February 12, 2012

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Hot shooting pushes Mizzou past Baylor (AUDIO)

February 11, 2012 By

Phil Pressey scored 19 points, leading the 4th ranked Missouri Tigers who made a season best 14 three-pointers, in a 72-57 win over 6th ranked Baylor. Pressey, Michael Dixon and Marcus Denmon all made four three-pointers each as the Tigers improve to 23-2 overall and 10-2 in Big 12 play.

Baylor dominated in the rebounding department winning 40-27 on the boards including 15 offensive rebounds. While Baylor was able to score 21 second chance points, their forwards still struggled to make shots and take advantage of more of those rebounds. Perry Jones III had just four points on 2-for-12 shooting.

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Missouri State wins eighth road game of the season

February 9, 2012 By

Missouri State (15-11, 8-6) picked up its eighth road victory of the season with a 56-54 win at Southern Illinois (8-17, 5-9), holding off a late surge by the Salukis to win for the second straight win at SIU Arena.  The Bears got 18 points from Caleb Patterson and 14 from Kyle Weems while firing at a 51.2 percent clip to overcome a 17-turnover night and improve to 8-6 in the league.

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Billikens building NCAA resume with win at St. Joe

February 9, 2012 By

Cody Ellis scored a game-high 20 points, which included five second-half 3-pointers, as the Saint Louis Billikens rolled to a 72-60 victory at Saint Joseph’s Wednesday night at Hagan Arena.  The win was the Billikens’ third in a row and their sixth in the last seven games. They move to 19-5 overall and 7-3 in the Atlantic 10 Conference. SLU remains a half-game back of league-leader Temple (7-2 in the A-10) in the league standings.

Ellis’ career-high-tying 20 points came on 6-of-10 shooting from the field and 6-of-9 from 3-point range. Five of his 3-pointers came at a crucial time in the second half when the game was still in doubt.  The Billikens as a team shot 10 of 20 from past the arc.

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Missouri holds off Oklahoma

February 6, 2012 By

Despite the Oklahoma Sooners hitting just nine of 23 from the free throw line, it was their final miss of the night that led to a chance for OU to tie the game, but a three point attempt from Steven Pledger went off the side of the rim giving the fourth ranked Tigers a 71-68 win.

Romero Osby was fouled in the closing seconds and put on the free throw line with his team down by three. After missing his first attempt, Osby was forced to miss his last attempt. It came off the rim back towards him and was tipped out to the right wing where Pledger had an open look as time expired. It was a hard fought win for the Tigers, coming off their emotional win on Saturday against Kansas.

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Denmon makes Oscar Robertson watch list

February 6, 2012 By

Marcus Denmon celebrates Missouri's win over Kansas with Laurence Bowers. UPI/Bill Greenblatt

Mizzou senior guard Marcus Denmon has been named to the Oscar Robertson Award Midseason Watch List, as announced by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association.

Members of the association’s board of directors chose the players to be on the list as contenders for the Oscar Robertson Trophy, which will be presented to the national player of the year in New Orleans at the USBWA’s College Basketball Awards Breakfast on March 30.

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