| Opponent | Location | Day/Time (CT) |
|---|---|---|
| at Auburn | Auburn Arena - Auburn, Ala. | Saturday, Jan. 10 / 6:00 p.m. CT |
| Game Media | SEC Network  | Live Stats | Live Audio |
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TWEETABLE TIGER TRACKS...
• Mizzou Men's Basketball (7-7) plays its first Southeastern Conference road game at Auburn (8-6) on Saturday, Jan. 10 at 6 p.m. (SEC Network).
• The Tigers have been led by sophomore forward Johnathan Williams, III, who has averaged 18.2 points and 9.2 rebounds over the last 5 games.
• Williams averaged just 5.8 points per game as a freshman, but under head coach Kim Anderson's watch, he has averaged 14.0 this season.
• Anderson picked up his first SEC win with the Tigers' 74-67 overtime win vs. LSU on Thursday, Jan. 8.
• Williams powered to his second consecutive double-double (21 points, 10 rebounds), while Wes Clark and Keanau Post scored 13 and 12 vs. LSU.
• Mizzou's freshman class has accounted for 38.1 percent of the team's minutes through 14 games.
• With the addition of sophomores, underclassmen have been playing 65.6 percent of the Tigers' minutes.
• 7 of Mizzou's top 8 scorers are underclassmen, with senior Keith Shamburger (8.3) the only exception.
LAST TIME OUT...
• Mizzou (7-7, 1-0) rallied to a 74-67, overtime win over LSU on Thursday night (Jan. 8) at Mizzou Arena. The win snapped an eight-game winning streak for LSU, which is now 11-3 (0-1).
• The win marked the eighth consecutive game that Johnathan Williams, III has scored in double-figures. It was also the 12th time in 14 games that he has reached double-figures.
• The Tigers did a nice job defensively on LSU's Jarell Martin, who came into the game averaging an SEC-best 18.2 points per game. He finished the game with nine points, less than half of his season average.
• Mizzou outscored LSU, 36-24, in the paint on Thursday. It was just the second time this season and first time in 12 games that LSU has been outscored in the paint. LSU's 24 paint points are a season-low as they came into the game averaging 41.8 points per game in the paint.
• Mizzou held LSU to just 67 points on Thursday, despite the overtime. It marks the 12th time this season that Mizzou has held its opponent to under 75 points and seventh straight.
A LOOK AT THE OPPONENT... AUBURN
• Auburn (8-6) has been stout at home under first-year head coach Bruce Pearl, playing to a 7-1 record inside Auburn Arena so far this season. AU picked up a key home win with a double-overtime victory over Xavier, 89-88, on Dec. 20.
• Auburn is led in the scoring department by senior guard KT Harrell's 17.2 points per game. Two teammates join him in averaging double-digits per game in both senior guard Antoine Mason (15.5) and junior forward Cinmeon Bowers (13.2).
• Bowers currently averages a double-double per contest with his 11.1 rebounds per game. The forward has pulled down an impressive 51 offensive rebounds so far in 2014-15.
• Mizzou had never faces Auburn on the court until joining the Southeastern Conference, with the Black & Gold-clad Tigers going 2-0 against Auburn over the last two seasons.
• Mizzou defeated Auburn in Columbia on Feb. 2, 2013, by a score of 91-77 before winning the last meeting between the two schools, 70-68, in Auburn almost exactly one year ago (Jan. 11, 2014).
VOTE FOR COACH ANDERSON...
• Mizzou head coach Kim Anderson is competing with 47 other NCAA Division I men's basketball coaches for a great cause: a $100,000 donation to charity. Anderson is representing Boys & Girls Clubs of Columbia, Missouri, in the Infiniti Coaches' Charity Challenge, which is a four-round contest driven by online fan voting.
• Mizzou fans and those wishing to support the Boys & Girls Clubs of Columbia, Missouri, can vote for Anderson at www.espn.com/infiniti.
• As an official corporate partner of the NCAA, Infiniti will make total donations throughout the competition of $349,000. As coaches advance throughout the competition, donations totaling $249,000 will be awarded to each of their charities of choice; the farther they advance, the more money the coaches raise. The final winning coach will receive a total of $100,000 to benefit his charity of choice.
• The initial round runs from Jan. 5 - Jan. 25, with the second round of voting cutting the field to 24 coaches.
