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WICHITA, Kan. -- Wichita State director of athletics Darron Boatright announced Friday that he will remove the interim tag from men’s basketball coach Isaac Brown. Brown has verbally agreed to a five-year deal and will be formally introduced on Monday as the 26th full-time coach in program history. Brown will also become the first Black men’s basketball coach ever to lead a ...

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In a game that couldn’t be decided in regulation, the No. 17 Kansas Jayhawks fell to the No. 14 Texas Longhorns in overtime, 75-72, inside the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas on Tuesday. Kansas fell to 17-8 overall and 11-6 in Big 12 play, while Texas improved to 14-6 and 8-5 in league games. Tuesday night’s ...

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McPHERSON – Kansas Wesleyan women's coach Ryan Showman said he "saw postseason Kelcey Hinz (JR/Whitewater, Kan.)" during the Coyotes' victory over Southwestern Tuesday in the first round of the KCAC Championship. Hinz finished with 20 points and 18 rebounds in that game but she was just getting warmed up. Playing a surging McPherson team on the road in the quarterfinals Hinz broke ...

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Connecting on 12 first half three pointers and shooting overall above 50 percent in the first 16 minutes of play, the #7 ranked Salina Central Lady Mustangs cruised to an 83-10 victory over the Arkansas City Lady Bulldogs on Thursday night in their regular season finale at home. All 13 Central players that suited up for ...

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Campus 66, South 50 The final score was not indicative of how competitive the Cougars were on the road Thursday against the 6A No. 4 Campus Colts. A combination of cold perimeter shooting by South and Campus' ability to secure multiple offensive rebounds allowed the hosts to keep the Cougars at bay down the stretch. Both teams ...

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Abilene Cowgirls 35  Concordia 21 The Abilene Cowgirls put together their finest performance of the season in their home victory over Concordia.  Abilene has struggled with turnovers all season.  They had averaged 24 per game but only turned over the ball, unofficially, 15 times in the victory over the Lady Panthers.  The Cowgirls also have had ...

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WICHITA, Kan. - The Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference is pleased to announce the 2020-21 KCAC Men's Basketball all-conference teams and award winners. Student-athletes were selected for all awards by vote of the KCAC head men's basketball coaches. Bethel College won the regular-season title after going 16-6 overall and 16-4 in KCAC play. The Threshers' success in the regular season earned accolades for ...

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WICHITA, Kan. - The Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference is pleased to announce the 2020-21 KCAC Women's Basketball all-conference teams and award winners. Student-athletes were selected for all awards by vote of the KCAC head women's basketball coaches. Sterling College went 26-0 and 22-0 in conference play to take the regular-season KCAC Women's Basketball title. K.C. Bassett, head coach of the Warriors, ...

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LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas men’s basketball has added a non-conference game and will host Texas-El Paso (UTEP), on Thursday, March 4, at 7 p.m., in Allen Fieldhouse. The game will be televised on an ESPN platform with specifics to be announced. Tickets for the UTEP game will go on sale to Williams Education Fund donors on Friday, ...

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ATLANTA – Kansas senior Marcus Garrett has been named one of 10 semifinalists for the 2021 Naismith Defensive Player of the Year, the Atlanta Tip-Off Club announced Thursday. Garrett won the national honor last season as a junior in 2020. Known to guard KU’s opponent’s best player, Garrett is fifth in the Big 12 in steals ...

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Senior Mike McGuirl scored 16 of his team-high 19 points in the second half, including a string of 3 consecutive 3-pointers with under 4 minutes to play, as Kansas State rallied to knock off No. 7/8 Oklahoma, 62-57, in front of a limited capacity crowd of 896 fans at Bramlage Coliseum on Tuesday night. Playing his Senior Night ...