The Mizzou men’s basketball team remains on the road for the second-straight contest, playing at Texas A&M on Wednesday night. Tipoff at Reed Arena is set for 8 p.m. on SEC Network.
ABOUT THE TIGERS
• Missouri owns a 16-7 overall record in 2025-26 with a 6-4 mark in SEC action.
• The Tigers have won their last two contests over Mississippi State, 84-79, and South Carolina, 78-59, last Saturday.
• Senior Mark Mitchell leads the team with 17.6 points, 5.8 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game.
• Jayden Stone is second with 15.1 points, while Jacob Crews also scores in double figures with 10.5 points per game.
• Anthony Robinson II is tied for the MU lead with 3.3 assists per game, while Shawn Phillips Jr. has a team-best 1.5 blocks per game.
• The Tigers are averaging 80.3 points per game, while allowing 73.4.
ABOUT THE AGGIES
• Texas A&M is 17-6 on the year with a 7-3 mark versus SEC foes.
• The Aggies have lost their last two games, falling to Alabama, 100-97, and Florida, 86-67.
• Rashaun Agee leads Texas A&M in scoring (14.0), rebounding (8.8) this season.
• Overall, he is one of five Aggies scoring in double figures this season.
• Jacari Lane leads the team with 3.8 assists.
• The Aggies are averaging 90.9 points per game, while allowing 78.1.
SERIES HISTORY
• In a series that dates back to 1969 and has been played annually since 1996-97, Texas A&M holds a 27-20 edge over Mizzou.
• The Aggies have won the last five in the series. Texas A&M won a thriller last season with Wade Taylor IV scoring a go-ahead 3-pointer with 2.1 seconds remaining in a 67-64 victory.
• Mizzou last defeated the Aggies with a 70-66 win at Reed Arena in 2022.
DEFENSIVE STRENGTH IN SEC PLAY
• The Tigers have quietly put together a strong defensive effort in conference play.
• In SEC games only, Mizzou ranks third with a scoring defense of 75.9 points and first with a field goal percentage defense of 41.1.
SEASON’S BEST DEFENSIVE GAME
• The good news for Mizzou is that the Tigers are coming off their best defensive game of the season on Saturday.
• The Tigers matched its season-best by allowing the Gamecocks to score just 59 points – holding the team’s top scorer, Meechie Johnson, to just 13 points on 2-of-13 shooting.
• Mizzou also sets season bests in field goal defense (30.9%) and 3-point defense (13.6%).
ALL-AROUND LEADER IN MITCHELL
• Senior Mark Mitchell is the team’s all-around leader in 2025-26.
• Mitchell leads Mizzou in points (17.6), rebounds (5.8) and assists (3.3) this season.
• He is aiming to become just the second player in school history to lead the Tigers in all three categories, joining Albert White in 1998-99.
MR. VERSATILE, MARK MITCHELL
• Mark Mitchell and his all-around game has been on display throughout the season.
• Mitchell is just one of 10 players in the nation to have totaled 400 points, 125 rebounds and 75 assists during the 2025-26 campaign.
• The senior is attempting to be the first Tiger to tally 17 points, five rebounds and three assists since Big Eight Player of the Year Anthony Peeler in 1991-92.
• In Mizzou’s win on Saturday at South Carolina, Mitchell became the first Tiger in SEC play to tally at least 20 points, 10 rebounds and five assists in a game, finishing with 20, 11 and five, respectively.
FIRST IMPRESSIONS MATTER
• Graduate transfer Jayden Stone is making quite the first impression at Mizzou in 2025-26.
• Stone is second on MU with 15.1 points – one of four first-year Tigers during the last 40 seasons to average at least 15 points per game.
SURGING T.O. BARRETT
• Sophomore T.O. Barrett is currently playing the best basketball of his collegiate career.
• Barrett has scored at least 10 points in six of the last seven games – tallying 13.9 points and 5.3 rebounds during that span.
• The sophomore had scored in double figures just once in his first 35 career contests.
• In his first collegiate start on Jan. 24, Barrett tallied a career-best 21 points – the most by a Tiger making their first career start since Frankie Hughes scored 23 versus Alabama A&M in 2016.
• In 23 games overall as a sophomore, Barrett is averaging 7.7 points and 2.7 assists per game.
MAGIC NUMBER IS 73
• The goal for the Tigers is simply to score 73 points.
• Mizzou is a perfect 16-0 when tallying at least 73 points but are 0-7 when failing to reach the mark.
• Overall, the Tigers are averaging 80.7 points during the 2025-26 season – scoring 87.1 points in their 16 wins and 64.9 in their seven defeats.
