MBB HOOPS 2020-21 UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES Columbia, South Carolina ESPN2 GAME 1 p.m. CT - Saturday, Feb. 20 Tiger Radio Network 20 Colonial Life Arena (18,000) mizzou.statbroadcast.com MEDIA INFORMATION GAME 20 No. 20 MIZZOU (13-6, 6-6) at SOUTH CAROLINA (5-10, 3-8) STORYLINES ESPN2 PBP: Karl Ravech Head coach Cuonzo Martin enters Saturday's matchup with South Carolina just one win shy of 250 career wins. Mizzou is one of just six teams nationally with six Quad 1 victories (four of which were away from Mizzou Arena), ANALYST: Jimmy Dykes including victories over Illinois, Oregon, Wichita State, Alabama, Arkansas and Tennessee. Only five other teams nationally can say they have six Quad 1 wins: Ohio State, Gonzaga, Illinois, Alabama and Baylor. The Zags and TIGER RADIO NETWORK XM: 191 Buckeyes are the only squads in the country with more Quad 1 victories than the Tigers. PBP: Mike Kelly SIRIUS: Mizzou has three wins over Top 10 teams (No. 10 Alabama, No. 6 Tennessee, No. 6 Illinois) in the same season ANALYST: Chris Gervino for the first time since 2011-12. The Tigers boast four ranked wins and four true road victories, and four of their six ENGINEER: Matt Winegardner losses have come against Quad 1 opponents. Mizzou is 6-0 against Quad 3 and Quad 4 teams. TWITTER: @MizzouHoops Mizzou is 7-6 all-time vs. South Carolina and 2-4 all-time in Columbia East. The Tigers last win at South Carolina was a 79-68 victory in Martin's first season at the helm. Cuonzo is 8-2 in his career vs. South Carolina. LIVE VIDEO: ESPN App After downing the Gamecocks, 81-70, earlier this season on Jan. 19, 2021, Mizzou is looking for a two-game regular season sweep over South Carolina for the first time since 2013. In the home triumph over the Gamecocks 2020-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS (13-6, 6-6) a month ago, senior Jeremiah Tilmon, Jr., dominated with 19 points, 10 boards, three steals and three blocks. DATE ! MIZ ! OPP OPPONENT TV TIME-CT Tilmon, Jr., will return to action Saturday after missing a pair of games last week while taking a leave of absence N 25 W - / - - / - Oral Roberts SEC+ W, 91-64 following a death in his family. Mizzou is coming off three consecutive losses for the first time since Jan. 18-Jan. 25, 2020 (at Alabama, vs. Texas D 2 W - / - 21 / 20 Oregon+ FS1 W, 83-75 A&M and at West Virginia). D 6 S - / - - / - at Wichita State ESPN2 W, 72-62 From December of 2013 until Cuonzo Martin's first year at the helm, Mizzou hadn't beaten a ranked opponent in D 9 W RV / RV - / - Liberty SECN W, 69-60 more than 1,500 days. Mizzou has four alone this season and the Tigers are 8-6 against ranked teams under Martin. D 12 S RV / RV 6 / 9 Illinois% ESPNU W, 81-78 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 22 T 14 / 14 - / - Bradley SECN W, 54-53 longest streak nationally). D 30 W 12 / 12 7 / 6 vs. Tennessee* SECN L, 73-53 Mizzou is 5-1 in games decided by five or fewer points this season. In Tilmon's absence, sophomore Kobe Brown is coming off a career-high 21-point performance vs. Georgia, J 2 S 12 / 12 RV/ RV at Arkansas* CBS W, 81-68 asserting himself as a matchup problem for both guards and bigs. Brown is just the fifth different Tiger sophomore J 5 T 13 / 13 - / - at Mississippi State* SECN L, 78-63 to reach the 20-point plateau during the Martin era. He became the fourth different Tiger this season to surpass J 16 S 17 / 16 - / - at Texas A&M* SECN W, 68-52 the 20-point mark alongside Tilmon, Dru Smith and Xavier Pinson. J 19 T 19 / 19 - / - vs. South Carolina* SECN W, 81-70 Dru is once again proving to be a menace on defense, ranking second in the SEC in steals with 1.9 per game. His J 23 S 19 / 19 6 / 6 at Tennessee * SECN W, 73-64 166 career steals ranks 33rd among all active Division I players. Dru also ranks 16th in the SEC in scoring, ninth in assists and third in free throw percentage. J 26 T 12 / 12 - / - at Auburn* ESPN2 L, 88-82 In its 13 wins, Mizzou has averaged 76.8 points, while shooting 46.7 percent from the field. J 30 S 12 / 12 - / - vs. TCU# ESPNU W, 102-98 F 3 W 18 / 17 - / - vs. Kentucky* ESPN2 W, 75-70 MATCHUP No. 20 MIZZOU (13-6, 6-6 SEC) __________ NET: 43 SOUTH CAROLINA (5-10, 3-8) _____________ NET: 115 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 ___________ Frank Martin (14th season) F 13 S 10 / 10 RV / RV vs. Arkansas* ESPN2 L, 86-81 Career Record __________________ 249-173 (.590) Career Record __________________ 269-183 (.595) F 16 T 20 / - - / - at Georgia* SECN L, 80-70 Mizzou Record _______________ 63-52 (4th season) South Carolina Record ______ 152-129 (9th season) F 20 S 20 / - - / - at South Carolina* ESPN2 1 p.m. Mizzou All-Time vs. South Carolina _________ 7-6 F 23 T - / - - / - vs. Ole Miss* SECN 8 p.m. Coach Martin vs. South Carolina ___________ 8-2 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 ___________________ 74.0 ____ 71.2 Points/Game ___________________ 74.0 ____ 75.8 M10-14 SEC Tournament& TBD TBD Points Allowed/Game _____________ 71.8 ____ 72.8 Points Allowed/Game _____________ 77.4 ____ 79.7 Field Goal Shooting ______________ .453 ____ .445 Field Goal Shooting ______________ .423 ____ .421 Schedule Key Field Goal Defense _______________ .423 ____ .428 Field Goal Defense _______________ .451 ____ .452 % Braggin' Rights (Columbia, Mo.) 3-Point Shooting _________________ .310 ____ .308 3-Point Shooting _________________ .319 ____ .322 # Big 12/SEC Challenge (Columbia, Mo.) 3-Point Defense _________________ .324 ____ .365 3-Point Defense _________________ .350 ____ .357 * SEC Game Free Throw Shooting _____________ .693 ____ .673 Free Throw Shooting ______________ .663 ____ .683 & Bridgestone Arena (Nashville, Tenn.) Rebounds/Game _________________ 36.5 ____ 35.1 Rebounds/Game _________________ 36.7 ____ 36.9 + CHI Health Center Omaha (Omaha, Neb.) Opponent Rebounds/Game _________ 35.3 ____ 36.3 Opponent Rebounds/Game _________ 36.6 ____ 38.2 Assists/Game __________________ 13.2 ____ 13.0 Assists/Game __________________ 13.7 ____ 14.3 Turnovers/Game _________________ 13.6 ____ 12.5 Turnovers/Game _________________ 15.9 ____ 15.5 Steals/Game ____________________ 6.4 _____ 7.2 Steals/Game ____________________ 8.9 _____ 9.4 Blocks/Game ____________________ 3.7 _____ 4.3 Blocks/Game ____________________ 3.7 _____ 4.3 LAST GAME STARTERS # POS TIGERS YR PPG RPG APG MPG # POS GAMECOCKS YR PPG RPG APG MPG 27 1,642 72 45 01 G Xavier Pinson Jr. 14.5 2.9 3.2 26.2 02 F Trey Anderson So. 2.5 1.1 0.4 7.1 NCAA TOURNAMENT VICTORIES IN 114 FIRST-TEAM NBA DRAFT 05 F Mitchell Smith Sr. 4.5 5.1 0.5 20.4 15 F Wildens Leveque So. 6.3 5.3 0.6 19.2 APPEARANCES SEASONS ALL-CONF. PLAYERS SELECTIONS 13 G Mark Smith Sr. 9.8 2.8 1.0 29.7 24 F Keyshawn Bryant Jr. 14.2 5.4 1.1 25.8 12 G Dru Smith R-Sr. 13.9 3.8 3.4 33.5 00 G AJ Lawson Jr. 18.0 4.3 1.5 31.1 23 36 21 8 24 F Kobe Brown So. 7.5 5.9 0.6 20.3 23 G Seventh Woods R-Sr. 5.5 1.9 2.2 20.3 CONFERENCE POSTSEASON ALL-AMERICAN CONFERENCE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIPS APPEARANCES PLAYERS OF THE YEAR 2020-21 MIZZOU BASKETBALL GAME NOTES GAME 20 - SOUTH CAROLINA 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.