Jan. 4, 2005
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GAME NOTES
American at Missouri
January 4, 2005
Mizzou Arena
Game Notes
Missouri has now won each of the two meetings all-time between the two teams.
MU closed the first half on an 16-2 run over the final 3:41 to take a 33-21 lead into halftime.
Missouri outscored American 16-9 over the final 7:34 of the game.
Missouri Team Notes
Missouri has now won four straight games at home after its win over American on Tuesday night. MU is now 8-2 at Mizzou Arena.
The Tigers improve 5-1 under coach Quin Snyder in opening games of the calendar year.
Missouri held a 33-21 lead at halftime and improved to 7-0 when leading at the half this season.
Missouri Player Notes
Junior Jimmy McKinney has now started 69-straight regular season games for Mizzou dating back to Dec. 30, 2002.
Freshman Jason Horton had a career-high 12 points on Tuesday night. His previous best was eight points which he had scored twice (vs. Montana and vs. Illinois).
Senior Jason Conley scored 12 points and had 10 rebounds for his second-consecutive double-double and the second of his career.
American Team Notes
American's starting lineup of Matej Cresnik, Patrick Okpwae, Jason Thomas, Andre Ingram and Linas Lekavicius is the same starting lineup that has started for American in each of its 11 games this season.
American was called for a 10-second violation with 14:48 left in the second half. It was the first 10-second violation for AU this season.
American Player Notes
Sophomore Andre Ingram has now started 42-cosecutive games for American.
Sophomore Linas Lekavicius scored a season-high 11 points on Tuesday night. It the first time this season he has reached double-digits in points.
Sophomore Andre Ingram scored 19 points for American on Tuesday night. It is the ninth time this season and the 32nd time in his career he has reached double-digits in points. He led the team in scoring for the sixth time in 11 games this season.
