Sunday, January 24
Columbia, Mo.
4:00 P.M. CT
University of Missouri
vs
Texas A&M
Mizzou Women's Basketball Hosts No. 8 Texas A&M at Mizzou Arena on Sunday
1/23/2021 1:47:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Tigers and Aggies to tip at 4 p.m. CT on SEC Network
| MIZZOU HOSTS No. 8 TEXAS A&M ON SUNDAY | |||||||
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| OPPONENT | LOCATION | DAY | TIME (CT) | TV | LISTEN | STATS | GAME NOTES |
| No. 8 Texas A&M | Columbia, Mo. | Sunday, Jan. 24 | 4:00 p.m. CT | SEC Network | KTGR | Stats | Notes |
THE MATCHUP
- Mizzou Women's Basketball is set to host No. 8/8 Texas A&M on Sunday, Jan. 24. Tipoff from Mizzou Arena is scheduled for 4 p.m. CT on SEC Network with Eric Frede and Christy Thomaskutty on the call. The Mizzou program plans to use this game to help raise awareness for pancreatic cancer, after losing longtime assistant coach and staff member Willie Cox to the terrible disease in June of 2019. In Mizzou's last time out, the Tigers nearly mounted a 16-point fourth-quarter comeback over LSU, but fell in the game's final moments, 66-64 on Monday, Jan. 18. In Texas A&M's last outing, the Aggies cruised to a 69-41 victory over No. 14 Mississippi State on Sunday, Jan. 17. Texas A&M has had only one postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic this season, while Mizzou has had six games affected.
- With a win, head coach Robin Pingeton will become Mizzou's second-winningest coach with 186 wins, passing Cindy Stein (1998-10, 185-77).
THE SERIES
- Sunday's matchup will be the 30th all-time meeting between the two programs, as Texas A&M holds a 19-10 advantage in the all-time series. Last season, Texas A&M posted a 72-53 win over the Tigers in College Station on Jan. 26, 2020. In the last meeting in Columbia, Mizzou pulled out a 70-65 win in overtime over the 25th-ranked Aggies on Feb. 7, 2019. Mizzou is 7-6 all-time against Texas A&M in Columbia.
HIGH-POWERED OFFENSE
- Mizzou's high-powered offense has steered the way for the Tigers so far in 2020-21, as Mizzou ranks in the NCAA's top 25 in field goal percentage and three-point percentage. From the field, Mizzou is shooting an SEC-leading 52.0 percent (265-of-510), a mark which ranks second nationally. From deep, Mizzou is shooting 36.7 percent (58-of-158), which ranks third in the SEC and 24th in the NCAA. Mizzou has shot 50 percent or better from the field in six of nine games this season and 60 percent or better in two contests. More on Mizzou's hot shooting later. Mizzou's scoring has been a balanced attack as well, as three players are currently averaging double figures: sophomore guard Aijha Blackwell (15.0 ppg), sophomore forward Hayley Frank (13.7 ppg), redshirt junior forward LaDazhia Williams (12.8 ppg).
BALANCED SCORING
- Sunday's matchup will be the 30th all-time meeting between the two programs, as Texas A&M holds a 19-10 advantage in the all-time series. Last season, Texas A&M posted a 72-53 win over the Tigers in College Station on Jan. 26, 2020. In the last meeting in Columbia, Mizzou pulled out a 70-65 win in overtime over the 25th-ranked Aggies on Feb. 7, 2019. Mizzou is 7-6 all-time against Texas A&M in Columbia.
- Mizzou's high-powered offense has steered the way for the Tigers so far in 2020-21, as Mizzou ranks in the NCAA's top 25 in field goal percentage and three-point percentage. From the field, Mizzou is shooting an SEC-leading 52.0 percent (265-of-510), a mark which ranks second nationally. From deep, Mizzou is shooting 36.7 percent (58-of-158), which ranks third in the SEC and 24th in the NCAA. Mizzou has shot 50 percent or better from the field in six of nine games this season and 60 percent or better in two contests. More on Mizzou's hot shooting later. Mizzou's scoring has been a balanced attack as well, as three players are currently averaging double figures: sophomore guard Aijha Blackwell (15.0 ppg), sophomore forward Hayley Frank (13.7 ppg), redshirt junior forward LaDazhia Williams (12.8 ppg).
- Through nine games this season, Mizzou has had a balanced attack leading the way in scoring, as three are currently averaging double figures: sophomore guard Aijha Blackwell (15.0 ppg), sophomore forward Hayley Frank (13.7 ppg) and redshirt junior forward LaDazhia Williams (12.8 ppg) with redshirt senior guard Shug Dickson (9.3 ppg.) nearby.
- Consider the small sample size - nine games - but the last Mizzou team to have four players average in double figures was the 2006-07 Mizzou Tigers.
- Already this season, Mizzou has had three games where five players have scored in double figures. That mark ties the most for a Tiger team in a season in the Coach Pingeton era with the 2015-16 Tigers. The last team to have more than three occurrences was the 2005-06 team, which did so in seven contests, including four straight between Nov. 27 and Dec. 11, 2005. This season's Tigers have had five players score 10+ in two consecutive games, doing so at Arkansas (Jan. 3) and at Ole Miss (Jan. 14).
QUICK TO 500
- Sophomore guard Aijha Blackwell recorded her 500th career point against New Orleans (Dec. 19), needing only 34 games to accomplish the feat.
- Blackwell is the quickest Tiger to reach 500 career points during the Pingeton era, and might be the quickest in program history (Mizzou does not have complete game-by-game records prior to 2003). In comparison, it took Sophie Cunningham, Mizzou's all-time leader with 2,187 points, 36 games to reach 500 points.
- With 601 points through 40 career games (15.0 points per game), Blackwell appears to be in good position to challenge Cunningham for Mizzou's all-time scoring record, a mark which was set in 2019, the season prior to her arrival in Columbia.
PROGRAM WIN 800
- In Mizzou's 88-49 win over Oral Roberts on Dec. 19, the Tigers earned their 800th program victory, becoming the 74th team in NCAA Division-I history to reach 800 wins. Mizzou has had four head coaches in its program history, with current head coach Robin Pingeton leading the Tigers for the past 11 seasons with a mark of 185-145. Mizzou was also previously coached by Alexis Jarrett (1974-75, 9-8), Joann Rutherford (1975-98, 423-261) and Cindy Stein (1998-10, 185-177).
MILESTONE CHASING
- A host of milestones will be in-play this season for the Tigers. Below is a rundown of career achievements that have/could happen during in the 2020-21 season.
- Mizzou senior forward Shannon Dufficy will get to finish her already decorated career with a senior campaign at Mizzou. The Aussie native reached the 1,000-point career mark in Mizzou's season-opener against North Alabama (Nov. 27), and needs just 117 rebounds to eclipse 1,000 career boards. In three seasons at Utah State, Dufficy averaged 279.3 rebounds per season, including a single-season program record of 339 rebounds in 2018-19.
- Also wrapping up her collegiate career in CoMo, senior guard Shug Dickson will have the 1,000-point mark in her sights, as she currently has 777 points, needing 223 to reach the mark. In her sophomore campaign at Tulsa (2017-18), Dickson scored 410 points (14.1 ppg) in 29 games.
- In her 11th season, head coach Robin Pingeton record at Mizzou sits at 185-145 (.562). The Tiger head boss needs just one more win to move past Cindy Stein (1998-10, 185-77) for second-place on Mizzou's all-time win list. She already ranks second in winning percentage, trailing only Mizzou Hall of Famer Joann Rutherford, who had a 61.8 percent winning percentage in 23 seasons (1975-98, 423-261). Pingeton is just 1 of 16 Power 5 active coaches and 1 of 31 active D-I head coaches to win 500 or more career games.
- As a program, Mizzou captured its 800th win against Oral Roberts (Dec. 19) becoming the 74th program to reach the 800-win mark in NCAA history. In 47 seasons, Mizzou owns a mark of 801-589 (.557) all-time.
HOT SHOOTING
- Through the early stretch of the season, Mizzou has been able to shoot the ball at an extremely high level. Mizzou currently leads the SEC in field goal percentage at 52.0 percent (265-of-50), while ranking third in three-point percentage at 36.7 percent (58-of-148).
- Nationally, the Tigers rank second nationally in field goal percentage and 24th in three-point percentage.
- Sophomore forward Hayley Frank has lit up the net so far this season, as she currently leads the SEC and ranks third in the NCAA in field goal percentage (.682). Frank is also shooting 51.5 percent from three and 94.1 percent from the free throw line, but her makes per game fall below the minimum threshold.
- Redshirt junior forward LaDazhia Williams has also helped lead the charge from the field this season, as she is shooting 59.2 percent (42-of-71) from the field. Redshirt junior guard Haley Troup helps lead the Tigers from deep, as she has made 8-of-16 shots from deep (50.0 percent) this season.
- Mizzou has shot the lights out this season, recording field goal percentages of 50 percent or better in six of its nine games and 60 percent or better twice. Mizzou's six games of 50 percent or better is its best since 2018-19 (six), while its two games of 60 percent or better ties the most in the Coach Pingeton era with the 2016-17 squad.
- Against New Orleans (Dec. 16), the Tigers shot an incredible 63.2 percent (36-of-57) from the field, the 10th-best mark in program history and their best mark since a 65.9 percent (27-of-41) performance against Ole Miss on Jan. 3, 2019.
- Mizzou shot above 60 percent again in its win against Southern Illinois (Dec. 20), shooting 61.2 percent (30-of-49).
- Since the 1977-78 season (43 seasons), Mizzou has shot better than 60 percent from the field just 25 times, with six occurrences (24.0 percent) happening under head coach Robin Pingeton.
NOTES FROM LAST TIME OUT
- As a team, Mizzou shot 47.9 percent from the field (23-of-48), its eighth game shooting above 40 percent from the field this season.
- Sophomore guard Aijha Blackwell tallied 14 points and 11 rebounds on the night, securing her fifth double-double of the year and 12th of her career.
- Blackwell also recorded three steals in the contest, matching a career high. This is the ninth time in her career that she has recorded multiple steals.
- Redshirt junior forward LaDazhia Williams knocked in 11 points, her eighth time this season and ninth of her career scoring in double figures.
- Redshirt senior guard Shug Dickson dished out four assists on the night, the sixth game of the season that she has recorded three or more assists in a game.
- Freshman guard Mama Dembele snagged three steals, matching a career high. This marks the second time this season that she has recorded multiple steals.
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