Missouri-Austin Peay Game Notes
12/27/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Dec. 27, 2009
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Missouri Basketball Post Game Notes
Missouri (9-3) vs. Austin Peay (8-6)
Dec. 27, 2009 - Columbia, Mo.
Game Notes
Final Score - Missouri: 94, Austin Peay: 79
Attendance- 7,129
Leading Scorers- MU: English, 23; AP: Channels, 25
Double-Doubles - None
Ties/Lead Changes- Eight ties, 11 lead changes
Mizzou Field Goal Percentage - 62.1-percent
Pregame Notes
- Today's game marked the second-straight game in which the Tigers started JT Tiller, Michael Dixon, Kim English, Keith Ramsey and Laurence Bowers. With the win, that starting lineup is now 3-0 on the season.
- Today's game starts the beginning of a five-game home stand that will culminate with the Big 12 opener against Kansas State.
- Former Tiger Scott Combs (1994-96) is an assistant coach for Austin Peay. Combs is in his sixth season as a full-time assistant under head coach Dave Loos.
- Austin Peay is the Tigers' second opponent from the Ohio Valley Conference and fourth from Tennessee this season.
- Today's meeting between the Tigers and Governors is the first since 2002 between the two programs.
First Half Notes: Score at Halftime: Mizzou 51, Austin Peay 35
- Kim English connected on his first two 3-point attempts and each of his first three field goal attempts as he accounted for eight of the Tigers' first 12 points.
- The first half featured eight ties and 11 lead changes, and the Tigers still led by 16 at the break.
- Mizzou continued its hot shooting at home this season as it connected on 65.6-percent of its field goals and netted eight of its 13 3-point attempts in the half. The 65.6-percent clip in the first half is its best in a half since shooting 66.7-percent against UT-Pan American.
- A pair of Tigers - Kim English and Marcus Denmon - reached double-digit scoring totals in the first half of play. English netted a game-high 13 at the break while Denmon finished the first frame with 10 points.
- With the score at 33-32 in favor of Mizzou at the 5:00 mark of the half, the Tigers closed the half on an 18-3 run to give them a 51-35 advantage at the break. The Tigers forced Austin Peay into four turnovers during that span.
- Today's game marks the fifth time in seven home games that Mizzou has scored more than 50 points in the first half at home. The high this season is 59 points against Chattanooga.
- Mizzou did not commit a turnover in the last 6:01 of the first half. In all, Mizzou had only five turnovers in the opening half of action.
- The Tigers have now shot better than 50-percent during the first half in six of seven home games and better than 60-percent in three of those contests.
Second Half Notes
- Mizzou continued its scoring run at the onset of the second half, scoring the first seven points in the half, extending the run to 25-3. Austin Peay's first field goal of the half did not come until the 16:48 mark of the half.
- The Tigers limited Austin Peay to 1-11 shooting to open the half.
- The Tigers remained careful with the ball in the second half as they did not commit a turnover until the 12:14 mark of the half. Extending back to the first half, Mizzou went 13:47 without a turnover.
Post Game Notes
- Sunday's win gives the Tigers four-straight triumphs, matching their longest winning streak of the season. Mizzou has topped Farleigh-Dickinson, Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Illinois and now Austin Peay during that span.
- The win also extends Mizzou's non-conference home winning streak to 44-in-a-row, dating back to the 2005-06 season.
- The win also gives the Tigers a 26-game winning streak inside Mizzou Arena. That mark is tied for third in the nation among active streaks.
- Kim English connected on three of six attempts from distance in the game, giving him a 50-percent clip from deep over his last four games. In all, he is 15-30 from 3-point land since Dec. 12.
- English finished the game with 23 points, marking the sixth time - and third in four games - that he has eclipsed the 20-point plateau.
- Mizzou finished the game with 12 steals, marking the fifth time in the last six games that Mizzou has hit double-digits in steals.
- Marcus Denmon finished the game with a career-best 17 points, tying a mark that he has set on three separate occasions in his tenure as a Tiger, the most recent of which came at Oral Roberts (Dec. 9).
- The 94 points by Mizzou is its most since netting 106 against Oregon on Dec. 5.
- Michael Dixon finished the game with 12 points, marking the sixth time in the last seven games that he has hit double-digits in scoring.
- Mizzou committed just 10 turnovers in the game.
- The Tigers shot 62.1-percent from the floor, their best clip of the season.
- Every player that saw more than a minute of action for the Tigers scored a field goal in the game.
