MBB Preview: #25 Arkansas at Missouri

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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