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Mizzou Basketball Postgame Notes

Lipscomb 81, Mizzou 76

• Junior forward Jordan Barnett recorded the first double-double of his career and third for Mizzou this season, setting career highs in points with 15 and rebounds with 13. Barnett previously scored 12 points (with Texas) against USTA on Jan. 8, 2015 and five rebounds twice, most recently this season against Eastern Illinois on Dec. 17.
• Barnett’s 13 rebounds are the most by a Tiger this season and the most since Johnathan Williams III recorded 15 boards against Texas A&M on March 14, 2014.
• Sophomore guard Jordan Geist set a season-high in scoring for the second consecutive game, scoring 18 while playing in a season-high 35 minutes. Over the last two games, Geist has scored 30 points on 8-of-16 shooting from the field.
• Geist made the most of his trips to the line, sinking 8-of-10 from the charity stripe, both season-highs.
• With 14 points, sophomore forward Kevin Puryear reached double-figures for the ninth time this season and 30^th time in his career.
• With 14 points and six rebounds, Puryear has now recorded at least 10 points and five rebounds in eight games this season and 23 times in his career.
• Sophomore forward Russell Woods scored 10 points in the game, the fourth time this season he has recorded double-figures in scoring.
• Woods snagged eight rebounds in the contest, two off his season-high. After recording just two games last season with five or more rebounds, Woods has done so in seven games this season.
• Mizzou had four players – Geist (18), Barnett (15), Puryear (14) and Woods (10) – score in double-figures for just the third time this season. Mizzou has had at least three score in double-figures in nine of 12 games this season.
• Freshman forward Reed Nikko blocked a season-high two shots in the game, the third time this season he has recorded multiple blocks in a contest.
• Sophomore guard K.J. Walton was a perfect 5-of-5 from the free throw line, the first time in his career he has been perfect from the charity stripe while attempting at least five shots.
• As a team, Mizzou blocked a season-high five shots, led by Nikko and Puryear with two each.
• Mizzou outrebounded Lipscomb, 47-34, the seventh time in 12 contests Mizzou has outrebounded its opponent.