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With the victory, Kansas improved to 24-5 and 13-1 in the Big 12 and takes a one-game lead in the conference race into the final week of the regular season. A win in either of its final two games and Kansas would lay claim to its fifth straight and ninth overall Big 12 regular-season title. Missouri dropped to 24-5 and 11-3 in Big 12 play.
Collins led Kansas with 25 points to post his fourth straight game of 22-plus points. The 25 was one off his career-high of 26 points, last set at Oklahoma last Monday. Aldrich scored 19 points and pulled down 14 rebounds to record his fourth straight and 17th overall double-double of the season.
Behind a raucous home crowd Kansas raced to an 11-5 lead and forced a Missouri timeout 4:44 into the game. At the timeout, every Jayhawk starter had scored at least one point.
Missouri coach Mike Anderson’s first timeout failed to help the Tigers though, as KU continued to extend the lead to 16 at 21-5. Missouri called another timeout with 12:14 remaining in the first half to stop the 14-0 Kansas run. Missouri answered with a 5-0 run of its own, but two Tyrel Reed three-pointers would push the Kansas lead to 21 at 33-12 with 6:26 remaining in the half.
Kansas freshman Tyshawn Taylor nailed a three-point bucket with just a few seconds remaining in the first half to give Kansas its largest lead of the half at 45-19.
In the first half, Missouri was 0-for-9 from three point land and shot just 20.5 percent on 8-for-39 shooting. Kansas, on the other hand, was red-hot, shooting 18-for-32 (56.3 percent), including 5-for-7 (71.4 percent) from beyond the arc. KU outscored the Tigers 11-0 on the fast break in the opening half.
A Collins three early in the second half pushed KU’s lead to 50-23, but Missouri answered with its longest unanswered run of the game to close the gap to 50-31 with 16:46 remaining. Missouri would never threaten Kansas in the second half.
In the latter stages of the game, Kansas extended the lead and kept the crowd into the game behind two perfectly executed alley-oops from Taylor to Aldrich.
DeMarre Carroll and Leo Lyons led Missouri with 16 and 20 points, respectively.
For the game, Kansas shot 55.9 percent (33-for-59) from the field and 57.1 percent (8-for-14) from three point range. Missouri warmed up in the second half, but still only shot 35.7 (25-for-70) percent from the field over the course of the game. KU outrebounded the Tigers 46-32, the fourth-straight game that has occurred.
Up next for the Jayhawks is a trip to Texas Tech on Wednesday night. Tip is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. and the game will be televised on ESPN2.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Kansas junior quarterback Todd Reesing hit fellow junior Kerry Meier on a 26-yard touchdown pass with 27 seconds remaining as KU upset No. 12 Missouri 40-37 in a thrilling Border Showdown football game on a sleeting, snowy Saturday afternoon at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo.
A weather-braving Border Showdown crowd of 79,123 saw Kansas improve to 7-5 on the season and 4-4 in Big 12 play. With the victory, Kansas posted its second consecutive seven-win season for first time since 1960-61, while Missouri fell to 9-3 on the year and 5-3 in conference play.
MU senior Jeff Wolfert, who had made a 48-yard field goal earlier in the game, had his 54-yard game-tying field goal attempt blocked by KU sophomore Philip Stozier to end the game.
In a game that saw four lead changes in the final seven minutes, Reesing engineered two fourth quarter touchdowns drives with Meier catching both go ahead scores.
Meier had a school-record 14 receptions for 106 yards and two fourth-quarter scores. Five of his 14 grabs came in the game-winning drive.
Defensively, KU junior safety Darrell Stuckey forced three Missouri turnovers for the game. He intercepted two of Missouri quarterback Chase Daniel’s passes, Stuckey’s fourth and fifth of the 2008 season. He also caused a fumble on a Daniel scramble, which Stuckey recovered himself.
With KU leading 26-10 early in the third quarter, Missouri scored 20 unanswered points to take a 30-26 lead with 6:52 remaining. Following a 40-yard kickoff return by sophomore Dezmon Briscoe, Reesing and company went to work, going 49 yards in five plays for the score to make it KU 33-30 with 4:26 to play.
Returning kicks for the first time while at KU, Briscoe gave Kansas great field position on the day by returning seven kicks for 195 yards, which tied for second most in KU history.
Missouri answered quickly when sophomore tailback Derrick Washington scored on a six-yard run capping a seven-play, 73-yard drive to make the score 37-33 in favor of the Tigers with 1:50 to play.
Reesing then engineered the game-winning drive for the Jayhawks, going 67 yards in nine plays, five of which were Reesing-Meier connections. With fourth and seven on the MU 26-yard line, Reesing scrambled and found Meier over the top to make the score KU 40-MU 37 with 27 seconds left in the game.
Kansas will learn its bowl fate on Dec. 7, when bowl announcements are made. The Jayhawks are looking to reach a bowl game for the second consecutive season. KU, which played in the FedEx Orange Bowl last season, has never played in consecutive bowl games.
The Kansas City Royals have swept a series from the Tigers for the second time this season. Jose Guillen hit his 4th homer of the year and drove in 3 runs in an 8-4 victory. The Royals are now 6-0 against the Tigers this year. They have improved their record to 19-21 and have a season-high 4 game winning streak.
The Royals jumped on the Tigers early with 3 runs in the 1st inning. Billy Butler doubled home 2 runs to start the scoring. Guillen hit a solo shot in the 4th inning which gave KC a 6-1 lead. Gil Meche pitched 7 innings and gave up 3 runs. He earned his 3rd win of the season.
The Royals travel to Florida for a 3-game series with the Marlins this weekend.
#4 Kansas claimed a 90-71 victory over the Missouri Tigers last night. KU has now won 5 straight games against the Tigers. KU is 166-93 all-time versus MU.
Brandon Rush scored 19 points and grabbed 6 boards for the 22-1 Jayhawks. KU is 7-1 in Big XII play. Mario Chalmers had 15 points and 6 assists. Darrell Arthur had 13 points and 6 boards. Sherron Collins and Sasha Kaun each scored 12.
Kansas hit 21 out of 25 free throws. KU made 7 out of 21 three-pointers.
KU will host Baylor on Saturday night.
#3 Kansas went into hostile territory last night and came away with an ugly victory over a hated rival. The Jayhawks were able to pull out a 76-70 win over the Missouri Tigers who were previously unbeaten on their home court.
KU came out sluggish falling behind 7-1. Brandon Rush struggled with his shooting all night. He connected on only 2-14 shots. KU struggled from the free throw line as a team going 28-45. KU was able to grab a 2-point lead at the half.
KU came out more aggressive in the second half. However, Missouri hung tough and only got down by as much as 8 points. KU was able to knock down pressure free throws at the end of the game to seal the win.
Rush finished with 13 points and 9 rebounds. Mario Chalmers led KU with 18 points. Darnell Jackson had 13 points and 9 boards. Darrell Arthur had 10 points and 9 boards.
KU is now 18-0 on the season. It's their best start since 1996. KU has won 4 straight against Missouri. KU is now 166-93 all-time versus MU.
KU will host Iowa State on Wednesday night on ESPN.
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