The Tigers hit the road for their second neutral-site game of the season, squaring off with Marquette in Chicago in the Legends Classic. Tipoff at United Center is set for Sunday at 1:30 p.m. on Peacock.
 
ABOUT THE TIGERS
• Missouri is 2-1 to open the 2026-27 season, coming off a 96-58 win over SIUE on Monday.
• Freshman Jason Crowe Jr. leads the Tigers with 21.7 points and 4.3 assists per game. He scored a Mizzou freshman record with 34 points in Monday's win over SIUE.
• Sophomore Bryson Tiller is second with 15.7 points to go with a team-best 8.7 rebounds.
• Overall, six Tigers are scoring in double figures with Kennard Davis Jr. (12.3), Jamier Jones (12.0), Toni Bryant (11.3) and Mark Mitchell (10.7) following suit.
• The Tigers are averaging 97.0 points per game, while allowing 66.0 through three contests.
 
ABOUT THE GOLDEN EAGLES
• Marquette, who is receiving votes in both polls, enters the weekend with a 2-1 overall record.
• The Golden Eagles lost at No. 20 Michigan on Wednesday, 84-70.
• Royce Parham leads the team with 12.0 points, while Adrien Stevens (10.3) and Alex Egbuonu (10.0) also score in double figures.
• Sananda Fru has a team-best 7.3 rebounds with Nigel James Jr. leading Marquette with 4.0 assists.
• The Golden Eagles are tallying 80.3 points in the season's first three games, while allowing 53.0.
 
SERIES HISTORY
• The schools are meeting for the 10th time in series history with the Tigers holding a 5-4 edge over the Golden Eagles.
• The teams are meeting for the first time since the 2009 NCAA Tournament when Mizzou defeated the Golden Eagles, 83-79, in the second round.
• Overall, the schools have met three times in the NCAA Tournament with Mizzou winning in 1982 and Marquette taking the 2003 matchup.
 
MIZZOU VERSUS BIG EAST
• Mizzou owns an 8-18 all-time record against the Big East Conference with a 7-12 mark in neutral-site games versus the league.
• The Tigers have dropped their last three contests versus the league with their most-recent matchup coming in 2023 against Seton Hall.
• Mizzou's most-recent win over a Big East school came in 2018 against Xavier.
 
OFFENSE CLICKING EARLY
• The Tigers are off to a strong start to the 2026-27 campaign on the offensive end.
• Through three games, Mizzou is averaging 97.0 points – shooting 52.8 percent from the field and 43.6 percent from 3-point range.
• The Tigers' 291 points are their most through the first three games of any season in school history.
 
CROWE OFF TO A RECORD START
• Freshman Jason Crowe Jr. is showing he was worth the hype entering Mizzou.
• In Monday's win over SIUE, Crowe set Mizzou's single-game freshman scoring record with 34 points.
• He broke the previous mark of 32, originally set by Derrick Chievous on Dec. 29, 1984, versus Arizona.
• In his debut on Nov. 3, Crowe also tied the MU record for points by a freshman in his debut with 23 points – matching Steve Stipanovich (1979) and Frankie Hughes (2016).
 
FRESHMAN NATIONAL LEADERS
• Overall, Jason Crowe Jr. ranks among the top scorers nationally, especially among freshmen.
• Crowe leads Mizzou, ranks second in the SEC and 37th nationally with his 21.7 points per game.
• The rookie is also fourth among all freshmen in the country in scoring.
 
TILLER DOUBLING UP
• Perhaps the player that has shown the most improvement early in the 2026-27 season is sophomore forward Bryson Tiller.
• Tiller is averaging 15.7 points through the year's first three games – nearly double his totals from his freshman season at Kansas.
• Tiller scored a career-best 26 points – connecting on a personal-best five triples – last Friday versus Saint Louis.
 
HIGH ASSISTS, LOW TURNOVERS
• The Tigers have kept it clean in the passing game to start the season.
• Through three contests, Mizzou has racked up 62 assists against just 22 turnovers.
• The Tigers currently lead all teams in the nation with an assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.82.
• Mizzou is also 31st with 20.7 assists per game and third with 7.3 turnovers per game.
 
BLOCK PARTY
• Another area where the Tigers have excelled early is blocks.
• Nearly through the first two weeks of the season, MU is eighth nationally with 7.3 blocks per game.
• Freshman Toni Bryant leads Mizzou with 2.3 blocks, while Bryson Tiller is second with 2.0.