Thursday, January 30
Columbia, Mo.
6:00 P.M. CT
University of Missouri
vs
Kentucky
Mizzou Women's Basketball Hosts No. 13 Kentucky on Thursday
1/29/2020 5:10:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Mizzou and Kentucky to tip at 6:00 p.m. CT on SEC Network
| Mizzou vs. No. 13 Kentucky | |||||||
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| OPPONENT | LOCATION | DAY | TIME (CT) | TV | LISTEN | STATS | GAME NOTES |
| Kentucky | Mizzou Arena | Thursday, Jan. 30 | 6:00 p.m. CT | SEC Network | KTGR | Stats | Notes |
THE MATCHUP
- Mizzou Women's Basketball returns to home on Thursday, Jan. 30, to host No. 13 Kentucky. Tipoff from Mizzou Arena is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. CT on SEC Network with Courtney Lyle and Christy Thomaskutty on the call. In its last game, Mizzou fell to No. 15 Texas A&M, 72-53, while Kentucky has won five of its last six contests and ranks 13th in both the AP Top-25 and USA Today Coaches Poll.
THE SERIES
- In the 12th meeting between the two programs, Kentucky holds a 7-4 advantage in the all-time series, but Mizzou has won three of the last four matchups, including a 70-68 overtime win over the Wildcats in the 2019 SEC Tournament quarterfinals. Mizzou and Kentucky have split four meetings at Mizzou Arena.
ELITE FRESHMEN DUO
- Mizzou's elite freshmen duo of guard Aijha Blackwell and forward Hayley Frank have lived up to their billing so far this season, as they both currently rank among the top-30 in scoring in the SEC. Blackwell's scoring average of 13.0 points per game ranks fifth among SEC freshmen and 22nd overall, while Frank's mark of 11.9 points per game ranks seventh among SEC freshmen and 29th overall. In program history, only seven freshmen have ever averaged double figures for the Tigers, and never has there been more than one in a single season. Currently, the duo's scoring averages ranks fifth and sixth all-time among Mizzou freshmen.
THREE-POINT SHOOTING DEPTH
- For years, a staple of the Mizzou offense has been its ability to shoot the deep ball. That skill has not changed this season, as Mizzou's currently ranks in the SEC's top-five and the nation's top-60 in three-pointers made (153 - third in SEC, 42nd nationally), three-pointers made per game (7.7 - third in SEC, 50th nationally) and three-point percentage (34.7 percent - fifth in SEC, 56th nationally). Individually, four Tigers are shooting better than 35 percent from deep and seven have made 13 or more shots from three. Senior guard Jordan Chavis leads the team in both categories with 37 threes and a 44.6 percent (37-of-83) success rate from deep. Chavis' team-leading 1.9 three-pointers made per game ranks seventh in the SEC.
- Chavis is shooting a team-leading 44.6 percent from deep this season (37-of-83), and ranks eighth all-time at Mizzou with 133 three-pointers. Chavis has made multiple three-pointers in 13 games this season and 36 times in her career. In SEC play alone, Chavis is shooting an impressive 50 percent (14-of-28) from deep.
- Redshirt senior forward Hannah Schuchts has connected on 34.0 percent (18-of-53) of her shots from three this season, and her career three-point percentage of 36.5 percent (61-of-164), ranks eighth all-time at Mizzou.
- Senior guard Amber Smith's career three-point percentage of 36.3 percent (114-of-314) ranks 10th all-time at Mizzou. Smith has shot 32.8 percent (20-of-61) from three this season, and made a season-best four triples from deep against Tennessee (Jan. 2). Smith will look to join Chavis on the all-time three-pointers list, as she currently ranks 12th with 114 career threes.
BLACKWELL EMERGES
- Mizzou freshman guard Aijha Blackwell has settled into her own during her freshman campaign, scoring in double figures in 11 of her last 13 games. During the 13-game stretch, Blackwell is averaging 15.0 points and 6.7 rebounds per game.
- Blackwell, the No. 9-ranked recruit in the Class of 2019, has posted three 20-point games this season, becoming the third freshman in program history to record three or more 20-point games, joining Julie Helm (11, 1996-97) and Sophie Cunningham (10, 2015-16).
- Blackwell scored 21 points against Nebraska (Nov. 10) and against Illinois (Dec. 20). Her 21 points against the Huskers was the most points by a Mizzou freshman since Sophie Cunningham scored 23 against Texas in the 2016 NCAA Tournament (3/21/16). She also posted 20 points to lead Mizzou to a 71-57 road win over Ole Miss (Jan. 19).
- Blackwell was named the SEC Freshman of the Week on Dec. 10 after averaging 14.0 points, 6.5 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game against Saint Louis (Dec. 5) and Kansas City (Dec. 8). The weekly conference honor is the first of Blackwell's career, and the first of the year for Mizzou.
- Blackwell posted her first career double-double in Mizzou's win against LSU, scoring 15 points and grabbing a career-high 11 rebounds.
- Blackwell has scored eight or more points in all but two games this season, and has grabbed five or more rebounds in 16 contests. She is currently leads Mizzou in scoring (13.0 ppg) and assists (2.6 apg), and is averaging 5.8 rebounds per game.
CAN'T GET PAST SCHUCHTS
- Redshirt senior forward Hannah Schuchts has lead the way on the defensive end this season, leading the team in blocks. Her 2.0 blocks per game ranks fifth in the SEC.
- Schuchts leads the team in blocks by a wide-margin with 40, and ranks in Mizzou's top-10 all-time in program history at eighth with 120 career blocks. Schuchts' senior mark of 40 blocks already ranks eighth all-time among Mizzou seniors.
- The Tiger senior has recorded multiple blocks in 14 games this season, and three or more blocks in four games. Schuchts produced two or more blocks in six consecutive games from Dec. 5 to Jan. 2, the longest streak of her career. Against South Dakota (Nov. 21), Schuchts matched a career-high with five blocks, the second time in her career she has hit that mark.
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