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Bearcats cruise to easy win over Wayne State

Posted on November 13, 2016November 13, 2016

The Northwest Missouri State University men’s basketball team picked up a 76-58 win over Wayne State University on Sunday in St. Joseph, Mo.

– The No. 6 ranked Bearcats improved to 2-0 on the year while the Wildcats fall to 1-1.

– Xavier Kurth recorded his first career double-double, grabbing 11 rebounds while scoring 10 points. He added two assists and a pair of blocks.

– Justin Pitts had 21 points, hitting 8-of-12 field goal attempts. He had seven rebounds, a team-high six assists and a pair of steals.

– Anthony Woods had 20 points, connecting on 7-of-9 shooting. He had four rebounds, two steals, an assist and a blocked shot.

Key Northwest Statistics
– The Bearcats shot 52.1 percent from the field (24-58) while holding Wayne State to just 35.3 percent shooting (18-51).

– Northwest led by as many as 22 and never trailed.

– The Bearcats led 45-27 at halftime.

– Down low, the Bearcats had 32 points in the paint compared to just 20 for the Wildcats.

– Zach Schneider had nine points, hitting a pair of three pointers. He added an assist and a steal in the effort.

– Brett Dougherty grabbed seven rebounds, scoring six points with a blocked shot.

Key Northwest Sequences
– The Bearcats started the game on an 18-3 run. Pitts scored 19 seconds into the game and Northwest never looked back. Woods scored seven points in just over a three minute span. Brett Dougherty capped the run with a layup off an assist from Woods for his sixth point of the game with 11:53 to go in the opening half.

– At the end of the first half, the Bearcats got a layup from Pitts to go up 39-22 with 2:44 left. After Wayne State failed to convert a foul shot, Schneider was fouled on a three-point attempt and calmly knocked down all three foul shots go go up by 20, 42-22. The Wildcats missed a three pointer on the other end and Woods hit a jumper with 1:15 left for his 11th point of the half, doubling the score, 44-22.

Up Next
– Northwest will host defending national champion Augustana on Thursday, Nov. 17, at 7 p.m. at Bearcat Arena in Maryville, Mo.

— Northwest Athletics —

Missouri State makes school record 15 three-pointers in win over Jacksonville State

Posted on November 13, 2016November 13, 2016

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Alize Johnson had 20 points and 10 rebounds, Dequon Miller also scored 20 points, and Missouri State set a school record with 15 3-pointers in a 91-65 victory over Jacksonville State on Sunday.

Johnson, a junior-college transfer, was coming off a 16-point performance in Friday’s victory over Alabama A&M while Miller, a senior who averaged double figures last season, bounced back from a 0-for-6 shooting night in which he scored one point.

The Bears (2-0), who had 12 3-pointers against Alabama A&M, were 15 of 31 from the arc versus the Gamecocks (1-1), with Miller and Austin Ruder hitting four each. Ruder finished with 12 points, Jarred Dixon 19 and Obediah Church 10.

Norbertas Giga scored 16 points and Christian Cunningham 13 for the Gamecocks, who shot 55 percent, but gave up 30 points off 24 turnovers.

Missouri State took the lead from the outset and led 45-20 at halftime.

— Associated Press —

Three MIAA football teams make NCAA Division II playoffs

Posted on November 13, 2016November 13, 2016

Kansas City, Mo. – Three MIAA teams made the field for the NCAA Division II National Football Tournament as it was announced today. Games are scheduled to begin on Nov. 19 at campus sites with everything culminating at Children’s Mercy Park in Kansas City on Dec. 17 with the National Championship Game.

Northwest Missouri earned the top seed in Super Region 3 and will earn a bye and await the winner of a first round game. The Bearcats wrapped up their 28th overall MIAA championship yesterday going 11-0 on the year. They are led by Kyle Zimmerman who is averaging 277 yards per game passing with 34 touchdowns through the air.

They will await the winner of the fourth seeded Emporia State and fifth seeded Minnesota Duluth in a game that will be played on Nov. 19 in Emporia. The Hornets ride a 10-game winning streak into the playoffs after going 10-1 on the year. The Hornets are led by Braxton Marstall who is averaging 253 yards per game passing with 24 TD’s through the air.

The second seed went to Sioux Falls who will open the tournament against seventh seeded Azusa Pacific. The winner of that game will face the winner of third seeded Harding who plays sixth seeded Central Missouri at home in the opening round. The Mules have won six straight heading into the playoffs going 9-2 overall on the season. UCM is led by Garrett Fugate who is averaging 303 yards per game passing with 28 touchdown passes.

First round games are scheduled for Nov. 19 with official game times to be announced early next week.

— MIAA Press Release —

Kansas women loses opener to Missouri State by 23

Posted on November 13, 2016November 13, 2016

LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas women’s basketball’s streak of season-opening victories came to a close as a late run in the fourth quarter proved to be enough for Missouri State to rally for an 87-64 win on Sunday afternoon inside Allen Fieldhouse.

Prior to its 2016-17 season opener, KU had won 11-straight games to start the season dating back to 2004. The Lady Bears high powered offense surged ahead late in the game after shooting 53.3 percent from the field. The Jayhawks on the other hand could only muster a 35 percent clip from the field, making only 6-of-24 three-point tries.

The Jayhawks were led by redshirt sophomore guard McKenzie Calvert and redshirt junior guard Jessica Washington with 20 and 15 points, respectively. Calvert’s 20 points was just one shy of her career high set during her rookie campaign at USC. Along with her 15 points, Washington also led the team with four assists.

Offensively, Missouri State had four end the day with double-figure scoring efforts, led by Lexi Hughes, who netted 22 points. Also scoring double digits was Liza Fruendt (18), Brice Calip (14) and Aubrey Buckley (10).

A Lady Bears free throw gave MSU an early lead in the opening minutes. The Jayhawks went on to score seven of their first eleven points off of Missouri State turnovers, beginning with Calvert’s first basket in the Crimson and Blue. Calvert kept the momentum going on the defensive end with a charge following her basket. The Lady Bears went on a 12-0 run to end the first quarter with a 17-11 advantage.

Calvert started the second quarter the same way she started the first, driving to the basket. She followed up with back-to-back three pointers, giving her the first eight points of the quarter. Washington tied the game, 21-21, with a layup after Calvert’s early run. The Jayhawks and the Lady Bears battled basket-for-basket throughout the quarter with Calvert and Washington leading the way for the Jayhawks.

Sophomore guard Aisia Robertson ended Missouri State’s 7-0 run in the second quarter with a 3-pointer that brought the Jayhawks within four. Washington continued to narrow the Lady Bears’ lead with a layup at the two-minute mark, bringing the Jayhawks within two points.

Kansas stepped it up on the defensive end with back-to-back defensive plays as the clock wound down in the first half. Washington started the trend with a charge followed by Calvert’s steal leading to sophomore guard Kylee Kopatich’s game-tying layup. Missouri State ended the quarter with a 3-pointer that would give the Lady Bears a 37-40 lead at the half.

Calvert started the second half with four straight points, all coming from the free throw line to pull the Jayhawks within one point. Kansas took their first lead since the first quarter with a 3-pointer from Washington. Graduate transfer forward Sydney Umeri kept Kansas’ intensity on the defensive end up, taking Jayhawks’ third charge of the game. The Jayhawks continued battling on both ends throughout the third period, but still trailed by three, 52-55.

Kansas’ first points of the fourth quarter came from two free throws made by Washington. The Lady Bears intensity didn’t waiver, but Calvert answered their first basket with a basket of her own. The Jayhawks struggled to find an answer to Missouri State’s fourth quarter offensive run. The Lady Bears shot 100 percent in the first three minutes.

Washington ended Kansas’ scoring drought with a layup at the five and a half minute mark, but Kansas couldn’t stop the Lady Bears’ offense late in the game. MSU followed with a 7-0 run in the next 30 seconds, which all but sealed the victory. Senior forward Caelynn Manning-Allen attempted to end the Jayhawks’ scoring drought for good with a put back jumper, but Missouri State’s offense proved to be too much for Kansas, as the Lady Bears closed out the game with an 8-0 run, to seal the victory, 87-64.

UP NEXT: The Jayhawks continue their four-game homestand to start the 2016-17 campaign on Wednesday, Nov. 16 against SMU at 7 p.m., inside Allen Fieldhouse. The contest will air on the Jayhawk Television and Jayhawk Radio Networks. Wednesday’s game is social media night at Allen Fieldhouse. Fans who share their photos on social media using #KUwbb will be entered to win an autographed basketball.

— KU Athletics —

Watson has career high, Nebraska tops Sacramento State 83-61

Posted on November 13, 2016November 13, 2016

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Glynn Watson Jr. scored a career-high 23 points as Nebraska shook loose from Sacramento State early in the second half to take an 83-61 win Sunday.

The Huskers (1-0) led just 36-33 at halftime, but opened the second period with a 9-2 run, going up 45-35 on Tai Webster’s driving layup with 17:22 left. The Huskers hit 10 of 12 shots in the first eight minutes of the second half, taking a 58-44 lead on Webster’s jumper with 12:23 remaining.

Webster scored 18 of his 20 points in the second half. Watson had 17 points in the first half to keep the cold-shooting Huskers in the game.

Sophomore Watson tied his career high in the first half, scoring 17 points on 7 of 10 shots. The rest of the Huskers were just 9 of 29 in the half.

Nebraska never trailed, but saw Sacramento State (0-2) tie the game at 31 on Jeff Wu’s basket with 2:01 left in the first half. Watson responded with a 3-point play to put the Huskers in the lead for good.

Ed Morrow Jr. had 15 points for Nebraska. Jack McVeigh had 14 points.

Nick Hornsby led Sacramento State with 14 points. Justin Strings had 12 for the Hornets, but hit just 4 of 19 shots.

Missouri Western women move to 2-0 with big win over Upper Iowa

Posted on November 12, 2016

ST. JOSEPH – The 2016-17 Griffon women’s basketball season is off to a very similar start as the 2015-16 season after an 85-51 win over Upper Iowa to close out the Drury Inn Tip-Off Tournament on Saturday night.

It’s the second straight year Missouri Western has started with wins over Southwest Minnesota State and Upper Iowa. Last season, the Griffons outscored the same two opponents 182-141 in the Southwest Minnesota State Classic. This season in the team’s own event, the Griffons outscored the same two opponents 163-107.

Much like last year’s MIAA championship team, this squad used a strong third quarter to spread the gap Saturday against Upper Iowa. The Griffons took a 38-27 lead to halftime on 40 percent shooting from the field, but were 59 percent in the second half, using a 21-11 third quarter to blow open a big lead. On the night, Missouri Western dropped 13 three-point shots on 30 attempts. The team also had 27 assists on 31 made field goals while turning Upper Iowa over 26 times.

Dwanisha Tate was 4-7 from behind the arch and 5-10 from the field for a team-high 16 points. She was one of five Griffons in double-figures. Erin Anderson added 11 points; Sefulu Faavae, Julia Torres and Trudy Peterson each had 10 points. Torres pulled down a team-high nine rebounds and had five steals. Chelsea Dewey had nine of the assists and added eight points.

The Griffons travel to Minnesota State for 6 p.m. tip-off on Nov. 15.

— MWSU Athletics —

Griffons’ season ends with loss at No. 1 Northwest Missouri State

Posted on November 12, 2016

MARYVILLE, Mo. – The Missouri Western football team struggled offensively in a 44-3 loss to end the 2016 season Saturday at No. 1-ranked Northwest Missouri State.

The Northwest defense held the Griffons to just three points and 197 total yards of offense in the loss. The Griffons only points came on a 20-yard Tanner Pettet field goal with 5:27 to go in the first half. Missouri Western trailed 17-3 at halftime on the heels of a tremendous effort by the Griffon defense. Missouri Western limited the Bearcats to 183 yards in the first half and just one third down conversion in six tries.

Northwest’s offense got it going in the second half, outscoring the Griffons 27-0 in the second half. It was the third straight week the Griffons were shut out in the second half of a game.

The loss ended Missouri Western’s season at 4-7. It’s the first seven-loss season for the program since 1991 and the first five-game losing streak to end the season was the first time the team lost five in a row since 1995.

Josh Caldwell came 10 yards short of becoming the first Griffon back to rush for 100 yards against Northwest since Michael Hill in 2012. Caldwell finished with 92 yards on 26 carries. Corey Bertini was 9-26 through the air for 104 yards with one interception. Brock Broughton had three catches for 23 yards and Jesse Dickens had two catches for 58 yards.

— MWSU Athletics —

Lock, Crockett help lift Missouri over Vanderbilt, 26-17

Posted on November 12, 2016

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri coach Barry Odom has finally reached a milestone that eluded him for months.

Drew Lock completed 22 of 37 passes for 294 yards and two touchdowns as Missouri defeated Vanderbilt 26-17 Saturday, marking Odom’s first Southeastern Conference win.

It marks Missouri’s first SEC victory since Lock’s starting debut, a 24-10 victory over South Carolina on Oct. 3, 2015.

“I’m happy for our seniors and happy for our team,” said Odom, who played linebacker for Missouri from 1996-99. “They’ve invested a lot and it hasn’t been pretty, but they continue to do everything that I’ve asked them to do. I’m glad they finally got a little bit of success for working through that.”

Each team opened with a three-and-out before Damarea Crockett’s 6-yard touchdown run gave Missouri (3-7, 1-5) a lead it would never relinquish. Crockett had 20 carries for 154 yards and the touchdown.

“He’s got a bright future,” Odom said of Crockett. “We blocked well from the point of attack and Damarea, for a freshman, he’s gotten better every week. He works that way in practice.”

J’Mon Moore caught eight passes for 138 yards and two touchdowns, including an 82-yard score with 9:50 remaining in the second quarter, and Johnathon Johnson added four catches for 73 yards.

Kyle Shurmur was 17 of 29 for 252 yards and two interceptions, one of which Missouri cornerback Aarion Penton returned 19 yards for a touchdown, the second of his career.

“I knew I had safety help, so I could go ahead and be aggressive on any underneath routes,” Penton said in describing the interception. “I just used my keys, saw the three-step read, saw that the receivert was running a slant, and I just stepped in front of him and made a play.”

C.J. Duncan caught five passes for 89 yards and Caleb Scott had three catches for 63 yards.

Darius Sims rushed seven times for 86 yards, Khari Blasingame had 14 carries for 64 yards and a touchdown, and Ralph Webb added 11 carries for 34 yards and a touchdown.

Missouri gained 481 yards despite a 13-minute differential in time of possession. It’s the Tigers’ highest yardage total in SEC play since Nov. 15, 2014 when they gained 587 yards en route to a 34-27 victory over Texas A&M.

Vanderbilt (4-6, 1-5) punted three times in the fourth quarter and was held to -14 yards.

Vanderbilt coach Derek Mason said his team struggled to get defensive stops for multiple reasons.

“I think it was a combination of rush and coverage,” said Mason, who also serves as defensive coordinator for the Commodores. “To be honest, a couple of times they made some good throws versus tight coverage. A couple of times the coverage didn’t necessarily finish in the way we’re supposed to, and the pass rush didn’t get home. That’s something I’m going to have to get back, look at, and fix quickly because we need to move on.”

KICKING CONUNDRUM

Missouri missed out on at least eight points due to place-kicking issues. Freshman Tucker McCann missed back-to-back extra point attempts in the first half before missing field goal attempts from 55 and 21 yards. Following a 4-yard touchdown pass from Lock to Moore with 8:39 remaining, Odom called on Ben Tesson, who drilled the attempt, giving the Tigers a two-score lead.

TAKEAWAYS

Vanderbilt: The Commodores struggled on third down, converting on just 3 of 14 attempts, while also failing their only fourth down conversion attempt. Missouri converted 10 of 19 third down attempts, including 7 of 11 in the second half.

“That’s on us as players,” Shurmur said of Vanderbilt’s third down struggles. “The coaches had a great game plan, put us in a great positon the whole entire week, and it’s on us as players to do better on third down especially.”

Missouri: The Tigers brought the pressure defensively, racking up six sacks and nine tackles for losses. Charles Harris made eight tackles -three of them for losses — 2 1/2 sacks and a forced fumble, and Marcell Frazier added 1 1/2. Vanderbilt amassed 411 yards, the lowest opponent yardage total Missouri’s defense has allowed in six games.

UP NEXT

Vanderbilt: The Commodores host Ole Miss (4-5, 1-4 SEC) next Saturday. The Rebels defeated Vanderbilt 27-16 last season in Oxford.

Missouri: The Tigers visit Tennessee (7-3, 3-3 SEC) next Saturday. The Volunteers defeated Missouri 19-8 last season in Columbia.

— Associated Press —

Jayhawks stay winless in Big 12 play with 31-24 loss to Iowa State

Posted on November 12, 2016

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Last week, Iowa State coach Matt Campbell told his team that he refused to give up on this year’s Cyclone squad.

“I’m not looking for next year,” Campbell said of his message to the team. “I’m looking for right now.”

They took that message to heart. Only the clock could stop Iowa State in the second half as ISU scored on four of its five second-half possessions — the fifth bleeding the final seconds off the clock — and beat Kansas 31-24 for its first conference win of the season on Saturday.

Jacob Park threw for 205 yards and two touchdowns, Allen Lazard had a career-high 10 receptions for 120 yards and a score for Iowa State (2-8, 1-6 Big 12).

“He’s a big dude,” Kansas’ Steven Sims Jr. said of Lazard. “He’s a big target, big guy. He can run and he’s hard to cover. He’s hard, he’s physical. He’s trouble for anybody’s defense. He had a good game.”

David Montgomery had a career-high 169 yards rushing for Iowa State.

The Cyclones scored on four-consecutive drives, including a 37-yard field goal by Cole Netten that capped the scoring with 2:48 remaining, and Jomal Wiltz intercepted a pass at the ISU 38 to seal it 40 seconds later.

“Yeah, that wasn’t fun to watch,” Kansas coach David Beaty said of the game. “We’ve got to get off the field (on defense). I thought we did some good things first half doing that, and then we didn’t sustain our drives in the second half to go put points on the board. You can’t kick field goals, man. You’re not going to be able to kick field goals in this league and win. You can’t do that. You’ve got to score touchdowns. We didn’t do it.”

Matthew Wyman’s 37-yard field goal gave Kansas a 17-10 lead early in the second half. Park hit Deshaunte Jones for a 12-yard touchdown and, after a 39-yard TD run by Kansas’ Ke’aun Kinner, Mitchell Harger scored on a 6-yard run to make it 24-22 with 10 seconds left in the third quarter.

A 46-yard run by Montgomery set up a 1-yard touchdown run by Joel Lanning and gave the Cyclones the lead, 28-24, for good with 12:03 left.

Carter Stanley passed for 171 yards and Kinner had 152 yards rushing for Kansas (1-9, Big 12 0-7).

INJURY REPORT:

Kansas tight end Ben Johnson missed the game with an undisclosed injury.

THE TAKEAWAY:

Kansas: The Jayhawks have lost 23-straight games against FBS opponents, dating to Nov. 8, 2014, when Kansas defeated Iowa State 34-14 at home.

Iowa State: Iowa relied primarily on Jacob Park under center. Joel Lanning, the starter, completed 1 of 4 passes for 15 yards passing and added 9 yards on the ground.

UP NEXT:

Kansas hosts the Texas Longhorns on Nov. 19. The Jayhawks are still looking for their first conference win since 2014.

Iowa State hosts Texas Tech on Nov. 19.

— Associated Press —

Missouri Western women roll past SW Minnesota State in opener 78-56

Posted on November 12, 2016

ST. JOSEPH – The Missouri Western women’s basketball team began defense of its 2015-2016 MIAA championship with a convincing 78-56 win over Southwest Minnesota State to open the Drury Inn Tip-Off Tournament Friday inside the MWSU Fieldhouse.

The Griffons recovered from a 35 percent field goal shooting effort in the first half to finish 42 percent from the field on the night. Missouri Western was cold to begin the night, shooting 25 percent from three-point range through the first two quarters, then 50 percent from behind the arc in the second half. The Griffons scored 16 points off 20 Southwest Minnesota turnovers, 13 of them steals.

Dwanisha Tate led the Griffons with 16 points. The senior guard added seven rebounds. Chelsea Dewey scored 13 on the night to go with five assists. Sefulu Faavae flirted with her first career triple-double, scoring eight with five rebounds, five assists and five steals. Erin Anderson scored 10 in her first game as a Griffon. Julia Torres dropped in nine points with a team-high 10 rebounds.

The Griffons continue play in the Drury Inn Tip-Off Tournament on Saturday when the team hosts Upper Iowa at 6:30 p.m. The Peacocks dropped their opener Friday afternoon to Fort Hays State.

— MWSU Athletics —