Mizzou Travels to Lynchburg for Tilt Against Liberty

COLUMBIA, Mo. — The University of Missouri men’s basketball team heads on the road for its first true road contest of the 2021-22 season, Thursday, Dec. 2 against Liberty. The game is scheduled for a 6 p.m. CT/7 p.m. ET tip off on ESPN+ with Matt Warner and Paul Nazigian on the call.

Mike Kelly and Chris Gervino will have the game on the Tiger Radio Network. Full list of affiliates can be found here.

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MIZZOU HEADLINES

• The Tigers are coming off a Monday game against Paul Quinn where Mizzou won handedly, 91-59.
• Kobe Brown went off for one of the best performances of his career with a 20-20 performance. Brown’s 23 rebounds were a career high, and the most for any Tiger since 1966.
• Brown is nearly averaging a double-double with a team-best 15.4 points and 9.6 rebounds per game. His 9.6 rebounds rank third in the SEC and top-30 nationally.
• Missouri has a pair of top-15 rebounders in the SEC, with Brown and Ronnie DeGray III. DeGray III ranks 13^th overall with 6.71 rebounds/game and is fourth with 3.29 offensive boards per game.
• Amari Davis recorded 14 points on 6-of-10 shooting against Paul Quinn, marking his fourth-straight game with 14 or more.
• DeGray III made his first start for Missouri, recording eight rebounds and seven points.
• The Tigers remain 4-0 this season when outscoring opponents and have averaged 76 points in wins, compared to 60 points in losses.

THE SERIES

• Thursday marks the second meeting between the two programs in as many years, as Missouri hosted Liberty last season where the Tigers came away with the hard-fought 69-60 victory.
• Javon Pickett went 4-of-5 for eight points in last year’s meeting, while the Tigers shot 51 percent from the floor.
• Thursday’s game will be the first all-time meeting in Lynchburg as Mizzou is the first SEC team to play in Liberty Arena.

SCOUTING LIBERTY

• Liberty is one of 10 NCAA tournament teams from a year ago on Missouri’s 2021-22 schedule.
• The Flames are coming off its fifth-consecutive 20+ win season.
• Liberty boasts the second-longest active home win streak, behind Gonzaga, of 39 straight-wins at home.
• Darius McGhee, the 2021 ASUN Player of the Year, leads the Flames with 18.3 points per game and 2.5 assists per game. McGhee ranks top-15 nationally in 3-point field goal percentage, shooting 50 percent from behind the arc.
• As a team, Liberty has held opponents to 56.7 points per game which ranks 15^th nationally.

UP NEXT

Mizzou returns home for a midweek contest against Eastern Illinois, Dec. 7 at 7 p.m. before renewing the Kansas rivalry Saturday, Dec. 11 in Lawrence, Kan.

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