Story Lines

• Head coach Cuonzo Martin won his 200th career game as Mizzou took down Alabama, 69-60, on the road on Wednesday, Jan. 31.
• Graduate senior guard Kassius Robertson led the Tigers in scoring for the 11th time this season with 22 points at Alabama (Jan. 31) -- his third-straight 20-point game and eighth overall this campaign.
• Robertson has averaged 16.0 points per game overall, a total that sets him apart as the nation's highest-scoring graduate transfer at the high major level (as of Jan. 31).
• Junior guard Jordan Geist has led Mizzou in rebounding over the past two games, grabbing seven at Mississippi State (Jan. 27) and nine, to match his career-high, at Alabama (Jan. 31).
• Martin has installed his patented defensive approach, while also shaping a sharp-shooting squad. Mizzou ranks in the nation's Top 50 in both off. (55.2, 33rd) and def. (46.2, 18th) effective FG percentage.
• Mizzou is devoted to keeping its opponents off the boards, allowing just 32.0 rebounds per game in league action, which ranks No. 1 in the SEC. Mizzou ranks tied for second in the SEC in scoring defense, holding opponents to 67.3 points per game.
• The Tigers' 198 three-pointers rank as the second-most in school history through 22 games, five triples behind the 1999-2000 season (203). Mizzou hit 194 treys in 2001-02, for the third-highest mark. Over the entire 2016-17 season, Mizzou made 225 three-pointers.
• Mizzou is the No. 2 free throw shooting team in the SEC, hitting on 78.5 percent of its foul shots (124-of-158) through the first nine games of the league schedule.

Scouting Kentucky

• No. 21 Kentucky visits Mizzou Arena as winners of its last two games, including an overtime victory over Vanderbilt, 83-81, on Tuesday, Jan. 30, at home in Lexington. The Wildcats are 2-2 on the road in Southeastern Conference games, losing at Tennessee (Jan. 6, 76-65) and at South Carolina (Jan. 16, 76-68).
• Head coach John Calipari has three players averaging double-figures in scoring during league action, led by freshman guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's 15.8 points per game. Freshman forward Kevin Knox follows that up with 14.2 points per game, while freshman forward PJ Washington averages 12.0 points per game.
• On the boards, both Knox and sophomore forward Wenyen Gabriel have averaged a team-best 5.8 rebounds per game in SEC play.
• Mizzou is on the hunt for its first-ever win against Kentucky, which leads the all-time series at 10-0. Only four meetings between the two schools took place prior to the Tigers joining the SEC for the 2012-13 season.

Kash Money

• Graduate senior guard Kassius Robertson is averaging a solid 16.0 points per game, a total that ranks No. 1 among graduate transfers playing at the high major level. That total stands as fifth-best overall among all graduate transfers across NCAA Division I.
• The Toronto, Ontario, native is on, arguably, the best stretch of his season at Mizzou, scoring 20-or-more points in three-straight games for the second time this season with his 21 points vs. No. 19 Auburn (Jan. 24), 20 points at Mississippi State (Jan. 27) and 22 points at Alabama (Jan. 31).
• Robertson has five 20-point games out of Mizzou's nine conference games played, thus far.
• Robertson is one of four players in the SEC averaging 15.0 points per game while shooting at least 40.0 percent from the field, 40.0 percent from three-point range and 80.0 from the free throw line, according to Basketball-Reference.com.
• Robertson's 65 three-pointers on the season has cracked the program's all-time Top 10 for deep range makes by a senior at 10th-best. The next ladder rung, No. 9 all-time, are the 66 sank by former Big Eight Player of the Year Melvin Booker during his standout senior campaign in 1993-94.
• Robertson had his best game to-date as a Tiger, as he scored a season-high 26 points at Arkansas (Jan. 13) and posted season-bests in field goals made (9), three-pointers (6), rebounds (8) and steals (3).

Notes from Alabama

• The Tigers shot a conference season-best 53.2 percent (25-of-47) from the field at Alabama (Jan. 31), their best overall shooting performance since shooting 55.8 percent (24-of-43) in a 82-81 win over Stephen F. Austin (Dec. 19).
• Mizzou outrebounded the Crimson Tide, 37-27, the 18th time in 22 games this season the Tigers have outrebounded their opponent.
• Freshman forward Jeremiah Tilmon had his most effective shooting night of the season, shooting a perfect 6-of-6 from the field for 12 points, the ninth time this season he has scored at least 10 points.
• Freshman forward Jontay Porter notched his ninth game in double-figures with 13 points.