5 years ago
It was tournament week, part two for Minneapolis basketball on Tuesday night. This time it was the girls' team who took the floor at the 53rd Annual Eli J. Walter Girls Basketball Tournament at Berean Academy. The Lady Lions fell in the opening game to Class 4A school, Wichita-Trinity Academy, 59-41. After scoring just one point for ...

5 years ago
Snow across Kansas has altered the following basketball games: Salina South at Derby - POSTPONED to Friday, February 28 Ell-Saline girls vs Central Plains - POSTPONED to Wednesday, January 29, tipoff at 2:30 pm with coverage on 1150 KSAL Smoky Valley at Hutch Trinity - POSTPONED to Saturday, February 1

5 years ago
The Kansas Wesleyan Coaches Show puts a spotlight on various programs, coaches and student athletes at KWU. Join voice of the Coyotes Pat Strathman at Burger Theory inside the Holiday Inn on Mondays from 6 to 7 pm. If you’re a student, head out to BT and flash your student ID to receive 15 percent off ...

5 years ago
For the third straight week, and the fifth time this season, a Kansas Wesleyan women's basketball player has been named the KCAC Women's Basketball Player of the Week. Coming off an outstanding week for the Coyotes, Amanda Hill (JR/Rossville, Kan.) has been selected to the conference weekly award as selected by a committee of conference sports ...

5 years ago
STILLWATER, Okla. – A suffocating defensive effort that limited the opponent to just 28% shooting on the night lifted the No. 3 Kansas Jayhawks to a 65-50 win over the Oklahoma State Cowboys Monday night inside Gallagher-Iba Arena. Kansas was led in scoring by freshman Christian Braun, who posted 16 points in his first collegiate ...

5 years ago
The Ell-Saline girls' basketball squad began pool play Monday evening at the Hilltop Hoops Classic at Barton Community College in Great Bend, squaring off with the Ness City Eagles.  The Cardinals entered the tournament looking to snap a 37-game losing streak by defeating the last team it had beaten.  The Cardinals' previous win occurred at ...

5 years ago
IRVING, Texas – Kansas senior Udoka Azubuike has been named the Big 12 Player of the Week in a vote by a media panel, the conference announced Monday. Azubuike Posted back-to-back double-doubles averaging 14.0 points, 12.5 rebounds and 4.0 blocked shots in wins against Kansas State and Tennessee. The Delta, Nigeria, native also shot 83.3 percent ...

5 years ago
Minneapolis fell for a third-straight year in the Rupp Tournament fifth=place game to the same foe that had taken them down the two years prior: Rose Hill. The Rockets came from behind to take down Minneapolis, 51-49 in OT on Saturday. Minneapolis controlled the first quarter-in-a-half of the game as the Lions' defense held Rose Hill to ...

5 years ago
LINDSBORG – Amanda Hill calls it the “play we all love.” Kansas Wesleyan fans love it as well after Saturday night. Hill took an pass from Kayla Vallin close to the basket and banked in a short shot as time expired, giving the No. 24-ranked Coyotes a frantic 60-58 victory over Kansas Conference rival Bethany in the ...

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 ...