No. 2 Kansas (28-2) closes out the 2009-10 regular season at Border Showdown foe Missouri (22-8, 10-5) Today. The Jayhawks are coming off an 82-65 win against No. 5 Kansas State Wednesday. The victory was KU's 27th-straight home finale win and 26th-consecutive Senior Night win. KU's 28 wins in 30 games is the second best 30-game record in school history (29-1 in 1996-97). Missouri won at Iowa State Tuesday 69-67 in overtime. The Tigers have won 10 league games for the second straight season.

		PPG	FG%	FT%	3P%	RPG	ORPG	DRPG	APG	TPG	SPG	BPG	FPG
	KU	82.4	48.8	69.7	40.2	40.4	13.2	27.2	17.2	12.6	8.7	6.5	18.7
	MIZZ	78.9	44.7	72.5	38.1	36.1	13.1	23.0	15.6	13.4	11.1	4.7	19.3
	KU Opponents	63.8	37.7	67.5	34.1	34.0	12.9	21.1	12.3	14.6	6.2	3.6	20.3
	MIZZ Opponents	65.1	40.1	69.3	29.7	37.8	13.8	23.9	10.9	19.9	6.2	3.1	19.2

For the second-straight year, Kansas will enter a season with the nation's longest active home court winning streak, currently at 59 games heading into 2010-11. The streak ranks as the second longest in Kansas men's basketball history. Kansas is 28-2 on the season, 14-1 in conference play, and has won its sixth-straight, 10th Big 12 and NCAA-leading 53rd overall league title. KU averages 82.4 points per game and gives up 63.8 ppg for a Big 12-leading +18.6 scoring margin. In Big 12 play, Kansas is scoring 79.7 points per game and holds a +11.9 scoring margin. Senior guard Sherron Collins leads the team in scoring at 15.4 points per game and has scored in double figures 24 times this season following his 17-point performance against Kansas State Wednesday.

Missouri has won four of its last five games with the lone loss at then-No. 6 Kansas State (Feb. 27). The Tigers are 22-8 on the season and 10-5 in Big 12 play after their 69-67 overtime win at Iowa State Tuesday. MU is is 16-1 at home this season. The Tigers average 78.9 points per game and give up 65.1 points per game for a +13.7 scoring margin, which ranks second in the Big 12 behind Kansas' +18.6. Missouri uses a pressure defense that forces 19.9 turnovers per contest and its +6.5 turnover margin leads the league. The Tigers also lead the Big 12 in steals with 11.1 per game, while Kansas is next at 8.7.

Sophomore guard Kim English leads MU in scoring at 14.1 points per game. He is second on the team with 43 steals and 59 three-pointers. Sophomore guard Marcus Denmon is scoring 11.3 points per game and has a team-high 67 three-pointers. Sophomore forward Laurence Bowers is shooting 56.2 percent from the field. He averages 10.1 ppg and his 5.2 rebounds are second on the team. Bowers has a team-high 39 blocked shots.

Senior forward Keith Ramsey is second in rebounds with a 5.8 rpg average. Ramsey is scoring 5.9 points per outing. Senior guard J.T. Tiller is a starter who averages 8.7 points and has a team high 86 assists this season. Freshman guard Michael Dixon scores 7.3 points, while senior guard Zaire Taylor scores 8.4 ppg and his 1.8 steals per game are second in the Big 12.

Junior forward Justin Safford (8.6 ppg, 4.1 rpg) has missed the last two games due to a knee injury.

Kansas leads the all-time series with Missouri, 168-94, including an 63-53 record in games played in Columbia. Missouri has won three of the five meetings in Mizzou Arena. Overall, Kansas has won seven of the last eight and 11 of the last 14 meetings with Missouri. Since the inception of the Big 12, KU holds a 21-9 series advantage against Missouri - 19-8 in regular-season play and 2-1 in the conference postseason championship. Today's game will mark the 40th KU-MU game with one or both of the teams ranked. The Jayhawks lost the first-ever meeting with Missouri, 34-31, on March 11, 1907, in Lawrence. On Jan. 25, Marcus Morris scored 17 points and Cole Aldrich had 12 points, 16 rebounds and seven blocked shots in Kansas' 84-65 win over MU in Allen Fieldhouse. Justin Safford led MU with 19 points, while Zaire Taylor had 11. KU outrebounded MU 56-28 and also doubled the Tigers in points in the paint, 36-18.

			GP	GS	MPG	PPG	FG%	FT%	3P%	RPG	ORPG	DRPG	APG	TPG	SPG	BPG	FPG
	#4	S. Collins	30	30	32.9	15.367	41.9	85.1	36.8	2.033	0.133	1.9	4.333	2.3	1.2	0.067	1.533
	#1	X. Henry	30	30	27.533	14.167	46.1	77.7	41.0	4.233	1.233	3.0	1.633	1.933	1.567	0.467	1.967
	#45	C. Aldrich	30	30	26.733	11.367	55.2	68.3	0.0	9.8	3.067	6.733	0.933	1.4	0.8	3.633	2.533
	#22	M. Morris	30	27	24.9	12.433	55.5	68.4	33.3	6.1	2.733	3.367	1.1	1.067	1.0	0.333	2.567
		T. Taylor	30	19	22.633	7.5	46.7	70.7	40.0	2.367	0.433	1.933	3.233	1.8	1.133	0.2	2.333
	#21	M. Morris	30	2	16.467	6.567	56.7	58.7	52.9	5.333	1.767	3.567	1.033	1.267	0.467	0.867	2.667
	#12	B. Morningstar	21	9	22.714	4.381	41.6	66.7	39.0	2.524	0.762	1.762	3.095	1.0	1.19	0.19	1.476
	#14	T. Reed	30	0	15.067	4.4	47.5	85.7	43.8	1.333	0.133	1.2	1.167	0.367	0.867	0.067	0.833
	#0	T. Robinson	28	1	7.643	2.786	50.0	40.0	0.0	2.75	1.107	1.643	0.321	0.857	0.25	0.464	1.393
	#15	E. Johnson	20	2	7.4	2.8	56.8	66.7	30.8	1.2	0.4	0.8	1.45	0.75	0.35	0.05	1.15
	#13	C. Henry	12	1	8.25	4.083	53.1	50.0	50.0	1.0	0.167	0.833	0.417	0.5	0.5	0.083	1.167
	#2	C. Teahan	14	0	4.929	1.357	33.3	66.7	37.5	1.286	0.714	0.571	0.429	0.286	0.143	0.071	0.5
			GP	GS	MPG	PPG	FG%	FT%	3P%	RPG	ORPG	DRPG	APG	TPG	SPG	BPG	FPG
	#11	Z. Taylor	30	26	26.567	8.367	39.3	77.5	37.2	3.1	1.033	2.067	2.6	1.267	1.833	0.2	2.4
	#15	K. Ramsey	30	30	26.267	5.933	58.3	63.6	50.0	5.733	2.267	3.467	1.367	1.867	1.633	1.233	2.067
	#24	K. English	30	25	23.733	14.067	40.5	72.8	37.3	3.533	0.933	2.6	1.2	2.033	1.433	0.1	1.6
	#12	M. Denmon	30	4	21.367	11.267	44.8	71.0	44.1	3.133	0.867	2.267	1.4	0.9	0.9	0.133	1.467
	#21	L. Bowers	30	7	21.3	10.133	56.2	66.7	43.5	5.6	2.4	3.2	1.2	1.167	1.067	1.3	2.433
	#4	J. Tiller	27	27	23.185	8.741	41.8	76.2	22.9	3.074	1.148	1.926	3.185	2.296	1.407	0.074	2.37
	#23	J. Safford	28	23	20.0	8.607	42.0	75.8	43.3	4.107	1.357	2.75	1.214	1.357	0.821	0.643	2.25
	#10	M. Dixon, Jr.	30	8	16.967	7.333	46.6	85.4	34.3	1.167	0.167	1.0	1.7	1.0	1.1	0.0	1.567
	#3	M. Paul	28	0	12.536	3.571	44.9	62.5	40.5	0.714	0.143	0.571	1.714	0.786	0.536	0.036	1.036
	#32	S. Moore	30	0	9.967	1.2	34.3	75.0	0.0	1.6	0.333	1.267	0.4	0.567	0.4	0.8	1.9
	#35	J. Underwood	13	0	4.0	0.692	12.5	58.3	0.0	1.923	0.923	1.0	0.077	0.385	0.154	0.462	1.308
	#33	T. Stone	11	0	3.909	2.0	64.7	0.0	0.0	0.818	0.273	0.545	0.182	0.273	0.182	0.091	0.364