Missouri 67, Nebraska 50
2/18/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Feb. 18, 2003
Recap?|? Final Stats
* Junior Travon Bryant was back in the starting lineup ... The Tigers are now 9-4 when the starting lineup includes: Clemons, McKinney, Bryant, Paulding, and Johnson
* Nebraska won tip
* First score of the game was by Nebraska's Simms
* Missouri's first basket of the game was a three-pointer by Junior Ricky Clemons from Rickey Paulding
* Clemons scored Missouri's first eight points including hitting on 2-of-2 three pointers ... Clemons opened the night with 11 points in the first 6:15 of the game (3-4) ... In the first nine minutes Clemons had 14 points on 4-of-5 from behind the arc ... Clemons ended the game with six three's, tied for a career high
* Missouri's first sub was Freshman Kevin Young for Travon Bryant
* The Tigers had three steals in the first three minutes of the game including two from Clemons
* Junior Rickey Paulding became the 35th player to eclipse the 1,000 point mark at Mizzou ... he scored his 1,000th point on a three-pointer at the 13:08 mark in the first half ... he came into the game with 999 career points
* Mizzou's 22 three-point attempts in the first half, is a season high ... and MORE THAN LIKELY a Missouri record, we're checking in on it. NOTE: Last year vs. Colorado, Missouri had 40 attempts in the game, a Big 12 record, in the both halves Missouri had 20 attempts each, so we're banking on the record ... the Big 12 record is 25 by Texas
* Missouri had 36 three-point attempts ... the most since the Tigers put up 36 against Kansas State at home, February 28, 1998
* Freshman Jimmy McKinney had 9 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists, close to a triple-double ... the Tigers' last triple-double was by Rick Cavener on January 4, 1984 ... he had 16 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists against Wisc.-Green Bay
* Missouri's offensive rebounds exceeded that of Nebraska 17-6
* Missouri now goes to 16-6 overall in the 2002-03 season and 7-4 in the Big 12 ... The Tigers have won all 13 home games this season ... and are now 502-104 at home against non-ranked teams
