University of Missouri men's basketball returns from its holiday break with a home game against Alabama State. Tipoff is set for 6:30 p.m. on Monday night at Mizzou Arena and can be seen live on SEC Network+.

ABOUT THE TIGERS
• Mizzou enters the final game of 2024 with a 10-2 overall record.
• The Tigers saw their 10-game winning streak snapped before the holiday with an 80-77 setback to Illinois in St. Louis.
• Mark Mitchell leads Mizzou with 13.8 points, 5.1 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game.
• Two additional Tigers are also scoring in double figures this season in Tamar Bates (12.7) and Anthony Robinson II (10.7).
• Robinson also leads the Tigers with 3.8 assists and 2.5 steals per game.
• Mizzou ranks eighth nationally with a scoring offense of 87.8 points and 14th with a scoring margin of +19.9.

ABOUT THE HORNETS
• Alabama State owns a 4-8 record, falling in its last two games, including an 83-80 loss to Delaware State last Friday in its most recent contest.
• CJ Hines leads three Hornets in double figures, scoring 15.8 to go with a team-best 2.9 assists.
• Amarr Knox is second on ASU with 15.6 points.
• Micah Octave has a team-best 5.8 rebounds.
• The Hornets are averaging 77.3 points per game, while allowing 81.3.

SERIES HISTORY
• The two schools have met on once previously – 37 years ago to the day (Dec. 30, 1987).
• The Tigers posted a dominating 129-64 victory in their one meeting with eight players scoring in double figures in the victory.
• The 129 points are the most in school history, while the 65-point margin of victory is now tied for fourth in MU history.

MIZZOU VERSUS SWAC
• MU has won 26 of 27 meetings versus the SWAC with 25-of-27 games decided by double digits.
• The Tigers already have two dominating wins over SWAC schools this year – defeating MVSU (111-39) and UAPB (112-63) by an average of 60.5 points.

TOP 20 TEAM STATS
• The Tigers are hoping to carry over some of their success from 2024 to 2025 as they rank in the top 20 nationally in 10 different team statistics.
• Offensively, MU is in the top 20 in six stats: eighth in points (87.8), ninth in field goal pct. (51.0), 13th in effective field goal pct. (58.2), first in free throws made (21.7), second in free throw attempts (30.2) and first in bench points (42.7).
• Mizzou is also 14th in scoring margin, fourth in steals (10.7), 14th in turnovers forced (16.3) and ninth in turnover margin (+5.9).

HOME SWEET HOME
• The Tigers are returning to the friendly confines of Mizzou Arena for Monday's contest.
• Mizzou is currently on a 10-game home-court winning streak – the team's longest since a 26-game run from 2012 to 2014. It is also tied for the third-longest in the SEC and 23rd nationally.
• The 10-game run, which includes a victory over No. 1, has come in most dominating fashion, leading for 304:28 of a possible 400 minutes.

MITCHELL DOES IT ALL
• Mark Mitchell can do a little bit of everything for the Tigers.
• Mitchell leads MU with 13.8 points, 5.1 boards, 1.2 blocks and 6.8 free-throw attempts per game. 
• The wing player has also added 23 assists and 16 steals in 12 contests this season.
• Overall, Mitchell is just one of 15 players in the country to total 150 points, 60 rebounds, 20 assists, 15 steals and 12 blocks this season.

TOUGH TEAM TO PLAN FOR
• The Tigers are a difficult to team to game plan for with the amount of weapons they have.
• Eight different players have led Mizzou in scoring this season in just 12 contests with no player leading the team more than twice.
• No other SEC school has had more than six players lead the team in scoring in 2024-25.
• Overall, 11 different players have scored at least 10 points for Mizzou this season with five tallying 20-plus in a game.

OFFENSIVE LEADERS
• The Mizzou offense is one of the nation's best this season.
• The Tigers currently rank eighth in the country with a scoring offense of 87.8 points.

CONSISTENT OFFENSE
• The key to a good offense is consistency and the Tigers are certainly doing that so far in 2024-25.
• Missouri has scored at least 75 points in all 12 games this season – its longest run since a 14-game stretch in 2011-12.
• The Tigers are one of just four schools to score at least 75 in every game this season, joining Florida, Iowa State and South Dakota.