5 years ago
Defense has been a hallmark of Anthony Monson's basketball program at Kansas Wesleyan. Saturday night's game against Bethany was another outstanding defensive effort in the First Bank Kansas Smoky Hill Showdown. The Coyotes held the Kansas Conference's leading scorer Justin Jones to eight points and the Swedes to 32.2 percent shooting (19-of-59) as KWU would win 71-57 ...

5 years ago
The Salina South girls basketball team took home fourth place in the Salina Invitational Basketball Tournament. Buhler defeated the Cougars Saturday afternoon in the third place game of the tournament. South started out strong, and lead by four at the end of the first quarter. Buhler battled back to take a one point halftime lead. In the second ...

5 years ago
The Salina Central girls basketball team was able to hang with the #2 team in Class 6A in Liberal, for one quarter, before the Lady Redskins pulled away with an impressive dominating stretch, and coasting to a 61-40 victory to capture their third consecutive SIT title. Both teams began strong on the defensive end, Lady Mustang ...

5 years ago
LAWRENCE, Kan. – Senior Udoka Azubuike’s eighth double-double and four blocks, including two key swats late, propelled the No. 3 Kansas Jayhawks to a 74-68 over Tennessee, 74-68, Saturday afternoon in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge. Azubuike was joined in double-figures by sophomore Devon Dotson, who netted 22 points and added seven rebounds, and sophomore Ochai ...

5 years ago
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Down by 16 points with just over 12 minutes to play, Kansas State closed to within one possession on multiple occasions, including 69-67 with 2:48 remaining, but Alabama held strong at the free throw line to post a 77-74 win in a Big 12/SEC Challenge contest on Saturday before 11,824 fans at ...

5 years ago
WICHITA, Kan. -- Dexter Dennis scored 16 of his 18 points in the second half to lead rv/22 Wichita State to an 87-79 victory over UCF on Saturday evening at Charles Koch Arena. Wichita State (17-3, 5-2 American Athletic Conference) matched its regular season win total from last year and improved to 4-0 all-time against UCF ...

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The Abilene High School basketball teams finished off the Salina Invitational Tournament Saturday with a pair of wins Saturday.  The Cowgirls snapped a five game losing streak with a 34-20 victory over Concordia in the seventh place game at Salina Central.  In the boy’s game Abilene held off Wichita South for third place 50-47 at ...

5 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 ...

5 years ago
#1 Liberal 51, #4 Salina South 26 Salina South made the first bucket of the game. The rest of the game was controlled by Liberal. The No. 2 team in Class 6A scored the next eight points and cruised to a 51-26 victory over Salina South in the SIT semifinals at Kansas Wesleyan's Mabee Arena Thursday afternoon. ...

5 years ago
The Abilene High School basketball teams both fell on the second day of the Salina Invitational Tournament.  The Cowboys upset bid fell short in a 63-50 setback to Andover.  The Cowgirls also played Andover and were doomed by a scoreless third quarter in a 53-33 loss to the Lady Trojans in the consolation semifinals. The Andover ...

5 years ago
The Smoky Valley Lady Vikings fell to the Southeast of Saline Lady Trojans 42-36.  The Vikings had a 22-16 lead at the half, only to see  Southeast of Saline outscore the Vikings 18-4 in the third quarter and extended their lead 41-30 midway through the fourth quarter.  The Vikings rallied and closed the score to ...