MBB HOOPS 2020-21 UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES Auburn, Alabama ESPN2 GAME 8 p.m. CT - Tuesday, Jan. 26 Tiger Radio Network 13 Auburn Arena (9,121) mizzou.statbroadcast.com MEDIA INFORMATION GAME 13 No. 12 MIZZOU (10-2, 4-2) at AUBURN (9-7, 3-5) STORYLINES SEC NETWORK Mizzou is coming off a statement victory on Saturday after upending No. 6 Tennessee, 73-64, on the road. It was PBP: Kevin Fitzgerald the Tigers' first win in Knoxville since 1972 and the first road win over a No. 6 team since beating No. 3 Baylor in ANALYST: Dane Bradshaw 2011-12. Mizzou now has four true road wins, three wins over Top 25 teams and five Quad 1 victories this season. The last time Mizzou had a pair of wins over Top 6 teams in the same campaign was 2011-12 (Baylor twice). TIGER RADIO NETWORK XM: 191 Mizzou is one of three teams nationally with both four true road wins and three ranked wins, joining Baylor and PBP: Mike Kelly SIRIUS: Ohio State. Mizzou and Gonzaga are the only teams in the country with five Quad 1 victories. ANALYST: Chris Gervino Mizzou has won three straight league games for the first time since 2017-18. That season was also the last time Mizzou had four true road wins. Three of those wins came by double-digits. The last time Mizzou had three true ENGINEER: Matt Winegardner road victories by a double-digit margin in an entire season was 2006-07. TWITTER: @MizzouHoops Mizzou has now won five games away from home, including a neutral site victory over ranked Oregon. Before Cuonzo Martin's arrival, Mizzou hadn't won a true road game since 2014. The Tigers have 13 such wins in the LIVE VIDEO: ESPN App Martin era & at least four in a season for the second time under his guidance. Mizzou and Auburn are deadlocked at 6-6 in the all-time head-to-head series. Mizzou is looking for its second all- 2020-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS (10-2, 4-2) time win on the road against Auburn and first since 2014. A win would give Mizzou back-to-back wins in the series DATE ! MIZ ! OPP OPPONENT TV TIME-CT for the first time since 2013-14. N 25 W - / - - / - Oral Roberts SEC+ W, 91-64 The Tigers check in at No. 23 in the latest NET rankings. Eleven of Mizzou's 12 opponents are in the NET's Top 135. Thanks to the tough schedule and Mizzou taking advantage of those opportunities, ESPN's Basketball Power Index D 2 W - / - 21 / 20 Oregon+ FS1 W, 83-75 ranks Mizzou's strength of record fifth nationally and the Tigers clock in at No. 3 nationally in the RPI. D 6 S - / - - / - at Wichita State ESPN2 W, 72-62 Mizzou checked in at No. 12 in the Jan. 25 AP Top 25 poll. That marks seven consecutive weeks for the Tigers in D 9 W RV / RV - / - Liberty SECN W, 69-60 the poll, their longest streak since 2012-13. All seven weeks have included Mizzou in the Top 20. No. 12 matches D 12 S RV / RV 6 / 9 Illinois% ESPNU W, 81-78 the Tigers' highest ranking this season and the highest since Jan. 7, 2014. D 22 T 14 / 14 - / - Bradley SECN W, 54-53 Mizzou's defense continues to be stifling. The Tigers held Texas A&M to 52 points, its lowest output of the season. D 30 W 12 / 12 7 / 6 vs. Tennessee* SECN L, 73-53 Five of Mizzou's 12 opponents have scored their season-low against the Tigers. Tennessee was Mizzou's 19th consecutive opponent to score fewer than 80 points. Cuonzo Martin's squad leads the SEC in both 3-point field goal J 2 S 12 / 12 RV/ RV at Arkansas* CBS W, 81-68 percentage defense and overall field goal percentage defense. J 5 T 13 / 13 - / - at Mississippi State* SECN L, 78-63 Redshirt senior Dru Smith racked up his second SEC Player of the Week honor on Monday. He is the only player in J 16 S 17 / 16 - / - at Texas A&M* SECN W, 68-52 the SEC with two outright Player of the Week honors this season. Dru enters Tuesday needing just five points to J 19 T 19 / 19 - / - vs. South Carolina* SECN W, 81-70 reach 1,000 for his career. He's scored in double figures in four consecutive games. J 23 S 19 / 19 6 / 6 at Tennessee * SECN W, 73-64 Mizzou forward Jeremiah Tilmon, Jr., has been dominant of late, riding perhaps the best stretch of his career to J 26 T 12 / 12 - / - at Auburn* ESPN2 8 p.m. open SEC play. He's shooting 71 percent from the floor while averaging 16.6 points, 8.4 rebounds and 1.7 blocks J 30 S - / - - / - vs. TCU# ESPNU 1 p.m. per game during the last five games. Tilmon has four double-doubles in the last seven games. F 2 T - / - - / - vs. Kentucky* ESPN 8 p.m. MATCHUP No. 12 MIZZOU (10-2, 4-2 SEC) __________ NET: 23 AUBURN (9-7, 3-5 SEC) ___________________ NET: 64 F 6 S - / - 18 / 16 vs. Alabama* SECN 7:30 p.m. F 10 W - / - - / - at Ole Miss* SECN 8 p.m. Head Coach __________Cuonzo Martin (13th season) Head Coach ____________ Bruce Pearl (26th season) F 13 S - / - RV / RV vs. Arkansas* ESPN2 3 p.m. Career Record __________________ 246-169 (.593) Career Record __________________ 596-230 (.722) F 16 T - / - RV / - at Georgia* SECN 5:30 p.m. Mizzou Record _______________ 60-48 (4th season) Auburn Record _____________ 134-85 (7th season) F 20 S - / - - / - at South Carolina* ESPN2 1 or 3 p.m. Mizzou All-Time vs. Auburn _______________ 6-6 F 23 T - / - - / - vs. Ole Miss* SECN 8 p.m. Coach Martin vs. Auburn __________________ 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 / - at Florida* SECN 5:30 p.m. Points/Game ___________________ 72.4 ____ 69.2 Points/Game ___________________ 78.2 ____ 80.6 M10-14 SEC Tournament& TBD TBD Points Allowed/Game _____________ 66.4 ____ 68.2 Points Allowed/Game _____________ 73.8 ____ 78.2 Field Goal Shooting ______________ .457 ____ .473 Field Goal Shooting ______________ .455 ____ .460 Schedule Key Field Goal Defense _______________ .396 ____ .399 Field Goal Defense _______________ .432 ____ .437 % Braggin' Rights (Columbia, Mo.) 3-Point Shooting _________________ .290 ____ .273 3-Point Shooting _________________ .338 ____ .352 # Big 12/SEC Challenge (Columbia, Mo.) 3-Point Defense _________________ .286 ____ .326 3-Point Defense _________________ .304 ____ .316 * SEC Game Free Throw Shooting _____________ .727 ____ .690 Free Throw Shooting ______________ .676 ____ .752 & Bridgestone Arena (Nashville, Tenn.) Rebounds/Game _________________ 37.3 ____ 35.4 Rebounds/Game _________________ 38.9 ____ 37.6 + CHI Health Center Omaha (Omaha, Neb.) Opponent Rebounds/Game _________ 34.2 ____ 35.4 Opponent Rebounds/Game _________ 34.9 ____ 36.6 Assists/Game __________________ 12.7 ____ 13.0 Assists/Game __________________ 15.4 ____ 15.6 Turnovers/Game _________________ 14.1 ____ 16.6 Turnovers/Game _________________ 17.0 ____ 17.4 Steals/Game ____________________ 6.0 _____ 6.2 Steals/Game ____________________ 7.0 _____ 7.5 Blocks/Game ____________________ 2.8 _____ 3.6 Blocks/Game ____________________ 5.8 _____ 6.6 PROBABLE STARTERS # POS TIGERS YR PPG RPG APG MPG # POS TIGERS YR PPG RPG APG MPG 27 1,639 72 45 01 G Xavier Pinson Jr. 14.1 3.3 3.4 25.6 1 G Jamal Johnson Jr. 9.8 2.2 0.8 24.6 NCAA TOURNAMENT VICTORIES IN 114 FIRST-TEAM NBA DRAFT 23 F Jeremiah Tilmon Sr. 11.8 7.8 0.8 26.8 2 G Sharife Cooper Fr. 21.2 4.4 9.0 33.0 APPEARANCES SEASONS ALL-CONF. PLAYERS SELECTIONS 13 G Mark Smith Sr. 11.2 2.7 1.0 30.0 10 F JT Thor Fr. 8.9 4.4 0.9 21.2 12 G Dru Smith R-Sr. 12.6 3.5 3.0 32.0 22 G Allen Flanigan So. 14.4 5.3 2.8 29.8 23 36 21 8 24 F Kobe Brown So. 6.8 5.5 0.5 18.2 23 F Jaylin Williams So. 10.5 4.3 2.4 25.5 CONFERENCE POSTSEASON ALL-AMERICAN CONFERENCE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIPS APPEARANCES PLAYERS OF THE YEAR 2020-21 MIZZOU BASKETBALL GAME NOTES GAME 13 - AUBURN 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 4 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.