Notes from Tigers' Contest with UNC Greensboro
12/21/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Dec. 21, 2003
GAME NOTES
MISSOURI MEN'S BASKETBALL
#10/14 MISSOURI 106, UNC-Greensboro 98
Sunday, December 21, 2003
GAME INFO
? Starters for the game ... MISSOURI - Sophomore Jimmy McKinney, Senior Travon Bryant, Senior Josh Kroenke, Senior Rickey Paulding, Senior Arthur Johnson ... same five has started all five games ... UNC-Greensboro - Ronnie Taylor, Ricky Hickman, Ronnie Burrell, Jay Joseph, Jelani Lawrence
? Missouri wins tip
? Attendance: 11,552
TEAM INFO
? MU goes to 4-1 on the season, UNC-Greensboro to 4-5 ... this was the first meeting between the two schools
? Missouri is now 397-68 at the Hearnes Center
? Quin Snyder goes to 88-50 at Mizzou
? Missouri scored 100 points for the 49th time in their history ... the Tigers last scored at least 100 points was against Southern in 2001, more about that game down in the notes ... Snyder goes to 6-0 when his team scores over 100
? Mizzou has now won 20 games straight vs. non-conference non-ranked teams at home
? The Tigers go to 120-38 when ranked in the top 10 and to 15-5 when ranked No. 10 ... the last time Mizzou was ranked No. 10 was Dec. 29, 2001, the Tigers lost at DePaul
? December 21st has not been friendly to the Tigers, they go to 7-18 on the date after losing two straight
? Missouri had five in double figures
INDIVDUAL FEATS
? Rickey Paulding had four assists in the first 3:03 of the game
? Linas Kleiza scored a career-high 17 points ... had 14 points and four rebounds in the first half, off 5-of-5 shooting from the field
? Arthur Johnson moved from 18th to 16th on Missouri's all-time scoring list, passing Charles Henke and Curtis Berry ... Johnson also moved into the top five in all-time rebounding leaders at Mizzou, passing Greg Cavner (1982-85)
GAME RUNS & STREAKS
? Within the first 4 minutes of the game ... the score was tied at 11 ... there were already three ties and three lead changes ... combined, the two teams were shooting 8-of-11 from the field, the Tigers 5-of-6 ... Jay Joseph of UNC-G led all scorers with 6.
? In the next 3 minutes (from 16:00-13:00 in the first half) ... Mizzou went on a 12-4 run ... over the run, Linas Kleiza came off the bench and scored 7 points
? Missouri's first subs came at the 16:07 mark with Spencer Laurie, Thomas Gardner, and Linas Kleiza entering the game
? Junior transfer Jason Conley entered the game at the 14:06 mark to a standing ovation ... made his first points in his MU career with 2:10 to go in the first with a three-pointer.
? Junior transer Randy Pulley made his first appearance as a Tiger and scored with 15:41 to go in the second half
? At HALFTIME ... Missouri led 52-43 ... 52 is the most points Missouri has scored in the first half since Dec. 6, 2001, when the Tigers defeated Southern University 117-67 ... on the flip side, 43 points is the most the Tigers have given up in the first half since Jan. 18, 2003, in a loss at Oklahoma State ... UNC-G's Jay Joesph led all-scorers with 18 points ... Mizzou's leading scorer, Kleiza, with 14 ... the Tigers went 20-of-30 from the field in the first half (66.7%) ... Travon Bryant and Linas Kleiza combined for 23 points and was perfect from the field (9-9)
? Mizzou broke the lead open within 2:25 in a 11-0 run to make the score 92-76 with 6:02 remaining ... within the run, Paulding scored 9 points ...
