Dec. 17, 2011
Tip-off: 7 p.m.
Arena: Mizzou Arena (15,061)
Radio: KTGR 1580 AM, ESPN 100.5 FM
TV: MSN
Coaches:
MU: Robin Pingeton (St. Ambrose `90) 20-19 at MU (second season)
UE: Oties Epps (Wisconsin-Stout, `02), 3-7 (1st season)
Columbia, Mo.- The Missouri Women's Basketball team hosts the Evansville Purple Aces on Monday at 7 p.m. The game will be televised on the Mizzou Sports Network.
LAST TIME OUT
Mizzou welcomed the North Dakota Fighting Sioux to Mizzou Arena on Dec. 10 for a doubleheader event with the Men's Basketball team. The Tigers topped North Dakota 69-52 after starting the game on a 21-0 run. Senior Christine Flores recorded 29 points in the contest to match her career-high. Morgan Eye also matched her career-high, scoring 16 points in the game.
UP NEXT
The Tigers play two more contests in Mizzou Arena before opening Big 12 play at Baylor on Jan. 4. Missouri will host Memphis on the 22nd of December and Sam Houston State on Dec. 30. Moving ahead to Conference play, the Tigers host Texas Tech on Jan. 7 before heading to Manhattan, Kan. to face Kansas State on Jan. 11.
SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN
The Tigers will have a special guest on the concourse this week. Santa Clause will make an appearance at Missouri's game against Evansville on Monday, Dec. 19. He will be available for photos and greetings near the Tiger Team Store. Fans can also gain free admission to the game by bringing an unused toy to donate to the Toys-For-Tots program.
SCOUTING EVANSVILLE
The Purple Aces will close out their non-conference schedule with tonight's contest. Evansville started their season with an exhibition win over Oakland City before entering a four game losing streak. The Purple Aces recorded their first win of the season over Troy at the Dead River Company Classic. Evansville is coming to Mizzou off of a 78-69 loss to UT Martin on Friday. Samantha Heck stands as the leading scorer for Evansville as she has recorded 124 points on the season so far, reaching her career-high of 20 points in their contest with UT Martin. Heck has recorded six consecutive double figure scoring games this season.
SERIES HISTORY WITH UE
Missouri is 5-0 on the series with Evansville with the last meeting coming in 2004. The Tigers earned an 82-66 victory over the Purple Aces to improve to 3-2 on the season.
MISSOURI VALLEY SERIES HISTORY
The Tigers are 65-27 against Missouri Valley Conference opponents. Mizzou is undefeated against three schools in the conference, Evansville, Northern Iowa and Wichita State.
TIGER TRENDS
>The Tigers have finished all eight games this season with a better shooting percentage than their opponents.
>Mizzou led each of its first five games by at least 19 points this season.
>The Tigers are averaging 38.63 points in the second half of games, eight points more than their opponents who average 30.88.
> Mizzou has won the block battle in every contest so far...BreAnna Brock and Christine Flores lead the way with 64 of 72 total blocks this season.
> Mizzou has had more assists than each of their opponents in seven of their first eight games...Missouri averages 16.0 assists per game which ranks them fifth in the Big 12.
>Missouri has outscored their opponent in the paint
in five of their eight games this season. Against UTSA, the Tigers and Roadrunners each scored 22 points in the paint.
>At least two Tigers have hit double figures in scoring in every game this season. Missouri has had three Tigers in double figures in four of the eight games this season.
>In six games this season, the Tigers' largest lead of the game has been 19 points or higher.