Texas 63, Mizzou 51
2/26/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Feb. 26, 2005
Missouri at Nebraska Game Notes
February 26, 2005
Frank Erwin Center - Austin, TX
Final - Texas 63-Missouri 51
Missouri Team Notes
- The Tigers fall to 14-14 on the year and 6-8 in the Big 12 Conference.
- The loss ends the Tigers' four-game winning streak and drops them to 4-3 during the month of February.
- They are 13-4 at home, 1-7 on the road and 0-3 neutral court games.
- Mizzou is now 10-4 on the year when leading at halftime as they carried a 25-24 lead into the second half.
- The Tigers fell to 7-1 in day games, 1-1 in games broadcast on ABC and 2-4 against teams from the Big 12 South on the year.
- Mizzou is now 27-17 in February games under Coach Quin Snyder (18-5 at home, 9-12 on the road) during his six years tenure.
- Snyder is now 114-77 in six year at Mizzou.
- The 51-point output was the Tigers lowest total of the season and their lowest overall point total since they fell to Oklahoma, 49-47 in the 2003 Big 12 Championship game in Dallas, TX on Mar. 16, 2003.
- The Tigers held the Longhorns 16 points under their season average of 79.3 points per contest.
- Mizzou held UT to their second lowest scoring half (24 points) and worst shooting half (18.8 percent) of the season on Saturday in the first half of the contest.
- However, the Longhorns bounced back in the second half scoring 39 points on 12-of-17 (70.6 percent) shooting from the field.
- After leading by one at the half, Mizzou was hit with a 13-0 run the first 5:15 of the second half to give the Longhorns a 37-25 lead.
- Trailing 47-33 with 9:51 left in the contest, Mizzou would go on a 9-2 run with three straight 3-point baskets to pull within seven at 49-42 with 7:35 left in the game, but would get no closer as UT closed the game on a 14-9 run.
- The Tigers and Longhorns both recorded 18 field goals on the day, but Texas was 21-of-30 from the free throw line while Mizzou went to the line only 11 times and hit seven of those attempts.
- The Longhorns outrebounded the Tigers, 38-35. Mizzou is now 5-8 on the year when they have been outrebounded.
- The Tigers had their biggest lead of the day with 6:04 left in the first half when they took a 20-14 lead on a jumper by junior Kevin Young and would lead the rest of the first half.
- Mizzou takes to hardwood for the their final road contest of the regular season on Wednesday when they face Iowa State in Ames with tip set for 7 pm on the Mizzou Sports Network.
Missouri Player Notes
- Senior Jason Conley led the Tigers with 15 points on 6-of-12 shooting from the field including three 3-pointers.
- Conley also pulled down seven boards marking the 18th time he has pulled down five or more rebounds in a contest this season.
- Conley reached double-figures in scoring for the seventh time in the last 10 games and has averaged 11.8 points per game and 6.6 rebounds per game over the course of the Tigers' last five games.
- Sophomore Linas Kleiza recorded his eighth double-double of the season with a 12-point, 10-rebound effort against the Longhorns.
- Kleiza now has 10 double-doubles for his career.
- He has recorded a double-double in three of the Tigers' last five games and has reached double figures in scoring in 23 games.
- Freshman Marshall Brown returned to his home town of Austin, TX, and registered five points and five rebounds against the Longhorns in 20 minutes of playing time.
- Junior Jimmy McKinney was 2-of-2 from the field, 1-of-1 from three and 2-of-2 from the free throw line while also picking a team-high two steals in the contest.
