OPENING TIP 
• Mizzou has notched its first 20-win season since 2005-06 and only the third 20-win campaign in the last 26 seasons. The Tigers are in a 4-way tied for sixth place in the SEC standings with a 7-6 mark in league play. The Tigers started the season 13-0 for the first time in program history with an undefeated run through nonconference play. Mizzou reached 18 wins before February and 20 wins by Feb. 14 for only the second time in program history and first since the 1976-77 season. ?
• Sophie Cunningham is the team's leading scorer (12.9) and has the second-most points ever (336) by a freshman in Mizzou Women's Basketball history. She has earned four SEC Freshman of the Week awards, including the first two and three of the first four weekly honors. Junior Jordan Frericks is 13 points away from becoming the 33rd member of Mizzou's 1,000-Point Club. She is averaging 12.2 points per game.
• Robin Pingeton has 99 victories at Mizzou since taking over as head coach prior to the 2010-11 season. She is 99-85 (.538) with the Tigers.

#ZOUNOTES
• The Tigers rank 22nd nationally in field goal percentage defense (35.5), 25th in rebounding margin (+8.2), 32nd in free throw percentage (74.4), 37th in scoring margin (+12.2), 41st in field goal percentage (43.5), are tied for 46th in 3-pointers per game (7.0) and rank 50th in scoring defense (57.7).
• Forwards Jordan Frericks and Cierra Porter are shooting 55 and 52 percent from the field, respectively. Mizzou's starting five is shooting 49 percent from the floor and 35 percent from 3-point range.
• Freshman guard Sophie Cunningham leads the team in scoring (13.3) and is 11th in the SEC. She is the only freshman in the top 23 in the league in points. Cunningham has been named SEC Freshman of the Week four times, which is also tops among SEC freshmen. Cunningham has the second-best assist-to-turnover ratio by a freshman in Mizzou history at +23 (78-to-55).
• Mizzou is 3-3 all-time against Auburn. The Tigers won the last meeting, 59-49, on Feb. 8, 2015 at Mizzou Arena. Maddie Stock scored a career-high 23 points in 33 reserve minutes while Jordan Frericks recorded a double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds in that contest.

ABOUT AUBURN...    
• The Tigers are 18-8 overall and tied for third in the SEC standings at 8-5.
• Junior guard Brandy Montgomery leads Auburn in scoring with 15.1 points per game. She ranks sixth among active SEC players with 136 career 3-pointers.
• Senior forward/center Tra'Cee Tanner averages 12.8 points per contest and a team-leading 7.4 rebounds. She ranks third among active SEC players in career blocks (125), fourth in made field goals (517), fifth in rebounds (715) and sixth in points (1,271) and double-doubles (14).
• Junior guard/forward Katie Frerking also scores in double figures with 12.6 points per game to go along with 5.3 rebounds per contest.