Missouri vs. Illinois: Full Game Preview
By on December 21, 2012
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(10) Missouri
(9-1, 2-0 away)
(10) Illinois
(12-0, 9-0 home)
Venue: Scottrade Center
6:00PM ET / 3:00PM PT, December 22, 2012
Team Leaders
| Points | Rebounds | Assists | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Missouri | L Bowers 16.3 | A Oriakhi 8.6 | P Pressey 5.8 |
| Illinois | B Paul 18.8 | B Paul 5.1 | B Paul 3.5 |
The atmosphere will be outstanding at Scottrade Center on Saturday as No. 10 Illinois meets No. 12 Missouri in what looks to be a close contest. Tip-off will be at 6:00 EST and it will be televised on ESPN2. Missouri is one of the better teams in the country and Illinois has a chance to improve upon its 1-0 record against nationally-ranked teams. The Fighting Illini check in at 12-0 overall. Meanwhile, the Tigers have a record of 9-1. We're going with the RPI for this one, which has the Fighting Illini ranked No. 5 and above the Tigers at No. 81. Last year the Fighting Illini lost to the Tigers 78-74. Over the past four years, Illinois has gone 1-3 against Missouri.
Missouri StatSmack
- Illinois has a much better Kiplinger Out-of-State Ranking than Missouri (#42 vs #76).
- We win when it counts, too. Illinois has more NCAA Tournament wins over the last 10 years than Missouri (10 vs 5).
- The Big Ten has had 1 more Final Four team than the SEC over the past 5 years.
- Illinois takes less vacation, with more NCAA Tournament appearances over the last 10 years than Missouri (7 vs 5).
- Illinois is a better three-point shooting team (38.6% vs 33.1%) than Missouri this season.
- We have a history of cultivating talent. Over the past 10 years, Illinois has had more players drafted by the NBA than Missouri (6 vs 5).
- Illinois has a much higher 4-year graduation rate than Missouri according to Kiplinger (64% vs 43%).
- Even computers respect Illinois more. We have a better RPI this season than Missouri (RPI: #6 vs #83).
- Illinois players are more experienced than Missouri players (13,547 minutes played vs 12,608 minutes played).
- Diaper Dandies love us. Illinois has recruited more McDonald's All-Americans out of high school than Missouri (13 vs 5).
| Mizzou Players | Mins | Pts | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | |
| B+ | Laurence Bowers | 26 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| B | Phil Pressey | 32 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| B | Alex Oriakhi | 24 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| C+ | Earnest Ross | 25 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| C+ | Keion Bell | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| C+ | N. Webster-Chan | 28 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| C | Jabari Brown | 20 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| C | Tony Criswell | 18 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| C | Stefan Jankovic | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| D+ | Ryan Rosburg | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | Danny Feldmann | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D | Corey Haith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | Dominique Bull | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Illini Players | Mins | Pts | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | |
| A | Brandon Paul | 33 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| B | D.J. Richardson | 33 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| B | Tracy Abrams | 28 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| B- | Tyler Griffey | 24 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| C+ | Joseph Bertrand | 21 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| C+ | Nnanna Egwu | 23 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| C | Sam McLaurin | 20 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| C | Myke Henry | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D+ | Devin Langford | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | Mike Shaw | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | Mike LaTulip | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | Kevin Berardini | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | Ibby Djimde | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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