Mizzou Women's Basketball Set to Face Georgia on Thursday

Thursday, February 6

Athens, Ga.

6:00 P.M. CT

Missouri

Georgia

2/5/2020 7:47:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Mizzou and Georgia to tip at 6 p.m. CT on SEC Network +

Mizzou at Georgia
OPPONENT	LOCATION	DAY	TIME (CT)	TV	LISTEN	STATS	GAME NOTES
Georgia	Athens, Ga.	Thursday, Feb. 6	6:00 p.m. CT	SEC Network +	KTGR	Stats	Notes

Mizzou Women's Basketball travels to Athens, Ga., to face the Georgia Bulldogs on Thursday, Feb. 6 at Stegeman Coliseum. Tipoff is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. CT on SEC Network + with Matt Stewart and Christy Thomaskutty on the call. Mizzou is looking to stop a three-game skid, while Georgia enters the game with 12-10 record and a 3-6 mark in SEC play.

Sunday's game will be the 25th meeting between the two programs, as Mizzou and Arkansas have pulled even with 12 wins a piece in the all-time series. It will be the second matchup of the series between the two schools, as Arkansas ended an eight-game Mizzou winning streak in the series with a 90-73 win in Fayetteville on Jan. 12.

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 13.2 points per game ranks fourth among SEC freshmen and 15th overall, while Frank's mark of 12.0 points per game ranks seventh among SEC freshmen and 27th 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.

Redshirt senior forward Hannah Schuchts has led the way on the defensive end this season for the Tigers, as she leads the team in blocks with 46 and ranks fourth in the SEC with 2.1 blocks per game. Schuchts ranks sixth in Mizzou's top-10 all-time with 126 career blocks, and her mark of 46 blocks this season already ranks eighth all-time among Mizzou seniors. The Tiger senior has recorded multiple blocks in 16 games this season, and three or more blocks in five 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.

Mizzou freshman guard Aijha Blackwell has settled into her own during her freshman campaign, scoring in double figures in 13 of her last 15 games. During the 15-game stretch, Blackwell is averaging 15.1 points and 6.9 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 was 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 18 contests. She is currently leads Mizzou in scoring (13.2 ppg) and assists (2.5 apg), and is averaging 6.0 rpg.

Mizzou has put an emphasis on getting to the free throw line this season, as the Tigers have connected on an SEC-leading 74.3 percent of its freebies (289-for-389) this season. Mizzou has posted marks of 75 percent or better from the free throw line in 11 of 22 games this season, including nine games of 80 percent or better.
Freshman forward Hayley Frank currently leads the SEC and ranks sixth nationally in free throw percentage at 90.9 percent (60-of-66).
In total, six Tigers are shooting 80 percent or better from the charity stripe (min. 10 att.):