Final Road Trip of 2015-16 Next for @MizzouHoops at LSU

Opponent	Location	Day/Time	Media
at LSU	Pete Maravich Assembly Center	Tuesday, March 1 8 p.m. CT	TV: SEC Network Radio: Tiger Network Online: WatchESPN \| Live Audio \| Live Stats Game Notes

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Mizzou Men's Basketball (10-19, 3-13) hits the road for the final time in its 2015-16 campaign to visit LSU on Tuesday, March 1, with an 8 p.m. CT tipoff on SEC Network.
Sophomore guard Tramaine Isabell scored a career-high 17 points for the 2nd-straight game and senior forward Ryan Rosburg added 15 points in the Tigers' latest game vs. Texas A&M (Feb. 27).
Freshman forward Kevin Puryear leads Mizzou with his 11.4 and 11.1 respective scoring averages in overall and conference games.
Senior forward Ryan Rosburg has put together the greatest seven-game stretch of his career, averaging 15.9 points per game and scoring the first two 20-point games of his career.
The first-ever #RallyForRhyan Game (Feb. 13, vs. Tennessee) raised more than $50,000 dollars for pediatric cancer research in honor of assistant coach Brad Loos' 5-year old daughter, Rhyan, who continues her fight against neuroblastoma.

Last Time Out

Sophomore guard Tramaine Isabell tied his career high in points with 17 in his first start of the season as Mizzou (10-19, 3-13) fell to Texas A&M (22-7, 11-5) by a score of, 84-69, on Feb. 27 at Mizzou Arena. Isabell connected on a career-high seven shots in the game, shooting 7-of-13 from the field. Isabell also connected on two three-pointers, matching a career-high. He also set a season-high in assists, dishing out five dimes.
Senior forward Ryan Rosburg posted double-digit scoring for the sixth time in his last seven games, with 15 points. Rosburg has scored 15 or more points in five of his last seven contests.
Freshman guard Terrance Phillips snagged a season-high 10 rebounds in the game, three more than he has had in any game this season.
Redshirt sophomore guard Jimmy Barton splashed home a three pointer for the second consecutive game. Barton has now seen action in 11 games this season.
Freshman guard Cullen VanLeer tied his season-high with two steals in the game.
Mizzou converted 82.4 percent of its free throws in the game (14-of-17), the fourth highest mark of the season. The Tigers have shot better than 80 percent from the line five times this season and 70 percent or better 16 times.

Rosburg Not Going Quietly Into the Night

Mizzou senior forward Ryan Rosburg has not been fazed as his Black & Gold career comes to a close. In fact, Rosburg has responded by playing the best basketball of his career.
Rosburg has scored 149 points in the 13 games since Mizzou Athletics announced it would self-impose a postseason ban for the 2015-16 season (11.5 points per game), more than the 99 points he scored in his entire junior campaign (30 games, 3.3 points per game).
In his latest seven-game stretch of scoring 17, 24, 21, 18, 11, 5 and 15 points, Rosburg has transformed his conference scoring average from 5.6 points per game to 10.1.
Rosburg has scored in double digits on eight different occasions since Jan. 13, including a career-high 24 points with a season-best 11 rebounds at Vanderbilt (Feb. 10) for his first career double-double.
Rosburg plays the final road game of his career at LSU on Tuesday, March 1, before Senior Night at Mizzou Arena on Saturday, March 5, vs. Florida.

Isabell Trending Up

Sophomore guard Tramaine Isabell has recorded three of his eight games of 10+ points this season in the last four games, including career-best efforts of 17 points in back-to-back games at Ole Miss (Feb. 23) and vs. Texas A&M (Feb. 27).
At Ole Miss (Feb. 23). Isabell poured in 17 points by shooting 6-of-13 from the field (2-of-5 3PT, 3-of-3 FT).
At home against Texas A&M (Feb. 27), Isabell reached 17 points again by hitting a career-high seven shots from the field (2-of-6 3PT, 1-of-1 FT).
The 17 points, twice over, surpasses his previous scoring high of 14 vs. Lipscomb last season (Jan. 3, 2015). Isabell's previous scoring best in a conference game was 13 points at Arkansas as a freshman (Feb. 18, 2015).

Wright Comes Alive Late

Similar to his late-season run to close the 2014-15 campaign, sophomore guard Namon Wright has found the basket more often down Mizzou's latest stretch of games. In the Tigers' last nine games, Wright has averaged 11.9 points per game and has scored in double figures in all but two of those games. He has also averaged 6.2 rebounds per game in that span.
Over Mizzou's final five games of the 2014-15 season, the then-freshman Wright averaged 13.6 points per game. His season-ending run included his career-best outing vs. Florida (Feb. 24, 2015), in which he scored 28 points (10-of-13 FG, 6-of-8 3PT, 2-of-3 FT). Wright recently matched his career-high in three-pointers with six in his 20-point effort vs. Ole Miss (Feb. 23).

Last Time Against LSU

After trailing by as many as 11 points, Mizzou rallied to a 74-67, overtime win over LSU on Jan. 8, 2015, at Mizzou Arena. Mizzou outscored LSU, 36-24, in the paint. LSU's 24 paint points were a season-low as they came into the game averaging 41.8 points per game in the paint.
Mizzou did a nice job defensively on LSU's Jarell Martin, who came into the game averaging an SEC-best 18.2 points per game. He finished the game with nine points, less than half of his season average.
Then-freshman Namon Wright hit a trio of three-pointers, matching his total from the previous four games combined. His nine points against LSU also match his total from the previous three games combined.

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