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Northwest women lose at Central Missouri 71-53

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The Northwest Missouri State women’s basketball team fell to Central Missouri 71-53 in Warrensburg Thursday night. The Bearcats got off to a slow start, only scoring 17 points in the first half of the game, and were down 31-17. They were able to get it going a little more in the second half putting up 21 points in the third quarter.

Mallory McConkey and Jaelyn Haggard led the Bearcats with 13 points. Kendey Eaton was also in double digit scoring with 11. McConkey also led the team in rebounds with 5. The Bearcats shot 50% from the three-point line going 9-18. They also went 10-13 from the free throw line.

Morgan Flemming led the Jennies with 21 points, Megan Skaggs had 19, and Paige Redmond had 13. Flemming added 10 rebounds to give herself a double-double. UCM shot 51.7% from the field and outrebounded Northwest 35-22.

The Bearcats take on Southwest Baptist on the road Saturday at 1:30 p.m. in Bolivar, Mo.

— Northwest Athletics —

Bearcats hold down top spot in first NCAA Central Regional rankings

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The first NCAA Division II men’s basketball regional rankings were released today and the Northwest Missouri State University Bearcats are in the top spot in the central region.

The top eight teams in each region will qualify for the NCAA Division II men’s basketball tournament. Northwest has served as the central region host in each of the previous two seasons.

Central Region
1. Northwest Missouri State
2. Washburn
3. Northern State
4. St. Cloud State
5. Missouri Southern
6. Southern Nazarene
7. Minnesota State, Mankato
8. Lincoln
9. Wayne State
10. Southern Arkansas

Northwest Missouri State women sign prep guard from Illinois

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Northwest Missouri State University head women’s basketball coach Austin Meyer has announced the signing of Savannah Guenther to play for the Bearcats in the 2019-2020 season.

Guenther (Grayslake, Illinois/Grayslake North HS) is a 5’11” guard. Guenther averaged 17.0 points, 7.0 rebounds, 3.1 steals and 1.7 blocks for head coach Rob Nicoletti. Guenther earned honorable mention all-state honors from the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association as a junior. She earned all-area accolades in 2017-18. She tallied all-conference honors the last two seasons.

Guenther is a member of National Honor Society. She is an Illinois State Scholar student. She is a four-time Northern Lake County Conference all-academic award recipient.

She is the daughter of Michael and Angela Guenther.

2019-20 Bearcat Women’s Basketball Signees
Kayla Chapman           5-9       G         Treynor, Iowa (Treynor HS)
Jayna Green                6-1       G/F      Omaha, Nebraska (Millard North HS)
Savannah Guenther    5’11     G         Grayslake, Illinois (Grayslake North HS)
Paityn Rau                   6-2       F          Waukee, Iowa (Waukee HS)

Mizzou loses at home to No. 4 Kentucky 66-58

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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — PJ Washington and Tyler Herro scored 18 points each as fourth-ranked Kentucky slogged past Missouri 66-58 on Tuesday night.

Ashton Hagans added 12 points for the Wildcats (22-4, 11-2 Southeastern Conference), who looked a little sluggish three days after beating then top-ranked Tennessee. But Kentucky was good enough defensively to hold the Tigers to 37 percent shooting from the field.

Ronnie Suggs scored 13 and Jordan Geist finished with 11 for Missouri (12-13, 3-10 SEC).

After Missouri took an 11-10 advantage with 12:35 left in the first half, Herro scored seven points in a 42-second span to give Kentucky the lead for good. The Tigers got into foul trouble as Kevin Puryear and Jeremiah Tilmon each picked up two quick ones and Mitchell Smith was knocked out of the game after being hit in the head with an inadvertent elbow. Washington racked up 15 first-half points as the Wildcats opened a 41-23 halftime lead.

Kentucky had some attrition up front, also, as starting forward Reid Travis left the game in the second half with a sprained right knee. Missouri did most of its offensive damage late, narrowing its deficit to six points on Torrence Watson’s 3-pointer with 14 seconds left.

BIG PICTURE

Missouri: Derrick Chievous, who starred for the Tigers from 1985-88, had his No. 3 jersey retired at halftime. Chievous, who was known for always wearing a Band-Aid during games for no medical reason, is Missouri’s career leading scorer with 2,580 points. He is the seventh Missouri player to have his jersey retired, joining Bill Stauffer, Norm Stewart, Willie Smith, Steve Stipanovich, Jon Sundvold and Doug Smith.

Kentucky: With his 297th victory in 10 years at Kentucky, John Calipari tied Joe B. Hall for second place in wins at the school. Calipari has some work to do to catch the man at the top of the list — Adolph Rupp won 876 games in 42 years leading the Wildcats.

UP NEXT

Missouri: The Tigers play Saturday at Florida.

Kentucky: The Wildcats play host to Auburn on Saturday.

— Associated Press —

Chiefs finalize defensive coaching staff

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Kansas City Chiefs announced on Tuesday that Head Coach Andy Reid and Defensive Coordinator Steve Spagnuolo have finalized the club’s defensive coaching staff for the 2019 season. Below is a complete look at the defensive staff additions and changes.

Defensive Coaching Staff

Steve Spagnuolo – Defensive Coordinator

Brendan Daly – Run Game Coordinator/Defensive Line

Matt House – Linebackers

Dave Merritt – Defensive Backs

Sam Madison – Defensive Backs/Cornerbacks

Britt Reid – Linebackers/Outside Linebackers

Terry Bradden – Defensive Quality Control

Alex Whittingham – Defensive Assistant

“After a thorough process, we are happy to finalize our defensive coaching staff.” Reid said. “All of these coaches are familiar with Steve, love the game and are good teachers that have had success in their careers. I’m looking forward to working with this group.”

Brendan Daly begins his first season with the Kansas City Chiefs in 2019 as the club’s Run Game Coordinator/ Defensive Line Coach after four seasons as the Defensive Line Coach for the New England Patriots. Daly was hired in New England in 2014 as a Defensive Coaching Assistant before being promoted to Defensive Line Coach in 2015. Before his time with the Patriots, Daly had two stints with the Minnesota Vikings as a Defensive Assistant/Defensive Line Coach (2006-08) and Defensive Line Coach (2012-13). Daly also spent three seasons (2009-11) with Chiefs Defensive Coordinator and then-Rams Head Coach Steve Spagnuolo as the Defensive Line Coach in St. Louis. Before breaking into the NFL ranks, Daly had multiple stops coaching in college including Villanova (1999, 2005), Oklahoma State (2001-03) and his first job at Drake University, his alma mater. He has coached in four Super Bowls, winning three of them, and five AFC Championships. Daly played tight end in college and earned a bachelor’s degree in history.

Matt House will begin his first season as Linebackers Coach for the Kansas City Chiefs in 2019. Before joining the Chiefs staff, House served on the University of Kentucky staff for three seasons (2016-18), the latter two as Defensive Coordinator/Insider Linebackers Coach. House’s defenses anchored a Kentucky team that reached three-straight bowl games for the first time since 2007 through 2009 and culminated in a 27-24 victory over Penn State in the 2019 Camping World Bowl. In his first year with the Wildcats, House served as the Special Teams Coordinator/Inside Linebackers Coach. Before his time in Lexington, Kentucky, House spent time as a Defensive Coordinator at Pittsburgh (2012-14) and Florida International (2015). Before his college experiences, House spent four seasons in the NFL as Defensive Quality Control/Assistant Linebackers Coach for the St. Louis Rams (2009-11) and Special Teams/Strength and Conditioning Assistant for the Carolina Panthers (2008).

Dave Merritt enters his first season with the Kansas City Chiefs in 2019 as the Defensive Backs Coach. He joins Kansas City after spending last season as the Defensive Backs Coach with the Arizona Cardinals. Before coaching in Arizona, Merritt spent 14 seasons with the New York Giants, where he was a Defensive Assistant (2004-05) and Secondary/Safeties Coach (2006-17), winning Super Bowls XLII and XLVI. With the Giants, Merritt worked under Defensive Coordinator Steve Spagnuolo. Merritt entered the NFL as a Defensive Assistant and Linebackers Coach with the New York Jets (2001-03) following two stops coaching at the collegiate level, including Tennessee-Chattanooga (1997) and Virginia Military Institute (1998-2000). Merritt played linebacker in the NFL with the Miami Dolphins (1993) and Arizona Cardinals (1993-95), and collegiately for North Carolina State.

Sam Madison will enter his first NFL season with the Chiefs in 2019 as the Defensive Backs/Cornerbacks Coach. Madison played cornerback in the National Football League for 12 seasons, the first nine with the Miami Dolphins (1997-2005). Following his time in Miami, Madison played three seasons with the New York Giants (2006-08), two of which came under Defensive Coordinator Steve Spagnuolo and all three under Defensive Backs Coach David Merritt. During their time together, Madison, Spagnuolo and Merritt won Super Bowl XLII. Over the course of his career, Madison appeared in 173 games (154 starts) and tallied 38 INTs and 130 breakups. He was drafted by the Dolphins in the second round (44th overall) of the 1997 NFL Draft. He played his college football at the University of Louisville.

Britt Reid enters his seventh season with the Chiefs in 2019 and will serve as the Linebackers/Outside Linebackers Coach. Reid spent the previous three seasons as the Defensive Line Coach (2016-18). Under Reid’s guidance, Chiefs DL Chris Jones earned the AFC’s Defensive Player of the Month award for the month of October last season and had an NFL record streak of 11 consecutive games with at least 1.0 sack. Reid has also served as Assistant Defensive Line Coach (2015) and Defensive Quality Control Coach (2013-14) for the Chiefs. Prior to joining Kansas City, Reid spent three seasons at Temple University (2010-12) working with the offense. In 2009, he was a training camp coordinator for the Philadelphia Eagles, and in 2008, he was an assistant offensive line coach at St. Joseph’s Preparatory in Philadelphia.

Terry Bradden will enter his third NFL season with the Chiefs in 2019 as a Defensive Quality Control Coach. Bradden joined the Chiefs as the Defensive Assistant (2017) from Bethune-Cookman University where he served as the Quarterbacks Graduate Assistant. Prior to his time in Daytona Beach, he spent the 2015 season as the Head Coach of his alma mater, Inlet Grove High School. During the 2014 season, he was the Quality Control Special Teams Coach at Florida Atlantic University. He played quarterback for three seasons at Howard University (2009-11) before transferring to Tuskegee University (2011-13) where he graduated.

Alex Whittingham enters his second season as a Defensive Assistant with the Chiefs. Prior to joining the coaching ranks, Whittingham appeared in 44 games at linebacker for the University of Utah (2013-17). At Utah, he was a three-time honorable mention Pac-12 All-Academic selection.

— Chiefs Press Release —

Changes announced to Griffon baseball, tennis schedules

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ST. JOSEPH – Changes to the Missouri Western baseball and tennis schedules were announced Tuesday.

BASEBALL
Griffon Baseball will play its three-game series against Fort Hays at Wendell Simmons Field on the Central Oklahoma campus, Sunday, Feb. 24 and Monday, Feb. 25. Game one of the series will begin at 5 p.m. on Sunday in Edmond, Oklahoma with a doubleheader beginning at noon on Monday. The series was originally slated to be played at Missouri Western Feb. 22-24.

Missouri Western vs Fort Hays State
Wendell Simmons Field – Edmond, Oklahoma
Game 1: Sunday, Feb. 24, 5 p.m.
Game 2: Monday, Feb. 25, 12 p.m.
Game 3: Monday, Feb. 25, apx. 3 p.m.

TENNIS
Griffon Tennis has re-scheduled its home match with Quincy. The two teams will now play at noon on Friday, Feb. 22 at Genesis Health Club. The match was originally scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 23. Head Coach Shawn Becker also announced the team has found a date and time for the previously postponed Rockhurst match. That match will be played April 5 at 1:30 p.m. at Genesis Health Club. Griffon Tennis has also added a match at John Brown University on March 1. Dates and times have also been set for the team’s previously postponed matches at Arkansas-Fort Smith and Arkansas Tech.

Re-scheduled/added matches
vs. Quincy: Friday, Feb. 22, 12 p.m. at Genesis Health Club
at John Brown: Friday, March 1, 3 p.m.
at Arkansas-Fort Smith: Saturday, March 2, 12 p.m.
at Arkansas Tech: Saturday, March 16, 10 a.m.
vs Rockhurst: Tuesday, April 5, 1:30 p.m. at Genesis Health Club

— MWSU Athletics —

Nebraska gets clobbered at last-place Penn State 95-71

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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Lamar Stevens scored 16 of his 29 points in the first half and Penn State pulled away from Nebraska 95-71 on Tuesday.

Rasir Bolton scored 21 while Mike Watkins and Josh Reaves added 10 apiece for the Nittany Lions (10-16, 3-12 Big Ten), who have won three of their last five. Reaves scored his 1,000th career point.

James Palmer Jr. led Nebraska (15-12, 5-11) with 24 points. Isaiah Roby added 17 and Thomas Allen scored 11 for the Cornhuskers, who had their two-game winning streak snapped.

Penn State took the lead for good on Stevens’ first 3-pointer just 2:36 in. He later made three straight baskets to help fuel a 27-15 run that gave Penn State a 44-25 halftime lead.

The Nittany Lions never looked back in their highest-scoring game of the season.

Myles Dread drained a 3-pointer and Stevens added a 3-point play to spark a 20-14 run for a 64-39 Penn State lead with 13:19 left and the Nittany Lions led by as many as 29 from there.

BIG PICTURE

Nebraska: The Cornhuskers looked like they were on the way to recovering from a seven-game slide that all but erased a promising 13-4 start to the season. But they were sluggish in this one and let the worst-shooting team in the Big Ten make 50 percent of its first-half shots and 55 percent overall.

Penn State: It’s been a forgettable season for the reigning NIT champions who statistically rank at or near the bottom of nearly every conference shooting category. They played their best game in this one, however and will try to win a second straight game for just the second time this season after wining the first two games of the season.

UP NEXT

Nebraska hosts Purdue on Saturday.

Penn State visits Illinois on Saturday.

— Associated Press —

City High School Basketball Scores – Monday, February 18

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BOYS
Central 55 3OT (12-9, 7-2 Suburban)
Liberty 52

Savannah 54
Benton 47 (9-14, 2-5 MEC)

GIRLS
Benton 63 (21-2, 7-0 MEC)
Savannah 17

Liberty 38
Central 32 (14-10, 6-5 Suburban)

CLASS 2 DISTRICT 16 QUARTERFINAL
Mid-Buchanan 71
Bishop LeBlond 49 (4-21)

CLASS 2 DISTRICT 16 QUARTERFINAL
East Atchison 70
St. Joseph Christian 43 (5-20)

No. 23 Kansas State beats West Virginia to keep Big 12 lead

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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Barry Brown scored 21 points and No. 23 Kansas State beat West Virginia 65-51 on Monday night to remain atop the Big 12 standings.

A 14-0 run midway through the second half, led by a couple of 3-pointers by Xavier Sneed, gave the Wildcats (20-6, 10-3) their fifth straight conference road win.

After shooting poorly in the first half and only holding a two-point lead, Kansas State kept the Mountaineers (10-16, 2-11) at bay with 50 percent shooting in the final 20 minutes.

Sneed added 19 points for Kansas State, including five 3-pointers. Dean Wade, who was questionable going into the game, scored 10 points and grabbed six rebounds.

Lamont West led West Virginia with 16 points. Derek Culver picked up his sixth double-double of the season with 13 points and 11 rebounds. Brandon Knapper scored 10 points.

The Mountaineers outrebounded the Wildcats 35-31.

BIG PICTURE

Kansas State: The Wildcats remain on top of the Big 12 by bouncing back after their 78-64 loss to then-No. 23 Iowa State on Saturday. No. 12 Kansas and No. 14 Texas Tech remain one game back at 9-4. The Jayhawks and Red Raiders play each other on Saturday in Lubbock, Texas.

West Virginia: Considering the recent depletion of their roster, the Mountaineers put up a pretty good fight against the stout Wildcats, not caving until midway through the second half. With Oklahoma State’s win over TCU on Monday, WVU sits alone at the bottom of the Big 12.

UP NEXT

Kansas State returns home to host Oklahoma State on Saturday.

West Virginia heads to Waco to play Baylor on Saturday.

— Associated Press —

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