Nov. 30, 2002
Recap?|? Final Stats
GAME NOTES
MISSOURI MEN'S BASKETBALL
MISSOURI 81, AUSTIN PEAY 46
Saturday, November 30, 2002
* Missouri goes to 2-0 on the season and 8-0 against Austin Peay all-time
* Jimmy McKinney made his first appearance of the regular season and of his career after his injury in pre-season at the 11:49 mark in the first half, and just two minutes into his career he grabbed two steals...McKinney also knocked down the first points of his career with a three-pointer at the 3:19 mark in the first half, his second basket was also a three-pointer, it came in the second with 4:11 remaining...he ended the game with 8 points
* Arthur Johnson took a charge with 9:50 remaining in the first half
* Missouri went on a 13-2 run from 12:45 to 7:21, a 5:24 span, in the first half, holding Austin Peay scoreless for four minutes and thirty seconds.
* Missouri led 42-20 at the half...but the score was 29-20 with 5:41 in the first half, that being said, the Governors were held scoreless in the final 5:41 in the half and Missouri went on a 13-0 run
* The Tigers forced Austin Peay to turnover the ball eight consecutive times on eight consecutive possessions in the latter stages of the first half
* Other first half notes...Clemons had six assists, Johnson had 10 points, Austin Peay had 16 turnovers to Missouri's 8...Austin Peay shot only 36% from the field on 8-22 shooting
* Missouri's Juniors, Ricky Clemons, Rickey Paulding, and Arthur Johnson led the Tigers in scoring with 10, 14, and 16 points respectively
* Clemons extended his consecutive free throws made total to 7, by hitting 2-2
* Johnson had a dunk in the second half with 14:15 remaining
* Missouri's bench scored 26 points on the day on 71 minutes and also had 18 rebounds
* Missouri had 4 blocks on the day including two from Travon Bryant
* Arthur Johnson with his 16 points gives him 763 career points, good for 43rd place on the all-time list, today he passed Greg Church and Mike Jefferies, Johnson is now averaging almost 11 points per game in his career
* Rickey Paulding scored 14 points, putting him in 57th place all-time with 680 career points, today he passed Tiger alums Lamont Frazier and Tyron Lee
* Paulding also tied a career best with 9 rebounds
* Sophomore Jeffrey Ferguson tied a career best in points with 7
* Arthur Johnson's one block added to his career total of 137 which keeps him at 2nd place all-time, twelve behind Tiger All-American Steve Stipanovich