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When Anthony Monson arrived as men's basketball coach at Kansas Wesleyan five years ago, he assured fans his teams would be stellar in one particular aspect of the game – defense. True to his word the Coyotes had been one of the Kansas Conference's best during his first four seasons. The 2020-21 team, though, hadn't performed as well ...

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The Ell-Saline Lady Cardinals dropped a close game in a non-conference match-up with the Ellinwood Lady Eagles 56-50 Thursday night at Brookville. Ellinwood jumped out to an 11-2 lead in the early going of quarter number one before Coach Bill Geis called a time out to re-group his Lady Cardinals.  After the time out Ell-Saline stepped ...

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In a matchup between NCAA powerhouses, Sacred Heart emerged victorious over Beloit in the boys and girls contests. The girls got out to a slow start on the offensive end, tallying just three points in the opening quarter. Their defense kept the game close enough for them to go on a big run in the second ...

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Salina Central's Aubrie Kierscht was honored with a basketball before Thursday's game after reaching the 1,000-point milestone the game before. The Navy commit then torched the nets. Kierscht scored 19 of her 25 points in the first half, Salina Central held Valley Center to just five points in the fourth quarter, and the Mustangs secured their third ...

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Minneapolis' Nolan White would not be denied on Thursday night in Ellsworth. The Lions' senior hit five 3-pointers and was a perfect 7-7 from the free-throw line to help lead Minneapolis to a 64-48 win over Ellsworth. Both teams struggled to stop one another in the first quarter as Ellsworth grabbed the lead early on. However, White ...

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Hoisington girls came out playing a solid first half to lead 13-7 after one and 22-18 at the half over the sluggish Vikings. But Smoky Valley came out with great energy to start the third quarter and it became an 18-4 Viking run to lead by 10, 36-26, after three quarters. Despite going around three ...

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In a game between two of the top three teams in class 5A the third ranked Maize Eagles came out on top over the second ranked Salina South Cougars Thursday evening. The Eagles, playing on the road in Salina, took an early lead and never trailed in the game. The Cougars couldn't get any shots to fall ...

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WICHITA, Kan. -- Dexter Dennis provided the signature play in Wichita State's long-awaited signature win, 68-63 over No. 6 Houston, Thursday evening at Charles Koch Arena. Tyson Etienne and Alterique Gilbert scored 16-points each for WSU (13-4, 9-2) which moved into sole possession of first-place in the American Athletic Conference standings and notched its best home win since downing No. 2-ranked ...

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No. 23/24 Kansas broke open a tight defensive contest with a pivotal 14-3 run near the midway point of the second half, as Jayhawks captured the 295th edition of the Dillons Sunflower Showdown with a 59-41 win in front of a limited capacity crowd of 1,248 fans at Bramlage Coliseum on Wednesday night. The win gave Kansas ...

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WICHITA – Kansas Wesleyan's final road game of the 2020-21 regular season was a good one. A fast start propelled the Coyotes to an early advantage, but Wesleyan had to hang on, and connect on clutch free throws down the stretch to hold off the Friends Falcons 69-64 on Wednesday night at the Garvey Center. The 3-pointers were ...

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WICHITA – This defensive stuff is becoming a thing for the Kansas Wesleyan women. Locked in a close game at halftime the Coyotes quickly took control in the second half with a suffocating defensive effort that propelled them to a 64-43 Kansas Conference victory Wednesday night inside the Garvey Center. The victory was the fourth in a row ...