Jan. 27, 2005
Big 12 Conference Basketball
Colorado 64, Missouri 62
Jan. 26, 2005
Coors Event Center - Boulder, CO
Missouri Team Notes
Missouri is now 10-9 overall and 2-4 in the Big 12. They are 10-3 at home, 0-3 on the road and 0-3 in neutral court contests.
The Tigers have now dropped three straight contests at Colorado.
Tiger head coach Quin Snyder is now 110-72 overall and 8-3 against Colorado in his six years at Mizzou.
The hotly contested contest featured 14 ties and 14 lead changes.
The Tigers fall to 4-2 on the year in games decided by five points or less.
Mizzou connected on 13-of-15 free throws. They have knocked down 78 of their last 99 attempts (78.8 percent) over the course of the last five games.
Mizzou had four players in double figures (Conley - 16, Kleiza - 14, Brown - 11, Gardner - 10) in scoring for the first time since their Big 12 opener against Iowa State.
Colorado will return the visit on Feb. 22 with tip set for 6 pm.
Missouri Player Notes
Senior Jason Conley reached double-figures in scoring for the 10th time this season with a game-high 16 points. He also pulled down seven boards on the night.
Freshman Marshall Brown scored 11 points (one point shy of his career-high) and pulled down a career-best eight rebounds.
Brown also knocked down a career-best three 3-point field goals on three attempts. He is shooting a team-best 48.4 percent (15-of-31) from 3-point range on the season.
Freshman Jason Horton handed out a career-best eight assists while equaling a career-best with four rebounds.
Sophomore Linas Kleiza had 14 points while going 5-of-7 from the free throw line. He reached double figures for the 16th time this season and has connected on 37 of his last 41 free throw attemts.
Junior Jimmy McKinney started his 75th straight contest at for the Tigers dating back to Dec. 30, 2002 against Valparaiso.
Sophomore Thomas Gardner's 10-point outing marked the third straight contest he has broken into double figures in scoring.