| Opponent | Location | Day/Time (CT) |
|---|---|---|
| at No. 18 Arkansas | Bud Walton Arena - Fayetteville, Ark. | Wednesday, Feb. 18 / 8:00 p.m. CT |
| Game Media | SEC Network  | Live Stats | Live Audio |
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TWEETABLE TIGER TRACKS...
• Mizzou Men's Basketball (7-18, 1-11) takes to the road for away games at Arkansas (Feb. 18, 8 p.m.) and at Vanderbilt (Feb. 21, 1:30 p.m.).
• The series between the Tigers and Razorbacks is an even 21-21, all-time, while the Mizzou-Vandy series is also tied at 4-4.
• Sophomore F Johnathan Williams, III scored a career-high 27 points vs. Mississippi State (Feb. 14), his third career 20+ point game.
• The SEC Network's Jon Sundvold scored 20 points for Mizzou on Arkansas at the Great Alaskan Shootout on Nov. 28, 1980 (L, 81-73).
• Senior G Keith Shamburger's 2.8 assist/turnover ratio in SEC action ranks 2nd in the league, while his 4.4 assists/game ranks tied for 5th.
• Mizzou lost sophomore G Wes Clark for the rest of the season after an arm injury at South Carolina (Feb. 10).
• Williams, Mizzou's leading scorer (12.6 PPG), averaged just 5.8 points per game in 2013-14.
• Mizzou's freshmen and sophomores have played 64.4 percent of the team's minutes through 25 games.
A LOOK AT THE OPPONENT... ARKANSAS
• No. 18 Arkansas (20-5, 9-3) has won five of six since narrowly slipping past the Tigers in Mizzou Arena on Jan. 24, taking that result in the final moments by a score of 61-60.
• The Razorbacks' only setback since their last meeting with the Tigers was a 57-56 loss at Florida on Jan. 31. Head coach Mike Anderson's squad has won four in a row since that point, including a 101-87 win at Auburn (Feb. 10).
• Arkansas won in the final seconds at Ole Miss in its latest action (Feb. 14), with Manuale Watkins lifting the Razorbacks past the Rebels with a bucket with 6.4 seconds left in the game for the 71-70 win.
• Sophomore forward Bobby Portis powers the Razorbacks with his 17.7 points per game, while junior guard Michael Qualls follows him closely with his 15.3 scoring average.
LAST TIME
• Mizzou held the Razorbacks to their second-lowest point total to date this season, but was unable to put the finishing touches on the game to record a win on Jan. 24 in Mizzou Arena.
• Sophomore guard Wes Clark put Mizzou in position to win the game by scoring six of the Tigers' final 11 points, but he came up short on a pair of free throws with 0:03 left on the clock and the score at 61-60 in Arkansas' favor.
• Sophomore forward Johnathan Williams, III recorded his latest double-double in the last meeting with Arkansas, scoring 15 points and grabbing 10 rebounds.
SERIES HISTORY
• The Tigers and Razorbacks are tied in the all-time series, 21-21, with Mizzou winning three of the last four contests after surrendering the result earlier this season.
• As a member of the Southeastern Conference, Mizzou is 3-2 vs. Arkansas.
GLANCING AHEAD TO VANDERBILT...
• Mizzou will continue on the road at Vanderbilt on Saturday, Feb. 21, with a 1:30 p.m. tip-off scheduled on the SEC Network. The trip marks the second time this season the Tigers have played back-to-back road games, with at Auburn (Jan. 10) and at Kentucky (Jan. 13) as the other instance.
• The Tigers have won three of the last four meetings against the Commodores, including a 2-1 mark against Vandy as members of the Southeastern Conference.
J3 GOES OFF...
• Sophomore forward Johnathan Williams, III scored a career-high 27 points vs. Mississippi State (Feb. 14), notching the third 20-point game of his strong sophomore season, as well as his career.
• The 27 points blew past Williams' previous career-best of 22 points vs. Oklahoma State on Dec. 30 at the Sprint Center in Kansas City.
• Williams was dialed in, hitting on a career-best nine field goals out of 15 attempts. The 60.0-percent FG shooting game was his second-most efficient game of the season when taking at least 10 shot attempts. Williams shot 61.5-percent (8-of-13) from the field vs. Oklahoma State (Dec. 30).
• Williams powered his way to the personal milestone day by hitting a career-best three three-pointers (out of a personal-high five attempts).
• Of Mizzou's six best scoring performances of the 2014-15 season, Williams has personally accounted for three of them.
