March 9, 2012

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• Mizzou improved to 29-4 overall with the victory and a perfect 4-0 in Big 12 Championship semifinals.

• The Tigers are 1-3 all-time in the Big 12 Championship game.

• Senior Kim English tied the Big 12 Championship single-game field goal percentage record of 90.0 percent (9-of-10). His outing ties Colorado's Julius Ashby 9-of-10 night agianst Oklahoma State on March 11, 2005.

• In two games in the Big 12 Championship, English is shooting 87.0 percent (20-of-23) from the floor.

• Sophomore Phil Pressey scored a career high 23 points on 7-of-12 shooting from the floor. His five 3-pointers also set a new personal best.

• English scored 23 points on the night and is averaging 25.0 ppg. in the Big 12 Championship.

• In three games against Texas this season, Pressey averaged 18.0 ppg., compared to 9.1 ppg. against all other teams.

• Senior Ricardo Ratliffe notched his eighth double-double of the year with 18 points and 14 rebounds. He has pulled down at least 12 rebounds in four of the last six games.

• Mizzou defeated Texas for the third time this season, which marks the first time ever Mizzou has beaten the Longhorns three times in a year.

• The Tigers made 10 3-pointers in the contest to mark the 12th time this season the team made at least 10.

• Mizzou shot 52.6 percent from the floor to mark the fourth time in four games this season the team has shot over 50 percent at the Sprint Center.

• Ratliffe was credited with three blocks on the night to move into 10th place on MU's all-time blocks list with 79.

• Pressey upped his single-season assists record to 207. He is only eight assists away from entering Mizzou's top-10 in less than two seasons in a Tiger uniform.