March 3, 2004
+ Mizzou falls to 15-11 and 9-6 in the Big 12. They are 10-3 at home, 5-6 on the road and 0-2 in neutral court games.
+ The loss breaks the Tigers' six game winning streak.
+ The Tigers outrebounded the Red Raiders, 38-33 and out-shot TTU, 47.4-43.2. However, the Tigers did turn the ball over 16 times, which led to 27 Red Raider points.
+ After trailing by as many as 16 with 10:37 left in the second half, the Tigers pulled within four of the Red Raiders with an 18-6 run over the course of the next 7:30, making the score 78-74 with 3:07 left in the second half.
+ Texas Tech improves to 14-1 at home this season.
+ The Tigers shot a blazing 54.8 percent from the field in the first half and took a 44-41 lead into the locker room at halftime. Mizzou is now 11-3 this season when leading at halftime.
+ Mizzou head coach Quin Snyder is now 99-60 during his five years at the helm. The Tigers have won nine Big 12 games or more in each of his five years as head coach at Mizzou.
+ If the Tigers can get a win on Sunday, Snyder will become only the fourth coach in Mizzou history to record 100 career wins.
+ The Tigers remain in a tie for fourth place in the Big 12 with Colorado. Both squads have a 9-6 mark in the Big 12 and lead Texas Tech by one game (they are 8-7 in the Big 12). Remaining Schedule
Missouri - Kansas Colorado - Nebraska Texas Tech - Iowa State
+ Senior Arthur Johnson was unbelievable once again for Mizzou, scoring a team-high 24 points while pulling down eight boards. With his eighth rebound of the night, Johnson became Mizzou's all-time leading rebounder with 1,054 career blocks. He passes former Tiger great Doug Smith for the honor (1,053 rebounds). Johnson also continued to pad his career blocks record, swatting two shots, giving him 243 blocks for his career.
+ AJ was 9-of-17 from the field, 6-of-10 from the free throw line and had two blocks.
+ Johnson ranks 8th on the Mizzou scoring charts with 1,656 career points. He currently trails Clarence Gilbert (99-02, 1,685) for seventh place on the chart.
+ Junior Rickey Paulding scored nine of his 13 points in the first half while also pulling down six boards. Paulding ranks 9th on the Mizzou scoring charts with 1,632 points. He is trailing Johnson in eight with 1,656 career points.
+ Sophomore Jimmy McKinney scored nine of his 14 points in the second half and was a perfect 5-of-5 from the free throw line on the night.
+ The Tigers look for their seventh win in eight games on Sunday when they face the Kansas Jayhawks at home. Tiger senior's Travon Bryant, Arthur Johnson, Josh Kroenke and Rickey Paulding will be honored prior to the game for their outstanding careers at Mizzou before they play their final home game. The contest will also be the Tigers' final home game at the Hearnes Center before they move to the new arena that is being built South of the Hearnes.
+ Sunday's game will be the 250th meeting between Mizzou and Kansas