University of Missouri Athletics

Mizzou 85, North Florida 51
Postgame Notes

• Mizzou improved to 6-0 at home to start the 2017-18 season, its best start to a season at home since the 2013-14 season, when the Tigers won their first eight at home. 
• Mizzou held North Florida to 19 points in the first half, its lowest opponent total in a half this season. The previous low was the 21 points Wagner scored in the first half (Nov. 13).
• The Tigers outrebounded North Florida, 52-31, their largest rebounding margin (+21) of the season and the 10^th time this season they have outrebounded their opponent.
• Senior forward Jordan Barnett recorded his second double-double of the season, and the third of his career, with 18 points and 11 rebounds. His last double-double effort came against West Virginia (Nov. 26).
• Barnett has now scored 15-or-more points in six-straight games, the longest such scoring streak of his career. His 18-point output is the eighth time this season and 26^th time in his career he has scored in double figures.
• Over the last six contests, Barnett is averaging 18.1 points and 7.8 rebounds per game.
• With his two blocks in the game, freshman forward Jontay Porter moved into fourth on the all-time freshman blocks list with 25 this season, passing Tate Decker, who had 24 in 1996-97.
• Porter also set a season-high in assists, dishing out five against the Ospreys. His previous high was four against Green Bay (Dec. 9).
• Porter also recorded 10 rebounds, just the second time in his career he has reached double-digit rebounds. Porter has now grabbed five or more rebounds in 10-straight contests.
• With Barnett and Porter’s performances on the glass, Mizzou had two players record 10+ rebounds for the first time since the 2015-16 season when Jakeenan Gant and Russell Woods had 11 and 10, respectively, against Arkansas Pine-Bluff on Dec. 29, 2015.
• Sophomore forward Reed Nikko scored a career high 12 points in the game, surpassing his previous high of 10 points, which he produced against Davidson last season (Nov. 18, 2016).
• Nikko also snagged five rebounds in the game, the eighth time in his career and third time this season he has had at least five rebounds.
• Junior guard Jordan Geist connected on two three-pointers in the game, the fifth time this season and ninth time in his career he has made multiple three-pointers.
• Geist had 11 points in the game, the fourth time this season and 13^th time in his career he has reached double-digits.
• Geist also matched his career-high in steals, snagging three.
• With 10 points and five rebounds, freshman forward Jeremiah Tilmon reached double-digits in scoring for the sixth time this season, while grabbing five or more rebounds for the seventh time this season.
• Tilmon has scored at least 10 points and grabbed at least five rebounds in four-straight games.
• The Tiger freshman also turned away two shots in the game, the third time this season he has had multiple blocks. Tilmon is now just six blocks away from joining Porter on the top-10 all-time blocks list among Mizzou freshman.
• Senior guard Kassius Robertson scored 11 points in the game, the ninth time this season and 75^th time in his career he has scored in double-digits.
• Robertson connected on 3-of-9 from beyond the three-point arc, the eighth time this season and 71^st time in his career he has connected on multiple threes in a game.
• Freshman guard Blake Harris had another good game distributing the basketball with seven assists, the second time this season he has recorded at least five dimes.