives Mizzou 10 consecutive weeks in the Top 25 (the 14th- D 9 W RV / RV - / - Liberty SECN W, 69-60 longest streak nationally). D 12 S RV / RV 6 / 9 Illinois% ESPNU W, 81-78 Mizzou is 5-1 in games decided by five or fewer points this season. D 22 T 14 / 14 - / - Bradley SECN W, 54-53 After scoring 26 points vs. Kentucky, 16 against Alabama, 17 at Ole Miss and 15 vs. Arkansas, redshirt senior Dru D 30 W 12 / 12 7 / 6 vs. Tennessee* SECN L, 73-53 Smith is on a tear, having reached double figures in 10 consecutive games - the longest streak by a Tiger since Kassius Robertson's 10-game streak in 2017-18. Dru's averaging 16.6 points per game in that span and has earned J 2 S 12 / 12 RV/ RV at Arkansas* CBS W, 81-68 three SEC Player of the Week honors this season, the most by a Tiger in a campaign since Utah Jazz star Jordan J 5 T 13 / 13 - / - at Mississippi State* SECN L, 78-63 Clarkson in 2013. J 16 S 17 / 16 - / - at Texas A&M* SECN W, 68-52 Dru is once again leading the SEC in steals with 1.9 per game. His 164 career steals ranks 33rd among all active J 19 T 19 / 19 - / - vs. South Carolina* SECN W, 81-70 Division I players. Dru also ranks 13th in the SEC in scoring, ninth in assists and seventh in 3-pointers made. J 23 S 19 / 19 6 / 6 at Tennessee * SECN W, 73-64 In its 13 wins, Mizzou has averaged 76.8 points, while shooting 46.7 percent from the field. J 26 T 12 / 12 - / - at Auburn* ESPN2 L, 88-82 After shooting 40 percent or better from beyond the arc as a team just once in its first 11 games, Mizzou has done J 30 S 12 / 12 - / - vs. TCU# ESPNU W, 102-98 so five times in the last seven games after draining a season-best 13 triples vs. Arkansas. F 3 W 18 / 17 - / - vs. Kentucky* ESPN2 W, 75-70 MATCHUP No. 20 MIZZOU (13-5, 6-5 SEC) __________ NET: 37 GEORGIA (12-8, 5-8) _____________________ NET: 98 F 6 S 18 / 17 10 / 7 vs. Alabama* ESPN W, 68-65 F 10 W 10 / 10 - / - at Ole Miss* SECN L, 80-59 Head Coach __________Cuonzo Martin (13th season) Head Coach _____________Tom Crean (21st season) F 13 S 10 / 10 RV / RV vs. Arkansas* ESPN2 L, 86-81 Career Record __________________ 249-172 (.591) Career Record __________________ 395-276 (.587) F 16 T 20 / - - / - at Georgia* SECN 5:30 p.m. Mizzou Record _______________ 63-51 (4th season) Georgia Record ______________39-45 (3nd season) F 20 S - / - - / - at South Carolina* ESPN2 1 p.m. Mizzou All-Time vs. Georgia _______________ 8-7 F 23 T - / - - / - vs. Ole Miss* SECN 8 p.m. Coach Martin vs. Georgia _________________ 6-4 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 ___________________ 74.2 ____ 71.3 Points/Game ___________________ 78.1 ____ 76.4 M10-14 SEC Tournament& TBD TBD Points Allowed/Game _____________ 71.3 ____ 72.2 Points Allowed/Game _____________ 77.8 ____ 84.8 Field Goal Shooting ______________ .455 ____ .447 Field Goal Shooting ______________ .466 ____ .459 Schedule Key Field Goal Defense _______________ .420 ____ .423 Field Goal Defense _______________ .457 ____ .486 % Braggin' Rights (Columbia, Mo.) 3-Point Shooting _________________ .315 ____ .317 3-Point Shooting _________________ .315 ____ .328 # Big 12/SEC Challenge (Columbia, Mo.) 3-Point Defense _________________ .318 ____ .358 3-Point Defense _________________ .344 ____ .383 * SEC Game Free Throw Shooting _____________ .689 ____ .665 Free Throw Shooting ______________ .691 ____ .683 & Bridgestone Arena (Nashville, Tenn.) Rebounds/Game _________________ 36.8 ____ 35.5 Rebounds/Game _________________ 37.5 ____ 34.1 + CHI Health Center Omaha (Omaha, Neb.) Opponent Rebounds/Game _________ 35.4 ____ 36.5 Opponent Rebounds/Game _________ 35.5 ____ 37.2 Assists/Game __________________ 13.2 ____ 12.9 Assists/Game __________________ 15.1 ____ 14.5 Turnovers/Game _________________ 13.6 ____ 14.5 Turnovers/Game _________________ 17.2 ____ 16.9 Steals/Game ____________________ 6.3 _____ 7.2 Steals/Game ____________________ 8.5 _____ 7.8 Blocks/Game ____________________ 3.6 _____ 4.0 Blocks/Game ____________________ 2.4 _____ 2.2 LAST GAME STARTERS # POS TIGERS YR PPG RPG APG MPG # POS BULLDOGS YR PPG RPG APG MPG 27 1,642 72 45 01 G Xavier Pinson Jr. 14.7 3.1 3.2 26.3 02 G Savhir Wheeler So. 13.6 3.4 7.1 33.8 NCAA TOURNAMENT VICTORIES IN 114 FIRST-TEAM NBA DRAFT 05 F Mitchell Smith Sr. 4.4 5.1 0.5 20.4 05 G Justin Kier Gr. 9.5 3.5 2.7 30.4 APPEARANCES SEASONS ALL-CONF. PLAYERS SELECTIONS 13 G Mark Smith Sr. 9.8 2.6 1.1 30.0 10 F Toumani Camara So. 12.6 7.6 1.8 28.6 12 G Dru Smith R-Sr. 14.2 3.8 3.4 33.3 14 G Tye Fagan Jr. 9.7 4.4 1.3 22.8 23 36 21 8 24 F Kobe Brown So. 6.7 6.0 0.6 19.7 24 F P.J. Horne Gr. 8.7 3.5 0.6 27.8 CONFERENCE POSTSEASON ALL-AMERICAN CONFERENCE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIPS APPEARANCES PLAYERS OF THE YEAR 2020-21 MIZZOU BASKETBALL GAME NOTES GAME 19 - GEORGIA 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 5 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 8 Arkansas 7 6 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. Austin Peay 0 1 Pepperdine 1 0 Founded ______________________________ 1839 Bradley 4 3 Pittsburgh 0 1 Enrollment ____________________ 30,870 (Fall 2020) Butler 0 1 Presbyterian 1 0 Nickname _____________________________Tigers Cal Poly 2 0 Princeton 2 0 Colors ______________________ Old Gold and Black Central Arkansas 1 0 Rice 1 0 Arena (Capacity) _____________ Mizzou Arena (15,061) Central Michigan 1 0 Richmond 0 1 Conference ______________________ Southeastern THE CUONZO MARTIN FILE Chaminade 1 0 Sam Houston State 1 0 Starters Returning / Lost ____________________ 4/1 PERSONAL Chicago State 1 0 San Diego State 0 2 Lettermen Returning / Lost __________________ 9/1 Birthdate: Sept.