MBB Preview: Arkansas at Missouri

January 30, 2024

Who: Arkansas Razorbacks (10-10, 1-6 SEC) at Missouri Tigers (8-12, 0-7 SEC)
What: Arkansas and Missouri are meeting the 61st first and the first of two times this season.
When: Wednesday – Jan. 31 – 7:30 pm (CT)
Where: Columbia, Mo. • Mizzou Arena – Norm Stewart Court (15,061)
How (to follow):
– TV/Stream: SEC Network/Watch ESPN (Mike Morgan and Mark Wise)
– Radio: Learfield Razorback Sports Network (Chuck Barrett and Matt Zimmerman)
– Sirius/XM: 391 Sirius / 391 XM / 981 SXM App
– Missouri Live Stats
– Razorback Gameday App

– Arkansas Game Notes
– Mizzou MBB Website
– SEC Notes/Stats

FAYETTEVILLE – For the second time this season, Arkansas will play back-to-back road games in the same week. The first coming Wednesday at Missouri. Tip-off is set for 7:30 pm (CT) and the game will be televised on SEC Network.

The Razorbacks complete the road trip at LSU on Saturday with an 11 am (CT) start time. With these two games, Arkansas is in the midst of playing seven road games over a 12-game span.

SERIES NOTES:

This will be the 61st meeting between Arkansas and Missouri all time and the first of two this season. Since Missouri joined the SEC in 2012-13 the borders rivals have played 24 times.
Arkansas leads the all-time series, 33-27, and is 14-9 versus the Tigers since Mizzou joined the SEC … Arkansas has won 6 of the last 8.
Missouri does hold a 17-12 advantage all-time when playing in CoMo, including a 7-4 mark in SEC games.
Last year, the teams split games, each winning on their home court.
First, 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. 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.
Second, with the game tied at 71 with one minute to play, Missouri went 8-of-8 at the line down the stretch to pull out a 79-76 victory over #25 Arkansas Wednesday night at Mizzou Arena. Arkansas dominated many of the stats, most notably outrebounding the Tigers 42-23 thanks to nine from Makhi Mitchell. However, the Razorbacks committed 21 turnovers which led to the Tigers outscoring the Hogs 31-13 on points off turnovers. The Razorbacks led by 10 twice in the second half before a 10-0 run by Missouri tied the game at 67 with 2:28 left. Arkansas grabbed a couple of 2-point leads over the next minutes, including a 71-69 advantage after two Mitchell free throws with 1:13 left. Anthony Black kept the Razorbacks in striking distance with a layup and a 3-pointer before Sean East II sank two free throws with 2.8 seconds left to provide the final score.

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