@MizzouHoops Begins Four-Game Homestand with Miami (Ohio) on Tuesday

Tuesday, December 5

Columbia, Mo.

8 PM CT

University of Missouri

Miami (Ohio)

@MizzouHoops Begins Four-Game Homestand with Miami (Ohio) on Tuesday

12/4/2017 2:37:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Tigers and RedHawks tip off at 8 p.m., Tuesday, live on the SEC Network

Mizzou Men's Basketball (6-2) begins a four-game homestand at Mizzou Arena with Miami (Ohio) on Tuesday, Dec. 5. Tipoff is scheduled for 8 p.m. CT on the SEC Network.

The Tigers and RedHawks meet a day shy of a calendar year after last season's Mizzou-Miami (Ohio) matchup. The Black & Gold won big over the RedHawks, 81-55, on Dec. 6, 2016.

Mizzou vs. Miami (Ohio)
Dec. 5, 8:00 p.m.
SEC Network

Game Notes

Promotions

Mizzou fans are encouraged to pick up 2017-18 schedule magnets at arena gates. The first 4,000 fans receive a magnet, with gates opening at 6:30 p.m.

Story Lines

Head coach Cuonzo Martin's squad picked up its first road win of the season with a 62-59 victory at UCF (Nov. 30). Graduate senior guard Kassius Robertson (5-7 3PT) led the way with 19 points.
Robertson's effort was already the third instance this season he has hit five three-pointers in a game.
Martin and first-year Miami (Ohio) head coach Jack Owens share a connection in that both were assistants on Purdue's coaching staff. After his playing career at Purdue (1992-95), Martin returned to coach at his alma mater from 2000-08. Owens arrived at Purdue (2009-17) to serve as an assistant coach after Martin embarked on his head coaching career.
Emphasizing ball security and execution, Martin's group put together a sound effort in that regard at UCF, committing a season-low nine turnovers.
The Tigers have improved immensely as a blocking team, more than doubling last season's blocks per game average (2.1) with their current 4.9-blocks-per-game average.
Mizzou ranks second in the SEC and 18th nationally in rebounding margin per game (+9.7).
The Tigers rank fourth in the league in three-pointers made per game (9.1).
Mizzou's four-game trek to Orlando saw the senior duo of Robertson and forward Jordan Barnett combine for half (22-46 3PT, .478) of the Tigers' three-pointers (44-100 3PT, .440).
Robertson (15.8), Barnett (15.5), junior forward Kevin Puryear (10.0) and freshman forward Jontay Porter (10.0) all averaged double-figures in scoring while in Orlando.

Scouting Miami (Ohio)

Mizzou faces Miami (Ohio) for the second time in program history, as well as for the second-straight season. The Tigers soundly defeated the RedHawks, 81-55, on Dec. 6, 2016, with then-sophomore Kevin Puryear leading the way with 19 points.
Head coach Jack Owens' Miami (Ohio) squad enters its game at Mizzou with a 5-3 record, scoring 72.9 points per game and allowing 67.8 points per game.
The RedHawks have managed to win two different games beyond regulation already in their nonconference schedule. Miami (Ohio) defeated Wright State, 73-67, in overtime on Nov. 14, and outlasted Western Illinois on the road, 76-73, in double-overtime on Dec. 2.
Miami (Ohio) is led in scoring by freshman guard Nike Sibande at 13.1 points per game. Senior forward Logan McLane holds it down on the boards with his team-best 6.9-rebounds-per-game average.

More Story Lines

The Tigers are out to 6-2 start -- the best start to a season for Mizzou since the 2013-14 campaign when the Black & Gold started 10-0 (wins were later vacated).
Mizzou's 62-59 win at UCF (Nov. 30) was the first road win for the program since Jan. 28, 2014, when the Tigers defeated Arkansas in Fayetteville, 75-71.
With Mizzou's 95-58 win over Long Beach State (Nov. 23) and 90-82 win over St. John's, the Tigers scored 90-or-more points in back-to-back games for the first time since the 2011-12 season.
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).
Martin's Mizzou squad has scored 90+ points three times eight 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.
Freshman forward Jontay Porter has at least one block in 6-of-8 games this season.
Graduate senior guard Kassius Robertson has sank multiple three-pointers in four-consecutive games and has accomplished the feat in 6-of-8 games this season.
Robertson has converted 68.4 percent of his three-point field goal attempts in Mizzou's last three games (13-of-19).
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.
Freshman forward Jontay Porter averaged 3.7 blocks per game, as well as 13.3 points and 6.3 rebounds per game, in the AdvoCare Invitational. 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).
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.
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.
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 84-straight games dating back to midway through his freshman season (2014-15) at Canisius.
Junior guard Terrence Phillips leads the Tigers with his 3.2 assist/turnover ratio through eight games - 19 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.