The Missouri men’s basketball team hits the road for a key SEC contest at Ole Miss this week. The schools are set to meet on Tuesday night with a 6 p.m. tipoff on SEC Network.
ABOUT THE TIGERS
• Missouri is 14-5 and 3-4 in SEC action – receiving votes in both national polls.
• The Tigers split a pair of games last week against ranked foes, defeating No. 25 Arkansas before falling to No. 4 Alabama.
• Kobe Brown, who missed the game with Alabama, leads the Tigers with 15.7 points and 5.6 rebounds.
• Overall, four Tigers are scoring in double figures with D’Moi Hodge (14.0), DeAndre Gholston (10.7) and Noah Carter (10.3) following Brown.
• Nick Honor leads Mizzou with 3.3 assists.
• Mizzou ranks 13th in the country with a scoring offense of 83.1, while allowing 75.9 points.
ABOUT THE REBELS
• Ole Miss owns a 9-10 record with a 1-6 mark in SEC action.
• The Rebels split a pair of road games last week, beating South Carolina before falling at Arkansas.
• Matthew Murrell is the lone Rebel scoring in double figures with 14.9 points per game, while also leading the team with 2.5 assists.
• Myles Burns collects a team-leading 6.3 boards.
• The Rebels average 67.0 points offensively, while allowing 65.5 on defense.
SERIES HISTORY
• Ole Miss holds a 15-6 advantage against MU but half of the Tigers’ six wins in the series came last season with three victories over the Rebels.
• Mizzou earned its second all-time victory at Ole Miss with a 25-point win one year ago – the largest margin by either team in the 21-game series.
• The Tigers capped the three-game sweep with a 72-60 win in the SEC Tournament.
TOP-20 SCORING OFFENSE
• One of the biggest keys to success this season for Mizzou is owning a top scoring attack.
• Mizzou enters the game ranked 13th nationally with an offense of 83.1 points.
• In fact, the Tigers’ 83.1 points currently ranks as the sixth-best mark in school history and their highest in 33 years.
TARGETING 70 POINTS
• While the Tigers are averaging well over 80 points this season, the magic number is just 70 for MU.
• MU has won its last 17 games when scoring at least 70, including a perfect 13-0 mark this year.
• On the opposite end, Mizzou is just 1-5 this year when held under the target – losing 23 of its last 24 games overall with 69 or fewer…
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