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Missouri will look to bounce back from a 97-94 overtime loss at UCLA last Friday as it faces a veteran Bucknell squad that ranks among the national leaders with 13 wins already this year .

For the Tigers, Saturday marks the final non-conference tune-up before SEC play begins on Jan. 8.

Saturday’s game time was moved up to 3 p.m.

In addition, the game is sold out and limited tickets only remain for home SEC home games against Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina.

Bucknell is off to its best start in school history, equaling the 13-2 mark it started out with in 1983-84 .

Missouri is looking for its 11th win in non-league play and will look to remain undefeated at home in non-conference play for the seventh consecutive season.

Mizzou will look to continue its homecourt domination vs. non-league foes

Overall Missouri has won 72 consecutive home games vs. non-league opposition since the end of the 2005-06 campaign .

In fact Mizzou has won 31-of-33 regular season non-league games (regardless of site) since the 2010-11 campaign .

Missouri’s last non-conference loss at home came vs. Sam Houston State in the 2005 Preseason NIT.

Overall at Mizzou Arena the Tigers are 74-4 since 2008-09, an incredible .949 winning percentage.

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