What to know/How to watch: Mizzou vs. Bethune-Cookman
Some basics about the game, team stats and players to know for the matchup between Mizzou and Bethune-Cookman today.
Game basics
- Where: Mizzou Arena
- When: 1 p.m.
- TV: SECN
- Radio: Tiger Radio Network
- Series history: None
Bethune-Cookman (3-6) Team Stats
- Last three games: Losses to Stony Brook (61-54) and Indiana (100-56) and a win against South Carolina State (80-59)
- Points per game: 73.8 (268th in country)
- Points allowed per game: 78.8 (298th in country)
- Shooting percentages: 44.7/35.1/64.6 (225th/136th/333rd in country)
- Shooting percentages allowed: 45.0/32.4/70.1 (253rd/169th/131st in country)
- Rebounds per game: 35.1 (248th in country)
- Rebounds allowed per game: 39.4 (341st in country)
- Turnovers forced per game: 11.6 (266th in country)
- Turnovers given up per game: 10.7 (68th in country)
- Blocks per game: 4.1 (90th in country)
- Shots blocked per game: 3.4 (219th in country)
- KenPom ranking: No. 230
Mizzou (9-2) Team Stats
- Last three games: Losses to Notre Dame (76-71) and Kansas (80-60) and win against Alabama State (85-77).
- Points per game: 87.2 (45th in country)
- Points allowed per game: 70.7 (123rd in country)
- Shooting percentages: 53.3/37.4/68.2 (3rd/46th/279th in country)
- Shooting percentages allowed: 40.7/35.3/71.2 (78th/289th/175th in country)
- Rebounds per game: 38.7 (111th in country)
- Rebounds allowed per game: 29.3 (9th in country)
- Turnovers forced per game: 12.8 (182nd in country)
- Turnovers given up per game: 13.1 (245th in country)
- Blocks per game: 3.1 (241st in country)
- Shots blocked per game: 2.5 (60th in country)
- KenPom ranking: No. 55
Players to know
Jacobi Heady, Guard/Forward
For a Chicago native, Jacobi Heady has had an interesting college basketball career. He spent two years at Wabash Valley College, then transferred to Bethune-Cookman for the 2023-24 season. He was a full-time starter that season, averaging 15.4 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game, leading to a transfer to Central Michigan for 2024-25.
Last season, he was a full-time starter who averaged 15.0 points, 6.5 rebounds and 1.5 assists. But he decided to transfer back to BC for this season.
So far, the 6-foot-6, 200-pounder has started all eight games he has played and leads the team with 32.3 minutes played per game. He averages 15.6 points and 5.4 rebounds per game, both team highs.
A majority of his work on offense comes inside the 3-point line with 81 total shot attempts and 37 free-throw attempts, while attempting 29 3-pointers.
But he’s affective from everywhere, shooting 49.4 percent from the field, 51.7 percent from 3 and 81.1 percent from the line.
Arterio Morris, Guard
After starting his career at Texas as a backup in 2022-23, Arterio Morris did not play in 2023-24 and stepped back to play at South Plains Junior College in 2024-25. He started nine of the 23 games he played in.
That led to his transfer to BC for this season.
He opened the season with a double-double against Auburn and has scored 13.7 points per game. So far, he has appeared in all nine games with six starts.
Morris leads the team with 118 shot attempts and is second with 31 3-point attempts. His 36 free-throw attempts is also second on the team, while his 4.8 rebounds per game is third on the roster.
He leads the team with 32 assists, 19 steals and seven blocks.