Mizzou 79, Oklahoma 75
1/17/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Jan. 17, 2004
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Team Notes
+ The Tigers improve to 7-6 on the year and 2-1 in the Big 12.
+ They are now 3-2 on the road, 4-2 at home and 0-2 in neutral court games
+ Mizzou has won two of its last three and two of its last three contests against Oklahoma.
+ Prior to their 67-52 win over Oklahoma on Feb. 26, 2003, Mizzou had dropped nine straight to the Sooners dating back to 1997.
+ The Tigers defeated OU at home for the first time since Feb. 5, 1994, a 104-94 shootout in Norman.
+ The win over OU was the Tigers' first win over a ranked team under head coach Quin Snyder and the first such win since Feb. 27, 1999, a 54-47 win over No. 22 Texas in Austin.
+ The win also marks the first time a Tiger squad has defeated a Big 12 South school in a true road game since Feb. 17, 2001, a 97-90 win over Texas A&M.
+ The Sooners had won 58 of their last 60 home games coming into Saturday's contest and had not lost three straight games since January of 1999.
+ Five Tigers reached double figures in scoring. That was the third time that has happened in 03-04.
+ The overtime win was the Tigers' OT win since Jan. 13, 2001, a quadruple overtime, 112-109 win over Iowa State in Columbia.
+ This marks the second time Mizzou has overcome a double digit deficit in the second half (12 points with 16:05 left) to get a win. The Tigers were down by 14 against Indiana on Dec. 6 in Bloomington and were able to get a 63-58 win over the Hoosiers.
+ Mizzou will face its third ranked opponent in eight days on Tuesday when they welcome No. 16/18 Texas to Hearnes for an 8 p.m. CST tip.
Individual Notes
+ Senior Rickey Paulding's 23-point outing was a game high. He has averaged 21.3 points per contest over the Tigers last three games. He moved into 13th on the Mizzou all-time scoring charts with 1,427 career points.
+ Senior Arthur Johnson's 16 point effort gives him 1,442 career points. He currently ranks 12th on the Mizzou's all-time scoring list and needs just seven points to pass Rickey Frazier for 11th with 1,448 career points. He also had 11 boards on the night, giving him 964 career boards and tying him for fourth on the Mizzou all-time rebounding charts.
+ AJ recorded his fifth double-double of the year with his 16-point, 11-rebound effort. He now has 41 career double-doubles and has averaged 14.3 points and 11 rebounds over the last three games.
+ The Tigers hit and took a season high 28-of-40 free throws against OU. Jimmy McKinney hit 9-of-10 from the stripe and Rickey Paulding hit 7-of-8 from the stripe.
+ All 12 of senior Travon Bryant's points in the contest came in the second half. He went 5-of-7 from the field and pulled down three boards in the game.
+ Nine of sophomore Jimmy McKinney's 11 points came by way of the free throw.
+ Freshman Linas Kleiza had 13 points and nine boards in the contest. He has recorded nine rebounds or more in 10 of the Tigers' 13 games so far this season and has reached double figures in boards four times.
