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 Missouri Basketball looks for its second victory against a Top 10 opponent this season as the Tigers make their first trip to Gainesville, Fla., for a Saturday afternoon contest with No. 10 Florida.

Missouri is making its first trip to the state of Florida since 1977.

The Tigers fell 97-64 to Florida State on Dec 23, 1977, in Orlando.

 Head Coach Frank Haith owns a win at Florida .

His 2004-05 Miami Hurricanes won 72-65 in Gainesville on Dec. 4, 2004 .

.. Haith is 1-1 all-time in the O’Connell Center, including a postseason NIT loss on March 20, 2009.

 Missouri has been very good against ranked opponents under Head Coach Frank Haith .

Overall the Tigers are 7-3 vs. the Top 25 over the last two years and are an outstanding 4-2 vs. the Top 10 .

Included in that record is an 82-73 win over then-No. 10 Illinois in St. Louis on Dec. 22 .

Missouri is also 1-1 vs. the Top 10 under Haith on the road and 1-1 in neutral-site games.

The status for senior forward Laurence Bowers will be determined on Saturday

Bowers is nursing a sprained MCL in his right knee, but has made significant progress since sustaining the injury on Jan. 8.

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