Tennessee Volunteers (20-7, 10-4 SEC) at Missouri Tigers (18-9, 8-6 SEC)<\/p>\n
Columbia, Missouri; Tuesday, 9 p.m. EST<\/p>\n
BOTTOM LINE: Missouri takes on Tennessee after Mark Mitchell scored 26 points in Missouri’s 94-86 loss to the Arkansas Razorbacks.<\/p>\n
The Tigers are 14-2 on their home court. Missouri averages 80.3 points while outscoring opponents by 5.0 points per game.<\/p>\n
The Volunteers are 10-4 in conference games. Tennessee is fourth in the SEC with 26.0 defensive rebounds per game led by Nate Ament averaging 4.9.<\/p>\n
Missouri makes 49.2% of its shots from the field this season, which is 8.7 percentage points higher than Tennessee has allowed to its opponents (40.5%). Tennessee has shot at a 47.0% clip from the field this season, 4.5 percentage points greater than the 42.5% shooting opponents of Missouri have averaged.<\/p>\n
The matchup Tuesday is the first meeting of the season for the two teams in conference play.<\/p>\n
TOP PERFORMERS: Mitchell is scoring 17.2 points per game with 5.5 rebounds and 3.8 assists for the Tigers. Jayden Stone is averaging 15 points over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n
Ja’Kobi Gillespie is averaging 18.1 points, 5.3 assists and 1.9 steals for the Volunteers. Ament is averaging 1.7 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n
LAST 10 GAMES: Tigers: 5-5, averaging 77.7 points, 32.7 rebounds, 13.3 assists, 4.9 steals and 3.7 blocks per game while shooting 45.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 81.1 points per game.<\/p>\n
Volunteers: 8-2, averaging 77.9 points, 39.0 rebounds, 16.3 assists, 6.5 steals and 3.0 blocks per game while shooting 44.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 70.5 points.<\/p>\n
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive<\/a> and data from Sportradar<\/a>.<\/p>\n