Post Game Notes
12/8/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Dec. 8, 2010
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• – Mizzou survived a wild back-and-forth game to claim an 85-82 overtime win over Vanderbilt. The win improved Mizzou to 7-1 on the season, while Vanderbilt fell to 7-2. The win extended Mizzou's home non-conference winning streak to a school-record 51 games overall, including a perfect 44-0 under Head Coach Mike Anderson...
• – The overtime affair marked the second in three games and the second in eight days for the Tigers, and it avenged a 111-102 OT loss to Georgetown in Kansas City, Mo. on Nov. 30th...
• – Junior G Marcus Denmon was the star of the night for the Tigers, as he led the Tigers with 21 points, including the game-winning steal, drive and layin with :05 seconds left to give the Tigers an 84-82 lead. Fouled on the layin, Denmon sank the foul shot to account for the final score, and the Commodores couldn't connect on a contested three pointer from about 25 feet at the buzzer, to send the Tigers off a winner...
• – Denmon redeemed himself after a tough first half, when he was held to just 2 points on 1-of-6 shooting. He scored 13 points in the second half, and tallied 6 in the overtime period, adding a long three-pointer with 1:17 to play that put the Tigers on top, 80-79. It marked the 3rd 20-point game of the year for the Kansas City native...
• – The Tigers got the victory despite shooting a season-low 38.3% on the night (31-of-81 FGs). Vanderbilt had something to do with that certainly, as the Commodores blocked 10 shots. Mizzou made up for the tough shooting night by being active on the glass, as they outrebounded Vandy by a 45-40 margin. Vanderbilt came into the game Vanderbilt as the top rebounding team in the SEC, with a per-game rebounding margin of +9.6, but the Tigers were able to more than hold their own early on, as MU held a 15-8 advantage on the boards, which contributed to Mizzou's 25-22 lead at the 7:50 mark...
• – Mizzou held most of its rebounding advantage on the offensive glass, as they grabbed 21 offensive boards tonight, compared to just 8 for Vanderbilt...
• – Denmon led a balanced effort as all nine Tigers who saw the court scored at least two points tonight. Additionally, all nine Tigers grabbed at least one rebound, as well. Joining Denmon in double figures in points were Michael Dixon (15 points), Ricardo Ratliffe (14), and Kim English (12), while Ratliffe led all Tiger rebounders, with 9 boards...
• – Mizzou opened with the starting lineup of Michael Dixon, Marcus Denmon, Kim English, Laurence Bowers and Ricardo Ratliffe – marking the third straight game for this starting fivesome (third overall). MU improved to 2-1 with this starting lineup...
• – Senior F Justin Safford was the first sub of the night, coming in at the 14:17 mark. It's the first time this season that Safford has been the first sub off the bench...
• – Michael Dixon closed a strong half with an acrobatic layin in traffic just before the buzzer to put the Tigers up at halftime, 40-37. Dixon led Mizzou with 11 points in the first half. Vandy's John Jenkins led all scorers with 16 points in the first half on the strength of 5-of-7 shooting (including 4-of-6 3-FGs)...
• – Mizzou held a solid 21-14 rebounding edge at halftime, while the Commodores shot the ball at a 56% clip (14-of-25 FGs), compared to 43.9% for the Tigers (18-of-41 FGs)...
• – In a statistical oddity, Mizzou was not awarded a single free throw attempt in the first half. Fortunately, Vanderbilt attempted only 5 free throws, making 3 of them...
• – The Tigers managed to get to the line 22 times after halftime, making 15 of the freebies (68.2%), while Vanderbilt ended the game just 50.0% from the foul stripe (11-of-22)...
• – Mizzou trailed 54-48, but Marcus Denmon heated up with 8 points in less than a three minute stretch on a a jumper, a layin and a three-pointer, along with 1-of-2 FTs to help stake the Tigers to a 59-58 lead with 8:19 left...
• – Bowers fouled out with 3:48 left in OT and MU leading 74-72...
