KANSAS CITY, Mo. − With a win at the T-Mobile Center on Monday, Texas will secure a spot in the Big 12 championship game for a third straight season. Standing in the Longhorns' way? Kansas State and 6-foot-6 center Ayoka Lee.

The second and third seeds in the Big 12 bracket, Texas (28-4) and Kansas State (25-6) were respectively ranked fifth and 16th by the Associated Press on Monday. The Longhorns and Wildcats split the two games they played against each other this season as Kansas State recorded a 61-58 win at home on Jan. 13 and Texas then earned a 61-54 victory in Austin on Feb. 4.

The winner of this game will play Iowa State in Tuesday's Big 12 championship game. Iowa State advanced to the Big 12 finale with an 85-68 win over top-seeded Oklahoma on Monday.

This semifinal showdown between Texas and Kansas State is set to tip off at 4 p.m. It will be televised on ESPN2. Follow along for live updates from Kansas City.

Final: Texas 71, Kansas State 64

Five points from Texas guard Shay Holle helped Texas break a last-minute tie and pull away from Kansas State in the Big 12 semifinals. With the win, the Longhorns advance to meet Iowa State in the Big 12 Championship Game.

Madison Booker led Texas (29-4) with her 17 points. Lee had a game-high 25 points to lead Kansas State, which trailed by as many as 14 points on Monday but grabbed two late leads in the fourth quarter. The Wildcats are now 25-7 this season.

4th (36.1): Texas 66, Kansas State 61

A 3-pointer by Shay Holle has put Texas back up in Kansas City. Holle then just scored off an inbound play to expand the Longhorn lead.

4th (1:46): Texas 61, Kansas State 59

A lay-up by Shaylee Gonzales has given Texas the lead back in Kansas City.

4th (6:48): Texas 51, Kansas State 47

Texas has started off this fourth quarter with two missed shots and three turnovers and that ineffective play on offense has opened the door for Kansas State. A lay-up by Serena Sundell has pulled the Wildcats within four points, which is the closest that Kansas State has been to UT since the first quarter.

Texas coach Vic Schaefer just called a timeout.

End 3rd: Texas 51, Kansas State 44

With Lee getting a short break on the bench over the final two minutes of the third quarter, Kansas State pulled within five points with 1:24 to go in the session. Two free throws from DeYona Gaston, though, pushed the UT lead back to seven points.

Lee leads all scorers with her 20 points, but she was limited to one basket in the third quarter. Madison Booker and Aaliyah Moore have combined for 24 points to lead Texas.

3rd (4:56): Texas 49, Kansas State 40

Sidelined by foul trouble in the first half, UT guard Madison Booker is making up for lost time in the third quarter. Over the first 5:04 of the second half, Booker has scored nine points. That scoring spurt included a nice jumper over the defense of Lee.

Texas forward Aaliyah Moore has grabbed four rebounds in the third quarter so far.

Two 3-pointers by guard Gabby Gregory in the third quarter have kept Kansas State in this game. The Wildcats are 2-for-7 on their deep shots.

Halftime: Texas 38, Kansas State 30

Madison Booker, the Co-Big 12 Player of the Year, spent nearly 13 minutes on the bench in the first half because of foul troubles but the Longhorns are still in control of the scoreboard at the T-Mobile Center. Six players scored at least four points in the first half for Texas. Aaliyah Moore led all Longhorns with her nine points.

Lee is responsible for 18 of Kansas State's 30 points.

Texas is 28-2 this season when leading at halftime.

2nd (4:26): Texas 33, Kansas State 22

With Texas keeping Madison Booker and Taylor Jones on the bench because of foul concerns, Texas is getting quality minutes from reserves like Ndjakalenga Mwenentanda and Khadija Faye. Shaylee Gonzales and Aaliyah Moore have combined for 17 points to lead the Longhorns.

Outside of Lee, Kansas State is shooting just 30.8% from the field.

End of 1st quarter: Texas 24, Kansas State 14

With Madison Booker sidelined by foul troubles, Texas has still managed to built a 10-point lead at the T-Mobile Center. Leading the way for the Longhorns is junior forward Aaliyah Moore, who has scored a team-high seven points. Moore capped her quarter with a three-point play.

Lee leads all players with her 10 points. With Texas throwing Taylor Jones, DeYona Gaston and Khadija Faye at Lee defensively, the Kansas State center has made five of her seven shots.

1st (3:01): Texas 17, Kansas State 12

Texas freshman point guard Madison Booker has been called for two fouls in the first quarter, and UT coach Vic Schaefer has opted to sit the Big 12 Co-Player of the Year. Senior guard Shaylee Gonzales will run the Texas offense with Booker on the bench.

1st (5:15): Texas 13, Kansas State 6

Two of the four unanimous picks in on the Big 12's 10-play all-conference team have both scored early points at the T-Mobile Center. Texas guard Madison Booker and Lee have four points apiece.

Texas, though, has built a seven-point lead behind the play of senior guard Shaylee Gonzales, who has scored five points. A 3-pointer by Gonzales just forced Kansas State to call a timeout.

Texas needed to make an early substitution when starting center Taylor Jones was whistled for a foul on Lee.

Starting lineups announced for Texas, Kansas State

In the Big 12 semifinals, the Longhorns will start Shaylee Gonzales, Shay Holle, Aaliyah Moore, Madison Booker and Taylor Jones against the Wildcats. This is the 12th time that Texas has used this starting lineup, and the Longhorns have won nine of the previous 11 times it started this lineup.

Kansas State will counter with a starting lineup that features Lee and veteran guards Jaelyn Glenn, Serena Sundell, Brylee Glenn and Gabby Gregory.

Homecourt advantage for Kansas State?

Even though the T-Mobile Center is technically a neutral site, Kansas State should attract more of its fans for this Monday matinee. Kansas City is just a 125-mile drive from Manhattan. Around 700 miles separate Kansas City and Austin.

Of the announced crowd of 6,610 that witnessed Kansas State's 65-62 win over West Virginia in Saturday's quarterfinal round, plenty were wearing purple. The following day, Texas center Taylor Jones said the Longhorns will need to make sure that the Wildcat fans don't become a factor.

"Any away game with big crowds is really fun," Jones said. "We have to make sure tomorrow that K-State doesn't get a lot of momentum so we can keep the crowd kind of quiet. And just making sure that we have the pace for the game because I remember when we were at K-State, there were a few times where they would go on runs and the arena was just insanely loud. Although we don't want to say it changes stuff, I feel like it can really rattle some people up."

In Big 12 Tournament games that have been played in Kansas City, Texas is 2-2 against Kansas State and 2-0 in games against Kansas. The Longhorns beat Kansas by 16 points in the Big 12 quarterfinals on Saturday.

This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: Live updates: Texas, Kansas State basketball play in Big 12 semifinals