Kansas and Missouri to Renew Border Showdown Saturday in Kansas City

Saturday, November 15

Kansas City, Mo.

6 p.m. CT

University of Kansas

Missouri

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Kansas and Missouri to Renew Border Showdown Saturday in Kansas City

11/14/2025 1:04:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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LAWRENCE, Kan. – The longtime rivalry between Kansas and Missouri will be renewed in the regular season for the first time since 2012 on Saturday as the Jayhawks and Tigers meet at the T-Mobile Center in downtown Kansas City, Missouri.

Tipoff of the StorageMart Border Showdown is set for approximately 6 p.m. CT and the game will be broadcast on ESPN+ with Leif Lisec (play-by-play) and Wayne Simien (analyst) on the call. Fans can also listen to the game on the Jayhawk Radio Network from Learfield, with Steven Davis and David Lawrence calling the action.

Kansas improved to 3-0 with a 65-54 victory over Lamar on Wednesday night at Allen Fieldhouse. Junior guard S'Mya Nichols scored a game-high 15 points and sophomore forward Regan Williams recorded her first double-double of the season with 11 points and 12 rebounds in the win.

Kansas leads the all-time series 47-37, including victories in five of the last seven meetings. Since Missouri departed the Big 12 Conference in 2012, the Jayhawks and Tigers have met just once, a 75-47 Kansas victory in the second round of the 2023 WNIT at Allen Fieldhouse. Kansas led wire-to-wire in that game and went on to win four more games to claim the WNIT Championship.

Nichols has led Kansas in scoring twice in three games after going for 15 points and six assists in the win over Lamar. She is averaging 19.3 points and 6.7 assists per game to lead the Jayhawks, while ranking fourth on the team with 3.0 rebounds per game.

Williams made her first start of the season against Lamar and responded with a double-double of 11 points and 12 rebounds. It was the fourth career double-double for Williams, who is third on the team with 11.7 points per game while leading the Jayhawks with 7.7 rebounds per game. Named to the Big 12 All-Freshman Team last season, Williams is shooting 66.7 percent (14-21) from the field this season, and she's tied for the team lead with two blocked shots.

Senior guard Elle Evans has provided a spark off the bench in the past two games, including hitting 4-of-6 three-point attempts against Lamar. Evans is fourth on the team in scoring at 8.0 points per game, with all 14 of her made field goals coming from beyond the three-point arc.

Senior forward Lilly Meister has started all three games for the Jayhawks. She's ranked fifth on the team with 7.0 points per game and second with 6.7 rebounds per game.

Kansas freshman Jaliya Davis scored in double figures in each of her first two games and was earned a spot on the Big 12's Starting Five for week one after averaging 19.0 points and 4.5 rebounds per game in wins over Kansas City and Northwestern State. Davis, the program's first McDonald's All-American since 2003, was unavailable for the Lamar game on Wednesday.

Missouri also enters the showdown with a 3-0 following home wins over Central Arkansas, Tulane and Arkansas State by an average of 12.3 points. The Tigers are averaging 84.0 points per game, led by Grace Slaughter, who is scoring 21.3 points on average.

Saturday's game will be the 85th all-time meeting between Kansas and Missouri in a series dating back to 1973. It's the fourth-most played rivalry in Kansas women's basketball history, trailing only Kansas State (133), Iowa State (100) and Nebraska (86).

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Kansas plays a second consecutive power four opponent when the Jayhawks host Minnesota on Wednesday, Nov. 19. Tipoff from Allen Fieldhouse is set for 6:30 p.m. CT on ESPN+.