7 years ago
Ottawa's Wilson Field House is known as one of the tougher places to play in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference. The home court magic couldn't stop Kansas Wesleyan from turning in a complete team performance. Junior James Brooks led four players in double-figures, the defense limited Ottawa to 35 percent in the second half, and the Coyotes ...

7 years ago
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Redshirt-junior Dedric Lawson accounted for 16 of the Jayhawks' final 19 points to help No. 2 Kansas outlast the New Mexico State Aggies, 63-60, Saturday night inside Sprint Center. Kansas trailed by as many as seven points in the second half before Lawson closed strong and tallied his fifth double-double of ...

7 years ago
TULSA, Okla. – No. 16/15 Kansas State had consecutive shots rim out in the final seconds, as the Wildcats dropped a defensive slugfest to Tulsa, 47-46, in front of 5,719 fans at the Donald W. Reynolds Center on Saturday. K-State (6-2) has now dropped consecutive road games after starting the season with six consecutive wins. In a ...

7 years ago
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Markis McDuffie scored his 1,000th career point, but Wichita State otherwise struggled offensively in an 80-48 loss to Oklahoma Saturday afternoon at Chesapeake Energy Arena. McDuffie – playing his 100th career game -- finished with 19 points, seven rebounds and three steals. The senior forward from Paterson, N.J. came into the day needing just ...

7 years ago
The Sacred Heart girls entered the evening in control of their own destiny, and by defeating Bishop Ward 63-51 sealed their fate, winning the Chapman Irish Classic Tournament. Trailing early in the game 4-3, the Lady Knights used a 7-0 run to build a 10-4 advantage halfway through the quarter, but that lead would evaporate after ...

7 years ago
High school basketball is here! 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 Doug ...

7 years ago
Salina Central girls basketball head coach Chris Fear noted that having Tuesday night off would benefit his team after a 20-point loss in the season opener. He was certainly right. Freshman Hampton Williams recorded her first double-double, the Central defense forced 20-plus turnovers, and the Lady Mustangs handled the Great Bend Panthers, 71-42, on the road Friday ...

7 years ago
Both the girls and boys teams were in action tonight on the campus of Kansas Wesleyan University. They played Halstead in the finals for the season opening Tri-County Classic championship game. Halstead went into both the girls and boys games heavy favorites, ranked 8th and 2nd in the 3A class respectively. Looking at the rosters of ...

7 years ago
The Abilene High School basketball teams split at Augusta Friday night.  The Cowgirls won 45-43 in overtime to improve to 3-0 on the season.  The Lady Orioles entered the game ranked #5 in 4A by the KBCA.  They returned three players from their state team from a season ago.  The Cowboys suffered their first loss ...

7 years ago
Salina South knocked down big shots and came up with just enough stops to get the first win of the year on Friday night at Baker Fieldhouse, with a 70-58 road win at Buhler. The Cougars came in winless and off of a near-30 point loss during the midweek at Maize. South was able to shrug ...

7 years ago
The Viking Girls fall to Concordia by the score of 57-48. Concordia used an 18-0 throughout the 2nd quarter to posses a 25-11 lead at halftime. The the Vikings opened up the third quarter with a 10-0 run to get within 4 at 25-21, but Concordia increased their lead to 38-32 a the end of ...