University of Missouri
Cleveland State
Men's Basketball Hosts Cleveland State Friday Afternoon
11/27/2025 10:30:00 AM | Men's Basketball
| Missouri (7-0, 0-0 SEC) vs. Cleveland State (3-5, 0-0 Horizon League) | |
| Game Details | Friday, Nov. 28 • 1 p.m. • Columbia, Mo. • Mizzou Arena | Gameday Info |
| Television | SEC Network+ |
| Radio | Tiger Radio Network | Sirius XM: 391 | Sirius XM App: 981 |
| Game Notes | Missouri |
| Game Coverage | Live Stats | Twitter: @MizzouHoops | Instagram: @MizzouHoops |
| Tickets | Ticketmaster | $5 Special Ticket Promotion | 1-800-CAT-PAWS |
The Mizzou men's basketball wraps up an early seven-game homestand on Friday, aiming to improve to 8-0 when it hosts Cleveland State. Tipoff is set for 1 p.m. at Mizzou Arena on SEC Network+.
PROMOTIONS
• Fans can celebrate Black Friday with a special $5 ticket promotion (CLICK HERE). In addition, fans can also enjoy a $1.99 beer special throughout the game.
ABOUT THE TIGERS
• Missouri is a perfect 7-0 through its first seven games of the season.
• The Tigers have won their last two games by 30-plus points – coming off a 98-66 win over South Carolina State on Tuesday night.
• Mark Mitchell leads MU with 18.1 points and 3.4 assists, while ranking second with 6.3 rebounds.
• Six Tigers are scoring in double figures with Jayden Stone (13.3), Jacob Crews (12.1), Anthony Robinson II (11.6), Sebastian Mack (10.7) and Shawn Phillips Jr. (10.4) following Mitchell's lead.
• Phillips also leads Mizzou with 7.6 rebounds.
• The Tigers are averaging 93.9 points per game in 2025-26 – shooting 56.8 percent from the field and 41.9 percent from 3-point range.
ABOUT THE VIKINGS
• Cleveland State owns a 3-5 record during the 2025-26 campaign, coming off a 109-56 win over Waynesburg on Tuesday.
• Dayan Nessah and Tre Beard lead the Vikings with 15.5 points per game, while Beard also leads the team with 3.2 assists per game.
• Josiah Harris also scores in double figures with 10.1 points to go with a team-best 7.9 rebounds.
• The Vikings are averaging 82.4 points, while allowing 86.5 on the defensive end.
SERIES HISTORY
• The schools are meeting for the first time.
MIZZOU VERSUS HORIZON LEAGUE
• The Tigers own a 10-1 all-time record against the Horizon League, including a 6-0 mark in Columbia.
• Mizzou has won its last six meetings against the conference – a streak that dates back to 1989.
WHERE IT ALL STARTED
• Friday's matchup features Coach Dennis Gates taking on his former school.
• Now in his fourth season as Whitten Family Head Coach at Mizzou, Gates joined the Tigers after spending three seasons at Cleveland State.
• With the Vikings, Gates rebuilt the CSU program with 50 wins, two regular-season Horizon League titles, one tournament crown and the school's first trip to the NCAA Tournament in 12 years.
• Additionally, four other members of the current Mizzou staff also were on the staff at Cleveland State – Ryan Sharbaugh (2019-22), David "Dickey Nutt (2019-21), Steve Wright (2019-20) and Matt Cline (2021-22).
WELCOME BACK
• A number of former Tigers are making their return to Mizzou Arena on Friday.
• Most notable, first-year CSU head coach Rob Summers is back after spending the 2024-25 season as offensive coordinator with the Tigers – MU ranked ninth nationally in scoring offense.
• Additionally, CSU assistant coach Dalon King was at MU from 2022 to 2025, serving as Director of Operations last year, while CSU graduate assistant Griffin Been was a student manager at Mizzou.
SCORING DEPTH
• Mizzou features one of the nation's deepest teams in 2025-26.
• The Tigers currently have six players averaging 10-plus points per game, led by 18.1 from senior Mark Mitchell.
• MU is one of six teams with six players scoring in double figures this season – joining Middle Tennessee, NC State, UCLA, UNC Wilmington and Vanderbilt.
DOUBLE-DIGIT THREATS
• The real key to the MU's success on the offensive side is its number of weapons.
• Of the 12 players to feature for MU this year, nine have scored in double figures at least once.
• Sophomores Annor Boateng (12) and T.O. Barrett (11) were the most recent to do so – each scoring a career-best total in Tuesday's win.
• Twice this season, Mizzou has had at least six players score 10 points in a game this season.
EARLY NATIONAL LEADER
• The Tigers have not wasted any of time finding their shooting touch in 2025-26.
• MU is making 56.8 percent of its field goals this season with a 3-point clip of 41.9 percent.
• In fact, Mizzou currently ranks first nationally with its 56.8 percent overall clip and 11th with its 3-point percentage of 41.9.
HOT SHOOTING LEADS THE WAY
• The key to the Tigers ranking among the nation's best shooters is their consistency
• Mizzou has eclipsed 50 percent shooting in all seven of its games in 2025-26.
• It marks the Tigers' longest streak to start a season since a seven-game run to begin the 1982-83 campaign and their longest run in any stretch of a season since 1988-89 (13 games).
• Overall, Mizzou and Colorado are the only two schools (of 365) to shoot at least 50 percent in every game this year.
