Feb. 9, 2010
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COLUMBIA, Mo. - The University of Missouri women's basketball team will travel to Manhattan, Kan., for a contest against the Kansas State Wildcats on Wednesday, Feb. 10 at 7 p.m. at Bramlage Coliseum. The contest with the Wildcats will be televised live on FSNKC with Brent Stover on play-by-play duties and Missy Heidrick serving as the color analyst. Kansas State holds a 41-35 advantage in the all-time series, including a 65-50 victory over Mizzou on Jan. 13 at Mizzou Arena.
UP NEXT
Mizzou returns home to host No. 3 Nebraska on Saturday, Feb. 13 at 1 p.m. in the WBCA Pink ZoneTM game. It is a global, unified effort for the Women's Basketball Coaches Association's nation of coaches to assist in raising breast cancer awareness on the court, across campuses, in communities and beyond. Free t-shirts will be given to the first 500 fans and $2 discount will be given to anyone wearing pink. All proceeds will benefit the Susan G. Komen for the Cure and the Kay Yow Foundation.
SCOUTING KANSAS STATE
The Wildcats enter Wednesday's matchup with an 11-11 overall record and a 3-5 mark in Big 12 Conference play. Kansas State has league wins over the Tigers (65-50), Kansas (59-35) and Iowa State (73-67).
Senior Ashley Sweat leads the team with 18.2 ppg. while shooting 47.9 percent from the floor and 48.3 percent from behind the arc. The forward also pulls down a team high 5.5 rpg. Freshman Brittany Chambers is second on the squad with 12.8 ppg. and 4.7 rpg. and shoots 44.4 percent from 3-point range.
Head Coach Deb Patterson is in her 14th season at the helm of the Wildcats and has a 276-157 record with the team.
LAST TIME VS. THE WILDCATS
Strong second half shooting by Kansas State propelled the visiting team to a 65-50 victory over Missouri Wednesday, Jan. 13 at Mizzou Arena.
Senior Jessra Johnson led the way for the Tigers with 12 points, while juniors RaeShara Brown and Shakara Jones each chipped in nine points apiece.
With the score tied at 34-34 five minutes into the half, Kansas State's offense caught fire, as the team hit 10 consecutive baskets, including six three-pointers, to build a 59-43 lead with 6:39 on the clock.
The Wildcats shot 62.5 percent from behind the arc in the game, including 87.5 percent in the second half.
LAST TIME OUT
(AP) - Alison Lacey had 18 points and seven assists to lead Iowa State (No. 19 ESPN/USA Today, No. 22 AP) to a 65-39 win over Missouri on Sunday.
Lacey has scored in double figures in 21 of the Cyclones' 22 games this season and led the nation in assist to turnover ratio entering the game. Chelsea Poppens added 14 points for Iowa State (18-4, 6-3 Big 12).
Iowa State's Big 12 leading defense held the Tigers to 13-for-54 for the game and a season-low 39 points. It was the lowest point total for the Tigers since a 37-point output at Texas on Jan. 26, 2007.
The Cyclones raced out to a 39-15 halftime lead as Poppens scored 14 of her points in the period. Poppens' six baskets were more than Missouri could manage.
RaeShara Brown scored 12 to lead Missouri.
TIGERS 12TH-BEST TURNOVER TEAM
Missouri has taken care of the ball well all season, as the team ranks 12th in the nation with just 14.5 turnovers per contest. Wednesday's opponent, Kansas State, ranks ninth nationally in the category with 14.0 turnovers per game.
The Tigers committed just six turnovers in the team's loss to Iowa State on Feb. 7. The total is the lowest of the season, besting the 10 given up against both Northern Iowa and the second meeting with Kansas.
The mark matched three other outputs of six turnovers for the Tigers since the 1992-93 season. The team committed just six against Nicholl's State on Dec. 11, 2005, Kansas on Feb. 7, 1999 and Kansas State on Jan. 10, 1993. You have to go all the way back to Jan. 30, 1988 for a lesser output, when the Tigers lost just four turnovers against Oklahoma State.
BROWN ENTERS CAREER TOP-10
Junior RaeShara Brown moved into 10th place on MU's career steals list against Texas A&M on Feb. 3 and is holding steady in 10th with 174 career steals.. She needs four more to pass Renee Kelly for ninth place. Just 75 steals away from Joni Davis' career record of 248, Brown seems destined to overtake the Tiger great sometime next season.
The guard, who leads the Big 12 with 3.2 spg., has 71 steals so far this year, needs just five more to pass Kerensa Barr for 10th on the MU single season list. Brown already owns the seventh-best total is Tiger history, as she swiped 79 a season ago.
SECOND HALF SQUAD
In eight of nine Big 12 Conference games, Missouri has scored more points in the second half than the first half. The team's one exception was the game with Kansas State on Jan. 13.
In those seven games, the Tigers have scored 269 points in the second half compared to 182 points in the first frame.
BROWN 10TH NATIONALLY IN STEALS
Junior RaeShara Brown leads the Big 12 and ranks 10th nationally with 71 steals on the year for an average of 3.2 spg. Most recently she grabbed one against Iowa State on Sunday.
If she keeps on her current pace, Brown will have an excellent chance to break Amanda Lassiter's single-season steals record of 98.
Brown led the conference in steals last year with 2.7 spg. and 79 total on the year, which is the seventh best single-season total in Tiger history.
JOHNSON REACHES MILESTONE
With a layup to start scoring in the second of Missouri's game against Bradley on Dec. 5 senior Jessra Johnson etched her name in the MU record book. The basket marked the 999th and 1,000th points in her Tiger career, making her the 27th player in Missouri history to score at least 1,000 points.
Johnson now stands in 20th place on the all-time scoring list after a four-point outing against Iowa State. She needs six more points to pass Kerensa Barr (1,161) for 19th.
With 88 blocks in her career, Johnson also ranks ninth all-time on that list. Additionally, she should also end her tiger career ranked in the top-10 in career rebounds as well. Currently sitting on 643 in her career, she needs 36 rebounds to pass Nikki Smith (1992-95) and move into 10th place on the all-time list.