Saturday, January 27, 2007
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Texas Tech-Missouri
Press Notes
Texas Tech (15-5, 4-1) and Missouri (12-6, 1-4) are meeting for the fifteenth time since the series began on December 5, 1955. Each team has won seven games. Texas Tech holds a 5-1 edge when the teams have played in Lubbock. Missouri has a 4-2 margin in Columbia and has a 2-0 lead on neutral courts. Last season, the Red Raiders won in Lubbock 73-55.
George Washington-Rhode Island
Press Notes
It’s a match-up of first- and second-place teams as second-place GW (5-1) faces first-place URI (6-1) today in the only regular-season meeting this season and the 25th time in series history. GW is coming off a 74-65 victory over Saint Joseph’s Wednesday at Smith Center for its 24th straight home victory. The Colonials have won 22 of their last 23 A-10 games. GW also has won 32 of its last 36 regular-season games and its 24-game home winning streak at Charles E. Smith Athletic Center ranks behind only three teams nationally. (We point up their home streak as many top cappers consider home/road “splits” or dichotomy). Rhode Island (13-8, 6-1) is coming off a 75-72 victory over UMass Wednesday at home.
St. John’s-Pittsburgh
Press Notes
Winning eight of its last nine games, Pitt enters the contest ranked No. 9 in both the Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today coaches polls. The Panthers are 12-1 at home on the season. Pitt has won 35 of its last 41 Big East home games and is 30-6 against Big East opponents in the Petersen Events Center. Pitt owns a 16-33 all-time record vs. St. John’s. It has won three consecutive games vs. the Red Storm at home including a 2-0 record in the Petersen Events Center. Pitt has limited six of seven Big East opponents, eight of its last nine opponents and 18 of its 21 total opponents under 70 points. Under Jamie Dixon, Pitt has held opponents to 70 points or less in 99 of his 119 career games.
Temple-Duquesne
Press Notes
Duquesne (6-11, 2-4), which snapped a five-game home losing streak and doubled last season’s win total with a 93-89 victory over Dayton on Wednesday, returns to action to host Temple (7-11, 1-4). Temple leads the overall series 35-12, including a 13-7 advantage in games played at Pittsburgh. Duquesne snapped an eight-game series losing streak with a 61-54 win over the Owls in Pittsburgh on Jan. 8, 2003. Temple has won the past three meetings. Duquesne, which began the season with seven scholarship players, is currently competing with eight. of the 10 total players on the current active roster, just one is over 6-6.
Mississippi-Vanderbilt
Press Notes
The Commodores also recorded back-to-back road wins over ranked opponents for the first time in school history when they topped Kentucky and LSU in the past week. The Commodores (14-6, 4-2 Southeastern Conference) have won three consecutive games—all against ranked opponents—to find themselves in a three-way tie for second place in the SEC’s Eastern Division heading into the weekend. Vanderbilt leads the overall series 68-38 overall, including a 45-7 advantage in Nashville. The Commodores won last year’s meeting 77-62 in Oxford on March 1.
Southern Miss-Memphis
Press Notes
Southern Miss looks to snap a six-game losing streak to Memphis when they travel north to take on the No. 11-ranked Tigers. The Golden Eagles (13-5, 3-2) enter the game having won two straight games, including an 83-72 decision at home over East Carolina, Wednesday. Southern Miss, though, looks to snap a five-game losing streak in Memphis. The last Golden Eagle victory in Memphis came on Dec. 27, 2000, in a 75-67 triumph over the Tigers. UM (16-3, 6-0), C-USA’s league leader, won this season’s earlier meeting this season between the two teams, 75-62, in Hattiesburg two weeks ago. The Tigers currently are riding an eight-game winning streak, which includes a 72-59 home win over Tulsa, Wednesday. Chris Douglas-Roberts, who led the Tigers in Hattiesburg with 19 points, has been out with a high ankle sprain and has not played in the last two games. Douglas-Roberts leads UM in scoring at 14.8 points per contest.
TCU-Wyoming
Press Notes
Wyoming leads the all-time series 4 games to 3 and has won two straight meetings. The Cowboys won the two games last year by a total of just six points. Five of the seven contests have been decided by five points or less. TCU is 0-2 in Laramie, as the Cowboys have a two-point win and a three-point overtime victory over the Frogs in their arena. TCU currently is in a season-long four-game losing streak after matching a season best with three consecutive victories. After holding 10 consecutive opponents to 70 points or less, three of TCU’s last four foes have surpassed the 70-point mark. Opponents have averaged 74.0 points per game over the last five games after scoring just 53.5 over the previous six games. From Nov. 24 through Jan. 6, the Horned Frogs limited 10 consecutive teams to 70 or under. It was the first time a Frog team accomplished that feat since the 1986-87 season, when TCU held 13 opponents in a row under that total (Jan. 7-Feb. 21, 1987). TCU shot 48.2 percent (41-of-85) from the floor during the team’s 2-0 start to league play, but has made just 36.7 percent (79-of-215) of its shots in its four consecutive losses.
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