Senior post Tamika Jackson made her first career start against Nebraska back on Jan. 20.Senior post Tamika Jackson made her first career start against Nebraska back on Jan. 20.
Women's Basketball

Tigers Head To Lincoln Looking To Build On KU Win

Feb. 16, 2007

Complete Release in PDF Format
Download Free Acrobat Reader

After snapping a four-game losing streak on Wednesday at Kansas, Missouri continues its road trip with a battle at No. 19/20 Nebraska ... the Tigers won their 15th game with a 67-57 win in Lawrence - snapping the Jayhawks' two-game winning streak ... at 21-5 the Huskers have set a school record for wins through 26 games and are tied for the Big 12 lead with Baylor, Oklahoma and Texas A&M at 9-3 following Wednesday's 70-69 loss to Texas Tech.

Mizzou-Nebraska Series History
Saturday's game marks the 63rd all-time meeting between the schools, with Nebraska holding a 34-28 lead ... NU holds a 17-10 edge in Lincoln but the Tigers have won six-straight in the Devaney Center ... each of the last three in Lincoln have been decided by six points or less with the 2005 game going into overtime ... the road team has won the last eight in the series ... 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 history.

Notes From The First MU-NU Game This Season
In the first meeting of the season NU came away with a 76-66 win at Mizzou Arena on Jan. 20 ... the Huskers led by 23 with 17:26 left before MU mounted a rally and cut the lead to six with 2:30 to play but couldn't get any closer ... EeTisha Riddle had 22 points and 12 rebounds to lead four Tigers in double figures ... Missouri had a 37-32 edge on the glass and shot 49 percent in the second half ... NU held a 46-36 margin in the paint as Chelsea Aubry finished with a career-high 26 points on 11-of-13 shooting.

Notes From Wednesday's Win At Kansas
Missouri snapped a four-game losing streak and a six-game Big 12 road losing streak ... EeTisha Riddle's six assists tied the Mizzou season high ... Riddle also passed 900 career points and 400 points this year ... Carlynn Savant made all seven free throws to extend her consecutive made streak to 30, which is the second-longest in the Big 12 this season and one shy of breaking into the NCAA All-Time Top 20 ... Tamika Jackson played seven minutes in the first half and had six points on 3-of-5 shooting and five rebounds.

If The Big 12 Championship Started Today
If the Big 12 Championship started today, Missouri would be the 11 seed and play either Iowa State or Texas Tech ... the Tigers sit just 3.0 games behind those two schools for fifth/sixth place ... the combined Big 12 records of the Mizzou's four remaining opponents is 24-24 ... following Saturday's game at Nebraska (9-3), the Tiger return home to face Kansas State (4-8), play at Oklahoma (9-3) and conclude the Big 12 slate with Kansas (2-10) on Senior Night at Mizzou Arena.

Mizzou Among The League's Best Offenses
Missouri enters the Nebraska game ranked first in the Big 12 in FT Pct. (.799), second in 3-FG Pct. (.359) fourth in FG Pct. (.427) and fifth in scoring offense (71.3 ppg) ... Mizzou and Texas A&M are the only two schools to rank in the top-half of the league stats in all four categories.