No. 20 men’s basketball hits the street to see No. 14 No. 14 Mississippi State

The No. 20 basketball of the University of Missouri, which is aiming for the second top 25 victory in the Sec game in the Sec game, will compete against the state of Mississippi in Mississippi on Saturday afternoon. Tipoff in Starkville is defined in the Sec Network for noon.

About the tiger
• Mizzou is currently in 20th place in the AP survey and in the survey of USA Today Coaches.
• Mu enters the weekend with a total grade of 16: 4 and is 5-2 in third place in the Sec-Rating.
• The tigers are back in action for the first time in a week and, thanks to 48 points from an 83-75 victory against No. 16 Ole Miss by Ole Miss. Tamar Bates (26) and Caleb grill (22).
• Bates leads with 13.5 points per game at MU and follows from Mark Mitchell (13.1), grill (12.7) and Anthony Robinson II (10.2).
• Mitchell and Josh Gray are tied with 4.9 rebounds for the team with the team, while Robinson has a MU-Best 3.6 assists and 1.9 steals.
• Mizzou is the 19th place nationwide with a hit of 83.2 and 16. With a value of +14.2.

About the bulldogs
• The state of Mississippi is currently number 14 of the nation in AP survey and number 13 in the coaches survey.
• The Bulldogs are 16-5 in the season with a 4: 4 record in the second game. The MSU has an 88-84 home accident against No. 4/4 Alabama on Wednesday.
• Josh Hubbard is one of four bulldogs that are achieved in double -digit numbers with 17.3 points.
• Keshawn Murphy is second with 10.8 points that occur with the best 7.1 rebounds.
• Cameron Matthews has a team best 3,8 templates.
• The state of Mississippi has an average of 80.8 points, while 70.4 are defensively permitted.

Series history
• Mississippi State has a 14: 6 advantage in 20 meetings between the two schools and has won eight of the last nine of the series.
• The bulldogs are also 9: 1 against the Tigers in Starkville and won each of the last eight home games on average 15.9 points.
• The only street victory of the Tiger against the state Mississippi came in her first year as a second school and achieved a 78-36 victory in 2013.
• With both teams, the games on Saturday mark the second time that the teams were confronted with both school in the national surveys. In 2021 Mississippi State No. 13 Mizzou, 78-63.

Mu over seven second games
• The tigers are currently in third place in the SEC rating with a 5-2 conference record.
• The 5: 2 start-to-league game is Mizzous’s best start through seven second games.
• It also corresponds to the best conference start of the team in the past 25 years (also in 2000-01, 2001-02, 2008-09 and 2011-12 in Big 12) and overall the best overall start since a 6: 1- Start in the 00 season.
• In addition, the 16-4 start of the Tigers has been the best of the team since 2013-14 (also with 16 to 4).

Tiger in the ranking
• Mizzou enjoys his course in the national ranks.
• In No. 20 in the AP survey, the Tigers have achieved their best ranking in the last four seasons in the last four seasons, also No. 20 in the survey on 2nd and 9th January in 2023.
• Mizzou was last classified in the AP survey on February 8, 2021 when it was No. 10.
• In No. 21 in the coaches survey, MU has its highest rank since the placement No. 20 on January 9, 2022.

Hard route
• Mizzou, who participates in the challenging SEC, is in the middle of a challenging games to improve his position in the conference.
• After the Tigers defeated No. 16 Ole Miss last Saturday, you have three more games against ranked teams – No. 14 Mississippi State, No. 8 Tennessee and No. 13, Texas A & M, to follow.
• It is the first time since 1957 to 1958 that MU plays four games against the rankings.

milestone
• A few tigers have their sights on milestones.
• Whitten family head coach Dennis Gates is a victory of 100 for his career when he joined 99 career victory in the game on Saturday – 50 in Cleveland State and 49 at Mizzou.
• Additionally, Mark Mitchell scored 961 points in his career and 39 shy of 1,000.

National leader in Caleb Grill
• Caleb grill After the victory on Saturday, the national lead in a 3-point percentage.
• Grill is currently leading all players in the country with a 48.3 percent clip from the 3-point range.
• In total, Grill was an average of 12.7 points per game in 2024-25, while in the second and 50th place nationwide he took third place with 2.87 triple per game.

Early leader
• The tigers have made it a habit to start the games strongly and play from the front in the second half.
• Mizzou had at least a half of 10 points in 13 out of 20 games this season, which exceeded the enemies by an average of 10.2 points (41.8 to 31.6).
• MU has run the entire second half in all five seconds in all five seconds in all five seconds in all five seconds.
• In total, the tigers in 16 out of 20 games this season had one half in the lead. Mu is 15-1 with an advantage during the break and 1-3 when leafing off.