#ZOUNotes

• Mizzou Men's Basketball (8-15, 1-9) continues on the road at Vanderbilt on Wednesday, Feb. 10, with an 8 p.m. tipoff scheduled for broadcast on the SEC Network.
• The Tigers return home for the #RallyForRhyan Game on Saturday, Feb. 13, facing Tennessee at 2 p.m. on the SEC Network. Fans will be offered free general admission. 
• The special event has been organized to raise awareness for pediatric cancer in support of assistant coach Brad Loos' five-year old daughter, Rhyan Loos, who was diagnosed with neuroblastoma in October.
• Freshman forward Kevin Puryear scored a season-high 22 points at Alabama (Feb. 6) for his second career 20-point game. He leads the Tigers in overall scoring with his 11.3 points per game.
• Senior forward Ryan Rosburg had a career-best outing against the Crimson Tide with 17 points on 7-of-12 shooting from the field (3-of-3 FT), along with 7 rebounds.

Last Time Out

• Two Tigers recorded career-high point totals, but Mizzou (8-15, 1-9 SEC) could not score enough in the final minutes to overcome Alabama, falling 80-71, Saturday, Feb. 6, at Coleman Coliseum. Freshman forward Kevin Puryear scored a season-high 22 points, while senior forward Ryan Rosburg scored a career-high 17 points.
• Puryear reached 20 or more points for the second time this season and the first time since scoring 20 points in his Tiger debut in Mizzou's season-opening win over Wofford (Nov. 13).
• Rosburg scored in double digits for the third time this season, recording 17 points on 7-of-12 shooting from the field. Rosburg also had a team-high seven rebounds in the game. 
• In the second half, Rosburg scored 10-straight points for the Tigers between the 9:10 and 6:34 mark.

Puryear Standing Out Among Mizzou Freshmen, All-Time

• Mizzou freshman forward Kevin Puryear's scored 22 points, a season-high, and grabbed six rebounds at Alabama (Feb. 6), becoming the 12th freshman in program history to record a 200-point, 100-rebound debut season.
• Puryear is just the second Mizzou freshman in 12 seasons to accomplish the feat. As a freshman in 2013-14, forward Johnathan Williams III recorded 204 points and 227 rebounds.
• Since the 1993-94 season, only five Mizzou freshmen have posted at least 200 points and 100 rebounds in a season. 

Rosburg Not Going Quietly Into the Night

• Mizzou senior forward Ryan Rosburg unfortunately knows the date of his final game as a Tiger when his squad plays Florida on Saturday, March 5. 
• Since Mizzou Athletics announced on Jan. 13, it would self-impose a postseason ban this season on its men's basketball program, Rosburg has admirably played some of the best basketball of his career. 
• With a career scoring average of 5.0 points per game, Rosburg has scored in double digits on two different occasions since Jan. 13, including a career-high 17 points (7-of-12 FG, 3-of-3 FT) at Alabama (Feb. 6). Over the last seven games, Rosburg has averaged 7.9 points per game.

Very Even All-Time Against the Commodores

• Mizzou and Vanderbilt only played each other five times prior to the Tigers joining the Southeastern Conference for the 2012-13 season. With nine total meetings between the two schools, Vanderbilt holds a slim 5-4 series advantage.
• However, both programs have done an excellent job of protecting home courts. Mizzou and Vanderbilt are both 4-0 in home games in the series. The Tigers look to break that trend on Wednesday, Feb. 10, in Nashville.
• Vanderbilt claimed the lone off-campus matchup in the series with a 69-54 victory at the Silversword Classic in Wailuku, Hawaii, on Nov. 29, 1986. The Silversword Classic eventually became known as the Maui Invitational.