Missouri-Valparaiso college basketball preview
P | No. | Missouri | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
F | 44 | Ryan Rosburg | 6-10 | Jr. | 2.0 |
F | 3 | Johnathan Williams III | 6-9 | So. | 6.0 |
G | 15 | Wes Clark | 6-0 | So. | 13.0 |
G | 14 | Keith Shamburger | 5-11 | Sr. | 8.0 |
G | 13 | Montaque Gill-Caesar | 6-6 | Fr. | 21.0 |
P | No. | Valparaiso | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
F | 25 | Alec Peters | 6-9 | So. | 27.0 |
F | 23 | Jubril Adekoya | 6-7 | So. | 8.0 |
C | 14 | Vashil Fernandez | 6-10 | Sr. | 2.0 |
G | 02 | Tevonn Walker | 6-1 | Fr. | 16.0 |
G | 00 | Keith Carter | 6-1 | Jr. | 3.0 |
▪ WHEN/WHERE: 5 p.m. Sunday at Mizzou Arena in Columbia
▪ TV/RADIO: SEC Network; KMBZ (98.1 FM, 980 AM)
▪ ABOUT VALPARAISO (1-0): The Crusaders, under fourth-year coach Bryce Drew, opened the season Friday by beating East Tennessee State 90-76. Alec Peters had 27, a big game from the team’s top returning player. Darien Walker scored 20 off the bench, including five of seven on threes. Valpo, coming off an 18-victory season, was picked to finish fourth in the Horizon League by league coaches
▪ ABOUT MISSOURI (0-1): Nobody outside the UMKC locker room saw the opening loss coming. The Tigers fell 69-61, and one area that especially displeased coach Kim Anderson was his team shooting 13 fewer free throws than the Kangaroos. Look for Mizzou to establish more of an inside presence. But the Tigers should also expect to see zone. UMKC forced five of 23 three-point shooting playing mostly zone.
▪ BOTTOM LINE: Anderson said it after Friday’s game. College basketball is different than football, where an early-season loss can crush regular-season aspirations. But if the Tigers want to show that Friday’s loss was an abberration, it will have look much better against the Crusaders.
| Blair Kerkhoff, bkerkhoff@kcstar.com
This story was originally published November 15, 2014 at 4:39 PM with the headline "Missouri-Valparaiso college basketball preview."