Nov. 18, 2003
GAME NOTES
MISSOURI MEN'S BASKETBALL EXHIBITON
#5/6 MISSOURI 74, ASHEVILLE ALTITUDE (NBDL) 60
Tuesday, November 18, 2003
GAME INFO
* Starters for the game
MISSOURI - Sophomore Jimmy McKinney, Senior Travon Bryant, Senior Josh Kroenke, Senior Rickey Paulding, Senior Arthur Johnson ... same line-up as in game vs. Inter Hoop
* Asheville won tip
* Attendance: 7,102
TEAM INFO
* The Tigers end the exhibition season at 2-0
INDIVDUAL FEATS
* Freshman Linas Kleiza scored a double-double for the Tigers, first of the exhibition season ... scoring 10 points and grabbing 10 rebounds ... for the game and for the exhibition season, Kleiza shot 50% from the field
* Sophomore Jimmy McKinney shot 11-of-11 from the free throw line to complete his team-high 15 points for the Tigers
GAME RUNS & STREAKS
* After trailing 23-16 with 6:17 remaining in the first half, the Tigers went on 14-7 run to end the first half, 30-29
* At Halftime ... Travon Bryant led scoring for the Tigers with 9
* Both teams combined for 0-for-7 from the field to start the second half ... Linas Kleiza broke the streak with a jumper in the paint to tie the score for the first time in the game with 17:09 to go in the game
* The Tigers held Asheville to five straight misses from the field to begin the second half
* After four lead changes in the first six minutes of the second half, Mizzou went on an 8-0 run over 1:53 to make the score 44-41 in favor of the Tigers comprised of a Kleiza jumper in the paint, an Arthur Johnson dunk, and four points by Rickey Paulding
* Mizzou shot 8-of-16 (50%) from the field in the first ten mintues of the second half, 8-of-10 from inside the arc
* Within :53 seconds in the second half, the Tigers scored 10 points unanswered points, five came from Kleiza to make the score 56-47 with 7:38 to go in the second half
* The Tigers locked-up the game with an 11-0 run over 1:44 from 4:59 to 3:15 in the second half to make the score 69-53, six of the 11 came from free throws (6-for-6)
* With 8:51 remaining in the second half, the score was 49-48 in favor of the Tigers, to end the game the Tigers went on a 28-13