University of Missouri
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Kansas
Men's Basketball Hosts No. 1 Kansas Sunday
12/6/2024 5:00:00 PM | Men's Basketball
| Missouri (7-1, 0-0 SEC) vs. No. 1 Kansas (7-1, 0-0 Big 12) | |
| Game Details | Sunday, Dec. 8 • Noon • Columbia, Mo. • Mizzou Arena | Gameday Info |
| Television | ESPN2 |
| Radio | Tiger Radio Network | Sirius XM: 374 | Sirius XM App: 374 |
| Game Notes | Missouri | Kansas |
| Game Coverage | Live Stats | Twitter: @MizzouHoops | Instagram: @MizzouHoops |
The Border War is back at Mizzou Arena as the University of Missouri men's basketball team welcomes rival and No. 1 Kansas on Sunday afternoon. Tipoff is set for noon on ESPN2.
PROMOTIONS
• The KC Disc Dogs are set to perform at halftime.
• Free "Beat KU" rally towels will be left at Mizzou Arena seats.
• The Tigers are striping out Mizzou Arena Sunday with all fans encouraged to wear black or gold depending on what section they are in.
ABOUT THE TIGERS
• Missouri owns a 7-1 record through eight games of the 2024-25 campaign – winning its last seven.
• The Tigers used a dominate second-half Tuesday to overcome a 16-point deficit at the intermission in a 98-93 win over California.
• Caleb Grill leads MU with 13.6 points and 21 3-pointers but missed the last game with an injury.
• Three additional Tigers score in double figures – Tamar Bates (12.3), Mark Mitchell (12.0) and Anthony Robinson II (12.0).
• Robinson also leads Mizzou with 4.3 assists and 1.6 steals, while Josh Gray has a team-leading 5.3 rebounds per game.
• MU ranks third nationally with a scoring offense of 91.1 points, 84th with scoring defense of 66.8 and seventh with a scoring margin of +24.4.
ABOUT THE JAYHAWKS
• Kansas is the nation's No. 1 team in both the AP and USA Today Coaches Poll.
• The Jayhawks won their first seven games before falling at Creighton Wednesday, 76-63.
• Hunter Dickinson leads Kansas with 14.5 points and 9.0 rebounds per game.
• Two additional Jayhawks score in double figures – Zeke Mayo (11.8) and Dajuan Harris Jr. (10.4).
• Harris also has a team-best 6.0 assists per game.
• Kansas averages 80.3 points per game this year.
SERIES HISTORY
• Missouri and Kansas have met 270 prior times on the basketball court – making the series the 12th-most played in the NCAA record book.
• Overall, Kansas holds a 175-95 advantage over the Tigers since the schools first met in 1907.
• The rivals renewed the series in 2021 with Kansas earning the victory the last three seasons.
• The Tigers last posted a win over Kansas in 2012 – a 74-71 victory inside Mizzou Arena.
TIGERS VERSUS BIG 12
• A former member of the Big 12 Conference, MU owns a 161-147 all-time mark against the league.
• While in the Big 12, the Tigers posted a 157-134 record from 1996 to 2012 (139-119 in regular season and 18-15 in postseason).
• Since joining the SEC, Mizzou is 4-13 against Big 12 opponents, last earning a win over a league foe in 2023 over No. 12 Iowa State, 78-61.
MIZZOU VERSUS NO. 1
• The Tigers are 4-20 all-time against the nation's No. 1 ranked team with a 3-5 mark in Columbia.
• Mizzou has lost its last 10 games versus the top-ranked team, last falling to Auburn, 55-54, in 2022.
• The Tigers last win over the nation's No. 1 team was in 1997, handing Kansas its only regular-season loss in a 96-94 double overtime win.
• Overall, Mizzou owns three wins over a No. 1 Kansas team (in nine attempts), also posting two victories in 1990.
OFFENSIVE LEADERS
• Through the season's first month, MU is proving to be one of the nation's top offensive teams.
• The Tigers are currently one of six schools averaging at least 90 points per game, placing third overall with a scoring offense of 91.1.
• MU scored 98 in its win over Cal on Tuesday, its most in regulation versus a power-conference team since a 98-79 win over Ole Miss in 2013.
TARGET PRACTICE
• The simple key to the MU's early-season success on offense is efficient shooting.
• The Tigers enter the weekend ranked first in the nation with a field goal mark of 52.6 percent.
• Mizzou has made at least 45.0 percent of its field goals in all eight games this season – the team's longest stretch since a 10-game run in 2007-08.
DOMINANT SECOND-HALF SHOOTING
• The best example of the team's strong showing was on display Tuesday in the second half versus California.
• Mizzou responded to a 16-point halftime deficit by scoring 63 points and shooting a blistering 84.6 percent (22-of-26) after the break.
• The 63 points are the most by MU since scoring 64 against Grambling in the second half in 2001.
• Overall, Mizzou shot 66.0 percent in the 98-93 win Tuesday – its highest percentage since shooting 68.1 percent against Wagner in 2017.
50 PERCENT OR BETTER
• Mizzou has shot 50 percent or better from the field in 5-of-8 games this season.
• The Tigers have already surpassed the amount of times they shot 50-plus percent from last season when they did it in 4-of-32 contests.
• Mizzou making half of its field goals is almost a guaranteed win as MU is 23-1 under Coach Gates when hitting the 50 percent mark.
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