Frank Haith and the Missouri Tigers men's basketball team has had an outstanding start to their first season under their new head coach. Mizzou jumped out of the gate 14-0 and was ranked sixth heading into their first Big 12 road contest at Kansas State.
The Tigers were looking to break a win less streak that dates back to 2004 in Manhattan, which was the last time Mizzou had won on the Wildcats home floor.
After suffering a 75-59 loss at the hands of the bigger, more physical Kansas State team, Mizzou will have to wait until next year to find a win in Manhattan.
Mizzou fell from the ranks of the unbeaten thanks not only a cold shooting performance, but an inability to stop Kansas State in the paint and on the offensive boards. Kansas State pulled down ten offensive rebounds and shot 49.1 percent from the field in route to a blowout victory against the highly ranked Missouri Tigers.
Mizzou struggled shooting the ball against Kansas State. Guards Phil Pressey and Michael Dixon had trouble penetrating the Kansas State defense and once they did, the Wildcats played great help defense, blocking seven Mizzou shots on the afternoon.
Mizzou shot the ball just 32.7% from the field. In their previous fourteen wins, Mizzou had shot 52.2% from the field on the season. Coupled with their pour shooting, Mizzou uncharacteristically turned the ball over 14 times in the game, leading to a number of empty possessions.
Leading scorer Marcus Denmon scored 17 points for Mizzou, making just five of 14 shot attempts.
Mizzou received lackluster performances from a pair of seniors.
Senior forward Ricardo Ratliffe played just 14 minutes due to foul trouble and scored just two points and grabbed just one rebound. Meanwhile senior guard Kim English scored just eight points, half of his season average entering the game.
Junior guard Michael Dixon scored 16 points for the Tigers off the bench.
The loss is Mizzou's first on the season and it will be interesting to see how Haith's club responds in their next game on Wednesday night at Iowa State.
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The Tigers were looking to break a win less streak that dates back to 2004 in Manhattan, which was the last time Mizzou had won on the Wildcats home floor.
After suffering a 75-59 loss at the hands of the bigger, more physical Kansas State team, Mizzou will have to wait until next year to find a win in Manhattan.
Mizzou fell from the ranks of the unbeaten thanks not only a cold shooting performance, but an inability to stop Kansas State in the paint and on the offensive boards. Kansas State pulled down ten offensive rebounds and shot 49.1 percent from the field in route to a blowout victory against the highly ranked Missouri Tigers.
Mizzou struggled shooting the ball against Kansas State. Guards Phil Pressey and Michael Dixon had trouble penetrating the Kansas State defense and once they did, the Wildcats played great help defense, blocking seven Mizzou shots on the afternoon.
Mizzou shot the ball just 32.7% from the field. In their previous fourteen wins, Mizzou had shot 52.2% from the field on the season. Coupled with their pour shooting, Mizzou uncharacteristically turned the ball over 14 times in the game, leading to a number of empty possessions.
Leading scorer Marcus Denmon scored 17 points for Mizzou, making just five of 14 shot attempts.
Mizzou received lackluster performances from a pair of seniors.
Senior forward Ricardo Ratliffe played just 14 minutes due to foul trouble and scored just two points and grabbed just one rebound. Meanwhile senior guard Kim English scored just eight points, half of his season average entering the game.
Junior guard Michael Dixon scored 16 points for the Tigers off the bench.
The loss is Mizzou's first on the season and it will be interesting to see how Haith's club responds in their next game on Wednesday night at Iowa State.
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