Mizzou-Kansas Postgame Notes
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March 6, 2010
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Post-Game Notes
Kansas vs. Missouri
Mizzou Arena, Columbia, Mo.
Saturday, March 6, 2010
First Half Notes
- By the 12:32 mark of the first half, Kim English and Laurence Bowers had combined for 13 of the Tigers' 15 total points. Mizzou forced Kansas into five turnovers during that span.
- Mizzou blocked three shots in the first 8:24 of the game, accentuated by a highlight-reel swat from Steve Moore just prior to the second media timeout.
- Mizzou extended its lead to 17-10, but Kansas closed the half on a 30-7 run, holding Mizzou scoreless in the last 4:08 of the half.
- Kansas shot lights-out in the first half, connecting on 17-34 field goals, good for a 50-percecnt clip. Conversely, Mizzou shot just 11-32 in the first frame.
- Kansas won the battle of the paint in the first half, outscoring the Tigers 24-18 in the lane and out-rebounding Mizzou 25-15.
- Mizzou, who averages a Big 12-best 33.9 points off the bench this season, was held to just two bench points in the first half. KU's bench put up 15 points in the first, highlighted by six from Markieff Morris.
- Mizzou shot just 1-11 from 3-point range in the first half. The usually consistent Marcus Denmon was 0-3 from downtown and connected on just 1-6 field goal attempts in the half.
- The 16-point lead for Kansas at the half was the largest lead of the game for either team at the time.
Second Half Notes
- Kim English hit a 3-pointer on Mizzou's first possession of the second half at the 19:22 mark, which was the Tigers' first 3-point make since the 12:37 mark of the first half.
- Mizzou scored seven points in the first 3:59 of the first half, the same amount of points that the Tigers had in the last 12:08 of the first half.
- In fact, Mizzou scored 16 of the first 20 points in the second half to cut the Jayhawk lead to just four.
- Kansas countered with a run of its own, rallying off 17 of the next 19 to take a 61-42 lead, sealing the win.
Postgame Notes
- The Tigers honored their three senior during the festivities on Saturday. Keith Ramsey finished the game with eight points and six rebounds. JT Tiller finished with nine points and three rebounds while Zaire Taylor posted five points and four rebounds.
- The loss concludes the Tigers' regular season as they end with a 22-9 overall record and finish with a 10-6 mark in league play. Over the past two seasons, Mizzou has combined 24-10 record against Big 12 foes.
- Mizzou will need to await the outcome of the Texas-Baylor game (scheduled for 3 p.m. CT), but can finish no higher than fourth in the league and no lower than fifth.
- Mizzou finishes the season with a 16-2 overall mark at Mizzou Arena. Its only two losses have come against teams currently ranked in the top 25.
- Despite the loss, the Tigers' fast-paced defense seemed to rattle the Jayhawks at times as they committed 19 turnovers in the game, eight more than the Tigers. Nine of the Jayhawks' turnovers came via steals from the Tigers.
- The 15,061 fans that attended Saturday's game were a season-high at Mizzou Arena.
- Mizzou shot just 3-22 from beyond the arc for only a 13.6-percent clip.
- Continuing the note from the first half, Missouri's bench continued to struggle in the second half, netting only six points in the half. After averaging nearly 34 points per game up to this point, the Tigers finished with just eight bench points in the game, its worst output of the season. Marcus Denmon and Michael Dixon were the only two Tigers to score after coming off the bench, totaling four points each.
- Missouri shot 7-10 from the free throw line, but what is noteworthy is that Kim English was the only Tiger to make more than one trip to the charity stripe. English finished the game going 6-8 from the line while the rest of the team was just 1-2 from the line.
- English led all scorers in the game with 16 points.
- Five Jayhawks finished the game scoring in double figures, highlighted by 13 from Tyshawn Taylor, who attempted a team-high 13 field goals.
