Mizzou-NIU Game Notes
12/27/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Dec. 27, 2010
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Mizzou Basketball Post Game Notes
December 27, 2010 vs. Northern Illinois - Mizzou Arena
Postgame Notes
- The win gives Mizzou head coach Mike Anderson his 100th career win in his time at Mizzou. He is now 100-47 (.680) in his five seasons at Mizzou and is the fastest coach in Mizzou history to reach 100 wins, needing just 147 games to do so.
- Mizzou's 12-1 start to the season is its best record to open a campaign under head coach Mike Anderson. Mizzou is now 12-1 for the first time since the 1989-90 season in which it opened winning 21 of its first 22 games. The Tigers are riding a season-high seven-game win streak.
- The win extends Mizzou's non-conference home winning streak to 55 straight games, which is a school record.
- Mizzou dished 26 assists in the game, improving Mizzou to 38-1 under head coach Mike Anderson when dishing at least 20 assists in a game. The 26 assists are also the Tigers' second-best total of the season, trailing only their 33 dimes in the win over Central Arkansas on Dec. 18. 14 of those assists came off of the bench tonight, highlighted by eight from Michael Dixon.
- Staying on the topic of assists, Mizzou has 77 over its last three games while committing just 38 turnovers, good for a 2.02 assist-to-turnover ratio in that span. Mizzou's assist-to-turnover margin over the last five games is 1.86.
- Mizzou finished the game with 48 points in the paint, their second-best mark of the season, trailing only their 56 against Central Arkansas.
- The Tiger defense stifled the Huskie's leading scorer, Xavier Silas, in the game. Coming in averaging 26.2 points per game, Silas was limited to eight points in the game, a season-low point total. He came in ranked second in the nation in scoring.
- Junior Matt Pressey posted a career-best 18 points in the win. His previous career-best was 10 at Oregon earlier this season. He shot 6-of-9 from the floor and connected on six of seven free throws in the contest.
- Mizzou finished the game with five players (Denmon - 24, M. Pressey - 18, Bowers - 16, Ratliffe - 14, Safford - 10) in double figures scoring, marking the seventh time this season that that has happened for the Tigers.
- Marcus Denmon led the Tigers with 24 points in the contest - three off of his career high - doing so on 9-of-11 shooting, his second-best mark of the season. His only better outing was his 10-of-12 performance from the floor against Georgetown.
- Mizzou ran NIU out of the gym, literally. The Tigers outscored the Huskies, 22-0, in the fast break scoring department. The Tigers also scored 28 points off of 19 NIU turnovers.
First Half notes
- Mizzou opened the game on a 17-0 run and shot 6-of-10 from the floor in that span. In fact, Mizzou extended its advantage to 29-7 at the second media timeout (11:29) as six different Tigers had at least four points in that span. Mizzou shot 11-of-16 in that span and assisted on seven of those 11 field goals.
- Mizzou's 40-point halftime lead (57-17) was the Tigers' best of the season at intermission and their largest halftime lead against a Division I opponent in program history.
- The 57 points by the Tigers in the first half are the most by a Tiger team in a half this season, besting the previous best mark of 55 against North Florida. Mizzou also shot 65.7-percent in the first half, its second-best single-half clip of the season. Its best was 71.4 in the second against Central Arkansas on Dec. 18.
- Mizzou limited NIU to 17 points in the first, tying for the second-best mark in Mizzou Arena history. The record is 13 points against Texas Pan-American last season. The mark is tied with the 17 points that Mizzou allowed against both Stephen F. Austin (11-25-06) and Western Illinois (11-25-07).
- Matt Pressey, who made his second-straight start, led the Tigers with 13 points in the first half, besting his previous career-best of 10 points in the first 20 minutes of the game alone.
- Mizzou dominated the paint in the first, outscoring the Huskies 30-2 in the lane in the first half. The Tigers also were strong on the glass, pulling in 24 rebounds (eight offensive, 16 defensive). In fact, Mizzou missed just 12 shots in the first half and rebounded on eight of those 12 misses, converting those into 13 second chance points.
- The Tigers also forced 13 first half turnovers, converting those miscues into 20 points. In fact, Mizzou outscored the Huskies, 20-1, in points off of turnovers in the first half. Mizzou also outscored NIU, 10-0, in the fast break department.
- Mizzou had 16 assists in the first half on 23 made field goals and boasted a 2.67 assist-to-turnover ratio in the first. Michael Dixon led the Tigers with five assists in the first half, doing so in just 11 minutes of action. Six other Tigers finished the half with at least one assist.
