MBB HOOPS 2020-21 UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES Columbia, Mo. SEC Network GAME 8 p.m. CT - Tuesday, Feb. 23 Tiger Radio Network 21 Mizzou Arena (15,061) mizzou.statbroadcast.com MEDIA INFORMATION GAME 21 No. 24 MIZZOU (14-6, 7-6) vs. OLE MISS (12-9, 7-7) STORYLINES SEC NETWORK Head coach Cuonzo Martin earned his 250th career victory on Saturday at South Carolina. He has 60+ wins at four PBP: Dave Neal different schools, including a career-best 64 victories at Mizzou. ANALYST: Daymeon Fishback The Tigers scored 93 points at South Carolina, their most in league play since March 5, 2013, vs. Arkansas and their most on the road in league play since joining the SEC. TIGER RADIO NETWORK XM: 191 Five different Tigers scored in double figures vs. the Gamecocks, marking just the second time this season that's PBP: Mike Kelly SIRIUS: happened, including Mizzou's win over No. 21 Oregon in December. Before Martin's arrival, Mizzou had shot above 57 percent as a team in a game just once during league play since ANALYST: Chris Gervino 2013. The Tigers have done so five times in the last four seasons after shooting 57.1 percent on Saturday. ENGINEER: Matt Winegardner Senior Jeremiah Tilmon, Jr., who found out his grandmother passed away before tip at Ole Miss, returned from a two-game leave of absence and finished with 17 points on a perfect 5-of-5 FGs and 7-of-7 FTs at South Carolina. TWITTER: @MizzouHoops Mizzou is 14-4 with Tilmon in the lineup. He averaged 18 points in two games against the Gamecocks this season. LIVE VIDEO: ESPN App Mizzou is one of just six teams nationally with six Quad 1 victories (four of which were away from Mizzou Arena), including victories over Illinois, Oregon, Wichita State, Alabama, Arkansas and Tennessee. Only seven other teams 2020-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS (14-6, 7-6) nationally can say they have six Quad 1 wins: Ohio State, Gonzaga, Illinois, Alabama, West Virginia, Michigan and DATE ! MIZ ! OPP OPPONENT TV TIME-CT Baylor. Only four squads nationally have more Quad 1 victories than the Tigers. N 25 W - / - - / - Oral Roberts SEC+ W, 91-64 Mizzou has three wins over Top 10 teams (No. 10 Alabama, No. 6 Tennessee, No. 6 Illinois) in the same season for the first time since 2011-12. The Tigers boast four ranked wins and five true road victories, and four of their six losses have come against Quad 1 opponents. Mizzou is 6-0 against Quad 3 and Quad 4 teams. Mizzou has won five D 2 W - / - 21 / 20 Oregon+ FS1 W, 83-75 or more true road games in two of four seasons under Martin D 6 S - / - - / - at Wichita State ESPN2 W, 72-62 Mizzou and Ole Miss square off for the 18th time in program history. The two squads split the season series last D 9 W RV / RV - / - Liberty SECN W, 69-60 year. Then-sophomore Xavier Pinson erupted for 32 points in last season's home win over Ole Miss. D 12 S RV / RV 6 / 9 Illinois% ESPNU W, 81-78 From December of 2013 until Cuonzo Martin's first year at the helm, Mizzou hadn't beaten a ranked opponent in D 22 T 14 / 14 - / - Bradley SECN W, 54-53 more than 1,500 days. Mizzou has four alone this season and the Tigers are 8-6 against ranked teams under Martin. D 30 W 12 / 12 7 / 6 vs. Tennessee* SECN L, 73-53 Mizzou checks in at No. 24 in the AP Top 25 poll. That gives Mizzou 11 consecutive weeks in the Top 25 (the 14th- longest streak nationally). J 2 S 12 / 12 RV/ RV at Arkansas* CBS W, 81-68 Mizzou is 5-1 in games decided by five or fewer points this season. J 5 T 13 / 13 - / - at Mississippi State* SECN L, 78-63 Redshirt senior Dru Smith reached double figures for a team-best 16th time in 20 games this season with 17 points, J 16 S 17 / 16 - / - at Texas A&M* SECN W, 68-52 seven dimes and two steals at South Carolina. Dru is currently a 45-40-84 guy, one of just 27 players nationally that J 19 T 19 / 19 - / - vs. South Carolina* SECN W, 81-70 can say that. He's one of three in that group with 30+ steals to boot. J 23 S 19 / 19 6 / 6 at Tennessee * SECN W, 73-64 Sophomore Kobe Brown is asserting himself as a matchup problem for both guards and bigs. He is coming off a J 26 T 12 / 12 - / - at Auburn* ESPN2 L, 88-82 career-high 21-point performance vs. Georgia and a 12-point outing at South Carolina, reaching double figures in J 30 S 12 / 12 - / - vs. TCU# ESPNU W, 102-98 consecutive games for the first time this season. F 3 W 18 / 17 - / - vs. Kentucky* ESPN2 W, 75-70 MATCHUP No. 24 MIZZOU (14-6, 7-6 SEC) __________ NET: 39 OLE MISS (12-9, 7-7) _____________________ NET: 62 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 ___________ Kermit Davis (26th season) F 13 S 10 / 10 RV / RV vs. Arkansas* ESPN2 L, 86-81 Career Record __________________ 249-173 (.590) Career Record __________________ 516-302 (.631) F 16 T 20 / 19 - / - at Georgia* SECN L, 80-70 Mizzou Record _______________ 63-52 (4th season) Ole Miss Record _____________ 47-39 (3rd season) F 20 S 20 / 19 - / - at South Carolina* ESPN2 W, 93-78 Mizzou All-Time vs. Ole Miss _____________ 3-14 F 23 T 24 / - - / - vs. Ole Miss* SECN 8 p.m. Coach Martin vs. Ole Miss ________________ 3-8 F 27 S 24 / - - / - vs. Texas A&M* SECN 5 p.m. 2020-21 Stats 2020-21 Stats Category __________________ Overall ___ Conf. Category __________________ Overall ____ Conf. M 3 W - / - - / - at Florida* SECN 5:30 p.m. Points/Game ___________________ 75.0 ____ 72.8 Points/Game ___________________ 69.6 ____ 66.7 M10-14 SEC Tournament& TBD TBD Points Allowed/Game _____________ 72.1 ____ 73.2 Points Allowed/Game _____________ 63.9 ____ 67.3 Field Goal Shooting ______________ .459 ____ .455 Field Goal Shooting ______________ .445 ____ .433 Schedule Key Field Goal Defense _______________ .423 ____ .427 Field Goal Defense _______________ .425 ____ .448 % Braggin' Rights (Columbia, Mo.) 3-Point Shooting _________________ .316 ____ .319 3-Point Shooting _________________ .285 ____ .277 # Big 12/SEC Challenge (Columbia, Mo.) 3-Point Defense _________________ .323 ____ .359 3-Point Defense _________________ .368 ____ .377 * SEC Game Free Throw Shooting _____________ .700 ____ .685 Free Throw Shooting ______________ .690 ____ .690 & Bridgestone Arena (Nashville, Tenn.) Rebounds/Game _________________ 36.3 ____ 34.9 Rebounds/Game _________________ 35.9 ____ 34.4 + CHI Health Center Omaha (Omaha, Neb.) Opponent Rebounds/Game _________ 35.3 ____ 36.2 Opponent Rebounds/Game _________ 32.3 ____ 32.6 Assists/Game __________________ 13.4 ____ 13.2 Assists/Game __________________ 12.7 ____ 11.2 Turnovers/Game _________________ 13.4 ____ 13.9 Turnovers/Game _________________ 14.0 ____ 14.5 Steals/Game ____________________ 6.5 _____ 7.2 Steals/Game ____________________ 8.4 _____ 8.6 Blocks/Game ____________________ 3.6 _____ 4.0 Blocks/Game ____________________ 3.9 _____ 3.9 LAST GAME STARTERS # POS TIGERS YR PPG RPG APG MPG # POS REBELS YR PPG RPG APG MPG 27 1,643 72 45 01 G Xavier Pinson Jr. 14.6 3.0 3.1 26.1 02 G Devontae Shuler Sr. 15.7 3.1 3.6 33.0 NCAA TOURNAMENT VICTORIES IN 114 FIRST-TEAM NBA DRAFT 05 F Mitchell Smith Sr. 4.3 5.0 0.6 20.2 24 G Jarkel Joiner Jr. 10.8 2.5 1.2 29.5 APPEARANCES SEASONS ALL-CONF. PLAYERS SELECTIONS 13 G Mark Smith Sr. 10.0 2.9 1.0 29.4 14 G/F Luis Rordiguez So. 7.8 6.1 2.2 25.0 12 G Dru Smith R-Sr. 14.1 3.7 3.6 33.4 21 F Robert Allen Jr. 4.2 3.0 0.8 16.2 23 36 21 8 24 F Kobe Brown So. 7.7 6.0 0.7 20.4 0 F Romello White Gr. 10.8 5.4 1.8 26.5 CONFERENCE POSTSEASON ALL-AMERICAN CONFERENCE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIPS APPEARANCES PLAYERS OF THE YEAR 2020-21 MIZZOU BASKETBALL GAME NOTES GAME 21 - OLE MISS 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.