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| Texas A&M | Mizzou Arena - Columbia, Mo. | Saturday, Feb. 7 / 5:00 p.m. CT |
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| Fan Info | @MizzouGameday | Buy Tickets | |
2014-15 Fan Guide  | Mizzou Arena Seating Chart |
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TWEETABLE TIGER TRACKS...
• Mizzou Men's Basketball (7-15, 1-8) returns home to Mizzou Arena to face Texas A&M on Saturday, Feb. 7, with a 5 p.m. tip-off on ESPNU.
• The Tigers & Aggies played a competitive game in their initial meeting this season, with Texas A&M pulling away late for a 62-50 result (Jan. 21).
• Senior guard Keith Shamburger's 4.4 assist/turnover ratio in SEC action ranks No. 1 in the conference.
• Shamburger's 11 assists at Alabama (Feb. 4) nearly matched his career-high of 12 (set while playing at Hawaii in 2013-14).
• Sophomore guard Wes Clark's 1.8 steals per game in SEC action currently ranks third in the league.
• Clark also ranks fifth in assist/turnover ratio in SEC games with his 1.9 mark.
• Mizzou's leading scorer, Johnathan Williams, III (12.3 PPG) averaged just 5.8 points per game in 2013-14.
• Clark averaged just 4.1 points per game in 2013-14, but is currently Mizzou's leading scorer in conference games at 11.4 points per game.
• Mizzou's freshmen have accounted for 37.1 percent of the team's minutes through 22 games.
SHAMBURGER HELPER...
• Senior guard Keith Shamburger had his most impressive "giving" game as a Tiger in Mizzou's contest at Alabama (Feb. 4), dishing out a season-best 11 assists. Shamburger assisted on 11 of Mizzou's 18 field goal makes.
• Shamburger's 11-assist game is the top single-game performance for SEC league games so far this season.
• The 11 assists were one away from matching Shamburger's career-best of 12. Shamburger reached a dozen dimes as a sophomore at San Jose State in 2011-12, hitting the mark at Hawaii (Jan. 8, 2012). Coincidentally, Shamburger transferred to Hawaii at the conclusion of his sophomore campaign.
• Shamburger's game at Alabama marked the sixth time in his career he has recorded 10 assists or more. He last reached 11 assists as a junior at Hawaii in 2013-14, accomplishing the feat at UC Irvine on Jan. 25, 2014.
• Shamburger's current 4.4 assist/turnover ratio in SEC games leads the conference. He and Kentucky's Tyler Ulis are the only two SEC players with assist/turnover ratios at 4.0 or above. In overall games this season, Shamburger has an assist/turnover ratio of 2.0 (81 assists, 40 turnovers).
• Shamburger was the first Tiger to record 10 or more assists since Phil Pressey dished out 10 assists at Kentucky on Feb. 23, 2013.
A LOOK AT THE OPPONENT... TEXAS A&M
• Texas A&M (15-6, 6-3) enters its contest at Mizzou as winners of six of its last seven games, with the lone setback (at Ole Miss, 69-59, Feb. 4) breaking a streak of six consecutive conference wins.
• The winning streak was the Aggies' longest of the season after head coach Billy Kennedy's group ripped off a five-game winning streak during non-conference play. That earlier streak featured a 72-71 win over Arizona State on Dec. 6.
• Texas A&M's conference winning streak included three road wins before the eventual away setback at Ole Miss. The Aggies topped LSU (Jan. 17) by a 67-64 score, then returned home to down Mizzou in the two program's earlier matchup this season (62-50, Jan. 21). Texas A&M then won two-straight on the road, first at Tennessee (67-61, Jan. 24) and then followed by at Auburn (71-61, Jan. 27).
• In overall games, the Aggies are led in the scoring department by the duo of Jalen Jones and Danuel House, both averaging 13.8 points per game.
• In SEC action, it's Jones and House at the top again, with Jones averaging 15.4 points per game in conference. House follows up with 14.9 points per game.
• Mizzou leads the all-time series vs. Texas A&M, 16-12, and had won three-straight against the Aggies before this season's earlier meeting.
• The Tigers have won five of their last seven games against the Aggies.
VOTE FOR COACH ANDERSON...
• Mizzou head coach Kim Anderson has advanced to the second round of the four-round Infiniti Coaches' Charity Challenge. He is competing with 23 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.
• 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 second round runs from Jan. 26 - Feb. 15, with the third round of voting cutting the field to 16 coaches.
