No. 1 Kansas suffered its second loss in as many outings this week on Sunday in a 76-67 defeat by the hands of rival Missouri within the Border Warfare sequence. The Jayhawks scored the primary factors of the sport however promptly surrendered the lead and by no means led thereafter as Missouri in entrance of its residence crowd raced out to a double-digit lead halfway by way of the primary half and staved off a late KU run down the stretch.
The win is Missouri’s first within the Border Warfare rivalry since 2012, ending a four-game dropping streak for the Tigers within the sequence that has each traditionally and just lately been dominated by the Jayhawks. In KU’s final three wins throughout that span, it had gained on common by 24.6 factors.
Missouri’s win shrinks KU’s all-time lead within the sequence to 176-96 and provides it its first win over a No. 1-ranked crew since 1997, when it beat — you guessed it — then-ranked No. 1 Kansas in double time beyond regulation.
Missouri (8-1) led by as many as 24 factors within the second half earlier than Kansas (7-2) put collectively a pair of massive runs down the stretch, which included a 15-0 run, to get the sport inside one possession. Junior ahead Mark Mitchell drained a 3-pointer with simply over two minutes remaining within the recreation to offer Mizzou a five-point cushion, which successfully served as the ultimate dagger.
The loss for Kansas comes simply 4 days after it suffered a 76-63 street loss to Creighton, all however guaranteeing it is not going to be ranked No. 1 within the AP Prime ballot Monday for the primary time all season.
