Feb. 13, 2007

Missouri Tigers (14-9, 3-7 Big 12) vs. Baylor Bears (12-11, 2-8 Big 12)
Game 24 - Feb. 14, 2007 - Columbia, Mo.

	GAME CENTRAL: Game Notes  Yahoo! Live Audio   Mizzou All-Access
	TIPOFF: 2:45 p.m. CST. ARENA: Mizzou Arena - Columbia, Mo. (15,061). TV: Mizzou Sports Network / (Dan McLaughlin, play-by-play; Jon Sundvold, analyst); game available to ESPN Full Court subscribers. RADIO: Tiger Radio Network (Mike Kelly play-by-play; Chris Gervino analyst); Sirius Ch. 119. RANKINGS:    Mizzou: NR    Baylor: NR SERIES: Missouri leads 9-7; Tigers lead 6-2 in Columbia. COACHES:    Mizzou: Mike Anderson (Tulsa '82); 103-50 overall (5th season); 14-9 at Mizzou (1st).    Baylor: Scott Drew (Butler '93) 53-75 overall (5th season); 33-64 at Baylor (4th).

FOR OPENERS

• Mizzou will look snap its current two-game home court losing streak on Wednesday, when it hosts the Baylor Bears in a Valentine's Day showdown ... The Tigers have actually played on two holidays this season ... The Tigers played at Kansas on Martin Luther King Day on Jan. 15.
• Missouri is 13-11 all-time on Valentine's Day and will be playing on Valentine's Day for the first time since the 2000-01 season ... The Tigers defeated Colorado 80-69 that season ... Overall, Mizzou has won its last two Valentine's Day games.
• Despite returning just two starters and 37 percent of its scoring from last season's 12-16 club, Mizzou has already surpassed last season's win total and has 14 victories on the year ... The 14 wins for Anderson are already the sixth highest win total for a first year head coach in Mizzou history and the Tigers' two road wins have already eclipsed the one road win Mizzou enjoyed throughout the 2005-06 campaign.
• As a team, Mizzou leads the Big 12 and ranks No. 2 nationally with 10.9 steals per game and has 250 total steals ... The Tigers only had 167 total steals during the entire 2005-06 season ... Missouri needs just 20 more thefts to move into the single-season Top Five and needs just 46 more steals to break the school record of 295 set in 1985-86.
• Speaking of steals, junior guard Stefhon Hannah recorded three steals vs. Kansas on Saturday and now has 62 on the year ... Hannah needs just three more thefts to move into the Mizzou single-season top three and just 14 more to claim the school's single-season record.
• Among players eligible for Big 12 Newcomer of the Year honors (non-freshman award), Hannah ranks No. 2 in scoring (15.6 points per game), No. 1 in assists (4.6), No. 1 in steals (2.7), No. 1 in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.45-to-1), No. 1 in three-point field goal percentage (.400), No. 1 in field goal percentage (.466) and No. 2 in three-point field goals (2.0).

MIZZOU QUICK HITTERS

• Mizzou will look to snap a two-game home court losing streak on Wednesday when it hosts Baylor at Mizzou Arena.
• Wednesday's game will actually be Mizzou's first mid-week Big 12 home game of the year ... Missouri's previous conference home games were each on Saturday.
• Mizzou will be looking for its seventh consecutive win against Baylor in Columbia.
• Wednesday's contest marks the first all-time meeting between Missouri sideline boss Mike Anderson and Baylor coach Scott Drew.
• A key statistic for the Tigers continues to be rebounding ... Mizzou is 9-1 when outrebounding its opposition ... That lone loss came at Kansas on Jan. 15 when the Tigers outrebounded the Jayhawks 43-42, but fell 80-77.
• Mizzou's bench continues to play a key role this season and has outscored its opposition's bench in 17-of-23 games this year ... The Tigers are 14-3 in those games.
• The Tigers have enjoyed 16 double-figure scoring performances from their bench this year, led by freshman Keon Lawrence, who has accomplished the feat eight times, including a career high 18 points vs. Nebraska.
• Those 18 points were the most for a Tiger freshman guard since Kareem Rush poured in 20 at Kansas on March 5, 2000.
• Head Coach Mike Anderson was named the No. 1 Immediate Impact Coach in America by Sports Illustrated's Seth Davis
• Sports Illustrated's Grant Wahl named Anderson one of his six most innovative coaches in America.
• Anderson was also listed as the leading candidate for National Coach of the Year by Mike DeCourcy and the Sporting News.
• ESPN's Jay Bilas paid equal props to Anderson, saying he was in fine shape to win Coach of the Year honors.
• With its 79-65 win at Colorado on Jan. 24, Missouri recorded its 1,400th victory as a program ... Missouri is 38th all-time in NCAA Division I Basketball wins and joined Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State are the only other Big 12 schools to have reached the 1,400 win plateau.
• Ol' Mizzou ranks No. 2 nationally with 10.9 steals per game ... So far this season the Tigers have 250 total steals, which is already more than the 167 steals Missouri recorded during the entire 2005-06 season ... In case you were wondering, Virginia Military (VMI) leads the nation with 16.3 steals per game.
• Those 10.9 steals per game would break the Big 12 record of 10.8 steals set by Iowa State in 2004-05.
• At their current pace of 10.9 steals per game, the 2006-07 Tigers would break the school record of 295 set in 1985-86 ... Missouri is on pace for 327 steals.
• Despite returning just 37.6 percent of its scoring from last season, Missouri is No. 4 in the Big 12 with 77.1 points per game ... The Tigers also rank No. 2 in three-point field goals (8.2).
• Also labeled as undersized, Missouri is averaging 32.2 points per game in the paint, including a season best 50 tallies in the opener against North Carolina A&T.
• Another improved area for the Tigers has come in bench production ... Missouri is averaging 25.8 points per game from its bench through 23 games, including a season high 49 points vs. Lipscomb ... Last season, Missouri's reserves averaged just 11.9 points per game.
• If you simply take raw scoring numbers Mizzou's bench scored 334 point through 28 games last season ... So far this year, Tiger reserves have accounted for 594 points.
• Missouri is scoring nearly 30-percent of its points (20.9-of-77.1) off of opponent turnovers ... The Tigers are forcing an average of 19.7 turnovers per game and scoring 20.9 points off of those opponent miscues.
• Speaking of turnovers, Mizzou forces one turnover every four possessions ... Overall, Missouri has forced 454 turnovers in 1,710 total possessions for its opposition, that's a percentage of 26.6, which ranks No. 2 nationally ... The Tigers also record a steal once every six-plus possessions (14.3 percent), which is No. 3 nationally.
• As a team, Missouri is No. 45 nationally at 37.8 percent shooting from three-point range (180-of-468) ... The Tigers have topped double figures in three-point makes five times this season ... The Tigers topped double figures in three-pointers just twice all of last year (at Davidson and at home vs. Kansas).
• Overall, the Tigers have topped 80 points in nine of 23 games and have won seven of their 14 games by 20-plus points ... Over the previous two seasons combined (2004-05 and 2005-06), Missouri topped 80 points in scoring just six times ... Over the previous four seasons (2002-06) Mizzou won just eight (total) games by 20-plus point margins.

TIGER TIDBITS (Individual Notes)

• Stefhon Hannah continues to be one of the nation's top newcomers and ranks No. 9 nationally in steals per game at 2.7 per outing ... He also ranks No. 4 in the Big 12 with 4.6 assists and No. 11 in scoring (15.6).
• Hannah has topped five or more steals in a game six times this season and has already joined the Mizzou single-season Top 6 ... In fact, Hannah needs just three more steals to move into the Mizzou single-season Top Three.
• Hannah has dished 106 dimes this season and needs just 16 more assists to move into the Mizzou single-season top 10.
• Hannah and Jason Horton rank No. 9 nationally with a combined 4.1 steals per game.
• Marshall Brown recorded career highs in back-to-back games, initially scoring 24 points at Texas, before dropping in 28 in the first meeting with Kansas State, which is the highest scoring total by a Tiger this season.
• Brown has supplemented his scoring nicely from the free throw line since the start of Big 12 play and is 40-of-49 in league action, which ranks No. 7 in Big 12 games ... Brown is scoring 4.5 of his team-leading 15.1 points per game (Big 12 scoring average) from the free throw line.
• Here's a Did You Know fact about Brown, he spent a portion of his childhood living in Waco, Texas, which is the home of Baylor University.
• Keon Lawrence has been one of Mizzou's top scorers over the last six contests and ranks second on the club with 11.7 points per game during that stretch.
• Lawrence is shooting 45.5 percent from the floor and is 11-of-13 from the foul line during that span, while dishing out 11 assists.
• Lawrence has started each of the past two games for the Tigers, including his 11-point, three assist effort against Kansas.
• Kalen Grimes continued his strong play against Kansas, scoring 16 points and grabbing a team-high nine boards.
• Over his last two games, Grimes is averaging 14.0 points and 9.0 rebounds on 70.6 percent shooting (12-of-17) from the floor.
• The St. Louis native has been one board shy of a double-double in each of his last two outings.
• Matt Lawrence continues to be one of the nation's top three-point shooters and ranks No. 3 in the Big 12 and No. 27 nationally at 45.5 percent.
• As the numbers show, Lawrence is among the Big 12's most improved player this season and has upped his scoring average 753-percent from the 1.5 points per game he averaged as a freshman ... Lawrence is second on the club with 11.3 points per game and ranks No. 4 in the Big 12 and No. 39 nationally with 2.65 treys per game.
• Lawrence leads the team with 61 three-point makes this year and has shot at least 50 percent from three-point range in 9-of-23 games this season.
• Lawrence needs just 11 more treys to move into the Mizzou single-season Top 10 ... Jason Sutherland is 10th on that list with 72 treys ... His .465 three-point percentage would rank No. 6 in school history.
• Lawrence was named the nation's No. 1 Surprise Impact Player by ESPN's Stephen Bardo on College Game Night.
• Jason Horton has been outstanding protecting the ball this season and ranks No. 5 in the Big 12 with a 2.14-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio ... Over his last four games Horton has 12 assists and just three turnovers.
• Darryl Butterfield made his first career start on Feb. 3 vs. Nebraska, and responded with 10 points, six boards and two steals in 17 minutes of action.
• Kansas City, Kan., native Leo Lyons has provided a big lift inside for the Tigers since the start of Big 12 play ... Lyons is averaging an improved 20.4 minutes per game during league action after averaging 16.5 minutes per game in non-conference competition.
• One reason for Lyons' increased playing time has been because of his defense ... Over his last 11 games, Lyons is averaging 1.7 steals per game, which is tops on the club ... He has recorded multiple steals in eight of Missouri's last 11 contests.

WITH A MISSOURI WIN:

• Mizzou would run its home winning streak to eight against the Baylor Bears.
• The Tigers would improve to 2-1 this season vs. opponents from the Big 12 South.
• Mizzou would record its first home win since a Jan. 27 triumph over Texas Tech.
• Missouri would improve three games on its 2005-06 win total of 12 victories.
• Anderson would also have his 15th win as head coach at Mizzou, which would be the third most for a first-year head coach in school history.
• Mizzou would be just one win shy of securing its first winning record since the 2003-04 season ... The Tigers currently have 30 games on their schedule, counting the Big 12 Championship in Oklahoma City.
• The Tigers would improve to 4-7 in Big 12 play leading into a Feb. 17 contest at Oklahoma State.

MORE ABOUT THE BEARS
   Baylor enters Wednesday's contest 12-11 overall and 2-8 in Big 12 play following a 68-64 home loss to Oklahoma on Feb. 10 … After a 10-3 start to non-conference play, Baylor has dropped 8-of-10 Big 12 games and is 1-6 over its last seven contests … One of the Big 12's younger units, Baylor is paced by talented sophomore Curtis Jerrells … Jerrells is averaging 13.2 points per game on the season, and has seen that average jump to 14.8 points per game in Big 12 play … Kevin Rogers leads BU in rebounding with 7.6 per contest, while adding 12.7 points per game … Aaron Bruce (11.6 ppg.) and Henry Dugat (10.3 ppg) round out Baylor's double-figure scorers.

SERIES WITH BAYLOR
   Mizzou and Baylor will meet for the 17th time on Wednesday, with the Tigers currently holding a 9-7 series lead … The Tigers have won three of the last four meetings with Baylor, but the Bears claimed a 90-64 win last season in Waco … Overall, Mizzou is 6-2 vs. Baylor in Columbia and lead the series 7-3 since the start of Big 12 play in 1996-97.

	HANNAH'S BIG 12 RANKS
	Rank	Category	Total
	1.	Assists	4.6
	1.	Steals	2.7
	1.	Assist/TO Ratio	1.45
	1.	3-Point FG Pct.	0.4
	1.	FG Pct.	0.466
	2.	Scoring	15.6
	2.	3-Point FG/Gm.	2

HERE'S YOUR BIG 12 NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR
   With his consistent performance throughout the year, junior college transfer Stefhon Hannah is solidifying himself as the leading candidate for Big 12 Conference Newcomer of the Year recognition.

• A transfer from Chipola Community College, Hannah ranks among the Big 12's top non-freshman newcomers in seven statistical categories including: