Dec. 2, 2002
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GAME NOTES MISSOURI MEN'S BASKETBALL MISSOURI 98, SACRAMENTO STATE 60 Monday, December 2, 2002
* Missouri goes to 3-0 on the season and 2-0 against Sacramento State all-time
* When ranked 15th in the AP poll, Missouri is now 20-6 all-time...the last time the Tigers played when 15th was December 20, 1995 when Mizzou took on #14 Illinois in St. Louis and lost 85-96 in overtime...Ironically, the last time the Tigers won when 15th was just two days before when Missouri knocked off Austin Peay 81-58 in the Hearnes Center
* Junior Ricky Clemons on back-to-back possessions early in the first half forced Sacramento State to turn the ball over on dribbling five-second violations
* The Tigers went on a 23-10 run from 15:10 to 8:14 in the 1st Half
* The last time Missouri scored 50 points in the 1st half was in Nebraska on February 13, 2002...the Tigers went on to win 87-71
* The Tigers outscored the Hornets 23-2 in the 1st half on points on turnovers, the Tigers forced
* Junior Arthur Johnson scored a career-best with 24 points scored, the previous best was 23 against Kansas State on January 12, 2002
* Freshman Jimmy McKinney had a career and season high 11 points
* Missouri started the 2nd half with a 12-2 run, helped by 7 points from Johnson and a three-pointer from Junior Josh Kroenke...the Tigers didn't look back and was on a 29-10 run with 9:41 remaining in the 2nd
* Johnson got his second double-double of the season tonight as he scored 24 points and pulled down 10 rebounds
* Ricky Clemons extended his consecutive free throws made streak to 11 by making 4 straight tonight...so far for the year he is 11-11
* Missouri allowed only 20 points in the 2nd half, making the lowest 2nd half total given up to a team in the last two seasons
* Freshman Kevin Young scored a career and season best 6 points
* Johnson recorded two blocked shots on the day, taking the countdown to 10 for the career block record held by Steve Stiponovich
* Johnson with his 24 points, brings him to 787 for a career total, good for 40th place, today he passed Mark Dressler & Dan Bingenheimer
* Missouri's game total of 98, was the highest team total since Mizzou scored 118 against Southern on December 6th of last year