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| Elon | Mizzou Arena - Columbia, Mo. | Thursday, Dec. 11 / 6:00 p.m. CT |
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LAYUPS...
• Mizzou Men's Basketball (4-4) returns home to take on Elon in the latest non-conference matchup at Mizzou Arena on Thursday, Dec. 11, with a 6 p.m. tip-off set for broadcast on the SEC Network.
• The Tigers posted a 1-1 mark over the past week, turning away SEMO by a score of 65-61 (Dec. 2), before dropping a result at No. 22 Oklahoma, 82-63, on Dec. 5.
• The Tigers were led in scoring over the two games by sophomore forward Johnathan Williams, III and freshman guard Montaque Gill-Caesar, who posted scoring averages of 17.0 and 15.0 points, respectively. Williams, III recorded the first double-double of the season for Mizzou with his 18 points and 11 rebounds vs. SEMO.
LAST TIME OUT...
• Three Tigers reached double figures in scoring in Mizzou's 82-63 setback at No. 22 Oklahoma (Dec. 5), head coach Kim Anderson's second game leading Mizzou against a ranked foe this season. Sophomore forward Johnathan Williams, III led Mizzou with 16 points (6-of-11 FG, 1-of-1 3PT, 3-of-4 FG), while freshman guard and team-scoring leader Montaque Gill-Caesar followed closely with 15 points (6-of-16 FG, 2-of-5 3PT, 1-of-2 FT).
• Gill-Caesar and Williams are tied for the team-lead with six double-digit scoring efforts out of eight games thus far in the 2014-15 season.
• Off the bench, freshman guard Namon Wright continued his strong recent play with 12 points (5-of-8 FG, 2-of-3 3PT).
• Mizzou continued its strong three-point shooting at the Lloyd Noble Center, hitting on 56.3-percent of its long ball attempts (9-of-16). Sophomore guard Wes Clark, Gill-Caesar and Wright all hit two triples in the game.
• Prior to the Oklahoma game, Mizzou had done an excellent job of bottling up opposing offenses, holding them to 36.0-percent FG shooting in the second half. OU broke out for a 68-percent (17-of-25) second half vs. Mizzou.
A LOOK AT THE OPPONENT... ELON
• Mizzou faces Elon for the first time in program history on Thursday, Dec. 11, with the meeting between the Tigers and the Phoenix also serving as Mizzou's first all-time matchup against a school from the Colonial Athletic Association.
• Elon (5-3), led by head coach Matt Matheny, has averaged 78.5 points per game so far in the 2014-15 campaign, with junior guard Tanner Samson leading the way with his 13.8-point average. Samson has team highs in three-point makes (31) and attempts (68), accounting for more than 40 percent of Elon's total long range tries this season (68-of-169).
• Samson is also the Phoenix's second-best rebounder, averaging 5.3 per game. Elon's top rebounder is currently senior forward Ryan Winters, who pulls down 5.6 rebounds per game.
• Elon started the season with a 1-2 mark after an opening win over Florida Atlantic (64-58, Nov. 14), followed by losses vs. Charlotte (73-60, Nov. 16) and at Northwestern (68-67, OT, Nov. 22).
• The Phoenix have rebounded to win four of their next five games, including three-straight. Those victories include at Miami of Ohio (70-68, Nov. 30), Virginia Lynchburg (111-55, Dec. 2) and Central Pennsylvania (117-73, Dec. 7).
• Elon's two latest wins have been 100-point efforts at home inside Alumni Gym in Elon, N.C. Between the two wins, the Phoenix hoisted up 60 three-point attempts, making 41.7-percent of them (25-of-60). Most significant about the two wins could certainly be Elon's rebounding totals and margins. In the win over Virginia Lynchburg, Matheny's group outrebounded their opponent 67-31. Against Central Pennsylvania, the Phoenix put up a 56-36 rebounding margin.
GLANCING AHEAD... XAVIER
• Mizzou continues the action at home inside Mizzou Arena with another tough non-conference opponent in Xavier on Saturday, Dec. 13, at 3 p.m. on ESPN2. The Musketeers have been strong at home this season, securing six of their seven wins at the Cintas Center.
• Away from home, Xavier has dropped two of three games. Playing in Fullerton, Calif., head coach Chris Mack's group defeated San Diego (82-71, Nov. 27) before falling to UTEP (77-73, Nov. 28). Xavier continued in Anaheim, Calif., on Nov. 30, and fell to Long Beach State by a score of 73-70.
• Mizzou holds a 2-2 all-time record vs. Xavier, with the latest contest going to the Musketeers in 2008 at the Puerto Rico Tip-Off tournament. Mizzou narrowly fell by a score of 75-71 on Nov. 20, 2008 in San Juan.