Girls
Leavenworth 46
Lafayette 40 (8-6)
BASEHOR-LINWOOD TOURNAMENT – CONSOLATION
Benton 33 (8-5)
Basehor-Linwood 26
Author: Dave Riggert
K-State uses big second half to win at Oklahoma State
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Kansas State finally made the plays late to claim its first Big 12 road win.
Barry Brown scored 22 points to help the Wildcats defeat Oklahoma State 96-88 on Wednesday night.
D.J. Johnson scored 18 points and Wesley Iwundu added 15 for the Wildcats (14-4, 3-3 Big 12), who had lost two straight and three of four to fall out of the Top 25. Included are a 2-point loss at Kansas and a one-point loss at Texas Tech.
“This is a great win for us,” Kansas State coach Bruce Weber said. “Last year, we didn’t win that many road games, and to come in here and in a great atmosphere and pull this win out — it’s great for our team. We all know what we’re capable of here, and to come in here and finish this win — it’s big.”
Kansas State shot 56.3 percent from the field to deny Oklahoma State coach Brad Underwood his 100th career win.
Jeffrey Carroll matched a career high with 24 points and Jawun Evans added 20 for the Cowboys (10-8, 0-6), who lost their sixth straight and haven’t won since Dec. 22. The past five losses have come by 10 or fewer points.
“It’s very tough, because nobody likes losing,” Evans said. “We’re playing great teams, we just got to have that dog in this, get one win at least.”
Underwood, a Kansas State graduate who later was an assistant coach there, was disappointed that the Cowboys didn’t defend well enough to give themselves a chance in the 1,000th Oklahoma State game played at Gallagher-Iba Arena.
“We are struggling to guard the ball and we haven’t fought very well to do it,” Underwood said. “Iwundu just jumped over the top of us. It didn’t matter what we did, man or zone, but it’s a trend. It’s a bad one for us.”
Oklahoma State led 54-51 at halftime behind 15 points from Carroll and 14 from Evans. Kansas State shot 53 percent, but trailed because Oklahoma State made 9 of 14 3-pointers before the break.
The Wildcats led for most of the second half, but Oklahoma State kept it close. Kansas State finally gained control for good in the final minutes. Johnson was fouled while making a putback basket, and the free throw put the Wildcats up eight with just over two minutes to play. Brown followed with a 3-pointer from NBA range to make it an 11-point game.
“We talked the last few days about having the right attitude,” Weber said. “It’s got to be about us and doing it together, coming in with emotion. We had to fight. They’re feisty.”
POLL IMPLICATIONS
The Wildcats could jump back into the Top 25 if they can knock off No. 7 West Virginia on Saturday. The Mountaineers lost at home to Oklahoma on Wednesday night and will need a win to stay within range of conference leaders Kansas (6-0) and Baylor (5-1).
EVANS SLUMP
Evans made 7 of 17 shots against Kansas State and has connected on just 27 of 84 shots from the field during the six-game losing skid.
MISSED FREE THROW
Oklahoma State’s Phil Forte missed a free throw. That’s not normally news, but Forte entered the night as the nation’s leader in free throw percentage (.962). It was only his third miss of the season.
STAT LINES
Johnson, the conference leader in field goal percentage at just under 63 percent entering the night, improved his percentage by making 7 of 9. … Iwundu reached the 1,000 point mark in career points.
UP NEXT
Kansas State hosts No. 7 West Virginia on Saturday.
Oklahoma State plays at Texas Tech on Saturday.
— Associated Press —
Kreklow, Miller help Missouri State hold off Indiana State
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Ryan Kreklow hit the second of two free throws and Dequon Miller added two more as Missouri State closed out a 73-68 Missouri Valley Conference victory at Indiana State Wednesday night.
Brenton Scott hit a 3-pointer with :20 left to get Indiana State within two points, 70-68, but after Ryan Kreklow hit the second of two free throws to make it a three-point game, Scott missed from deep. Miller hit both free throws with :06 left to put the game away.
Alize Johnson pumped in 26 points and Miller added another 24 to lead the Bears (13-7, 4-3), who shot 24 of 56 from the field, including 8 of 22 (36.4 percent) from distance.
Scott was 9 of 20 from the field, including 4 of 8 from deep, to lead Indiana State (7-12, 1-6). The Sycamores shot 26 of 65 from the field, 8 of 27 (29.6 percent) from deep.
— Associated Press —
No. 22 Kansas State women beat TCU 74-63
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Breanna Lewis scored 21 points and had four blocks, Kindred Wesemann hit five 3-pointers to become ranked fifth in school history with 232 career 3s, and No. 22 Kansas State used a big third quarter on Wednesday night win its fourth straight, beating TCU 74-63.
Tied at 27 at halftime after making only 1 of 6 from behind the arc, Wesemann made three 3s, Kaylee Page added another, and Kansas State opened the third quarter with a 14-3 run. Wesemann hit her fourth 3 — surpassing the 230 career 3s by Kimberly Dietz (2004-08) — and the Wildcats led 52-40 at the end of the third.
TCU closed to 62-56 on Jada Butts’ two free throws, but Shaelyn Martin made a 3-point play and the Wildcats led by 10 with 1:23 to go.
Wesemann finished with 18 points and three steals and the Wildcats (15-4, 5-2 Big 12) outscored the Horned Frogs 38-26 in the paint.
TCU led 12-6 on a 3 by Amber Ramirez, but Page hit a 3, Lewis made a jumper amid a 7-4 run and the Wildcats trailed 16-13 at the end of the first quarter. Kansas State was up 27-22 after Lewis’ layup, but TCU’s Ramirez hit her third 3 to tie it at 27 at halftime.
Amy Okonkwo scored 13 points for TCU (9-9, 1-6), which had 13 steals.
— Associated Press —
Nebraska loses to Ohio State on last-second shot
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Marc Loving was so open when he caught C.J. Jackson’s inbounds pass, there was only one thing for him to do.
“Easy,” he said. “Lay it in.”
Loving did just that after he took Jackson’s pass from under the basket. The ball bounced on the rim before dropping through with less than a second to play, giving Ohio State a 67-66 victory over Nebraska on Wednesday night.
Loving had moved freely into the lane after the man guarding him, Tai Webster, switched off him and Glynn Watson Jr., who was coming to defend, fell down.
“The basketball gods kind of looked out for us because the guy just fell and left Marc wide open,” Jae’Sean Tate said. “It was good patience by C.J. to read the defense because I think it was like 4 1/2 seconds before he got the 5-second call and threw it, and Marc did the rest. We got a little lucky.”
Nebraska coach Tim Miles said, “When we lost our feet, well, then you’re dead.”
Watson didn’t come to the postgame interview room, but he tweeted, “Worst feeling ever … let my team down.”
Webster had driven for Nebraska’s go-ahead layup with 35 seconds left, and Ohio State played for the last shot. Loving missed a 3-pointer, but JaQuan Lyle got the rebound under the basket, and the Buckeyes were able to call timeout with 1.9 seconds left to set up the winning play.
Loving had 15 points, and Lyle and Jae’Sean Tate added 13 apiece for the Buckeyes (12-7, 2-4 Big Ten), who have won two straight.
“About time something good happened for us,” Buckeyes coach Thad Matta said. “C.J. made a tremendous read on the play, taking the ball inbounds, and did a tremendous job of being patient with it.”
The Buckeyes, who have won four straight over the Huskers, were turnover-free in the second half after committing 11 in the first while falling behind 40-32. They capitalized on Nebraska’s awful shooting. The Huskers hit 50 percent from the field in the first half but just 29.2 percent in the second.
“Everybody is going to remember the last play, obviously, and deservingly so,” Matta said. “We weren’t very good the first half, which was obvious. I talked about some things at halftime and told them we need to chip away. We really competed. Look, I could give 15 game balls away in that second half.”
Webster had 18 points to lead the Huskers (9-9, 3-3), who have lost three straight.
BIG PICTURE
Ohio State: The Buckeyes are building steam after an 0-4 start in Big Ten play. They came to Lincoln off a 72-67 win over Michigan State, and then overcame a bad first half to pick up a huge road victory.
Nebraska: The Huskers really needed to beat the Buckeyes to stay in contact with the Big Ten leaders. Three straight losses have wiped out what was their best start in conference play since 1975-76.
FREE-THROW WOES
Nebraska was 11 of 20 from the line, a continuation of its free-throw struggles. The Huskers were 15th nationally a month ago, making 78.3 percent. Since then they are shooting 63.2 percent from the line and rank 115th.
HE SAID IT
“Coming into the game, it’s actually funny, Coach Matta said the magic number to beat them is 67. He’s been saying that all week in practice. In the locker room, he kept that in our minds.” — Tate.
DOUBLE FIGURES, AGAIN
Nebraska’s Webster has scored in double figures in all 17 games this season and 18 straight dating back to last season.
UP NEXT
Ohio State: Plays at home Sunday against Northwestern. The Buckeyes have beaten the Wildcats 12 straight times since 2009.
Nebraska: Plays Saturday at Rutgers. The Huskers have won all three meetings since joining the Big Ten in 2011.
— Associated Press —
Kansas women fall at home to No. 24 West Virginia
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Tynice Martin scored 21 points and No. 24 West Virginia beat Kansas 62-51 on Wednesday night.
Martin was only 5-of-20 shooting, though made 9 of 12 free throws. Lanay Montgomery added 15 points and 13 rebounds for her eighth double-double this season and Teana Muldrow had 12 points and a career-high 15 rebounds, her fourth double-double.
The Mountaineers (15-4, 3-4 Big 12) snapped a two-game losing streak despite scoring 16 points below their average and committing 25 turnovers.
Jessica Washington scored 24 points on 7-of-22 shooting for the Jayhawks (6-12, 0-7). McKenzie Calvert added 12 points.
Kansas had the lead briefly in the third quarter before a Martin 3-pointer put West Virginia up 39-37 at the end of the period.
Calvert got Kansas within four with 2 1/2 minutes left with a 3-pointer but Muldrow made a layup before the Mountaineers sank 10 free throws in the final 45 seconds.
— Associated Press —
City High School Basketball Scores – Tuesday, January 17
BOYS
Lawson 55
Bishop LeBlond 35 (5-11)
LIBERTY TOURNAMENT – 1ST ROUND
Central 59 (12-2)
Blue Springs 53
LIBERTY TOURNAMENT – 1ST ROUND
Rockhurst 71
Lafayette 58 (5-7)
Griffons struggle defensively in 81-68 loss at Central Missouri
WARRENSBURG, Mo. – The Missouri Western men’s basketball team (6-11, 2-6) couldn’t hang on to a nine-point first half lead as they lost 81-68 at Central Missouri (10-5, 4-3) on Monday.
NOTABLES
– It was the sixth-straight loss in Warrensburg for the Griffons
– Missouri Western twice led by nine in the first half
– UCM ended the first half on a 6-0 run to take a three-point lead to the half
– After falling behind by 13 in the second half, MWSU cut the lead to six with a 10-3 run but UCM answered with an 8-0 run to take a 14-point lead
– The Griffons’ bench was outscored 33-11 by Central Missouri’s reserves
– Central Missouri shot 61.5 percent from the field, best of any MWSU opponent this season
TOP PERFORMERS
– Cole Clearman led Missouri Western with 20 points on 6-10 shooting from three-point range to go with his four assists
– Aaron Emmanuel scored 16 points with six rebounds and four assists
– Seth Bonifas had 10 points and six rebounds
UP NEXT
Missouri Western hosts Fort Hays State (9-6, 3-4) Thursday, Jan. 19 at 7:30 p.m. before second place Nebraska-Kearney (12-4, 5-2) visits the MWSU Fieldhouse on Saturday, Jan. 21 at 4 p.m.
— MWSU Athletics —
City High School Basketball Scores & Schedule
MONDAY’S RESULTS
GIRLS
Central 55 2 OT (9-4)
Lafayette 52 (8-5)
BASEHOR-LINWOOD TOURNAMENT – 1ST ROUND
Olathe North 32
Benton 28 (7-5)
TUESDAY’S SCHEDULE
BOYS
Bishop LeBlond vs. Lawson – 7:30
LIBERTY TOURNAMENT – 1ST ROUND
Central vs. Blue Springs – 4:00 – Listen on ESPN 1550 or click here
LIBERTY TOURNAMENT – 1ST ROUND
Lafayette vs. Rockhurst – 7:00 – Listen on 680 KFEQ or click here
GIRLS
Bishop LeBlond @ Falls City – 7:30
Missouri Western women score two points in the fourth quarter, lose at UCM 69-49
WARRENSBURG, Mo. – It was a tale of two halves in Warrensburg on Monday as the Missouri Western women’s basketball team lost at Central Missouri 69-49. After leading by as many as 11 points in the first half and seven at halftime, the Griffons were outscored 39-12 in the second half and 22-2 in the fourth quarter.
Western falls to 12-5 this season and 4-4 in the MIAA, while UCM improves to 13-2 and 6-1 in league play.
NOTABLES
– MWSU went 3-24 (12.5%) from the field in the second half
– The Griffons were out-rebounded 22-8 in the second half after holding a 23-13 advantage on the glass at halftime
– Central Missouri opened the second half on a 13-5 run to take its first lead since the opening minute of the game
– Central Missouri opened the fourth quarter on an 18-0 run
– Missouri Western went 1-15 from three-point range
– The Griffons shot a season-low 30.6 percent from the field and 6.7 percent from long range
– Sefulu Faavae tied a career-high with six rebounds
TOP PERFORMERS
– Faave ahd 10 points to go with her six rebounds
– Julia Torres also scored 10 points along with a team-high nine rebounds
UP NEXT
Missouri Western hosts Fort Hays State (14-2, 5-2) Thursday, Jan. 19 at 5:30 p.m. before Nebraska-Kearney (4-11, 0-7) visits the MWSU Fieldhouse on Saturday, Jan. 21 at 2 p.m.
— MWSU Athletics —