March 6, 2005
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Men's Basketball - Post-Game Notes
No. 7 Kansas at Missouri
March 6, 2005
Final: 72-68
Half: MU 43 KU 34
Attendance: 15,061 (First sell out at Mzzou Arena)
Missouri's 71-68 win over No. 7 Kansas handed the Jayhawks their first loss in three games and gave the Tigers their first win over Kansas in five games (dating back to the March 15, 2003 game in Dallas, Texas.) The victory also marked MU's first win over Kansas at home since Jan. 29, 2001.
The 72-68 MU victory marked Head Coach Quin Snyder's 115th victory at Mizzou.
Missouri improves to 10-14 all-time at home whenever Kansas enters the game ranked and Missouri does not.
Senior guard Brian Dailey made his first career start in the Missouri lineup and was credited with one steal, the first of the game.
Missouri forward Marshall Brown tied the game at 12 with a three pointer (13:21) and followed with a steal that was passed off to guard Jason Conley and rebounded by guard Thomas Gardner who put MU ahead for the first time (15-13) at 12:59 with a layup.
The Tigers went on a 28-10 run to lead the game by as many as 13 points in the first half (14:02-3:44).
Shooting 8-10 (80%) from behind the arc in the first half, Missouri had its best first half three-point shooting percentage of the season, compared to KU's 4-13 (30.8%).
Junior Jimmy McKinney tied his career high points total (21) with a layup at 2:07 to give Missouri is second lead of the game.
Mizzou held Kansas scoreless through the first 2:28 of action in the second half on a 7-0 run to drive ahead 49-34 for the largest lead (15 points) of the game.
Sophomore guard Thomas Gardner tied his career high point total (23), previously set Feb. 9, 2005, against UNLV.
Sophomore Linas Kleiza tied his career high rebound total (14) previously set Nov. 16, 2004 against the University of Houston and recorded his eighth double-double of the season with 15 points and 14 rebounds.