Saturday, March 5
Columbia, Mo.
6:30 PM
University of Missouri
vs
Florida
#SeniorNight on Saturday as @MizzouHoops Faces Florida in Season Finale
3/4/2016 2:10:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Tigers close 2015-16 season vs. Florida on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. on the SEC Network
| Opponent | Location | Day/Time | Media |
|---|---|---|---|
Florida | Mizzou Arena | Saturday, March 5 | TV: SEC Network |
Senior Night ceremony begins at 12 minutes to tipoff
#ZOUNotes
- Mizzou Men's Basketball (10-20, 3-14) concludes the 2015-16 season with its Senior Night vs. Florida on Saturday, March 5, with tipoff slated for 6:30 p.m. on the SEC Network.
- Four Tigers scored in double figures in Mizzou's frenetic comeback attempt at LSU (March 1), with both senior forward Ryan Rosburg and freshman guard K.J. Walton scoring 11 second half points in the eventual 80-71 setback.
- Freshman forward Kevin Puryear leads Mizzou with his 11.5 and 11.2 respective scoring averages in overall and conference games.
- Senior forward Ryan Rosburg has put together the greatest eight-game stretch of his career, averaging 15.5 points per game and scoring the first two 20-point games of his career.
- The first-ever #RallyForRhyan Game (Feb. 13, vs. Tennessee) raised more than $50,000 dollars for pediatric cancer research in honor of assistant coach Brad Loos' 5-year old daughter, Rhyan, who continues her fight against neuroblastoma.
Senior Night at Mizzou Arena
- Senior forward Ryan Rosburg will be recognized on Mizzou's Senior Night, with the ceremony beginning 12 minutes prior to tipoff. Fans are encouraged to arrive early to be in their seats to thank Rosburg for his four years as a Tiger. The outgoing senior will be accompanied by his parents, Paul and Cindy Rosburg.
- Head coach Kim Anderson's program will additionally thank five senior student managers for their tireless work and contributions: John Ekedahl, Patrick Holman, Mike Martin, Nathan Martin and Lucas Shapiro.
Last Time Out
- Mizzou (10-20, 3-14) clawed its way back, cutting a 22-point halftime deficit down to three points, but ultimately fell, 80-71, to LSU (18-12, 11-6) on Tuesday, March 1. The Tigers outscored LSU, 47-34, in the second half, utilizing a 26-11 run to make the score 65-62 with 4:48 remaining in the game.
- Freshman forward Kevin Puryear shot 3-of-5 from beyond the three-point line in the game, a season-high for three-pointers made. After connecting on only 4-of-21 (19 percent) from deep in his first 22 games, Puryear has shot 9-of-20 (45 percent) from beyond the arc in his last eight games.
- Puryear scored 13 points on the night, his 20th double-digit performance of the season. Puryear now sits in sixth place on the freshman class all-time scoring leaders list with 344 points, surpassing Doug Smith, who scored 338 points in the 1987-88 season.
- Freshman guard Terrence Phillips dished out four assists in the game to reach 100 assists on the season. Phillips is the eighth freshman in Mizzou history to reach 100 assists.
Rosburg Going Out as Go-To Big
- Mizzou senior forward Ryan Rosburg has become a consistent scoring threat for the Tigers down the stretch of his final season wearing the Black & Gold. Forget that the Chesterfield, Missouri, native has a career 4.1-points-per-game scoring average - Rosburg has averaged an outstanding 15.5 points per game over his last eight games and has posted a 10.2 scoring average in conference play this season.
- Always an efficient shooter (60.6 career FG%), Rosburg has successfully converted 67.7 percent (67-of-99) of his field goal attempts in his senior league campaign. If not for averaging 3.9 field goal makes per conference game, his shooting percentage would rank No. 1 in the SEC (5.0-makes-per-game minimum).
- Rosburg scored 13 points on 5-of-7 shooting from the field in the comeback attempt at LSU (March 1). Rosburg has scored in double digits in seven of his last eight games.
- Rosburg has scored 162 points in the 14 games since Mizzou Athletics announced it would self-impose a postseason ban for the 2015-16 season (11.6 points per game), more than the 99 points he scored in his entire junior campaign (30 games, 3.3 points per game). That total of 162 points in the span of 14 games also nearly matches his entire sophomore season (169 points, 35 games, 4.8 points per game).
- In his latest eight-game stretch, Rosburg has transformed his conference scoring average from 5.6 points per game to 10.2 points per game.
- Rosburg has scored in double digits on nine different occasions since Jan. 13, including a career-high 24 points with a season-best 11 rebounds at Vanderbilt (Feb. 10) for his first career double-double.
- Rosburg plays the final game of his collegiate career on Senior Night vs. Florida on Saturday, March 5.
Walton Starts Connecting
- Freshman guard K.J. Walton showed a glimpse of what Mizzou fans would like to see on a more consistent basis from the wing player who hails from Indianapolis. Walton poured in three three-pointers (3-of-3 3PT), shooting 4-of-6 from the field overall en route to 11 points at LSU (March 1).\
- The effort marked a season-high in triples for the freshman, surpassing the two (2-of-2 3PT) he hit vs. Savannah State (Jan. 2). Walton had not attempted three shots from beyond the arc in a game prior to the game at LSU.
- Walton has scored in double figures in three of the last five games, twice matching his season-best of 11 points in that span. He recorded 11 points in Mizzou's second game of the season (Maryland-Eastern Shore, Nov. 15, 2015), and has since reached that total at Ole Miss (Feb. 23) and at LSU (March 1).
Phillips Joins Century Club for Dimes
- Freshman guard Terrence Phillips became the eighth freshman in school history to record 100 assists in a season with his four dimes at LSU (March 1).
- Phillips is the first Tiger freshman to accomplish the feat since Phil Pressey in 2010-11 (117).
Last Time Against Florida
- Then-freshman guard Namon Wright scored a career-high 28 points off 10-of-13 shooting to lead Mizzou to a 64-52 win over Florida on Feb. 24, 2015 at Mizzou Arena.
- Mizzou held Florida to 52 points in the contest, the second fewest points the Tigers allowed all season. The season low point total for an opponent was Valparaiso's 41 on Nov. 16, 2014.
- Florida's 52 points tied for its second lowest scoring output of the season.
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