@MizzouHoops Begins Two-Game Homestand Saturday vs. Texas A&M

Saturday, February 9

Columbia, Mo.

5 PM

Missouri

Texas A&M

@MizzouHoops Begins Two-Game Homestand Saturday vs. Texas A&M

2/8/2019 3:52:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Tip off is set for 5 p.m. CT on SEC Network

Mizzou Launches Two-Game Homestand on Saturday vs. Texas A&M
OPPONENT	LOCATION	DAY	TIME (CT)	WATCH	LISTEN	STATS	Game Notes
Texas A&M	Columbia, Mo.	Saturday, Feb. 9	5 p.m.	SEC Network	KTGR	Stats	Notes

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Halftime performance: Quick Change illusion act.

Storylines

On Saturday, Mizzou is looking for its third consecutive victory over Texas A&M for the first time since 2013-14. The Tigers downed the Aggies, 66-43, in College Station on Jan. 19. It was Mizzou's largest margin of victory in the series with Texas A&M since Jan. 16, 2002 (74-50) and Mizzou's fifth win in College Station in program history.
Mizzou held the Aggies to 43 points in that Jan. 19 victory, marking just the fifth time since 2010 that Texas A&M managed 43 points or less in a game. Mizzou also held the Aggies to 25 percent shooting, their lowest field goal percentage in a game since Feb. 1, 2014.
Mizzou is looking to get wins over the Aggies in both College Station and Columbia in the same season for just the second time in program history, with the lone occasion coming in 2011-12.
Since Nov. 18, senior point guard Jordan Geist is averaging 14.9 points and 4.9 rebounds while shooting 39.6 percent from 3-point range and boasting a 1.57 assist-to-turnover ratio. He has reached double figures 15 times in the last 18 games. He has scored 15+ points in a game eight times this season after notching 15+ just six times in his previous two seasons combined.
After outrebounding No. 1 Tennessee on the road 36-34, Mizzou has outrebounded its opponent 15 times in 21 games this season. Mizzou is limiting opponents to 34.0 rebounds per game during league play, which ranks fourth in the SEC behind Kentucky, Tennessee and LSU.
Mizzou has held opponents under 70 points 32 times in the Martin era, which amounts to 59.3 percent of the games with him at the helm. When the Tigers have done so this season, they are 11-0.
Mizzou ranks second in the SEC in 3-point field goal percentage, shooting 37.1 from beyond the arc. From 2012-17, Mizzou shot 32.4 percent from 3-point range. In the Martin era, Mizzou is shooting 37.9 percent from deep. The Tigers have made at least eight triples 15 times in 21 games this season.

More 3-Point Stats

Mizzou has made at least one 3-point field goal in 1,049 of 1,059 games games since 1986-87, including a school record 368-consecutive games and 761 of its last 762 games. Mizzou's last game without a 3-pointer was at Kansas (0-for-10) on Feb. 4, 2008.
Mizzou has shot above 38 percent from 3-point range as a team in a season just seven times in program history. The Tigers could do so in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 1994-95 and 1995-96.
Only three of Mizzou's 11 wins this season have come when the Tigers made less than eight treys in a game.
Mizzou has six players shooting above 32 percent from 3-point range individually this seaso.
The Tigers have made more or just as many 3-pointers than their opponents 15 times in 21 games this season. They are 9-6 when that happens.

Trends

When Mizzou has committed fewer turnovers than its opponent this season, it is 8-0. In the last two games, Mizzou is has committed just 18 total turnovers (nine in each game), its lowest amount in back-to-back games this season and fewest since having seven vs. Georgia in the 2018 SEC Tournament.
Mizzou continues to be a stout defensive team under Coach Martin. The Tigers rank fourth in the SEC in scoring defense, limiting opponents to 68.2 points per game. When Mizzou holds teams under 70 points, it is 11-0. The Tigers held Texas A&M to its fewest points of the season (43) and also held No. 1 Tennesee to its second-lowest scoring output of its season (72).
Coach Martin has reached 31 victories at Mizzou in 53 games. That surpassed the previous Tiger coaching regime's win total (27 wins in 95 total games).

Freshmen and Sophomores Shining

In its win over Vanderbilt, Mizzou's trio of freshmen - Xavier Pinson, Torrence Watson and Javon Pickett - combined to score 33 points, their highest output in a game this season. The trio followed with 25 of Mizzou's 60 points at No. 1 Tennessee.
In last Saturday's victory over the Commodores, Mizzou's freshmen and sophomores accounted for 57 of Mizzou's 77 total points.
64 percent of Mizzou's scoring this season has come from players who are freshmen or sophomores, and that doesn't include transfer Dru Smith, who averaged 13.7 points per game as a sophomore at Evansville. 69.3 percent of Mizzou's scoring has come from players slated to return in 2019-20.
Pickett has started all 21 games during his rookie season. In addition to being Mizzou's defensive stopper, Pickett has reached double figures eight times this season. Mizzou is 4-4 in those games. Since Jan. 13, Pickett is averaging 10.3 points per game while shooting 40 percent from the field.
Watson reached double figures in back-to-back games for the first time during league play after scoring 10 points at Auburn and 12 points vs. Vanderbilt (behind a career-high five FGs).
Pinson has earned his first three career starts in the Tigers' last three games. He's chipped in at least eight points in five consecutive games, including 10 points and a career-high eight rebounds in a career-best 32 minutes at No. 1 Tennessee.