Kansas (32-1)	Min	FG	3FG	FT	Reb	Ast	TO	Blk	Stl	PF	Pts
Pierce, Paul	^ 33	12-18	3-4	3-6	2-11	4	3	1	0	2	30
LaFrentz, Raef	^ 28	7-11	0-0	2-2	1-7	0	2	0	1	2	16
Pollard, Scot	^ 27	4-5	0-0	2-3	5-8	0	1	1	1	4	10
Vaughn, Jacque	^ 29	5-5	1-1	2-2	1-6	12	1	0	0	2	13
Haase, Jerod	^ 21	2-8	1-5	4-4	0-1	1	0	0	0	2	9
Williams, B.J.	12	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-3	2	0	0	1	1	0
Pugh, T.J.	9	0-1	0-1	0-0	1-2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thomas, Billy	16	1-7	1-7	0-0	1-3	0	1	0	1	0	3
Robertson, Ryan	10	2-3	1-2	0-0	0-1	1	0	0	0	1	5
Bradford, Nick	5	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-1	1	1	0	0	1	0
Nooner, Terry	2	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Branstrom, Joel	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	1	0
McGrath, C.B.	2	0-1	0-0	1-2	0-1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Ransom, Steve	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-2	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team					0-0
Total		33-61 .541	7-20 .350	14-19 .737	13-46	21	10	2	4	18	87

Missouri (16-17)	Min	FG	3FG	FT	Reb	Ast	TO	Blk	Stl	PF	Pts
Tate, Corey	^ 31	1-4	0-1	4-4	1-3	4	1	0	1	3	6
Thames, Kelly	^ 27	2-10	0-1	2-4	2-3	2	0	1	2	3	6
Grimm, Derek	^ 30	4-9	2-7	0-0	2-5	0	1	0	0	3	10
Hafer, Jeff	^ 16	0-5	0-2	2-2	0-1	0	0	0	0	3	2
Sutherland, Jason	^ 24	4-10	2-6	0-0	0-3	1	1	0	0	4	10
Lee, Tyron	20	2-12	0-4	1-2	4-5	1	1	0	1	2	5
Ray, Dibi	8	1-1	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	2	0	3
Murdock, L. Dee	23	1-3	0-0	2-2	3-5	0	3	1	1	1	4
Allouche, Danny	14	3-4	1-2	3-4	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	10
Walther, Chip	7	1-3	0-1	2-2	0-3	1	0	0	0	0	4
Reeve, Dustin	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	0-1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team					1-1
Total		19-62 .306	6-26 .231	16-20 .800	13-30	10	7	2	7	19	60

Halftime Score: KU 51, MU 26 Fouled out: none Technical fouls: none Officials: Larry Lembo, Bob Garibaldi, Tom Harrington Attendance: 19,310

Notes
KU wins the inaugural Big 12 Tournament, its first conference tournament title since 1992. LaFrentz, Pierce, and Vaughn are named to the all-tournament team. Pierce, MVP of the tournament, ties his career highs with 30 points and 11 rebounds. Vaughn's 12 assists are a career high. He moves into 20th place on the NCAA all-time assists chart.

KU's record
This season	32-1 (.970)
Historical	1628-709 (.697)
vs MU	148-86 (.632)

Related pages
Coach Williams' comments All games: previous, next vs MU: previous, next, series history 1996-97: season summary, specialty stats