Mizzou-Arkansas Pine Bluff Game Notes
12/19/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Dec. 19, 2009
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Missouri (7-3) vs. Arkansas Pine Bluff (0-9)
Mizzou Arena - Columbia, MO
12/19/09
Game Notes
- Final Score: 88-70
- Attendance: 7,425
- Leading Scorers: MU: Kim English, 18; APB: Lebaron Weathers, 16
- Double-Doubles: MU: None, APB: Weathers, 16 points, 12 rebounds
- Ties/Lead Changes: 0/0
- Mizzou Field Goal Percentage: 43.7-percent
Pregame Notes:
- Freshman Michael Dixon earned the fourth start of his career and second-straight, dating back to last week's contest with Farliegh Dickinson. Dixon also connected on his first field goal attempt of the game, giving the Tigers a 5-0 lead.
-The other four starters for the Tigers were Laurence Bowers, Kim English, Keith Ramsey and Zaire Taylor.
- The game is the Tigers' second-straight contest at Mizzou Arena.
- The game is the first of six that the Tigers will host during the winter break from classes.
First Half Notes: Score at halftime: 40-29
- Sophomore Kim English scored five of Mizzou's first seven points to open the half as Mizzou began the game on a 9-2 run. All nine of the Tigers' points in that span came off of turnovers.
- 17 of the Tigers' 40 points in the first half were off of turnovers. Arkansas-Pine Bluff was limited to just four points off of turnovers in the first half as Mizzou committed only five.
- Mizzou forced the Lions into 13 turnovers in the first half, eight of which came via the steal.
- Mizzou used an 18-0 run midway through the first half as it built an 40-29 lead by half time.
- Mizzou held the Lions scoreless for a span of 7:58 during the first half. The Lions scored their seventh point at the 12:51 mark of the half and did not score again until the 4:53 mark.
- 22 of the Lions' 29 points came in the last 4:53 of the first half.
Second Half Notes:
- The Tigers opened the second half on a 29-14 run.
- Mizzou more than doubled its first-half output, scoring 48 points in the second half, giving it 88 for the game.
- Three players - John Underwood, Jarrett Sutton and Tyler Stone - saw their first action of the game in the second half.
Post-Game Notes:
- Tonight's win extends Mizzou's home winning streak to 25-straight games. Mizzou's last home loss was the 2007-08 season finale against Iowa State. The 25-straight wins are the third-longest active streak in the nation. Pittsburgh is one win ahead of the Tigers at 26-in-a-row.
- The win also moves Mizzou's non-conference home winning streak to 43-0 with 36 of those wins coming since head coach Mike Anderson took over the program.
- The win also improves Mizzou to 6-0 at home this season.
- Michael Dixon finished the game with a career-best 13 points, eclipsing his previous best of 11 on a 3-point basket at the 8:43 mark of the second half.
- 10 different players scored in the game for the Tigers, led by 16 from English. 13 players on the Tiger roster saw action in the game.
- Arkansas Pine-Bluff's Savalance Townsend entered Saturday's contest as the team's leading scorer with 12.5 per game, but Mizzou limited the Lion guard to just four points in the contest on 2-6 shooting.
- Mizzou's 88 points marks the seventh time that Mizzou has eclipsed the 80-point mark this season. The 88 points are the most for the Tigers since they netted 106 in a 37-point win over Oregon on Dec. 5.
- Four Tigers - English (18), Dixon (13), Bowers (12) and Ramsey (10) - finished the game with double-digit scoring totals. Three other finished with eight or more. - Mizzou was 18-22 from the free throw line, giving them an 82-percent clip for the game. Mizzou made five more free throws that the Lions attempted in the game.
- Mizzou shot 40-percent from beyond the arc, hitting 8-20 shots. English led all players with three 3-point baskets in the game.
- Mizzou finished the game with more than a third of its points coming off of turnovers. Forcing 20 Lion turnovers in the game, Mizzou finished with 30 points off of those miscues, 16 more than the Lions. 13 of the Lions' 20 turnovers came off of Tiger steals in the game.
- Mizzou finished the game with 16 assists on 31 made field goals, assisting on more than half.
- The Tigers finished the game with 14 fast-break points.
- Keith Ramsey finished the game with 10 points, his most since scoring 15 in the season-opening game with UT-Martin.
- Marcus Denmon pulled in a career-best nine rebounds, tying for the team lead in that category with Justin Safford.
- Mizzou finished the game with seven blocks.
