Mizzou – Kansas Border Showdown preview

The Border Showdown returns to Lawrence, Kansas, on Saturday with the Tigers taking on the No. 2 Jayhawks in Allen Fieldhouse. Tipoff is set for 4:15 p.m. on ESPN.

The Tigers are one of just four teams in the nation with two road wins against power conference schools.
The Jayhawks have already beaten Kentucky and Tennessee on neutral sites and beat then 5th ranked UConn at home last Friday.

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This will be the 272nd meeting in the Border Showdown rivalry. Kansas and Missouri were conference members from 1907 to 2012. KU leads the overall series 176-95, which includes a 95-67 win last season in Mizzou Arena. The Jayhawks have won four straight and nine of the last 10 meetings with MU.

ABOUT THE TIGERS
• Missouri has won its last four games to improve to 7-2 on the season.
• The Tigers are coming off an 82-72 victory over Wichita State on Sunday.
• Graduate guard Sean East II posted his second-straight 20-point game versus the Shockers (his fifth of the season), scoring a season-best 22 in the win.
• Overall, East leads Mizzou with 16.8 points and 3.4 assists per game this season.
• Noah Carter is second on the team with 12.6 points, while leading MU with 6.2 rebounds.
• Nick Honor also scores in double figures with 11.8 points per game.
• The Tigers are scoring 75.4 points per game while allowing 67.2 defensively.

ABOUT THE JAYHAWKS
• Kansas owns an 8-1 record after earning an 88-69 win over Kansas City Tuesday.
• Winners of four-straight games, the Jayhawks are currently ranked second in the AP poll and third in the coaches poll.
• Hunter Dickinson leads KU with 20.1 points and 12.2 rebounds per game, while Kevin McCullar ranks second with 19.2 points.
• Dajuan Harris Jr. has a team-best 7.2 assists.
• The Jayhawks own a scoring offense of 80.7 points with a scoring defense of 65.2.

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