MBB Preview: #25 Arkansas at Missouri

Mike Cawood January 17, 2023

Who: #25 Arkansas Razorbacks (12-5, 1-4 SEC) at Missouri Tigers (13-4, 2-3 SEC)
What: Arkansas has won five straight versus Missouri.
When: Wednesday – Jan. 18 – 8:00 pm (CT)
Where: Columbia, Mo. – Mizzou Arena / Norm Stewart Court

How (to follow):
– Television: SEC Network (Dave Neal and Jon Sunvold)
– Stream/Online: Watch ESPN
– Radio: Learfield Razorback Sports Network (Chuck Barrett and Matt Zimmerman)
– Gameday Info and How to Listen Online/Mobile: Razorback Gameday App
– Sirius/XM: 81 (Sirius) / 81 (XM) || SXM App: Channel 84
– Live Stats: Missouri Live Stats

– Arkansas Game Notes: CLICK HERE
– Missouri MBB Website: CLICK HERE
– SEC Notes/Stats: CLICK HERE

FAYETTEVILLE – The #25 Arkansas Razorbacks stay on the road to face the Missouri Tigers on Wednesday (Jan. 18). Tipoff at Mizzou Arena is set for 8 pm (CT) and the game will be televised on SEC Network.

This will be the 60th meeting between Arkansas and Missouri all time and the second this season. Since Missouri joined the SEC in 2012-13 the borders rivals have played 23 times.
Arkansas leads the all-time series, 33-26, and is 14-8 versus the Tigers in SEC play.
Arkansas has won five straight and 6 of the last 7.
Missouri does hold a 16-12 advantage all time when playing in CoMo, including a 6-4 mark in SEC games.
The two squads faced off 14 days ago in Bud Walton Arena. It was Arkansas’ SEC home opener and Arkansas erased a 17-point deficit to beat the #20 Tigers, 74-68. Ricky Council IV scored 21 second-half points to lead Arkansas to a come-from-behind win. Overall, he finished with 25 points, making 11-of-13 at the line with a season-best seven rebounds. Joseph Pinion provided a big spark off the bench, scoring a career-high 13 points. Kamani Johnson was also a key factor in the win, getting eight rebounds and drawing six fouls. Arkansas erased its largest deficit of the season (17 points; 25-8 with 9:31 in the first half) thanks in part to an 8-0 run to end the first half and a 10-4 run to start the second. After Arkansas, took its first lead, Missouri bounced back to tie the game at 46 before Council drained a 3-pointer to put the Hogs up 49-46, a lead Arkansas would not relinquish.
Since Eric Musselman’s arrival in Fayetteville, Arkansas has 85 wins. That total is the most in the SEC and 10th-most in the NCAA over that span.

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