Missouri 76, Iowa 56
1/3/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Jan. 3, 2004
GAME INFO
* Starters for the game ... MISSOURI - Sophomore Jimmy McKinney, Freshman Thomas Gardner, Senior Travon Bryant, Sophomore Kevin Young, Senior Rickey Paulding ... first time this season this lineup has been used ... first career start for Gardner ... last time Johnson did not start was at Texas Tech, February 20, 2002, in a 91-68 loss
* Iowa wins tip
* Attendance: 13,611 ... sell-out
TEAM INFO
* With the win Mizzou goes to 5-4 on the season, Iowa falls to 7-3 ... the Tigers are now 397-69 in the Hearnes Center, it's final year in basketball use ... Iowa still leads the series, now 10-7, however Missouri has now won two straight over Iowa and has never before won more than one game-in-a-row ... the Tigers are now 89-53 under Quin Snyder and 65-14, under Snyder, after leading at halftime ...
* Mizzou's 9 blocked shots is a team season high and is the highest total for the Tigers since December 9, 2002, against Wisconsin-Green Bay
* Specialty stats - Bench points, Missouri 37, Iowa 7 - Second-chance points, Missouri 21, Iowa 3 - Pts of Turnovers, Missouri 16, Iowa 8
INDIVDUAL FEATS
* Arthur Johnson moves to 14th all-time in Missouri scoring, passing Willie Smith who ended his career with 1,385 points, Johnson's 4 points brings his career total to 1,389 ... fouled out with 2:02 to go in the game
* Freshman Linas Kleiza tied a career-high with 18 points
* Travon Bryant tied a career-high in blocks with 4
* Randy Pulley had a career-high in assists with 5
* In his first appearance as a Tiger, Junior Brian Dailey sinked a three-pointer late in the second half
GAME RUNS & STREAKS
* AT HALFTIME - The Tigers led 31-26 ... Iowa's Pierre Pierce lead all scorers with 9, Travon Bryant led the Tigers with 7
* Missouri connected on three consecutive three-point FGs within a 13-0 run in the first half ... spanning, 2:21, the Tigers took a 18-9 lead after the run ... Josh Kroenke hit two of the three threes
* Iowa was held to no field goal attempts in the first 2:13 of the second half
* Missouri's best run of the game came over 5:29 in the second half, as the Tigers had a 15-2 run from 16:51 to 11:29, Kleiza had 7 points in that time
* Iowa was held to five minutes without a field goal from 15:23 to 10:07 in the second half
MORE NOTES ABOUT THE BELMONT LOSS ... not to dwell, but...
* Missouri's 71-67 loss to Belmont University was the second time the Tigers had lost while ranked to a non-conference non-ranked team at home since 1983 in a 60-59, overtime loss to Marquette. Missouri's record in that situation is now 79-2.
