
Women's Basketball Renews Rivalry with Kansas in StorageMart Border Showdown
11/13/2025 9:42:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Mizzou women's basketball will renew the Border War against Kansas at 6 p.m. on Saturday at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri. The contest will be broadcast on ESPN+ and the Tiger Radio Network.
Mizzou enters the game at 3-0 following a victory against Arkansas State on Tuesday.
Five Tigers posted double-digits in the scoring column against the Red Wolves. It is the second-consecutive game five players achieved the feat.
Junior guard Grace Slaughter led the team with 23 points and nine rebounds.
Slaughter ranks second in the SEC with an average of 21.3 points per game this season. In October, she was named to the Cheryl Miller Small Forward of the Year Preseason Watch List.
Senior forward Jordana Reisma recorded her second double-double of the season against Arkansas State with 22 points and 15 rebounds.
Reisma is ranked fifth in the SEC for rebounds, with 10.7 per game.
With their scoring totals, Slaughter and Reisma were the first Tigers to score 20+ points since Hayley Frank (26) and Ashton Judd (26) vs. Southern Indiana on Nov. 20, 2023.
Junior guard Shannon Dowell celebrated her 1,000th career point last week against Tulane.
Dowell is seventh in the SEC for rebounds with 10.3 per contest.
As a team, Mizzou has assisted on all 25 of its 3-point makes this season.
The meeting against Kansas is the first regular-season matchup between the rivals since 2012 and will mark the 82nd installment in the series. The teams last met in the first round of the 2023 WNIT.
The Jayhawks are 3-0 this season following a win over Lamar on Wednesday.
Head coach Brandom Schneider is in his 11th season on the sidelines with the Jayhawks.
Kansas is led by junior guard S'Mya Nichols and freshman forward Jaliya Davis who are averaging 19.3 and 19.0 points per game, respectively this season.
TICKETS
Season tickets for the 2025-26 campaign are on sale now and can be purchased by visiting ticketmaster.com/Mizzou. For more information, call the Mizzou Athletics Ticket Office at 1-800-CAT-PAWS. Current season-ticket holders can renew their tickets by using their Mizzou Tigers account.
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