Dec. 19, 2004
GAME NOTES
Indiana at Missouri
December 19, 2004
Norm Stewart Court at Mizzou Arena - Columbia, Mo.
Game Notes
With the win by Missouri, the all-time series between IU and MU is now tied at nine wins each.
Missouri has won the last three games against Indiana and five of the last six meetings between the two teams.
Freshman Marshall Brown's three-pointer with 6:58 left in the first half was the first three-point basket made by either team in the game. The two teams were a combined 0-for-9 prior to Brown's basket.
Indiana used a 10-0 run over a 2:09 stretch at the end of the first and start of the second half to build a 33-16 lead.
Mizzou went on a 16-2 run over an 8:21 span in the second half to cut the Indiana lead to 35-32 with 10:45 left in the game.
Junior Jimmy McKinney's free throw with 1:42 left in the game gave MU its first lead (50-49) since it was up 7-4 with 17:11 to go in the first half.
Mizzou scored the final four points of the game to take the three-point victory.
Missouri Team Notes
Missouri has won four of its last five games n and improves to 6-4 on the season.
The Tigers are 11-9 against Big Ten schools under Head Coach Quin Snyder and are 3-1 against the Hoosiers in his six-year tenure.
Mizzou's 16-point first half was the fewest points it has scored in a half since it scored 16 against Kansas State on January 16, 2001.
Missouri Player Notes
Linas Kleiza has led Mizzou in scoring, rebounding or both categories in nine of MU's 10 games this season. He led the Tigers with 18 points against Indiana.
Junior Jimmy McKinney made his 66th-consecutive start on Sunday.
Freshman Marshall Brown set a career record with 11 points against the Hoosiers on Sunday.
Sophomore Linas Kleiza set career highs in both free throws made and free throws attempted with a 12-for-16 showing from the line.
Indiana Team Notes
Indiana has lost five straight games and fall to 2-5 on the season.
Head Coach Mike Davis is 0-3 against the Tigers and is 2-4 against Big 12 Conference opponents as the IU head coach.
The Hoosiers held Mizzou to just 16 points in the first half, the lowest point in a half for an IU opponent this season.
Indiana Player Notes
Junior Guard Marshall Strickland fouled out of the game with two points in 10 minutes. It is the first game he has fouled out of this season.
Freshman D.J. White led the Hoosiers with 13 points. It is the third game this season in which he had led IU in points.