Following an undefeated start to the 2025–26 season, the Mizzou men’s basketball team hits the road to face Notre Dame in the ACC/SEC Challenge. Tuesday’s tipoff is scheduled for 8 p.m. CT on ESPNU.
about tigers
• Missouri is 8-0 in its first eight games of the season.
• MU has won its last three games by more than 25 points – following an 86-59 win over Cleveland State.
, mark mitchell MU leads with 17.1 points and 3.5 assists, while second with 6.3 rebounds.
• Overall, five Tigers scored in double figures jaden stone (13.3), jacob cruz (13.1), Anthony Robinson II (10.6) and sebastian mack (10.6) Follow Mitchell’s lead.
, Shawn Phillips Jr. MU leads the way with 7.2 rebounds.
• The Tigers are averaging 92.9 points per game in 2025-26 — shooting 55.5 percent from the field and 39.1 percent from 3-point range.
about the fighting irish
• Notre Dame is 5-3 on the season, traveling to the Players Era Festival, 1-2 with wins over Rutgers and losses to Kansas and Houston.
• Marcus Burton leads the Irish with 20.1 points and 2.8 assists per game, while Jalen Harrelson also scores in double figures with 13.1 points.
• Carson Tovet has a team-best 10.4 rebounds.
• Notre Dame is scoring 75.4 points per game with a 67.3-point scoring defense.
History of the series
• The schools have met nine times prior to the 1980 NCAA Tournament, in which Mizzou went 7–2 against the Irish.
• The Tigers won that first meeting with an 87-84 overtime victory to advance to the Sweet 16.
• The teams last met during the 2011–12 campaign, with Mizzou winning 87–58 in Kansas City.
• While the Tigers have a 7-2 advantage in the all-time series, they are just 1-2 at Notre Dame.
mizzou vs acc
• Missouri’s all-time record against ACC schools is 15–20, with 19 of 35 meetings taking place on neutral courts.
• The Tigers are 2-0 against ACC schools under coach Gates – defeating Pittsburgh in 2023 and California last season.
ACC/SEC challenge
• Mizzou and Notre Dame meet on the first day of the third annual ACC/SEC Challenge.
• Mizzou has an 8-4 record in the league challenge series – 3-1 against the Pac 10, 3-3 against the Big 12 and 2-0 against the ACC, with its win at Pitt two years ago and a 98-93 win over California last season.
• With their win against No. 12 Iowa State in 2022–23, the Tigers have won their last three conference challenge games.
• Additionally, MU is 2-4 in road challenge games, defeating Oregon in 2010 and Pitt in 2023.
perfect till eight
• The Tigers finished the month of November the same way they began – undefeated.
• Mizzou is currently one of 25 undefeated schools left in the country.
• With a win Tuesday, the Tigers will tie the 2022-23 team with the school’s best start over the past 12 seasons – with an identical 9-0 start.
Dominance leads to victory
• Mizzou has not only won all eight of its games in 2025-26, but has done so by a large margin.
• The Tigers have won their last three games by at least 25 points and have won six games by 20 or more points this season.
• Mizzou leads all teams in the country with six wins by at least 20 points in 2025-26.
• Highlighting the dominant win was a 23-point win over Minnesota, Mizzou’s largest in 146 games against Big Ten opponents.
• Overall, the Tigers rank 11th nationally with a scoring differential of +24.8 points.
double digit danger
• The key to MU’s success on the offensive side this season has been its number of weapons.
• Of the 12 players to feature for MU this year, 10 have scored in double figures at least once.
• Junior luke northweather The most recent to do so – scoring 10 in Friday’s win over CSU.
• Twice this season, Mizzou has had at least six players score 10 points in a game.
mark mitchell shines early
, mark mitchell Has led the charge for Mizzou and has started the season at an elite level.
• Mitchell averaged a team-best 17.1 points – shooting 64.4 percent from the field – while also leading MU with 3.5 assists and ranking second with 6.3 rebounds per game.
• In fact, he is one of only 10 players in the country to average 17.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists, as well as the only player to do so while shooting over 60 percent.
early national leaders
• The Tigers have wasted no time finding their shooting touch in 2025-26.
• MU is making 55.5 percent of its field goals this season with a 3-point clip of 39.1 percent.
• In fact, Mizzou currently ranks first nationally with its 55.5 percent overall clip and 30th with its 3-point percentage of 39.1. It ranks third in the country with an effective field goal percentage of 62.6 percent.
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