No. 15 @MizzouGym Faces No. 25 Kentucky in Friday Road Meet

Friday, February 12

Lexington, Ky.

6 p.m. CT

University of Missouri

Kentucky

No. 15 @MizzouGym Faces No. 25 Kentucky in Friday Road Meet

2/11/2016 10:47:00 AM | Gymnastics

The Tigers and Wildcats compete at 6 p.m. CT live on the SEC Network

COLUMBIA, Mo. - The No. 15 Mizzou gymnastics team travels to Lexington, Ky., this week to face No. 25 Kentucky on Friday, Feb. 12 at 6 p.m. CT. The meet will be televised live on the SEC Network with John Roethlisberger and Alicia Sacramone Quinn on the call. The Tigers clock in at No. 15 in this week's national rankings with an average team score of 195.808.

OPPONENT	LOCATION	DATE // TIME	TV	LIVE STATS
#25 Kentucky	Lexington, Ky.	Friday, Feb. 12 // 7 p.m. ET (6 p.m. CT)	SEC Network	UKAthletics.com

TIGER TIDBITS

Mizzou scored a season high 196.625 at the State of Missouri Meet on Feb. 5, a score that stands as the eight-highest in program history and the highest team score since 2010.
The Tigers also closed the meet with a 49.475 on floor, a season high by 0.4 and the fifth-best event total in program history.
The squad tallied a season high 14 scores of 9.8 or higher in the meet, including five scores of 9.9 or higher.
Mizzou set or tied 11 individual career highs in the State of Missouri Meet, including a 9.950 on floor from freshman Morgan Porter and a 9.900 on bars from sophomore Becca Schugel.
Six meets into 2016, Mizzou's scoring average stands at 195.808 and its RQS comes in at 195.645. Last season, the Tigers had figures of 194.567 (average) and 194.310 (RQS) through their first six meets.
Mizzou won its first-ever SEC dual meet on Jan. 22 in a 195.800-195.350 win over then-No. 9 Georgia at Mizzou Arena. Freshman Britney Ward leads the Tigers with seven event wins in 2016, including four on beam and three on vault. Her wins include vault and beam crowns against both Alabama and Georgia.
Ward has already been recognized twice this season by the SEC. She claimed Freshman of the Week honors on Jan. 26, just one week after she was named the SEC Specialist of the Week.
Through six meets in 2016, the Tigers have notched 67 individual scores of 9.8 or higher, which calculates to 46.5 percent of all routines.
The Tigers opened 2016 with a 195.350-195.075 win over No. 15 Illinois on Jan. 8. The score tied the program record for highest opening meet team total in program history. The 2004 squad also opened its season with the same score.
Head Coach Shannon Welker is in his third season at the helm of the Tiger program. Welker led Mizzou to the nation's biggest improvement in 2015, as the squad finished 21st in the national rankings after coming in 41st at the end of the 2014 campaign.
Youth will be served in 2016, as over half (eight) the 15-person roster are freshmen. Additionally, 12 of the team's gymnasts are freshmen or sophomores in 2016.
The Tigers will face a tough schedule once again, with regular season matchups against seven teams ranked in the preseason coaches poll top 10.