No. 15 Men’s Basketball is hosting No. 10 Texas A&M Saturday

No. 15/16 University of Missouri Men’s Basketball returns home to meet No. 10/13 Texas A&M on Saturday afternoon and want to expand their 15-game Homecourt-winning row. Tipoff is at. 14:30 on SEC Network.

Campaigns
• Saturday’s is the team’s annual rally for Rhyan games with all donations accepted to help fight pediatric cancer.
• The 10th annual rally for Rhyan Game, MU has raised $ 588,000 during its first nine games.

About the tigers
• Mizzou is ranked No. 15 in the AP vote and No. 16 in the US Today Coaches Poll.
• The tigers own a total record of 17-5 and are third in the SEC position with a 6-3 conference mark.
• Mu fell a tight decision on No. 4 Tennessee Wednesday 85-81.
• Senior Tamar Bates leading three tigers in double -digit score with 13.6 points, followed by Caleb Grill (13.1) and Mark Mitchell (12.4).
• Josh Gray have a team best 5.4 rebounds while Anthony Robinson II leads MU with 3.4 assists.
• Mizzou is 17. National with a scoring violation of 83.3 and 14. With a scoring margin of +14.0.

About Agggies
• Texas A&M is tied with Mizzou for the third in the SEC position of 6-3, while also matching MU with a total record of 17-5.
• Agggies has won their last two matches with victories over Oklahoma and in South Carolina.
• Wade Taylor IV leads Agggies with 15.1 points and 4.4 assists per day. Match.
• Zhuric Phelps is number two with 14.8 points.
• Solomon Washington collects a team leading 5.8 rebounds per Match.
• Texas A&M average 75.4 points while allowing 66.2 on defense.

Series history
• In a series dating back to 1969 and has been played annually since 1996-97, Texas A&M has a light edge all the time over Tigers, 26-20.
• Agggies has won the last four in the series, swept a few games home and away the last two seasons.
• In general, Texas A&M has won the last five matches against Tigers in Mizzou Arena with MUS last home wine coming in 2018.

Mu through nine seconds
• The tigers are currently tied to the third in the SEC position with Florida and Texas A&M with a 6-3 conference record.
• The 6-3 start of League Play matches Mizzous best ever starts through nine seconds, also by doing so during the 2020-21 campaign.
• With a win on Saturday, the Tigers start a SEC season 7-3 for the first time in its story.
• In addition, MU at 17-5 has matched its best overall start since its inception 21-2 in 2011-12.

Hard stretching
• The tigers are looking to end their most challenging games this season with a win on Saturday.
• Mizzou has played three of four equal matches against national-ranked teams, resulting in a 2-1 record so far-bearing No. 16 Ole Miss and No. 14 Mississippi State before falling by four points Wednesday at No. 4 Tennessee.
• It marks the first time since 1957-58 that Mizzou plays four-ranked opponents.
• The only obstacle in the way of ending the race with a winning record is # 10 Texas A&M.

Home sweet home
• The good news for MU is that Saturday’s matchup versus # 10 Texas A&M is at Mizzou Arena, where Tigers is undefeated a year.
• Mizzou is currently on a 15-game home-Court-winning row team’s longest since a 26-game ran from 2012 to 2014.
• The purchase of 15 games is also the longest active strip in SEC and the second longest in the nation.
• The 15-game race, which includes a win over # 1 and four wins over SEC teams, has come on most dominant fashion, leading to 508: 50 in possible 600 minutes.

Approaching a career milestone
• Mark Mitchell is within reach of a milestone.
• The junior enters Wednesday’s match with 972 points and is 28 shy at 1,000 for his career.
• Mitchell appears to be the fifth current tiger to reach the milestone (Marques Warrick. Tony Perkins. Tamar Bates and Caleb Grill).

Cleaning the glass
• When you go against a team that ranks fifth nationally in rebounding, the tigers are more prepared for the challenge than previous seasons.
• Mizzou has won the battle on the glass in 6-of-9 SEK games. In the previous two seasons, the MU Rebounding stroke won only once in 36 games.
• Overall, Tigers ranks number two in SEC games with a defensive rebounding rate of 71.5 percent and ninth with an offensive rate of 31.8 after placing 13. At 14 schools in both last season.