The Border Conflict — the sport between Kansas and Missouri — shall be as contentious as ever within the 2024 version on Sunday afternoon because the No. 1 Jayhawks journey to Columbia, Mo., to sq. off with the Tigers.
The groups first met in 1907. Kansas leads the all-time sequence 176-95 and has gained 14 of the previous 16 video games in opposition to its former Massive 12 foe. If the Jayhawks are to proceed their success in opposition to Missouri on Sunday, they’re going to need to regroup following their first lack of the season.
Kansas (7-1) fell 76-63 at Creighton on Wednesday, taking pictures simply 35.7 % from the sphere and 34.8 on 3-pointers in a recreation it by no means led.
“(Creighton) dared us to shoot, which was a very good recreation plan clearly,” Kansas coach Invoice Self stated. “We did not train sufficient persistence to provide our offense an opportunity to work. … I assumed we may have put some actual recreation strain on them, however we by no means did, and that was disappointing. When you do not make pictures and do not run good offense, and the opposite group is ready to shoot the ball and be pretty much as good as they have been offensively, it would not take a lot.”
Preseason All-American and main scorer Hunter Dickinson, who’s averaging 14.5 factors per recreation, was held to 6 factors on simply 2-for-4 taking pictures from the sphere.
“We have to determine a technique to get the ball to (Dickinson),” Self stated. “Creighton had 4 guys within the paint, so there was a cause why he did not get as many touches, however we have got to do a greater job of feeding him the ball.”
Zeke Mayo provides a median of 11.8 factors per recreation, whereas Dajuan Harris Jr. chips in 10.4.
Sunday will mark Kansas’ fifth recreation already in opposition to an influence convention group, whereas Missouri prepares for simply its second.
Final day out, Missouri (7-1) trailed by 18 late within the first half at residence in opposition to Cal within the SEC/ACC Problem earlier than scoring 63 second-half factors en path to a 98-93 win. Guard Anthony Robinson II led the Tigers with a career-high 29 factors.
“You may look on the stat sheet and have a look at sure issues he did, however what’s telling is his management and tenacity,” Missouri coach Dennis Gates stated of Robinson. “Having Anthony on the court docket may help us in so some ways.”
Duke switch Mark Mitchell added a season-high 21 factors for the Tigers, who opened the second half on a 12-1 run.
“I might like to take all the credit score, and typically head coaches sit right here and do this, however I credit score our gamers,” Gates stated. “They challenged themselves; they knew what we needed to do. The appropriate voices have been speaking, and it confirmed these first couple of minutes popping out of the gate at halftime.”
Missouri was with out its main scorer, Caleb Grill (13.6 ppg), who suffered a neck damage in opposition to Lindenwood on Nov. 27. Tamar Bates and Mitchell observe with averages of 12.3 ppg apiece.
Grill has been dominated out of Sunday’s recreation.
With a win, Missouri would match its victory whole from final season, a marketing campaign that noticed the Tigers go 8-24 total and 0-18 in Southeastern Convention play.
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