6 years ago
The scoreboards on the east and west walls of Mabee Arena indicated Kansas Wesleyan had comfortable a 41-24 lead over Southwestern at halftime Monday night. Coach Ryan Showman, though, wasn't impressed. Far from it, in fact. Thirteen turnovers the first 20 minutes of the game had him shaking his head as he left the court for ...

6 years ago
LAWRENCE, Kan. - A 14-0 second-half run along with a 29-point, 15-rebound outing from redshirt-junior Dedric Lawson lifted the No. 9/10 Kansas Jayhawks past the No. 24/25 Iowa State Cyclones, 80-76, Monday night inside Allen Fieldhouse. Senior Lagerald Vick and sophomore Marcus Garrett combined for 22 second-half points, while freshman Devon Dotson chipped in 11 ...

6 years ago
The Bethany men's basketball team ended a two-game losing streak with an 86-73 over KCAC foe, Avila on Monday night from Haehn Gymnasium. Avila would actually dominate the first 12 to 15 minutes of the game, as the Eagles converted on seven 3-point shots in the first half alone. With over half of the stanza over, ...

6 years ago
The seventh-seeded Ell-Saline Cardinal girls' basketball squad tangled with second-seeded Little River Redskins Tuesday evening at the Hilltop Hoops Classic in Great Bend, falling in defeat 46-33. Both teams held serve defensively in the first half, with Ell-Saline (0-11) surrendering just 15 points over the first two quarters of action.  Despite the excellent defensive effort, the ...

6 years ago
The Kansas City Chiefs fell to the New England Patriots, 37-31, at Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday night in a tightly-contested AFC Championship Game that came down to the wire. In a contest that went back-and-forth for the entirety of the second half, tailback Rex Burkhead plowed ahead for a 2-yard touchdown on the Patriots’ first possession ...

6 years ago
McPHERSON -- They didn't shoot a particularly high percentage, were outrebounded and committed 18 turnovers while playing on the game. But the Kansas Wesleyan women didn't flinch and rolled to a 75-58 Kansas Conference victory over McPherson on Saturday night at the Sport Center. It was the Coyotes' fifth consecutive victory and raised their record to 13-2 ...

6 years ago
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State extended its win streak to four games by holding TCU to a season-low 55 points, as the Wildcats led wire-to-wire in downing the Horned Frogs, 65-55, in front of 9,809 fans at Bramlage Coliseum on Saturday. K-State (14-4, 4-2 Big 12) held the Big 12’s top scoring offense (80.4 ppg.) to ...

6 years ago
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - Holding Kansas scoreless over the final 2:34 of regulation, the West Virginia Mountaineers blew past the No. 7/8 Jayhawks in the final seconds, 65-64, Saturday afternoon inside WVU Coliseum. West Virginia's Jermaine Haley hit the go-ahead bucket with seven seconds remaining before two Jayhawk game-winning attempts on the other end fell short ...

6 years ago
For the second consecutive season, Salina Central and Andover met in the Salina Invitational Tournament finals. For the second consecutive season, the Mustangs prevailed over the Trojans with a 57-43 win. In front of a packed house at Kansas Wesleyan’s Mabee Arena, Central would gain control early, leading 10-4 after one. However, Andover responded in the ...

6 years ago
The Abilene High School basketball teams both finished in 5th Place at the Salina Invitational Tournament Saturday.  The Cowgirls for the second straight day used a big second quarter to put away their opponent.  They outscored Buhler 21-6 in the second quarter and the Lady Crusaders never recovered as the Cowgirls rolled to a 43-28 ...

6 years ago
The Lady Cougars finished last years SIT in fourth place, and do so again this season falling in the third place consolation game to the Lady Trojans of Andover 55-43. An 8-0 run by the Lady Trojans halfway through the first quarter put the Lady Cougars in an early hole in which they were never able ...