Men's Basketball

Senior Night Next for Mizzou, Facing Auburn at 8 p.m., Tuesday

March 3, 2015



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Auburn (Senior Night) Mizzou Arena - Columbia, Mo. Tuesday, March 3 / 8 p.m. CT
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TWEETABLE TIGER TRACKS...
• Mizzou Men's Basketball (8-21, 2-14) hosts its Senior Night on Tuesday, March 3, against Auburn, with tip-off slated for 8 p.m. on SEC Network.
• Mizzou will be recognizing two seniors on Tuesday night: forward Keanau Post and guard Keith Shamburger.
• Freshman G Montaque Gill-Caesar ranks fourth among SEC freshman with his 9.2 points per game.
• Freshman G Namon Wright had a career-night in the win vs. Florida (Feb. 24), scoring 28 points on 10-of-13 FG shooting and hitting 6-of-8 threes.
• The 28 points by Wright are the 4th-most for a Mizzou freshman in program history and the most for a Tiger freshman since 2000.
• Sophomore F Johnathan Williams, III continues to lead the Tigers in scoring with his 12.2 points per game.
• Senior G Keith Shamburger's 2.7 assist/turnover ratio in SEC action ranks 2nd in the league, while his 4.7 assists/game ranks 3rd.
• 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 (12.3 PPG), averaged just 5.8 points per game in 2013-14.

SENIOR NIGHT...
• Mizzou's pre-game recognition of its senior class, Keanau Post and Keith Shamburger, will begin at the 12-minute mark on the game clock.
• Fans are encouraged to arrive early to cheer on these Tigers in their final home game at Mizzou Arena.

A LOOK AT THE OPPONENT... AUBURN
• Auburn (12-17, 4-12) enters its contest at Mizzou having dropped four-straight games, as well as six of its last seven. AU pulled out a 69-68 win at Georgia on Feb. 14.
• KT Harrell leads head coach Bruce Pearl's squad in scoring with his 17.7 points per game. AU has two more averaging double figures in Antoine Mason (15.1) and Cinmeon Bowers (12.8).
• Bowers leads the SEC in rebounding in overall games (10.1 per game) and comes in at third in conference action (9.1).

LAST TIME
• Among Auburn's four conference victories is the 85-79 result it claimed over Mizzou at home on Jan. 10.
• Bowers led the home team with 20 points and 14 points, with four other teammates joining him in double figures. Most notably, Harrell dropped in 14 points and shot 3-for-3 from three-point range.
• Mizzou's Keith Shamburger was dialed in, shooting 5-of-9 from three-point range and 6-of-7 from the charity stripe to score a season-high 21 points.

SERIES HISTORY
• Mizzou leads the all-time series against Auburn, 2-1.
• The Tigers defeated Auburn in Columbia on Feb. 2, 2013, by a score of 91-77 before winning 70-68 in Auburn on Jan. 11, 2014.

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