@MizzouHoops Returns to Orlando for Matchup at UCF to Cap Month of November

Thursday, November 30

Orlando, Fla.

8 PM CT

University of Missouri

UCF

@MizzouHoops Returns to Orlando for Matchup at UCF to Cap Month of November

11/29/2017 2:07:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Tigers and Knights tip off at 8 p.m. CT on ESPN2

Mizzou Men's Basketball (5-2) returns to Orlando, Florida, on Thursday, Nov. 30, for a final road nonconference test at UCF (4-2). The matchup, a fourth, non-bracketed game of the AdvoCare Invitational, is set to tip off at 8 p.m. CT on ESPN2. Live coverage can also be found on the Tiger Radio Network.

Mizzou at UCF
Nov. 30, 8:00 p.m.
ESPN2

Game Notes

Story Lines

Mizzou Men's Basketball (5-2) returns to Orlando, Florida, on Thursday, Nov. 30, for a final road nonconference test at UCF (4-2).
The matchup, a fourth, non-bracketed game of the AdvoCare Invitational, is set to tip off at 8 p.m. CT on ESPN2. Live coverage can also be found on the Tiger Radio Network.
Head coach Cuonzo Martin's squad advanced to the AdvoCare Invitational Championship Game with a 90-82 win over St. John's on Friday, Nov. 24, with the Tigers scoring 90-or-more points in back-to-back games for the first time since the 2011-12 season.
Mizzou was unable to fend off a frenetic comeback by No. 23 West Virginia in the AdvoCare Invitational's title game, falling to the Mountaineers by a score of 83-79 on Sunday, Nov. 26. Senior forward Jordan Barnett scored 21 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead the Tigers.
Barnett's double-double vs. West Virginia was the second of his career, with his first (15 pts., 13 reb.) coming against Lipscomb last season (Dec. 29, 2016).
Barnett's 21-point game vs. WVU was his first 20-point game of the season and fourth of his career.
In the three games of the AdvoCare Invitational, Barnett averaged a team-best 15.3 points per game.
Mizzou ranks first in the SEC and 15th nationally in rebounding margin per game (+11.6).
Freshman forward Jontay Porter averaged 3.6 blocks per game, as well as 13.3 points and 6.3 rebounds per game, in Orlando. Both Barnett and Porter were named to the All-Tournament Team.
Junior guard Jordan Geist averaged 7.3 rebounds per game at the AdvoCare Invitational, first matching his career-best vs. Long Beach State (7) and then breaking it vs. St. John's (9).
Martin's Mizzou squad has scored 90+ points three times seven games into his tenure as the Tigers' head coach. From 2012-13 to 2016-17, Mizzou scored 90+ points just nine times in 164 total games.

Scouting UCF

Mizzou returns to Orlando after its successful AdvoCare Invitational run to face UCF on Thursday, Nov. 30, at CFE Arena. Tipoff is scheduled for 8 p.m. CT on ESPN2. The matchup is the first-ever between the two schools.
The Knights will have plenty of offensive firepower, as six players have averaged 8.0 points or more through six games, led by junior center Tacko Fall's 10.8 points per game. Senior guard/forward A.J. Davis has averaged 10.3 points per game.
Davis has led the Knight attack on the glass as well, grabbing 11.0 rebounds per game.
Mizzou head coach Cuonzo Martin holds a 1-3 all-time record in head-to-head matchups against UCF head coach Johnny Dawkins, with the four results coming from matchups between California and Stanford.

More Story Lines

Mizzou outrebounded No. 23 West Virginia, 47-31, for a +16 rebounding margin. The effort was the Tigers' largest positive rebounding margin since outrebounding Vanderbilt, 43-25 (+18), on Feb. 11, 2017.
The Tigers have hit 65 three-pointers through the first seven games of the 2017-18 season -- the most by a Mizzou squad since the 2009-10 Black & Gold began the season with 66 three-pointers.
Freshman forward Jontay Porter is averaging 3.5 blocks per game over Mizzou's last four games and has at least one block in 6-of-7 games this season. Porter has at least two blocks in four-straight games.
Graduate senior guard Kassius Robertson has sank multiple three-pointers in three-consecutive games and has accomplished the feat in 5-of-7 games this season.
Robertson has converted 66.7 percent of his three-point attempts in Mizzou's last two games (8-of-12).
Senior forward Jordan Barnett blocked a career-best three shots vs. St. John's (Nov. 24). The effort was the first time this season and third time in Barnett's career he has recorded multiple blocks.
Barnett hit three triples vs. No. 23 West Virginia (Nov. 26), marking the fifth time in his Mizzou career and sixth time overall he has sank three or more three-pointers.
In the win against St. John's, Mizzou had five Tigers score in double figures for the second consecutive game and third time this season. Scoring in double figures was Barnett (19), Robertson (17), Porter (16), Kevin Puryear (15) and Jordan Geist (11).
Barnett also sank a career high 9-of-10 from the charity stripe vs. St. John's. Barnett had previously never made more than six free throws or attempted more than seven in a game.
Iron Man! Senior transfer guard Kassius Robertson has played at least 20 minutes in 83-straight games dating back to midway through his freshman season (2014-15) at Canisius.
Junior guard Terrence Phillips leads the Tigers with his 2.6 assist/turnover ratio through seven games - 16 assists and six turnovers.
Junior guard Jordan Geist has hit 42.1 percent (8-of-19) of his three-pointers to start the 2017-18 season, an increase from his 28.6-percent success rate from the entire 2016-17 season.