Jan. 19, 2007

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Tiger Return Home For Two Weeks
After playing three of its first five Big 12 games away from home, Missouri returns to the friendly confines of Mizzou Arena for a Saturday contest against Nebraska ... MU is 9-1 in home games this season and 1-1 in league contests at home ... prior to its overtime loss to Texas last Wednesday, Mizzou had won nine-straight dating back to a 75-62 loss to Nebraska to conclude the regular-season a year ago.

Mizzou-Nebraska Series History
Saturday's game marks the 62nd all-time meeting between the schools, with Nebraska holding a 33-28 overall lead ... Mizzou leads 16-13 in Columbia ... the teams have split the last six meetings, with each school winning on the road every time ... in fact, the last seven have been won by the visitors ... the Huskers won 19-straight from 1991-99 ... Mizzou's longest winning streaks have been seven in the early 80s and six from 2001-03 ... this series is the fourth-longest in MU women's basketball history (70 with Kansas State, 69 with Kansas State and 63 with Iowa State).

Tigers Taking Care Of The Ball
Without question the 2006-07 Missouri team is one of the best in both school history and on the national scene in regards to taking care of the ball ... the Tigers currently lead the Big 12 and rank 36th nationally with 15.3 turnovers per game ... in the last 10 games Mizzou has averaged 14.1 tpg (with 9 games having 15 or less), resulting in a decrease from 16.9 (10 games ago) to 15.3 ... the Tigers have committed the same or fewer turnovers than their opponents 15 times (out of 18) this season and are 12-3 in those games.

Hollins Joins Helm As Top Long-Range Bombers By A Texas Tech Opponent
Sophomore G Alyssa Hollins' six 3-pointers on Wednesday at Texas Tech established a new career-high and were just one shy of tying Julie Helm's school record of seven, set on March 1, 1997, at Texas Tech ... Helm's mark is still the most ever by a Lady Raider opponent, meaning Hollins performance marks at least a tie for the second-best game by a Tech foe ... Hollins' six treys are the most in a Big 12 game this season and are tied for the most in any game involving a Big 12 player (K-State's Brittany Dietz made 6 vs. Rice on Dec. 29).

Hollins Deadly From Outside
By virtue of those career-high six 3-pointers made at Texas Tech sophomore G Alyssa Hollins has now drained a team-high 43 triples this season which now places her eighth all-time in Mizzou's single-season record book ... her 2.4 3's per game lead the Big 12 and rank 44th in the nation ... her .467 3-FG pct ranks fourth in the Big 12 and sixth in the nation ... sitting 23 made 3's shy of the MU record she is projected to make her 66th of the year in 10 games - which is Mizzou's Feb. 25 game at Oklahoma. Single Season 3-Point Field Goals Made
1. 65 Amanda Lassiter 00-01 2. 60 Tracy Lozier 02-03 3. 57 Carlynn Savant 05-06 4. 47 Tracy Franklin 00-01 5. 46 Tracy Lozier 03-04 6. 44 LaToya Bond 05-06 44 Natalie Bright 01-02 8. 43 Alyssa Hollins 06-07 9. 42 Evan Unrau 03-04 10. 40 Kerensa Barr 01-02

The Chase To 1,000
Missouri's senior trio of Tiffany Brooks, EeTisha Riddle and Carlynn Savant are all within 206 points of joining the 24 previous Tigers to score 1,000 career points ... the chart below shows each student-athlete's current totals along with a projection of when they might crack the plateau. Current Pts Needed 06-07 Gms To
Total For 1,000 PPG 1,000* Tiffany Brooks 794^ 206 14.0 15 EeTisha Riddle 796 204 15.9 13 Carlynn Savant 828 172 11.9 15 * This projection is based on the 06-07 scoring average. ^ Tiffany Brooks scored eight additional points as a freshman at Kansas State for 802.

EeTisha Excellent In Big 12 Play
Senior C EeTisha Riddle has stepped up her performance with the Big 12 season underway ... in Mizzou's five games she is averaging 18 points and 8.8 rebounds with three-consecutive double-doubles and four overall ... since being held to single-digits in scoring at Saint Mary's 13 games ago, she has averaged 18.5 points on 52 percent shooting, 8.4 rpg and has 24 assists, 14 blocks and 23 steals ... she currently ranks 66th in FG Pct (.513) ... the chart below shows her non-conference and Big 12 numbers this season. Non-Conf. Big 12 Difference
Games 13 5 --- Scoring 15.1 18.0 +2.9 Rebounding 7.8 8.8 +1.0 FG Pct. .545 .451 -.094 FT Pct. .667 .714 +.047 Minutes 29.6 37.2 +7.6 Double-Doubles 4 3 ---

Riddle Plays As Big As Texas Against Horns
Throughout the season, senior C EeTisha Riddle has shown the ability to take over a game on both ends of the floor ... against Texas last Wednesday - and more specifically against the Longhorns' All-American F Tiffany Jackson - Riddle more than held her own as she scored a career-high 31 points on 14-of-18 shooting ... she also added 13 rebounds, two assists and two blocks in 42 minutes for her 10th career double-double ... her 31 points are the second-highest in the three-year history of Mizzou Arena and one shy of the most in a Big 12 game this year as Courtney Paris scored 32 vs. Baylor that same night ... below are the top scoring games at Mizzou since the 2000-01 season. Pts. Player Opponent Date
40 Evan Unrau Kansas State (2ot) 2/22/04 34 LaToya Bond Western Mich. 12/29/05 31 EeTisha Riddle Texas 1/10/07 31 LaToya Bond Kansas 2/11/06 30 LaToya Bond Oklahoma 2/4/06 30 Tiffany Brooks Nebraska 1/8/05

Double Your Pleasure
Carlynn Savant and EeTisha Riddle have combined for all nine of Missouri's double-doubles this season ... when the duo each posted double-doubles against Arkansas State, that was the first time this year that multiple players accomplished the feat in the same game ... a year ago, that occurred just twice ... below is a list of Mizzou DD's this year and the career totals for all active players. Player Pts Rebs Opponent
EeTisha Riddle 14 12 at Southern Illinois Carlynn Savant 22 12 Arkansas State EeTisha Riddle 10 12 Arkansas State Carlynn Savant 15 16 at Saint Mary's EeTisha Riddle 22 12 Ohio EeTisha Riddle 22 11 at Northwestern EeTisha Riddle 31 13 Texas EeTisha Riddle 13 10 at Kansas State EeTisha Riddle 12 10 at Texas Tech Career Double-Doubles Among Active Players
Player Total Yearly Totals EeTisha Riddle 12 (0/1/4/7) Carlynn Savant 5 (0/1/2/2)

Its Good To Be Home
Don't be too shocked if you hear Missouri coaches and players talk about not having to travel for a while ... not only has Missouri been one of four teams to play three of their first five Big 12 games away from home, they have been the only school that has not had a full week off at some point during the five games ... furthermore, as a result of games being canceled by weather and regular weeks off, all three of MU's road opponents had an entire week to prepare for the Tigers ... the trip to Kansas State was scheduled to be a day trip leaving on Saturday for the 7 p.m. game but the team was forced to leave a day early to beat the bad weather that hit the Midwest ... then the Tigers couldn't fly back because of the weather and spent five hours on a bus before spending another 45 minutes scraping ice off their vehicles at 2:30 a.m. ... the Texas Tech trip on Wednesday was also scheduled as a one-day venture but when a problem with the chartered plane arose, Mizzou had to wait three hours for a back-up to arrive from Cedar Falls, Iowa ... the coaches opted to have a shoot-around in Columbia before grabbing lunch and heading out to Lubbock, where the team arrived at 3:30 p.m. for a 7 p.m. tip.

Don't Foul! Don't Foul!
Missouri ranks second in the Big 12 in fewest personal fouls (15.0 fpg) ... in 36 halves of action, Mizzou has only allowed the opposition to reach the foul bonus 22 times and the double bonus just nine times (with four of those coming in both halves of the same game) ... in Wednesday's game at Texas Tech, the teams combined for just six violations in the first half ... Mizzou's season low for a half is 3 (vs. South Dakota State and at Tech - both in the first half) and for a game is 7 (against South Dakota State).

Milestone Watch
Here are a few milestones that Tiger players and coaches are approaching: Tiffany Brooks needs...
1 steal for 100 in her career* * She has has 98 steals at Mizzou with one steal as a freshman at K-State for 99.

EeTisha Riddle needs...
4 blocks for 100 in her career 5 steals for 100 in her career 4 points for 800 in her career

Head Coach Cindy Stein needs...
4 wins for 150 at Missouri

Savant Steady At The Line
Senior F Carlynn Savant currently ranks first in the Big 12 and fourth in the nation in free throw percentage (.904) ... she is 66-of-73 on the year ... she made a team-best 17-consecutive from the second-half of the Arkansas State game until late in the Ohio contest ... her career FT percentage has risen from .780 at the start of the season to .827 and is on pace to overtake current assistant coach Kerensa Barr's all-time MU record of .812, set from 1999-2003. Career Free Throw Percentage 1. .827 Carlynn Savant 03-PR. 2. .812 Kerensa Barr 00-03 3. .798 Julie Helm 97-00 4. .779 Sharon Bax 87-90 5. .776 Annette Schwander 81-84

Savant's Assault On Missouri's 3-Point Record
With 28 3-pointers this season senior F Carlynn Savant has moved into second place in her assault on the Missouri all-time record for treys made ... she currently has 128 and sits just 12 behind Tracy Lozier's record of 140 ... at her current season pace of 1.7 made per game, she is on track to make her 141st at home versus Oklahoma State on Feb. 10 ... her .418 career 3-point percentage is second all-time but sits 16 points back of Stacy Williams' benchmark of .436. Career 3-Point Field Goals Made 1. 140 Tracy Lozier 01-04 2. 128 Carlynn Savant 03-PR. 3. 123 Julie Helm 97-00 4. 116 Stacy Williams 91-94 5. 109 Kerensa Barr 00-03

Dissecting The RPI
According to CollegeRPI.com, Missouri enters the Nebraska game rated 49th nationally, while Nebraska is 32nd ... in the Jeff Sagarin ratings, Mizzou is 37 with UN at 37 ... the CollegeRPI.com ratings of Mizzou's next two opponents are: No. 83 Colorado and No. 19 Baylor.

Going Polling
Before dropping games agaionst Texas and at K-State, Missouri had received votes in the Associated Press Top-25 Poll for six-consecutive weeks ... the last time Mizzou was officially ranked came on the tenth week of last season's poll when they were No. 24 following their 12-2 start and eleventh win in its school-record 12-game win streak ... the Tigers also received as many as 11 points in the USA Today/ESPN Coaches Poll before dropping out after a five-week stint among the others receiving votes.

Tigers In Greensboro Region According To The Leading NCAA Tourney Projection Sites
In the latest version of ESPN.com women's basketball writer Charlie Creme's 2007 NCAA Tournament Bracketology, Missouri is predicted as a No. 8 seed in the Greensboro Region ... Creme has the Tigers on the rise and mentions that "this week is key for the Tigers with games against Texas, Kansas State and Texas Tech. It's an opportunity for some separation in the Big 12" ... College RPI.com founder Jerry Palm has the Tigers as the No. 9 seed in that same Greensboro Region.

Searching For 70
Mizzou is now 12-1 this season when scoring at least 70 points and 1-4 when failing to reach the figure ... last year MU was 8-0 in non-conference play and 9-2 overall when scoring 70-plus points ... the Tigers concluded their 2006-07 non-conference slate having won 26-straight non-conference games when scoring at least 70 points.

Free Throw Numbers On Record Pace
Missouri leads the Big 12 and ranks fourth nationally with a 79.3 percent (257-324) from the charity stripe ... in 18 games the Tigers have combined to make more freebies then their opponents have attempted (257 made to 252 opponent attempts) ... MU is ahead of Iowa State (.722) and Texas (.721) in the league ledger ... last season's .644 final tally ranked 11th ... the Tigers current pace is on track to set both the Mizzou (.754 in 2002-03) and Big 12 (.774 by Colorado in 2000-01) single-season records.

Turning TOs Into Pts
Missouri has been very aggressive this season with its transition play, especially off turnovers ... for the season te Tigers are averaging 12 more points off turnovers per game than their opponents ... in the last nine contests, Mizzou has outscored its opponents by an average of 26.7-11 ... included in that stretch are differences of plus-14 (vs. Ohio), plus-15 (at Northwestern), plus-18 (vs. South Dakota State) and a season-high plus-35 against UAPB last Friday ... MU opponents are averaging 21.0 miscues this season and the Tigers themselves are posting 23.1 points off those turnovers per contest.

Tigers In Overtime
Missouri is 14-20 all-time in overtime games ... the Tigers have played 30 single-OT contests (11-19), three double-OT (3-0) and dropped their only triple-OT game (0-1) ... under Cindy Stein Mizzou is 6-3 in free basketball with a pair of 2OT triumphs.

Mizzou Arena A Tough Place For Opponents
Now in its third year as the exclusive home of Missouri Basketball, Mizzou Arena has been very kind to the Tigers ... Mizzou's all-time record in the facility now stands at 26-10 ... following a 5-8 mark in the initial season, the Tigers have gone 21-2, including a streak of 15-consecutive non-conference victories dating back to a 71-55 loss to Stanford on Dec. 18, 2004 ... against all non-Big 12 opponents MU is 18-2 in the facility.