Missouri Blown Out By Kansas In Basketball Border War

The latest entry of the hardwood Border War was a bit anti climactic

Matt Galatzan | Dec 10, 2022

Missouri Blown Out By Kansas In Basketball Border War /

The Missouri Tigers were undefeated heading into the 2022 basketball edition of the Border War against the No. 6 Kansas Jayhawks (8-1) at Mizzou Arena in Columbia on Saturday afternoon.

It was arguably the biggest game of the college basketball weekend as well, with Kansas favored by just 3.5 points, and fan fair abounds as Tiger fans began to line up outside Mizzou Arena in the early hours of the morning.

And unfortunately, despite it being billed as a significant matchup for both squads, the result was rather anti-climactic, with Kansas blowing out Missouri 95-67.

The win was the 12th for Kansas in its last 14 tries against Missouri.

So what went wrong for the Tigers?

From the oustset, Kansas simply looked like the far superior team, taking its first lead just over two minutes into the game, and never relinquishing it.

The problems began for Missouri on the offensive end of the floor, where it managed to hit just 42 percent of its shots, including 35 percent from beyond the arc.

D'Moi Hodge led the way for the Tigers, scoring 14 points, while Nick Honor finished with 13.

Meanwhile, on the other end of the floor, Kansas was scortching hot shooting the ball from beginning to end, hitting 58 percent from the field and 45.5 percent from three.

Four Jayhawks also finished in double figures, with Jalen Wilson's 24 points leading the while, while Kevin McCullar Jr.'s 21 and KJ Adams' 19 points were close behind.

Freshman Gradey Dick also added 16 points.

Now, with the primetime rivalry matchup spoiled, and both another tough matchup against Illinois andconference play coming soon, Dennis Gates and the Tigers will head back to the drawing board, and figure out their next steps.

They will get their first attempt to rebound in a road trip to Sunrise, Florida to take on the Central Florida Golden Knights at FLA Live Arena.

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Published Dec 10, 2022

MATT GALATZAN

Matt Galatzan is the Managing Editor and Publisher of MizzouSportsTalk.com, AllAggies.com and LonghornsCountry.com, as well as the Editor-In-Chief of InsideTheBears.com, TheGroveReport.com, RamDigest.com, AllSeahawks.com, and TexansDaily.com. Galatzan graduated from the University of Mississippi, where he studied integrated marketing communications, with minors in journalism and business administration. Galatzan started in the sports journalism industry under Mike Fisher at DallasBasketball.com in 2014, which at the time was part of the 247Sports network. He also spent two years covering the SMU Mustangs for PonyStampede.com on the 247Sports network. When DallasBasketball.com and CowboysCountry.com moved over to Sports Illustrated's Fan Nation network in 2020, Galatzan followed suit, eventually being taking over as the Managing Editor and Publisher of LonghornsCountry.com and AllAggies.com a year later. Through the years, Galatzan has conducted a handful of high-profile one-on-one interviews to add to his resume — in both writing and podcasting. Some of his biggest interviews have been with Mavs owner Mark Cuban, former Longhorns players Dan Neil and Phil Dawson, and many other recruits, and current/former players for each of the teams he has covered. Galatzan is also a full-time employee in the digital media department for Audacy and KRLD FM's 105.3 The Fan in Dallas, which is the official radio home of the Dallas Cowboys. You can find Galatzan on all major social media channels. For any inquiries, please email matt.galatzan@gmail.com