Wednesday, March 6
Athens, Ga.
5:30 PM
University of Missouri
at
Georgia
@MizzouHoops Heads to Georgia for Final Regular Season Road Game
3/5/2019 9:08:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Mizzou and Georgia tip off at 5:30 p.m. CT on SEC Network
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| OPPONENT | LOCATION | DAY | TIME (CT) | WATCH | LISTEN | STATS | Game Notes |
| Georgia | Athens, Ga. | Wednesday, March 6 | 5:30 p.m. | SEC Network | KTGR | Stats | Notes |
Storylines
- Mizzou and Georgia square off for the first time this season and for the 13th time in their program histories. Mizzou is looking for just its second ever victory in Athens and its first since an 83-76 win on Jan. 3, 2008. A win on Wednesday would give Mizzou two victories in the last three tries vs. Georgia after dropping the previous six games in the head-to-head series.
- Mizzou is coming off Saturday's 15-point victory over South Carolina as the Tigers are looking for back-to-back wins for the first time since reeling off six straight victories in December.
- Freshman Torrence Watson paced Mizzou with a career-high 20 points vs. the Gamecocks, leading Mizzou in scoring in back-to-back games for the first time in his career. It marked the sixth time the Tigers have been led in scoring by a freshman in league play. The freshmen trio of Watson, Javon Pickett and Xavier Pinson have racked up 39 combined starts this season. The trio has accounted for 35.7 percent of Mizzou's scoring in SEC play and 38.9 percent over the last five games.
- Since Nov. 18, senior point guard Jordan Geist has reached double figures 21 times in the last 25 games. Geist has scored 15+ points 12 times this season after notching 15+ just six times in his previous two seasons combined.
- The Tigers have outrebounded their opponent 21 times in 28 games this season, including six consecutive opponents. Mizzou is limiting opponents to 31.6 rebounds per game during league play, which ranks second in the SEC behind only Kentucky, and is 33rd nationally. Mizzou has snagged at least 31 boards in all but five games this season. Mizzou outrebounded South Carolina, 39-27, on Saturday and has now outpaced three of the last five opponents on the glass by double-digits.
- Mizzou has held opponents under 70 points 37 times in the Martin era, which amounts to 60.7 percent of the games with him at the helm. When the Tigers have done so this season, they are 12-4.
Puryear
- Senior Kevin Puryear is coming off his best outing of the season with a season-best 18 points in the win over South Carolina, reaching double figures for the 60th time in his career.
- Puryear went 8-for-9 from the line vs. the Gamecocks. His 79.1 career free throw percentage is the best by a four-year Tiger since Marcus Denmon - 79.9 percent from 2008-12.
- Puryear started his 116th career game. He is the sixth Tiger to reach 116 starts and the first since Arthur Johnson started 123 games from 2001-04.
- Puryear is the fifth Tiger in program history with at least 1,000 career points, 600 career rebounds & 116 career starts, joining legends Kelly Thames, Steve Stipanovich, Arthur Johnson and Derrick Chievous.
- Puryear has now moved up to 28th on Mizzou's all-time scoring list with 1,217 points and counting, surpassing Jim Kennedy, Jason Sutherland, Jimmy McKinney and Norm Stewart, among others. He is just 14 points shy of Leo Lyons at 27th.
Rebounding Dominance
- Mizzou has averaged 12.4 offensive rebounds per game over the last 10 outings, grabbing at least 10 in five of the last six games.
- Mizzou outrebounded No. 4 Kentucky 34-28 on Feb. 19, marking just the fourth time this season the Wildcats were outrebounded in a game and the second time during league play.
- Mizzou has a +46 margin on the glass over its last five games after outpacing the Gamecocks, 39-27.
- Mizzou has now outrebounded its opponent in eight of the last nine games and in 11 of the last 13 contests.
- Mizzou has snagged 10+ offensive boards 17 times this season, including 16 at Mississippi State. The Tigers have grabbed 10+ in eight of the 10 seven games and at least nine in 10 consecutive games.
- 40.1 percent of Jeremiah Tilmon's rebounds this season have come on the offensive glass.
- In league play, the Tigers top the SEC in defensive rebound percentage (73.9) and rank third in rebounding margin (+3.1).
Freshmen Gaining Confidence
- Freshman Torrence Watson exploded for a career-high 20 points on a career-best seven made field goals vs. South Carolina. He is averaging 9.2 points per game over the last 10 games, draining at least one triple in all 10 contests. He's now led Mizzou in scoring in back-to-back games after notching 12 points at Mississippi State.
- Freshman Javon Pickett has started all 28 games during his rookie season. In addition to being Mizzou's defensive stopper, Pickett has reached double figures 10 times this season. He notched 15 points at Florida, and added seven points and a career-high seven boards at Mississippi State.Pickett has grabbed at least six boards in three straight games after nine points and six rebounds vs. South Carolina on Saturday.
- After Watson's 20-point outing on Saturday and Pickett's 21-point outburst at South Carolina on Jan. 13, Mizzou now has two different freshmen with 20-point games in the same season for the first time since 2014-15.
- Freshman Xavier Pinson has logged at least 22 minutes in six of the last 10 games. He's chipped in at least eight points in seven of the last 12 contests, including 11 points and a career-high nine rebounds vs. Arkansas and Ole Miss.
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