University of Missouri
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Kansas
StorageMart Border Showdown Set for Sunday
12/6/2025 9:34:00 AM | Men's Basketball
| Missouri (8-1, 0-0 SEC) vs. Kansas (6-3, 0-0 Big 12) | |
| Game Details | Sunday, Dec. 7 • Noon • Kansas City, Mo. • T-Mobile Center |
| Television | ESPN2 |
| Radio | Tiger Radio Network | Sirius XM App: 986 |
| Game Notes | Missouri | Kansas |
| Game Coverage | Live Stats | Twitter: @MizzouHoops | Instagram: @MizzouHoops |
The StorageMart Border Showdown returns as the Mizzou men's basketball team meets rival No. 21 Kansas on Sunday at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City. Tipoff is set for noon on ESPN2.
ABOUT THE TIGERS
• Missouri owns an 8-1 record in 2025-26, coming off a 76-71 setback at Notre Dame on Tuesday.
• Senior Mark Mitchell leads the Tigers with 18.1 points and 3.2 assists per game, while ranking second with 6.1 rebounds.
• Overall, four Tigers are scoring in double figures with Jacob Crews (14.1), Jayden Stone (13.3) and Anthony Robinson II (10.1) joining Mitchell.
• Senior Shawn Phillips Jr. has a team-leading 6.4 rebounds per game, while Robinson also has a Mizzou-best 2.4 steals per game.
• The Tigers are averaging 90.4 points per game in 2025-26 – shooting 54.4 percent from the field and 37.9 percent from 3-point range.
ABOUT THE JAYHAWKS
• Kansas enters the weekend as the nation's No. 21 team with a 6-3 overall mark.
• Darryn Peterson leads four scorers averaging in double figures with 21.5 points, followed by Flory Bidunga (15.2), Tre White (13.7) and Melvin Council Jr. (10.9).
• Bidunga also has a team-best 8.8 rebounds with Council leading KU with 5.0 assists.
• The Jayhawks are averaging 74.0 points through nine games, while allowing 64.1.
SERIES HISTORY
• Missouri and Kansas have met 271 prior times on the basketball court – making the series the 13th-most played in the NCAA record book.
• Overall, Kansas holds a 175-96 advantage over the Tigers since the schools first met in 1907.
• It marks the 24th time the schools are meeting in Kansas City – and first since the inaugural Big 12 Tournament in 1997 – with KU leading, 17-6.
• The rivals renewed the series in 2021 as non-conference foes with Kansas taking 3-of-4 since.
LAST YEAR REVISITED
• The schools met last season in Mizzou Arena with the Tigers earning a 76-67 win over No. 1 Kansas.
• It marked the fifth all-time win for MU against the nation's top-ranked team and first in 28 seasons.
• The Tigers led by as many as 24 points before holding off a late KU rally for their first win over their Border War rival since 2012.
• Tamar Bates led MU with 29 points in the victory.
TIGERS VERSUS BIG 12
• A former member of the Big 12 Conference, MU owns a 162-147 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 5-13 against Big 12 opponents.
ONE OF THE BEST SHOOTING TEAMS
• The Tigers have not wasted any of time finding their shooting touch in 2025-26.
• MU is making 54.4 percent of its field goals this season with a 3-point clip of 37.9 percent.
• In fact, Mizzou currently ranks second nationally with its 54.4 percent overall clip and 39th with its 3-point percentage of 37.9.
DOMINATING THE PAINT
• The best way to have a high shooting percentage is to take close shots and that's exactly where the Tigers have thrived in 2025-26.
• MU is outscoring teams, 412-186, in the paint this season – an average of 45.8 to 20.7 (+25.1).
• The Tigers have outscored their opponent in the paint in all nine games, including eight times by at least 10 points. Their most dominant game was a 60-2 advantage against VMI on Nov. 9.
MR. VERSATILE, MARK MITCHELL
• Mark Mitchell has led the charge for Mizzou and has started the season on an elite level.
• Mitchell has averaged a team-best 18.1 points – shooting 61.1 percent from the field – while also leading MU with 3.2 assists and ranking second with 6.1 rebounds per game.
• In fact, he is one of just five players in the nation averaging 18 points, six rebounds and three assists, plus the only player to do so while shooting 60-plus percent.
TOP SCORER
• While Mark Mitchell can do it all, he's still best known for his scoring ability.
• Mitchell leads Missouri with 18.1 points, which is the highest average by a Tiger through nine games since Jordan Clarkson (20.2) and Jabari Brown (19.4) in 2013-14.
• A large key to Mitchell's success is his ability to get to the free-thrown line. He ranks 10th in the nation with 73 attempts from the charity stripe.
THE CREWS MISSILE
• Graduate student Jacob Crews has been one of the top shooters nationally this season.
• Crews leads the Tigers with 25 made 3-pointers and a clip of 49.0 percent from beyond the arc.
• He currently ranks 22nd in the nation in 3-point percentage and 82nd with 2.78 triples per game.
• Overall, Crews – who had five made 3-pointers in the first nine games last year – has the most triples through nine games by a Tiger since D'Moi Hodge had 28 in 2022-23.
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