West Virginia 83, Mizzou 79 - Postgame Notes
Mizzou Men’s Basketball
Postgame Notes
No. 23 West Virginia 83, Mizzou 79
Postgame Notes
No. 23 West Virginia 83, Mizzou 79
- Senior forward Jordan Barnett led the team in scoring and recorded his second career double-double with 21 points and 11 rebounds. Barnett posted his first career double-double last season against Lipscomb (Dec. 29, 2016) when he scored 15 points and grabbed 13 rebounds.
- The 21-point output is the first game this season and fourth career game Barnett has scored at least 20 points.
- Freshman forward Jontay Porter had five blocks in the game, the most by a Tiger since Johnathan Williams III had five against Texas A&M on March 5, 2014. Porter has now recorded a block in six of seven games this season and is averaging 2.3 per game.
- Porter also had five rebounds in the game, the fifth time this season he has recorded at least five boards.
- Senior guard Kassius Robertson scored 13 points in the game, his sixth time this season and 72nd time in his career he has reached double digits.
- Robertson connected on three three-pointers in the game, the fifth time this season (third consecutive) and 68th time in his career he has connected on multiple threes.
- Junior forward Kevin Puryear scored 13 points in the game, the 47th time in his career he has scored in double figures.
- Puryear also snagged seven rebounds in the game, the 47th time in his career he has grabbed at least five rebounds.
- Sophomore Reed Nikko matched his career-high for blocks with three. Nikko also turned away three shots against Wagner earlier this season (Nov. 13).
- Junior guard Jordan Geist was active on the glass for the third-straight game, grabbing six rebounds. Geist had seven, nine and six rebounds, respectively in the tournament. Before the tournament, Geist had not recorded a game with at least five rebounds this season.
