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OTTAWA, Kan. – The Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference held its first ever Men's Bowling Invitational tournament on Saturday and the Kansas Wesleyan Men's Bowling team finished in second place in the event.   The invitational featured the four KCAC teams that sponsor bowling – Avila, Kansas Wesleyan, Ottawa and Saint Mary – that participated in three team games ...

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OTTAWA, Kan. – The Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference held its first ever Women's Bowling Invitational tournament on Saturday and the Kansas Wesleyan Women's Bowling team finished in fourth place in the event.   The invitational featured the four KCAC teams that sponsor bowling – Avila, Kansas Wesleyan, Ottawa and Saint Mary – that participated in three team games ...

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WICHITA – Watching video of Indiana University-Kokomo two things were abundantly clear to Anthony Monson: the Athletics are very good on the defensive end of the court and are ferocious rebounders.   "They play a really strong back line defense like we do," he said. "They're a little bit like Oklahoma Wesleyan in the way they keep you ...

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IRVING, Texas – Kansas was represented on the 2022-23 All-Big 12 Women’s Basketball Team by the senior trio of Taiyanna Jackson, Zakiyah Franklin and Holly Kersgieter, the conference announced Monday. The honors featured Jackson and Franklin as All-Big 12 First Team selections, Kersgieter as honorable mention, and Jackson as a member of the Big 12 All-Defensive Team. ...

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FORT WORTH – No. 8 seed Wichita State never trailed en route to a 71-61 first round win over No. 9 Temple Monday afternoon in the opening game of the American Athletic Conference Championship. Wichita State (17-13) advances to the quarterfinals of the American Athletic Conference Championship where the top seed South Florida Bulls await Tuesday at ...

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A standout Senior Day performance landed Wichita State guard Craig Porter Jr. on yet another American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll. It’s the fourth time in six weeks that Porter has made the list and the fifth time overall this year. The 6-2 senior out of Terre Haute, Ind. scored a career-high 25 points to go with five blocks ...

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Fan Voting for Markquis Nowell (Starts Friday) MANHATTAN, Kan. – Senior Markquis Nowell was announced as a finalist for the 2023 Bob Cousy Point Guard Award by the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame on Monday (March 6). The award, which annually honors the top point guard in Division I men’s basketball, is named after former Boston Celtic and Holy Cross guard Bob ...

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IRVING, Texas – Highlighted by Big 12 Player of the Year Jalen Wilson, Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year Dajuan Harris Jr., and the Big 12 Most Improved Player KJ Adams Jr., Kansas was well represented on the men’s basketball 2022-23 All-Big 12 Team selected by the conference coaches, the league announced Sunday. With the ...

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MANHATTAN, Kan. – Head coach Jerome Tang was named the Phillips 66 Big 12 Coach of the Year, while senior Keyontae Johnson was selected unanimously as the league’s Newcomer of the Year as well as All-Big 12 First Team, along with senior Markquis Nowell, as the conference office announced its annual men’s basketball awards on Sunday afternoon (March 6). Tang becomes the ...

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WICHITA, Kan. - Wichita State forwards Jane Asinde and Trajata Colbert were named to the All-Conference Third Team, it was announced by the American Athletic Conference Sunday afternoon. Asinde leads Wichita State in scoring (13.4) and rebounding (10.4), and ranks second in steals (54) and blocks (22). Her 10.4 rebounds per game ranks 18th nationally. She is ...

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Final Stats  |  Postgame Quotes  |  Photo Gallery MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia used a big second-half performance to end No. 11/11 Kansas State’s 4-game winning streak on Saturday afternoon, as the Mountaineers earned the 600th win at the WVU Coliseum with an 89-81 victory over the Wildcats before a sold-out crowd of 14,000 on Senior Day. K-State (23-8, 11-7 Big ...