MBB HOOPS 2020-21 UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES Wichita, Kansas ESPN2 GAME 1 p.m. CT - Sunday, Dec. 6 Tiger Radio Network 3 Charles Koch Arena (10,506) mizzou.statbroadcast.com MEDIA INFORMATION GAME 3 MIZZOU (2-0, 0-0) at WICHITA STATE (1-0, 0-0) ESPN2 STORYLINES PBP: Chuckie Kempf Mizzou Men's Basketball is coming off an 83-75 victory over No. 21 Oregon, the Tigers' first victory over an AP Top ANALYST: Mark Adams 25 team away from home since beating No. 12 Illinois on Dec. 22, 2012. Mizzou improved to 6-0 all-time vs. Oregon and 128-80 all-time vs. Pac-12 opponents. TIGER RADIO NETWORK XM: 191 Mizzou has won five games against Top 25 teams under head coach Cuonzo Martin. PBP: Mike Kelly SIRIUS: The win over Oregon came after a fourth-straight season-opening victory - a 91-64 win over Oral Roberts. The Tigers have won their season-opening contests by 23.8 points per game during the Martin-era. ANALYST: Chris Gervino Mizzou is seeking its first 3-0 start since the 2013-14 season when it opened 10-0, and 51st such start in 115 ENGINEER: Matt Winegardner seasons of intercollegiate hoops competition. Mizzou hasn’t scored 83 or more points in 3-straight games since a 3-game stretch late in the 2012-13 season & hasn’t opened a season with three such efforts since 2009-10. TWITTER: @MizzouHoops Mizzou is 3-0 all-time vs. Wichita State, but haven't faced the Shockers since 1951. This is the first ever meeting LIVE VIDEO: ESPN App between the two programs in Wichita, with all three occurring at Brewer Fieldhouse in Columbia. Mizzou is 3-1 under Martin against AAC programs, beating Temple on the road last year and sweeping a 2-game series with UCF. 2020-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS (2-0, 0-0) For all but 45 seconds over the season’s first two games, Mizzou has either played with the lead or been tied. DATE ! MIZ ! OPP OPPONENT TV TIME-CT Against ORU, the Tigers never trailed and were tied just once (11-all), while against Oregon they trailed for just 45 N 25 W - / - - / - Oral Roberts SEC+ W, 91-64 seconds early in the game. Mizzou’s largest deficit was three points in the first half against the Ducks. After scoring 19 second-half points en route to a team-high 22-point performance vs. No. 21 Oregon, Xavier Pinson D 2 W - / - 21 / 20 Oregon+ FS1 W, 83-75 has averaged 19.6 points over his last nine games while producing eight double-figure scoring games in that span, D 6 S - / - - / - at Wichita State ESPN2 1 p.m. four of which have been 20-point or better efforts. D 9 W - / - - / - Liberty SECN 7:15 p.m. Mizzou shot a blistering 53.1 percent from the field and hit 10 3-pointers en route to its 27-point victory over ORU. D 12 S - / - 8 / 10 Illinois% TBD 7 p.m. The Tigers followed by shooting 46.2 percent vs. Oregon and scoring 83 points, the most the Ducks have allowed D 18 F - / - - / - Prairie View A&M SEC + 7 p.m. in nonconference play since Nov. 26, 2018 (Texas Southern - 89 points). D 22 T - / - - / - Bradley SEC+ 6 p.m. Martin brings back one of the most experienced rosters in all of college basketball. Mizzou welcomes back 88.13 D 30 W - / - 12 / 14 vs. Tennessee* TBD TBD percent of its scoring from a season ago, which ranks third among all Power 5 conference teams, trailing only Texas and UCLA. The returners are responsible for 98.9 percent of Mizzou's points through two games. J 2 S - / - - / - at Arkansas* TBD TBD The veteran roster features three players with 700+ career points (Dru Smith, Jeremiah Tilmon and Drew Buggs) J 5 T - / - - / - at Mississippi State* TBD TBD and five with 500+ career points (Smith, Tilmon, Buggs, Xavier Pinson and Mark Smith). J 9 S - / - RV / RV vs. LSU* TBD TBD Mizzou's 12-man roster features nine players with at least junior eligibility standing and one of the remaining three J 12 T - / - - / - vs. Vanderbilt* TBD TBD players entering his third season on campus in Parker Braun, making Mizzou the SEC's oldest team. J 16 S - / - - / - at Texas A&M* TBD TBD With freshman center 7-foot-3 Jordan Wilmore joining the squad, Mizzou enters the season with an average J 19 T - / - - / - vs. South Carolina* TBD TBD height of 6-foot-6. That makes the Tigers the SEC's tallest team in 2020-21 and the ninth-tallest team nationally. J 23 S - / - 12 / 14 at Tennessee * TBD TBD J 26 T - / - RV / - at Auburn* TBD TBD MATCHUP MIZZOU (2-0, 0-0 SEC) ______________ KenPom: 46 WICHITA STATE (1-0, 0-0 AAC) __________KenPom: 97 J 30 S - / - - / - vs. TCU# TBD TBD Head Coach __________Cuonzo Martin (13th season) Interim Head Coach ______ Isaac Brown (1st season) F 2 T - / - 10 / 9 vs. Kentucky* TBD TBD Career Record __________________ 238-167 (.588) Career Record _____________________1-0 (1.000) F 6 S - / - RV / 25 vs. Alabama* TBD TBD Mizzou Record _______________ 51-42 (4th season) Wichita State Record ___________ 1-0 (1st season) F 10 W - / - - / - at Ole Miss* TBD TBD Mizzou All-Time vs. Wichita State __________ 3-0 F 13 S - / - - / RV vs. Arkansas* TBD TBD Coach Martin vs. Wichita State ____________ 4-6 F 16 T - / - - / - at Georgia* TBD TBD 2020-21 Stats 2020-21 Stats F 20 S - / - - / - at South Carolina* TBD TBD Category __________________ Overall ___ Conf. Category __________________ Overall ____ Conf. F 23 T - / - - / - vs. Ole Miss* TBD TBD Points/Game ___________________ 87.0 _______ Points/Game ___________________ 85.0 _______ F 27 S - / - - / - vs. Texas A&M* TBD TBD Points Allowed/Game _____________ 69.5 _______ Points Allowed/Game _____________ 80.0 _______ Field Goal Shooting ______________ .496 _______ Field Goal Shooting ______________ .409 _______ M 3 W - / - RV / RV at Florida* TBD TBD Field Goal Defense _______________ .380 _______ Field Goal Defense _______________ .423 _______ M10-14 SEC Tournament& TBD TBD 3-Point Shooting _________________ .339 _______ 3-Point Shooting _________________ .409 _______ 3-Point Defense _________________ .250 _______ 3-Point Defense _________________ .419 _______ Schedule Key Free Throw Shooting _____________ .771 _______ Free Throw Shooting ______________ .786 _______ % Braggin' Rights (Columbia, Mo.) Rebounds/Game _________________ 40.0 _______ Rebounds/Game _________________ 42.0 _______ # Big 12/SEC Challenge (Columbia, Mo.) Opponent Rebounds/Game _________ 35.5 _______ Opponent Rebounds/Game _________ 44.0 _______ * SEC Game Assists/Game __________________ 17.5 _______ Assists/Game __________________ 12.0 _______ & Bridgestone Arena (Nashville, Tenn.) Turnovers/Game _________________ 12.0 _______ Turnovers/Game __________________ 7.0 _______ + CHI Health Center Omaha (Omaha, Neb.) Steals/Game ____________________ 8.0 _______ Steals/Game ____________________ 5.0 _______ Blocks/Game ____________________ 2.0 _______ Blocks/Game ____________________ 5.0 _______ TOP RETURNERS (2019-20 Stats) # POS TIGERS YR PPG RPG APG MPG # POS SHOCKERS YR PPG RPG APG MPG 27 1,632 72 45 01 G Xavier Pinson Jr. 11.1 2.8 2.8 24.0 3 G Alterique Gilbert R-Sr. 8.5 2.6 3.8 27.2 NCAA TOURNAMENT VICTORIES IN 114 FIRST-TEAM NBA DRAFT 23 F Jeremiah Tilmon Sr. 8.2 4.4 0.6 19.9 1 G Tyson Etienne So. 9.4 2.1 1.4 24.7 APPEARANCES SEASONS ALL-CONF. PLAYERS SELECTIONS 13 G Mark Smith Sr. 10.0 3.9 0.8 26.8 0 G Dexter Dennis Jr. 9.2 5.0 1.1 25.7 12 G Dru Smith R-Sr. 12.7 4.2 3.9 32.9 5 F Trey Wade Sr. 7.4 5.4 1.3 23.7 23 36 21 8 04 G Javon Pickett Jr. 6.6 3.9 1.4 27.0 24 F Morris Udeze Jr. 4.3 2.8 0.2 10.4 CONFERENCE POSTSEASON ALL-AMERICAN CONFERENCE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIPS APPEARANCES PLAYERS OF THE YEAR 2020-21 MIZZOU BASKETBALL GAME NOTES GAME 3 - WICHITA STATE 2 PRONUNCIATIONS MARTIN ALL-TIME HEAD TO HEAD SCHOOL W L SCHOOL W L Pro-nun-SEE-A-shun GUIDE Air Force 1 0 North Florida 1 0 Parker Braun ________________________ BROWN Alabama 4 5 Northern Iowa 1 5 Cuonzo Martin _______________________KHAN-zo Alcorn State 2 0 Northern Kentucky 1 0 Javon Pickett ________________________ JUH-von Arizona 1 6 Oakland 1 1 Xavier Pinson ________________________ EX-avier Arizona State 4 2 Oklahoma 0 1 Arkansas 6 5 Oklahoma State 0 2 Arkansas State 4 0 Ole Miss 3 7 QUICK FACTS Arkansas-Little Rock 3 0 Oral Roberts 3 0 Location _______________________ Columbia, Mo. Auburn 6 4 Oregon 2 5 Founded ______________________________ 1839 Austin Peay 0 1 Oregon State 7 1 Enrollment ____________________ 30,870 (Fall 2020) Bradley 3 3 Pacific 2 0 Nickname _____________________________Tigers Butler 0 1 Pepperdine 1 0 Colors ______________________ Old Gold and Black Cal Poly 2 0 Pittsburgh 0 1 Arena (Capacity) _____________ Mizzou Arena (15,061) Central Arkansas 1 0 Presbyterian 1 0 Conference ______________________ Southeastern THE CUONZO MARTIN FILE Central Michigan 1 0 Princeton 2 0 Starters Returning / Lost ____________________ 4/1 PERSONAL Chaminade 1 0 Rice 1 0 Lettermen Returning / Lost __________________ 9/1 Birthdate: Sept. 23, 1971 Chicago State 1 0 Richmond 0 1 Birthplace: Saint Louis, Mo. College of Charleston 0 1 Sam Houston State 1 0 Hometown: East Saint Louis, Ill. MIZZOU BASKETBALL Charleston Southern 0 1 San Diego State 0 2 Family: Wife, Roberta; Sons, Josh and Chase, Daughter; Addison POSTION NAME (YEAR AT MIZZOU) Chattanooga 1 0 Savannah State 1 0 Head Coach __________________Cuonzo Martin (4th) EDUCATION The Citadel 3 0 Seton Hall 0 1 ________________________________Purdue, 2000 College: Purdue, 2000 Colorado 3 2 Seattle 1 0 Overall Record _________ 238-167 / .588 (13th season) UConn 1 0 South Carolina 7 2 SOCIAL MEDIA Assistant Coaches ______________Cornell Mann (4th) Coppin State 1 0 South Dakota State 1 0 Twitter: @CuonzoMartin Creighton 5 3 Southeastern Louisiana 1 0 __________________________ Chris Hollender (4th) Instagram: @CoachCuonzo ______________________Marco Harris-Stevens (4th) Cal-State Bakersfield 0 2 Southern Illinois 5 3 Athletic Performance ____ Nicodemus Christopher (4th) PLAYING EXPERIENCE Davidson 1 0 Southern Indiana 1 0 Dir.