Kansas Jayhawks (7-2) at Missouri State Bears (7-2)
Springfield, Missouri; Sunday, 3 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Kansas visits Missouri State after Regan Williams scored 22 points in Kansas’ 74-62 victory against the Northwestern Wildcats.
The Bears are 2-0 in home games. Missouri State has a 2-1 record against teams over .500.
The Jayhawks are 1-0 on the road. Kansas is 0-1 in games decided by 3 points or fewer.
Missouri State is shooting 39.8% from the field this season, 1.6 percentage points higher than the 38.2% Kansas allows to opponents. Kansas scores 7.6 more points per game (71.0) than Missouri State allows to opponents (63.4).
TOP PERFORMERS: Kaemyn Bekemeier is scoring 16.4 points per game and averaging 8.3 rebounds for the Bears. Lainie Douglas is averaging 13.8 points and 4.8 rebounds while shooting 59.0%.
S’Mya Nichols is averaging 19.4 points and 5.2 assists for the Jayhawks. Elle Evans is averaging 11.4 points.
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