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Kansas Wesleyan's AJ Range (JR/Junction City, Kan.) has been selected as the KCAC Men's Basketball Player of the Week for his efforts in a pair of victories for the Coyotes last week. Range was chosen from a pool of nominees by conference sports information directors. AJ Range had another outstanding week for the Coyotes, averaging a ...

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IRVING, Texas – Kansas senior Udoka Azubuike has been named the Big 12 Player of the Week in a vote by a media panel which covers the league, the conference office announced Monday. This is the second league player of the week honor for Azubuike this season as he claimed the accolade Jan. 27. Azubuike posted ...

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LAWRENCE, Kan. – A former Consensus All-America selection and Big 12 Player of the Year, KU great Marcus Morris will have his No. 22 jersey retired at halftime versus Iowa State on February 17th. In 2011, his junior season, Morris was a Consensus All-America second-team selection Big 12 Player of the Year as well as an ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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, ...