A top-25 showdown is set for the regular-season finale at Mizzou Arena as No. 15/19 University of Missouri men's basketball hosts No. 19/24 Kentucky. Tipoff is set for 11 a.m. on ESPN.
PROMOTIONS
• The final game of the regular season is Senior Day on Saturday with Mizzou honoring its senior player and managers following the game.
• Saturday is also the annual Gold Rush contest with all fans encouraged to wear their best Mizzou gold to the game.
ABOUT THE TIGERS
• Missouri enters the regular-season finale with a 21-9 overall record and a 10-7 mark in SEC play.
• The Tigers are currently ranked No. 15 in the AP poll and No. 19 in the USA Today Coaches poll.
• Mizzou has dropped its last two contests, both on the road to Vanderbilt and Oklahoma.
• Graduate Caleb Grill leads the team in scoring with 14.4 points per game, followed by Mark Mitchell at 14.1 and Tamar Bates at 13.1.
• Josh Gray has a team-best 5.1 rebounds, while Anthony Robinson II leads MU with 3.5 assists.
• MU is seventh nationally with a scoring offense of 84.6 and 19th with a scoring margin of +12.0.
ABOUT THE WILDCATS
• No. 19/24 Kentucky enters the regular-season finale with a 20-10 overall record and 9-8 mark against SEC foes.
• UK is coming off its biggest league win of the season with a 95-64 victory over LSU on Tuesday.
• Otega Oweh leads the team with 16.0 points per game. Overall, five active players are scoring in double figures for the Wildcats.
• Amari Williams has a team-best 8.7 boards with Lamont Butler posting a team-leading 4.5 assists.
• Kentucky averages 85.6 points per game, while allowing 76.8 on defense.
SERIES HISTORY
• Kentucky owns a 15-3 edge in series history over the Tigers.
• The home team, however, has won seven of the last eight contests in the series with MU going 3-1 in its last four games at Mizzou Arena versus UK.
• Last season, No. 6 Kentucky posted a 90-77 win inside Rupp Arena. Mizzou's last win in the series was during the 2022-23 campaign, posting a 14-point win (89-75) – its largest ever versus UK.
SEC TOURNAMENT SEEDING
• Entering the final game of the SEC season, the Tigers are currently tied for fifth in the standings with a 10-7 league record, while Kentucky is just one game back at 9-8.
• Mizzou can still finish anywhere from fourth to eighth in the final standings.
• With a win, the Tigers will finish fourth, fifth of sixth for the SEC Tournament, while a loss would lead to a seven or eight seed next week.
SENIOR DAY CEREMONY
• Following Mizzou's game against Kentucky, the Tigers will honor seven student-athletes and two managers during a Senior Day ceremony.
• Tamar Bates, Jacob Crews, Josh Gray, Caleb Grill, Tony Perkins, Jeremy Sanchez and Marques Warrick are all set to be recognized for MU.
• The seven players have combined to appear in 894 career games with 7,701 points, 2,585 rebounds and 1,248 assists.
• The Tigers will also honor two student managers in Joey Barrett and Griffin Been.
MIZZOU AIMS TO TIE ITS SEC MARK
• The Tigers are one victory shy of matching their record for wins in an SEC campaign.
• MU is aiming to finish 11-7 for a third time since joining the league in 2012, also accomplished in 2012-13 and 2022-23.
HOME SWEET HOME
• The Tigers go for their record-matching 11th SEC win at the friendly confines of Mizzou Arena.
• MU owns an 18-1 record in 2024-25 at Mizzou Arena, tied for the most home wins of any school in the nation (St. John's also has 18).
• The Tigers' 18 wins in Columbia are also tied for the most in school history (first set in 2008-09).
• Overall, Mizzou has largely dominated its foes at home, winning by an average of 20.1 points.
TIGER OFFENSE ON FIRE
• The Tigers are playing their best basketball on the offensive side as of late.
• In its last seven games, Mizzou is averaging 91.7 points – the third-most in the country during that time (behind only Duke and Alabama).
• The Tigers have scored more than 100 points twice during the span – they had not done so once in any of their first 226 SEC games.
• MU has also eclipsed 80 points in seven-straight league contests for the first time in its history.
TOP-10 OFFENSE NATIONALLY
• The strong attack in the last seven games highlight how strong the unit has been for MU this season.
• The Tigers rank seventh nationally by averaging 84.6 points per game.
• MU is on pace to post its highest scoring offense since 1989-90 (86.8) and fourth-highest overall.
