SEC Schedule Begins for @MizzouHoops at Georgia on Wednesday

Opponent	Location	Day/Time	Media
at Georgia	Stegeman Coliseum	Wednesday, Jan. 6 5:30 p.m. CT	TV: SEC Network Radio: Tiger Network Online: WatchESPN \| Live Audio \| Live Stats Game Notes

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Mizzou Men's Basketball (7-6) enters Southeastern Conference play coming off one of its most impressive two-game stretches in recent history. Head coach Kim Anderson's squad plays at Georgia (7-4) on Wednesday, Jan. 6, at 5:30 p.m. (SEC Network) before hosting Auburn at Mizzou Arena on Saturday, Jan. 9 at 8 p.m. (ESPN2).
The Tigers rolled to a +84 point differential to close out its nonconference schedule, defeating Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 78-25, on Dec. 29 before beating Savannah State, 81-50, on Jan. 2.
Junior guard Wes Clark has reset his career scoring mark twice in the last three games, with 21 points vs. Illinois (Dec. 23) before reaching 22 points vs. Savannah State (Jan. 2).
Freshman forward Kevin Puryear's 11.8 points per game leads the Tigers after 13 games. Sophomore guard Namon Wright leads Mizzou with his 5.0 rebounds per game.
Mizzou is 2-1 in SEC openers over the last three seasons, including the 2014-15 opening defeat of LSU (74-67 OT, Jan. 8, 2015).
Mizzou has the 13th-youngest roster in Division I basketball, according to Ken Pomeroy.

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Last Time Out

With Mizzou's 81-50 win over Savannah State on Jan. 2, the Tigers improved to 7-1 at Mizzou Arena this season.
Head coach Kim Anderson's group shot 84.2 percent from the free throw line (16-of-19), a season-high and the second time this season Mizzou has shot over 80 percent from the charity stripe.
In the first half, Mizzou shot a single-half season-high 70.8 percent from the field (17-of-24), besting the previous mark of 64.3 percent (18-of-28) in the second half against Northern Illinois on Dec. 4.
Mizzou shot 53.6 percent from the field in the game (30-of-56), the third time this season Mizzou has shot better than 50 percent from the field.

Clark Catching Fire

Junior guard Wes Clark set a new career-high with 22 points vs. Savannah State (Jan. 2) on 9-of-10 shooting. Clark has scored in double-digits in three consecutive games, five time this season and 18 times in his career.
Clark did not miss a single shot in the first half. Clark was 5-of-5 from the field, including 1-of-1 from beyond the three-point line and 1-of-1 from the free throw line.
Clark had three steals and two blocks in the game, the third time this season he has reached three steals and the first time in his career he has recorded multiple blocks in a game.
Clark has led Mizzou in scoring three times this season after doing so in five games during the 2014-15 campaign.

Finished Nonconference in Style

Mizzou finished its nonconference schedule the way it should with big victories over visitors to Mizzou Arena, first with the 53-point win (78-25) over Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Dec. 29). That win was the Tigers largest margin of victory over an opponent since defeating Central Arkansas by the same amount in a 116-63 win in 2010.
The 25 points allowed by the Tigers in that victory were the fewest ever allowed by a Mizzou team inside Mizzou Arena and the fewest by a Mizzou team since Jan. 3, 1947, against Iowa State when Mizzou won, 36-25.
Mizzou also held UAPB to an all-time opponent low 15.4-percent field goal shooting mark. The previous was 18.3-percent by UAPB in 1998.
The Tigers defeated Savannah State, 81-50, for a 31-point victory on Jan. 2, bringing Mizzou's two-game stretch to a whopping 84-point differential. That 84-point differential was Mizzou's largest since outscoring its opponents by 99 points in games vs. Texas Pan-American (100-44, Nov. 22, 2009) and Chattanooga (99-56, Nov. 24, 2009).

Psycho Rebounding

Mizzou has worked to establish itself on the boards as a noticeably shorter squad. In fact, the Tigers rank 267th in all of Division I basketball in average height with a roster average of 76.2 inches, or 6 feet, 3.5 inches (according to Ken Pomeroy).
The Tigers recorded the second +10 rebounding margin game of the Kim Anderson Era against Illinois (Dec. 23), 43-32 (+11).
Mizzou followed that up with its first 50-rebound game in more than two seasons. The Tigers racked up 56 rebounds against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Dec. 29). The last time Mizzou grabbed 50 or more rebounds was on Feb. 9, 2013, with 50 vs. Ole Miss.
The Tigers kept the momentum on the boards going in their game vs. Savannah State (Jan. 2). Mizzou outrebounded Savannah State, 40-30, the seventh time this season Mizzou has outrebounded its opponent. The Tigers have outrebounded its opponent in six of their seven wins.
The 40-30 rebounding margin was the third time in the Kim Anderson era Mizzou has outrebounded its opponent by +10 or more.

About Georgia

Georgia (7-4), led by head coach Mark Fox, has an exemplary senior duo in guards Kenny Gaines and Charles Mann. Both enter the Mizzou-Georgia game as 1,000-point scorers for their careers.
Other strong contributors to Georgia's cause have been leading scorer, sophomore forward Yante Maten (16.6), and junior guard J.J. Frazier (15.1). Gaines and Mann average 14.4 and 9.7 points per game, respectively.
After dropping a 68-66 result to a common opponent with Mizzou in Kansas State (Dec. 4), the Bulldogs rattled off four-straight victories.

Closer Look at the Bulldogs

Georgia started the 2015-16 season with an overtime loss at home to Chattanooga, 92-90, on Nov. 13. The Bulldogs have also dropped games at Seton Hall (69-62, Nov. 28), Kansas State (68-66, Dec. 4) and at Florida (77-63, Jan. 2).
Georgia has scored 70.7 points against its opponents, on average, while allowing 66.0 points per game. The Bulldogs are shooting a stout 44.4 percent from the field as a team entering the game vs. Mizzou.

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