6 years ago
HOUSTON – Not much went right for Wichita State in a 76-43 loss at No. 25/25 Houston on Sunday afternoon at the Fertitta Center. Dexter Dennis scored 10 points and collected six rebounds for the Shockers (17-6, 5-5 American) who suffered their most-lopsided defeat (33 points) since 2003. Jaime Echenique grabbed a team-high seven rebounds to go ...

6 years ago
Kansas Wesleyan guard Courtney Heinen (SR/Axtell, Kan.) seldom, if ever, needs motivation when it comes to playing basketball. Saturday night, though, was something special and she was eager to rise to the occasion. Which she did, in spectacular fashion. Heinen scored a career-best 32 points and made history in the process, surpassing the 1,000-point plateau for her ...

6 years ago
The Kansas Conference postseason tournament is still two weeks away, but Kansas Wesleyan's game against Saint Mary on Saturday night had a playoff atmosphere for Coach Anthony Monson. The Coyotes closed the contest on a 12-4 run and defeated the Spires 78-71 in a back-and-forth duel at Mabee Arena. It was their seventh victory in the ...

6 years ago
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State jumped out to a 21-2 lead and withstood several comeback attempts by Kansas State in the second half to post a 73-63 on Saturday night before 14,149 fans at Hilton Coliseum. The Cyclones (10-13, 3-7 Big 12), who led for nearly 39 minutes in the contest, have now won 3 in ...

6 years ago
FORT WORTH, Texas – Double-double outings from senior Udoka Azubuike and sophomore Devon Dotson were enough to push the No. 3 Kansas Jayhawks to a 60-46 win over the TCU Horned Frogs Saturday inside Schollmaier Arena. Azubuike led KU with 20 points and the KU defense limited TCU to a season-low 46 points as Jayhawk ...

6 years ago
The Ell-Saline Cardinal basketball squads were swept in doubleheader action on Saturday in Brookville by fellow Heart of America League foe, the Remington Broncos.  While the Cardinals were facing a league opponent, the games will not count toward the league standings.  The official HOA League matchups will take place on Monday, February 17th at Remington ...

6 years ago
Hear from 11 different coaches during the Coaches Corner, every Saturday morning from 8 to 9, live from Burger Theory inside the Holiday Inn. Stop by for a delicious breakfast buffet or order a special item off the superb menu. Coaches on the show this week: Salina Central’s Chris Fear and Ryan Modin, Salina South’s Ryan ...

6 years ago
In the first match-up between Sacred Heart and Minneapolis boys basketball, the two teams combined for 149 total points in a thrilling display of offense at the end of Dec. in Salina. Sacred Heart won the first meeting, 79-72 over Minneapolis. On Friday night's return trip to Minneapolis High School, both teams put on another thrilling display, ...

6 years ago
The Salina Central basketball teams got a split on Friday down in Haysville with the Campus Colts. The Lady Mustangs rolled to an easy victory and had two players set career highs in scoring while the top-ranked Campus boys broke open a close game early with a dominating middle two quarters. Sophomore Aubrie Kierscht had recently ...

6 years ago
The Salina South boys basketball team's offense exploded in the final period. Derby had every answer. The seventh-ranked team in Class 6A scored 32 points in the fourth and drilled 12 threes for the game, powering the Panthers to a 75-67 victory over No. 7 in 5A Salina South Friday night. Derby improved to 10-3, 5-1 in ...

6 years ago
The Abilene Cowboys avenged a January home loss to the Marysville Bulldogs with a 66-51 victory Friday night in Marysville.  Abilene took sole possession of first place in the NCKL with their victory.  The Cowgirls nearly avenged their loss from a month ago but came up short.  They lost to the Lady Bulldogs by 18 ...