MISSOSURI (70) @ KANSAS STATE (80)
In typical road fashion, Missouri fell behind early, sleepwalking through the first four minutes of the Saturday morning tipoff at Kansas State, spotted the Wildcats the first 10 points and lost by that same margin, 70-80.
The win pulls K-State even with MU in Big XII standings, tied for fourth at 7-6; but, unless there is a change, the Tigers hold the tiebreaker with a higher RPI. Missouri finishes league play on the road against Nebraska and at home against Kansas; while the Wildcats go on the road to Texas before finishing at home against Iowa State. If form holds, Frank Martin's 'Cats will finish 9-7, meaning MU must win another game to receive a first round by in Kansas City.
Despite Mizzou's homecourt dominance this year and the Tigers' somewhat successful record against the Jayhawks in Columbia, a road victory in Lincoln would go far in clearing MU's path to postseason play.
Missouri did battle back from the early deficit, cutting the lead to three at the half and taking their first lead, 44-43, at 7:16 in the second half. But Curtis Kelly came up big with Jacob Pullen on the bench, and the 'Cats retook the lead and then went on a 9-0 run over the next six minutes to take the fight out of the visiting Tigers.
Missouri, saddled with foul trouble throughout the game, was pounded on the boards as Wildcat big men went over the Bengals' backs time and again for putbacks.
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