Missouri-Kansas State Notes
2/28/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Feb. 28, 2004
MU 79, KSU 69 2-28-04
Notes of Note
+ Mizzou improves to 15-10 and 9-5 in the Big 12. They are 10-3 at home, 5-5 on the road and 0-2 in neutral court games.
+ The Tigers have now won six straight games, equaling their longest winning streak since winning their first six games of last season.
+ MU now leads the all-time series with KSU, 112-107.
+ Junior Jason led the Tigers with 20 points while pulling down seven rebounds and handing out four assists. Conley has led Mizzou in points in two of its last three contests.
+ Five different Tigers have led in scoring during Mizzou's six-game winning streak.
+ After trailing by as many as nine points with 19:45 left at 37-28, the Tigers would go on a 47-21 run the next 16:16 to take their largest lead of the contest at 73-56 with 2:29 left in the game.
+ The Tigers dominated the second half, shooting 64.0 percent (16-of-25) from the field, 83.3 percent from the free throw line and 64.3 percent (9-of-15) from three. Mizzou outscored KSU, 51-34 in the half.
+ Mizzou head coach Quin Snyder improves to 99-59 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.
+ The Tigers remain in a tie for fourth place in the Big 12 with Colorado. Both squads have a 9-5 mark in the Big 12. Remaining Schedule Missouri - at Texas Tech, Kansas Colorado - at Iowa State, Nebraska
+ The Tigers outrebounded the Wildcats, 38-33. The Tigers have outrebounded their last six opponents by an average of 12.2 rebounds per contest.
+ Senior Arthur Johnson continued to be solid scoring 14 points on 7-of-11 shooting from the field. He also pulled down seven boards and had a team-high three steals.
+ Johnson ranks 8th on the Mizzou scoring charts with 1,632 career points. He currently trails Clarence Gilbert (99-02, 1,685) for seventh place on the chart. He also now has 1,046 career boards and needs just eight more on Wednesday to become Mizzou's all-time leading rebounder. + After going 0-2 from the field and scoring no points in the first half, senior Rickey Paulding went off in the second half, scoring 17 points on 5-of-8 shooting including 4-of-6 shooting from three. He also pulled down three rebounds and handed out a game-high eight assists on the day.
+ Paulding ranks 9th on the Mizzou scoring charts with 1,618 points. He is trailing Johnson in eight with 1,632 career points.
+ The Tigers look for seven in a row on Wednesday when they travel to Lubbock, Texas to take on Texas Tech (19-9, 7-7 Big 12). Mizzou leads the all-time series with the Red Raiders, 7-4 and have won four of the last five in the series.
