What to know/How to watch: Mizzou vs. Alabama State
Mizzou will look to break a two-game skid when it hosts Alabama State at 7 p.m. tonight. Here are some basics to know about the game at Mizzou Arena, plus team stats and Hornets to know.
Basic Game Info
- Where: Mizzou Arena
- When: 7 p.m.
- TV: SECN+
- Radio: Tiger Radio Network
- Series history: Mizzou leads series 2-0 with an 82-65 win last season and a 129-64 win in 1987.
Alabama State (3-6) Team Stats
- Last three games: Losses to SIU-Edwardsville (83-68), New Mexico (93-87) and UT Martin (74-64).
- Points per game: 79.4 (149th in country)
- Points allowed per game: 81.4 (330th in country)
- Shooting percentages: 44.8/35.9/68.0 (213th/98th/277th in country)
- Shooting percentages allowed: 45.3/35.3/69.5 (264th/292nd/110th in country)
- Rebounds per game: 36.9 (185th in country)
- Rebounds allowed per game: 37.4 (297th in country)
- Turnovers forced per game: 14.7 (70th in country)
- Turnovers given up per game: 13.1 (248th in country)
- Blocks per game: 3.6 (162nd in country)
- Shots blocked per game: 3.8 (264th in country)
- KenPom ranking: No. 270
Mizzou (8-2) Team Stats
- Last three games: Win against Cleveland State (86-59) and losses to Notre Dame (76-71) and Kansas (80-60).
- Points per game: 87.4 (44th in country)
- Points allowed per game: 70.1 (114th in country)
- Shooting percentages: 52.4/36.5/68.1 (10th/78th/274th in country)
- Shooting percentages allowed: 40.1/33.9/71.5 (64th/247th/197th in country)
- Rebounds per game: 39.8 (70th in country)
- Rebounds allowed per game: 29.8 (14th in country)
- Turnovers forced per game: 13.4 (136th in country)
- Turnovers given up per game: 13.3 (258th in country)
- Blocks per game: 3.0 (242nd in country)
- Shots blocked per game: 2.5 (58th in country)
- KenPom ranking: No. 44
Alabama State Players to Know
Asjon Anderson, guard
The Hornets are led by senior guard Asjon Anderson. So far this year, the 6-foot-2, 175-pound transfer has scored 17.9 points per game and leads the team with 40 assists in nine games played. He has made eight starts.
He and our next player to know are the dominant on-ball players, with Anderson totaling 131 shot attempts for the team lead, while a team-high 67 of those have come from beyond the arc. After Micah Simpson, who I’ll discuss next, Alabama State’s third highest shot totals are 56 overall and 20 from 3.
Anderson adds 2.2 rebounds per game.
Micah Simpson, guard
Simpson is the other key to the Hornet backcourt. At 6-2, 190 pounds, the senior contributes 16.9 points and 3.3 rebounds per game. He is second on the team with 30 total assists.
Simpson is also second with 120 total shot attempts and 64 from 3.
He and Anderson have combined for 251 of the team’s total 565 shots, 131 of the team’s 209 3-point attempts and 93 of the team’s 197 total free-throw attempts.