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No. 14 @MizzouGym Hosts No. 9 Arkansas Friday on Senior Night

COLUMBIA, Mo. - The No. 14 Mizzou gymnastics team concludes the home portion of its schedule as the team hosts No. 9 Arkansas on Friday, March 4 at 7 p.m. CT on Senior Night. Following the meet, the Tigers will honor senior Blair Elmore and former Tiger/current student coach Miranda Eubank for their contributions to the program. The meet will be broadcast live on SEC Network +.

COLUMBIA, Mo. - The No. 14 Mizzou gymnastics team concludes the home portion of its schedule as the team hosts No. 9 Arkansas on Friday, March 4 at 7 p.m. CT on Senior Night. Following the meet, the Tigers will honor senior Blair Elmore and former Tiger/current student coach Miranda Eubank for their contributions to the program. The meet will be broadcast live on SEC Network +.

PROMOTIONS

  • The first 250 fans receive the final set of Mizzou gymnastics trading cards
  • Fans shorter than 5'0" receive free admission
  • Free pizza for Mizzou students (first come, first served) at 6:30 p.m.
  • T-Shirt Toss - Free t-shirts thrown into the stands after every Mizzou score of 9.8 0r higher
  • Post-Meet Autographs - Following the meet three members of the Mizzou gymanstics team will sign autographs (limit one item per fan)

TIGER TIDBITS

  • The Tigers moved up two spots to No. 14 in this week's national rankings with an RQS of 196.185.
  • Last time out, Mizzou scored a 196.625 at Auburn to record the team's highest road score since 2007 and the fourth-highest away total in program history. 
  • Against Auburn on Feb. 26, Mizzou also tallied its fifth-highest vault (49.300) and beam (49.250) event scores in program history. 
  • This season marks only the second time in program history (37 years) Mizzou has tallied at least two scores of 196.625 or higher in the same year. The Tigers also accomplished the feat in 2004, when they did it four times. 
  • Freshman Morgan Porter has scored all-around totals of 39.450 and 39.425 the last two meets, tallies that stand as the second and third-best Mizzou freshman all-around scores ever. Only former All-American Alisha Robinson's 39.575 in 2002 surpasses her scores. 
  • Porter leads the Tigers with 25 scores of 9.8 or higher. 
  • So far in 2016, Tiger freshman have accounted for 60.6 percent of all Mizzou routines.
  • Nine meets into 2016, Mizzou's scoring average stands at 195.867 and its RQS comes in at 196.185. Last season, the Tigers had figures of 194.939 (average) and 195.460 (RQS) through their first nine meets. 
  • Through nine meets in 2016, the Tigers have notched 108 individual scores of 9.8 or higher, which calculates to 50.0 percent of all routines.
  • Freshman Britney Ward leads the Tigers with nine event wins in 2016, including five on beam and four on vault. 
  • In the State of Missouri Meet on Feb. 5, the Tigers notched a season best 49.475 on floor, the fifth-best event total in program history. 
  • Mizzou won its first-ever SEC dual meet on Jan. 22 in a 195.800-195.350 win over then-No. 9 Georgia at Mizzou Arena. 
  • The Tigers opened 2016 with a 195.350-195.075 win over No. 15 Illinois on Jan. 8. The score tied the program record for highest opening meet team total in program history. The 2004 squad also opened its season with the same score. 
  • Head Coach Shannon Welker is in his third season at the helm of the Tiger program. Welker led Mizzou to the nation's biggest improvement in 2015, as the squad finished 21st in the national rankings after coming in 41st at the end of the 2014 campaign.