The Missouri basketball team continues its early homestand with a game against Penn at Mizzou Arena on Friday night. First tip is set for 7 p.m. and can be seen live on SEC Network+.
PROMOTIONS
• The first 1,000 students will receive a free treat from Elliana’s Donut Shop or Andy’s Frozen Custard.
ABOUT THE TIGERS
• Missouri opened the 2022-23 season with a 97-91 victory over Southern Indiana on Monday.
• The Tigers scored the game’s first nine points and never trailed en route to the win.
• Senior Kobe Brown led Mizzou with his eighth career double-double, tallying 20 points and 14 rebounds.
• Overall, six Tigers scored in double figures in the winning effort.
• The victory also marked the first for head coach Dennis Gates in his Mizzou tenure.
ABOUT THE QUAKERS
• Penn lost its season opener at Iona, 78-50.
• Jordan Dingle led the Quakers with 16 points, while Max Lorca-Lloyd chipped in nine points to go with 14 rebounds.
• Penn finished the 2021-22 campaign with a 12-16 record. Dingle averaged a team-leading 20.8 points during the campaign.
SERIES HISTORY
• The Tigers and Quakers are meeting for the first time on the basketball court.
TIGERS VERSUS IVY LEAGUE
• Mizzou has won all six meetings with Ivy League foes, including all three contests in Missouri.
• The Tigers last met an Ivy school in the 2009 NCAA Tournament when Missouri opened the postseason with a 78-59 victory against current Penn coach Steve Donahue and Cornell in the first round.
MIZZOU DEBUT FOR COACH GATES
• Monday’s season-opening victory also marked the first win for Dennis Gates as the Whitten Family Men’s Basketball Head Coach at Mizzou.
• Gates is the 20th head coach in program history and MU leaders are now 18-2 in their debut.
• Gates is now attempting to become the 15th coach to win his first two games at Mizzou.
HIGH-SCORING OPENER
• The Tigers showcased a high-scoring attack in the season opener on Monday.
• Missouri, who ranked 303rd last season (of 350 schools) with 65.5 points, tallied 97 points in its opener.
• MU’s 97 points are its most in a regulation game since a 100-77 win versus Green Bay on Dec. 9, 2017. It also marked the team’s most in a season opener since tallying 99 to start the 2016-17 year.
DEPTH IN SCORING
• One key to Missouri’s offensive output in the…
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