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@MizzouWBB Set to Compete in West Palm Invitational
12/15/2017 9:42:00 PM | Women's Basketball
The Tigers take on Indiana on Sunday and Xavier on Monday
Mizzou Women's Basketball, winners of nine games in a row, travel to the West Palm Invitational in West Palm Beach, Fla. The Tigers face Indiana and Xavier on Sunday and Monday, respectively. Tip off vs. the Hoosiers is set for 12:15 p.m. CT.
Mizzou Looks to Continue Hot Streak in Sunny Florida
- Mizzou's nine-game win streak is the third-longest current win streak in the SEC, trailing only Mississippi State (10) and Tennessee (10).
- It is the longest since 2015, when Mizzou opened the 2015-16 campaign with 13 consecutive victories. That 13-game win streak matched the longest in program history as the Tigers also ripped off 13 straight victories from Jan. 30, 1985 to March 9, 1985.
- It is Mizzou's fourth win streak of nine games or more since 2006.
- The Tigers have won 11 consecutive victories at home (longest in program history is 21). Mizzou has won 20 of its last 21 games at home and 36 of the last 40.
- Longest win streaks in program history:
1.) 13 games | Nov. 13, 2015-Dec. 29, 2015
13 games | Jan. 30, 1985 – March 9, 1985
3.) 12 games | Nov. 22, 2005 – Jan. 11, 2006
12 games | Nov. 20, 1976 – Jan. 5, 1977
5.) 11 games | Dec. 3, 1983 – Jan. 24, 1984
6.) 10 games | Feb. 2, 1982 – March 13, 2013
10 games | Feb. 7, 1978 – March 11, 1978
8.) 9 games | Nov. 11, 2017 – today
9 games | Nov. 24, 2006 – Dec. 29, 2006
9 games | Nov. 26, 1999 – Dec. 30, 1999
9 games | Nov. 21, 1982 – Dec. 17, 1982
9 games | Nov. 29, 1979 – Jan. 7, 1980
- Mizzou has held opponents under 60 points eight times this season and the Tigers are 8-0 in those contests. No opponent has scored more than 59 points against Mizzou since Wright State on Nov. 16. The Tigers are one of three SEC teams that have held opponents under 60 points at least eight times, alongside Auburn and Mississippi State. Mizzou held opponents under 60 points just 11 times all of last season.
- Since Nov. 24 at the Cal Classic, Mizzou has held opponents to just 52 points per game and outscored them by 19.7 points per contest.
- Mizzou has held opponents to just 30.7 rebounds per game , which leads the SEC and ranks 13th in the nation.
- The Tigers rank fourth in the SEC in field goal percentage defense (34.6%) and third in field goal percentage (47%). Mizzou is one just two teams in the SEC to rank in the top five in the league in both categories, alongside Tennessee.
- Mizzou is committing just 13.1 turnovers per game, which ranks third in the SEC,
- So far, that is the fewest turnovers per game for a Tiger team during the Robin Pingeton era. Mizzou averaged as low as 16.2 per game in both 2013-14 and 2016-17.
- Mizzou ranks fourth in the SEC in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.2). Mizzou has piled up more assists than turnovers in six consecutive games. The Tigers have committed 13 or less turnovers in eight games this season and are 8-0 in those contests.
- With 1,165 points & counting, Sophie Cunningham ranks 24th on Mizzou's all-time scoring list and seventh among active SEC players.
- Cunningham is coming off a season-best 35-point performance vs. SIUE. That is tied for the most points scored by an SEC player in a game this season. Cunningham made a career-high seven three-pointers and scored her 35 on just 16 field goal attempts.
- Cunningham is the only player in the nation shooting at least 45 percent from 3-point range, 84 percent from the free throw line and 55 percent from the field.
Mizzou vs. the West Palm Invite Field
- This is the fifth all-time meeting between Indiana and Mizzou. The Tigers won the last meeting 76-71 in Bloomington in 2009. This is the second time the two teams have squared off in Southern Florida as they met in Coral Gables in 1983. Mizzzou prevailed in that meeting, 85-66.
- Mizzou has never beaten Xavier in program history. Monday is the third all-time meeting between Mizzou and the Musketeers.
