@MizzouHoops Continues with Wagner at Home on Monday Night

Monday, November 13

Columbia, Mo.

8 PM CT

Missouri

Wagner

@MizzouHoops Continues with Wagner at Home on Monday Night

11/12/2017 5:23:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Tigers (1-0) and Seahawks (1-0) tip off at 8 p.m. CT on ESPN2

Mizzou Men's Basketball (1-0) will ride the wave of its rowdy season-opening win into its second game of the season, as the Tigers host Wagner (1-0) at Mizzou Arena on Monday, Nov. 13 (8 p.m.).

The Cuonzo Martin Era began with a win, as Mizzou handled old conference foe Iowa State, 74-59, powered by 17 points and eight boards off the bench by Kevin Puryear, both team bests.

The effort was the ninth time in Puryear's career, and third time in his last four games, that he has led Mizzou in both points and rebounds.

Mizzou vs. Wagner
Nov. 13, 8:00 p.m.
ESPN2

Game Notes

Story Lines

With the Tigers' win over Iowa State, Mizzou head coaches improved to 17-2 in their debut game.
The Black & Gold also improved to 150-84 all-time against the Cyclones.
Wagner visits Mizzou Arena coming off a 60-49 road win at NJIT on Saturday, Nov. 11. Sophomore Seahawk guard Blake Francis led the way with 22 points.
The Tigers and Seahawks have not met previously, although Mizzou is 3-0 all-time against members of the Northeast Conference. Historically, Mizzou has averaged 92.7 points against NEC schools.
Freshman forward Jeremiah Tilmon turned in a great debut for a big man, going for 14 points and seven rebounds against Iowa State while sinking 7-of-9 field goal attempts.
Tilmon's effort tied with Lex Drum for the ninth-most points scored by any Mizzou freshman player in their season debut.
Mizzou Arena is sold out for the 2017-18 season, with the public season ticket sales total of 9,572 setting a school record. Last year's public season ticket total was 5,802.
Martin's squad features last season's top three scorers (Jordan Barnett, 12.2; Kevin Puryear, 11.8; Terrence Phillips, 10.4).
Mizzou's group of newcomers is headlined by the nation's No. 1 prospect from the 2017 recruiting class; Columbia, Missouri, native Michael Porter, Jr.
Porter was selected as the SEC Preseason Co-Player of the Year by league media on Oct. 18, as well as nods to both the coaches and media preseason All-SEC first teams.
Porter was also named to the Oscar Robertson Trophy Preseason Watch List by the USBWA on Nov. 6.
The Citizen Naismith Trophy picked Porter to its preseason watch list on Nov. 10.
Porter was the fifth freshman ever included on the AP's Preseason All-America Team, joining North Carolina's Harrison Barnes, Kansas' Andrew Wiggins, Duke's Jahlil Okafor and LSU's Ben Simmons.