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02/11 03:42 CST Slaughter and the Missouri Tigers take on conference foe No. 22 Tennessee Slaughter and the Missouri Tigers take on conference foe No. 22 Tennessee By The Associated Press Missouri Tigers (16-10, 4-7 SEC) at Tennessee Lady Volunteers (15-6, 7-2 SEC) Knoxville, Tennessee; Thursday, 6:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Grace Slaughter and Missouri visit Talaysia Cooper and No. 22 Tennessee on Thursday. The Lady Volunteers are 8-1 on their home court. Tennessee is second in the SEC with 14.0 offensive rebounds per game led by Lazaria Spearman averaging 3.1. The Tigers are 4-7 against SEC opponents. Missouri averages 75.2 points while outscoring opponents by 1.6 points per game. Tennessee averages 9.6 made 3-pointers per game, 1.4 more made shots than the 8.2 per game Missouri gives up. Missouri has shot at a 45.4% clip from the field this season, 4.3 percentage points greater than the 41.1% shooting opponents of Tennessee have averaged. The matchup Thursday is the first meeting this season for the two teams in conference play. TOP PERFORMERS: Cooper is shooting 42.0% and averaging 14.4 points for the Lady Volunteers. Mia Pauldo is averaging 1.7 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games. Slaughter is scoring 19.0 points per game and averaging 7.0 rebounds for the Tigers. Abbey Schreacke is averaging 2.1 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games. LAST 10 GAMES: Lady Volunteers: 7-3, averaging 71.4 points, 33.3 rebounds, 12.8 assists, 8.5 steals and 3.3 blocks per game while shooting 39.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 71.1 points per game. Tigers: 4-6, averaging 73.1 points, 30.9 rebounds, 11.9 assists, 6.2 steals and 2.0 blocks per game while shooting 43.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 80.4 points. ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.