Feb. 3, 2007

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Coming off a heartbreaking 71-70 loss at No. 13/11 Baylor on Wednesday, Missouri travels to Iowa State for a Sunday matinee on FSN ... MU is 4-5 in road/neutral games this season and 0-4 in its previous Big 12 road battles ... Sunday's game marks the second time this season that MU will be facing a team for the second time - the Tigers split their series with Colorado as each team won at home.

Mizzou-Iowa State Series History
Sunday's game marks the 64th all-time meeting between the schools, with Mizzou holding a 45-18 overall lead and a 16-11 margin in Ames ... the teams split last season with each school winning at home ... the streaky series saw MU collect 29 straight and 38 of the fi rst 40 to open the rivalry before ISU laid claim to 13 of the next 14 ... Mizzou won all four contests in 2003-04 before ISU swept the 2005 season ... the teams split last season before Mizzou's win in Ames last month ... a win on Sunday would be MU's first threegame streak since the four-game streak in 2003-04.

Mizzou Ranks No. 1 In NCAA In Free Throw Pct.
By virtue of Wednesday's 9-for-9 effort from the free throw line, Missouri ranks first in the nation in free throw percentage at .798 ... ironically Mizzou has shot better in its nine games road/neutral (.815) than its 12 games at Mizzou Arena (.785) ... the Tigers current FT pct is on pace to shatter the single-season school record (.754 in 2002-03) and is threatening the Big 12 mark (.774 by Colorado in 2001). ... MU is ahead of Iowa State (.730) and Texas (.720) in the league ledger.
NCAA Division I Free Throw Percentage Leaders
1. Missouri 289-362 .79834
2. Wisc.-Green Bay 285-357 .79832
3. Northern Illinois 310-390 .795
4. Evansville 389-493 .789
5. Iowa 357-455 .785

Tigers Making The Most Of Second Chances
One of the primary reasons for Missouri's strong showing at Baylor on Wednesday was its ability to crash the offensive glass and create second-chance points ... of the Tigers' 13 offensive rebounds, they managed to score on seven of them, including four of six after halftime ... in its last three games, Mizzou has scored at least 15 second-chance points with an average of 15.6 per game ... for the season MU has averaged 3.0 ppg more than its opponents.

Riddle Shines Under Bright Lights Vs. Ranked Foes
There is no question that senior C EeTisha Riddle has stepped up her game dramatically during league play but she has fared just as well in Missouri's three games against teams ranked in the Top 25 polls ... she has averaged 22.3 points on 65.2 percent shooting and 10.2 rebounds in games at No. 11/11 Stanford and No. 13/11 Baylor and at home against No. 23/rv Texas ... she has also posted two of her nine season double-doubles against UT and BU and averaged a team-high 38.0 minutes in those three ball games.