Jan. 12, 2004
GAME INFO
* Syracuse wins tip
* Attendance: 13,611 ... sell-out
TEAM INFO
* With the loss Mizzou goes to 6-6 on the season, Syracuse goes to 12-1
* THE SERIES - SU leads 5-1 ... this was the first visit by Syracuse to Columbia ... Mizzou lost at SU last season, and went 1-3 in neutral site games vs. Syracuse
* HEARNES - Mizzou is now 399-69 at the Hearnes Center, 816-269 all-time in their home court
* VS. RANKED OPPS - Syracuse came into the contest ranked No. 19 in the AP poll ... Missouri falls to 42-44 when not ranking hosting a ranked team at home, 9-12 when the opponents are non-conference
* FACTOID OF THE NIGHT - This is the fifth ranked opponent-in-a-row Mizzou has hosted while the Tigers weren't ranked themselves ... MU is 2-3 over the five after tonight ... here are the games in question ... March 9, 2003, vs. #6 Kansas (L 79-74) ... February 26, 2003, vs. #3 Oklahoma (W 67-52) ... March 3, 2002, vs. #1 Kansas (L 95-92) ... February 25, 2002, vs. #12 Oklahoma State (W 72-69)
* FYI - The last ranked non-conference opponent the Tigers have played at home while not ranked was #15 Indiana on December 7, 1999 ... the Tigers lost 73-68.
* STAT TRACK - Missouri's 18.5% shooting from beyond the arc is worst shooting percentage in a game from three-point land since Feb. 20, 2003, in a 89-68 loss at Colorado (15%)
INDIVDUAL FEATS
* Arthur Johnson with his 8 points goes to 1,426 points in his career, 12th all-time in Mizzou history ... during this game Johnson passed John Brown (71-73) on the list who ended his career with 1,421 points.
* Rickey Paulding goes to 14th all-time in scoring at Mizzou, passing Willie Smith (74-76) and Larry Drew (77-80) ... Paulding led the Tigers in scoring with 25
GAME RUNS & STREAKS
* FIRST RUN - between the 16:09 and 13:43 marks in the first half the Tigers went on an 8-0 run, Johnson scored four.
* FIRST 10 MINS - At the 10-minute mark in the first half ... the score was tied 21-21, the fourth tie of the game and 3 lead changes occurred in that time ... six Tigers had already scored ... only three total turnovers had been committed and only five fouls had been charged
* SU DROUGHT - The Tigers held the Orangemen without a field goal for 4:30 in the first half (between 9:29 and 4:59)
* BEFORE HALF - After the eighth tie of the game at the 2:02 mark, SU scored 6 straight points to make the score 38-32 at halftime ... SU's lead of six was the largest of the game at the time
* AT HALFTIME - SU led 38-32 ... Paulding led MU with 7 points, Kleiza had 7 rebounds ... Bench Pts - MU 14, SU 0 ... only 2 fastbreak points scored in the first half
* SECOND HALF 'CUSE RUN - From the 16:28 mark in the second, Syracuse went on 10-0 run to the 12:43 mark, or an 18-4 run ending at the 10:24 mark
* TIGER DROUGHT - Mizzou nearly mirrored Syracuse's scoring drought in the second half by going five minutes without a field goal (from 16:47 to 11:53)
* FT STREAK - Both MU and Syracuse went 2 minutes without a field goal late in the second half, during that time, SU went on 10-4 run on free throws