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Crystal Kemp and Kaylee Brown had banner nights against Texas A&M, but in the end, it mattered less than the fact that the team lost.
It's the situation every young basketball player dreams of on the playground: less than a second remaining in the game with a chance from the free-throw line to beat your team's biggest rival.
This time, they stayed out of jail. The four Kansas University fans whose banner at the KU/Mizzou Border Showdown last year spurred a scuffle with off-duty MU Police Chief Jack Watring, landing one fan in jail, returned to the scene Monday. But they left the infamous banner in Lawrence.
Kansas University freshman Brandon Rush, the brother of former Missouri player Kareem Rush, on the crowd booing him all night. "They said some things. It wasn't that bad," Rush said. "I really wanted to win because my brother went here."
After home teams went unbeaten in the first week of Big 12 Conference play, the conference's coaches talked about how hard it was to win on the road. In the following week, eight of them did just that. Eight lost at home. Five teams - Oklahoma, Colorado, Missouri, Kansas University and Kansas State - did both.
They had seen enough and wanted to beat the traffic. So with less than two minutes left and their Missouri Tigers down by nine points, many fans headed for the exits, disgusted expressions doing all their talking. The fools.
Kansas University's basketball players didn't blow a nine-point lead in the last 1:54 all by themselves Monday night at Mizzou Arena. Thomas Gardner helped.
Mark Moody gave his son, Christian, a heartfelt hug in a Mizzou Arena hallway Monday night. "We're going to spend some time together tonight," the dad said after watching his son head dejectedly toward Kansas University's team bus after a hard-to-believe, 89-86 overtime loss to rival Missouri.
This time, they stayed out of jail. The four Kansas University fans whose banner at the KU/Mizzou Border Showdown last year spurred a scuffle with off-duty MU Police Chief Jack Watring, landing one fan in jail, returned to the scene Monday. But they left the infamous banner in Lawrence.
A certain group of KU fans headed to Columbia today looking for vindication. Not just becausee they wanted a victory over the Tigers but rather because of a trip last year that turned sour off the court.
The Jayhawks have dominated beating Missouri four out of the last five times and nine out of the last eleven. However, KU has never won a game in Missou arena. Kansas misses 14 free throws losing to the Tigers, 89-86.
Sunday Kansas women's basketball team lost its third straight game overall. This time to Texas A&M, 78-64.
Even in the most desperate times Monday night, Missouri's Thomas Gardner said he felt good about what was going to happen at Mizzou Arena. "Everybody felt with a minute left in the game that we were going to send it to overtime or win it," said Gardner, whose Tigers trailed Kansas University by seven points with 39 seconds left.
Mark Moody gave his son, Christian, a heartfelt hug in a Mizzou Arena hallway Monday night. "We're going to spend some time together tonight," the dad said after watching his son head dejectedly toward Kansas University's team bus after a hard-to-believe, 89-86 overtime loss to rival Missouri.
Even in the most desperate times Monday night, Missouri's Thomas Gardner said he felt good about what was going to happen at Mizzou Arena. "Everybody felt with a minute left in the game that we were going to send it to overtime or win it," said Gardner, whose Tigers trailed Kansas University by seven points with 39 seconds left.