Mizzou-Lipscomb Postgame Notes
1/3/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
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Mizzou vs. Lipscomb - Jan. 3, 2015
Mizzou 72, Lipscomb 60
Postgame Notes
- Mizzou now leads the all-time series with Lipscomb, 2-0, with both meetings coming since 2006. Mizzou won the last meeting, 89-69, on Nov. 16, 2006, also at Mizzou Arena.
- The win snaps a season-long three-game losing streak for the Tigers.
- Mizzou limited Lipscomb to just 60 points on Saturday, marking the 11th time that Mizzou has limited its opponents to fewer than 75 points this season. It is also the fifth consecutive game that Mizzou has limited its opponents to fewer than 75 points this season, a span that includes three games against teams from power conferences (Xavier, Oklahoma State, Illinois).
- The Tigers limited Lipscomb to 10 points below their season average on Saturday. The Bisons came into the contest averaging 70 points per game.
- The Tigers limited Lipscomb to just 32.2 shooting on Saturday, their best defensive performance of the season, topping the previous best of 32.6 against Valparaiso on Nov. 16. It is the fourth time this season that Mizzou has held its opponent to worse than 40-percent shooting.
- In fact, Mizzou held Lipscomb without a FG over the last 9:33 of the game. Mizzou forced Lipscomb to miss its final 10 shots and 18 of its last 19.
- The Tigers limited Lipscomb's second-leading scorer Malcolm Smith (13.7 ppg entering Saturday) to just seven points in the win.
- Keanau Post scored seven points in Saturday's game, marking his first points in a seven-game span, dating back to Nov. 25 against Purdue in Maui. His seven points on Saturday are a season-high. He pulled in 10 boards as well, a career-high.
- Mizzou closed the opening frame of action on a 14-5 run and 13 of those 14 points in that span were bench points.
- Eight different Tigers scored at least one point in the win with three finishing in double-figures.
- Senior guard Keith Shamburger reached double-figures scoring for the fifth time this season and first since Dec. 11 against Elon, a span of three games. His six field goals are also a season-high, passing his previous best of four, set against SEMO on Dec. 2, a span of five. In fact, he had just four FGs over his last three games combined before Saturday's game.
- Saturday marked the seventh consecutive game that Johnathan Williams III has scored in double-figures with a team-best 16 points.
- Williams III has scored at least 15 and grabbed at least eight boards in the last seven games for the Tigers. He tallied his fifth career double-double on Saturday with 16 points and 10 boards.
- Freshman guard Tramaine Isabell scored in double-figures for the first time in his career, posting 14 points in the win. The 14 points match his total from the previous five games combined (14 combined vs. Oklahoma, Elon, Xavier, Illinois and Oklahoma State).
