Jan. 27, 2012
Missouri Game Notes 
Columbia, Mo.- Missouri Women's Basketball hosts Oklahoma on Saturday in a double header with the men's team. Missouri and Oklahoma will face off at 4:30 p.m., and the Special Olympians of Missouri will scrimmage on the court at halftime.
LAST TIME OUT
BreAnna Brock's double-double was not enough to hold off the Longhorns on Wednesday (Jan. 25) as the Tigers dropped to 10-8 on the season. The 75-58 loss to Texas (13-6, 3-4) moves the Tigers down to 0-7 in conference play. Despite the loss, Brock was a standout for the team earning her fifth double-double with 11 points and 13 rebounds. She also snagged a team-leading three steals on the night. Senior Christine Flores recorded three rejections on the night, tying the school record for career blocks with 177 total.
UP NEXT
The month of February finds the Tigers with a home game against No. 1-ranked Baylor on Weds., Feb. 1 for National Women in Sports Day, and road game against Texas Tech on the 5th. Mizzou will also host Iowa State on Feb. 8.
SCOUTING OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma is coming to Mizzou off of a loss to No. 1-ranked Baylor. The Sooners held a six-game win streak through the middle of the season, going undefeated at the Duel in the Desert with wins over Ohio, Syracuse and Xavier. Three Sooners are averaging in the double figures, Aaryn Ellenberg records an average of 17.8 points per game. Both Whitney Hand and Morgan Hook also average over 10 points per game.
SERIES HISTORY WITH OU
The series against Oklahoma is close, but the Tigers lead 29-27 in school history. Last time the two schools met, the Tigers dropped 69-47 in Norman. Missouri's last victory over the Sooners came in 2008 as the Tigers topped Oklahoma 70-64 in overtime in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament. In regular season play, Mizzou's last win over OU came in Columbia in 2004.
BIG 12 CONFERENCE HISTORY
Missouri is 254-306 in Big Eight/Big 12 series history. The Tigers have winning records over several conference foes including Iowa State, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State.
TIGER TRENDS
>Christine Flores has reached double-figures in four straight games against teams ranked in the Top 25 (Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Baylor, Kansas State).
>The Tigers have finished 13 of 18 games this season with a better shooting percentage than their opponents.
>The Tiger post duo of Christine Flores and BreAnna Brock has accounted for at least 23 points in each of the Tigers' first seven Big 12 games this season.
>Led by Kyley Simmons' 2-for-3 effort, Mizzou made 38.9 percent of its three-point shots against Texas, the team's best effort in conference play thus far.
>The Tigers have grabbed at least 30 rebounds in all seven of its Big 12 games this season.
>Aside from the Tigers' loss at Kansas State, they have hit at least five 3-point field goals in all of their Big 12 games this season.
> Mizzou has won the block battle in 14 games this season...BreAnna Brock and Christine Flores lead the way with 105 of 119 total rejections this season.
> Mizzou has had more assists than each of their opponents in 10 of their first 18 games...Missouri averages 13.94 assists per game which ranks them ninth in the Big 12.
>Missouri has outscored their opponent in the paint in 10 games this season. Against UTSA, the Tigers and Roadrunners each scored 22 points in the paint.
>At least two Tigers have hit double figures in scoring in 17 games this season. Missouri has had three Tigers in double figures in nine games, and two players have scored in double figures in six of the last seven games.
>In eight games this season, the Tigers' largest lead of the game has been 19 points or higher.
>The Tigers have 24 steals over their last five games, including a Big 12 season-best nine at Texas A&M. In that span, Mizzou is averaging 4.8 steals per game and has forced its opponents into 67 turnovers (13.4 per game).
>The Tigers bench has outscored its opponents in three of the past four games by a margin of 78-60.
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