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Kansas duo named to USBWA Freshman All-America Team

Posted on March 17, 2014

Kansas freshmen Joel Embiid and Andrew Wiggins were named to the 2014 U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) Freshman All-America Team, the organization announced Monday.

The 2014 Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year, Embiid broke the KU freshman record for blocked shots with 72 and his 2.6 blocked shots per game finished out the conference slate ranked second in the league. Named to the 2014 All-Big 12 Second Team, the 7-0 Yaoundé, Cameroon, center leads KU with 8.1 rebounds per game. Embiid is shooting 62.6 percent from the field and averages 11.2 points per game. Additionally, Embiid is one of 30 listed as a Naismith Men’s College Player of the Year Award candidate.

Embiid was a two-time Big 12 Newcomer of the Week – Dec. 2, 2013 and Jan. 20, 2014 – and was named Wayman Tisdale National Freshman of the Week and CBSSports.com National Player of the Week on Jan. 21, 2014 after averaging a double-double with 14.5 points and 10.0 rebounds to go along with 13 blocked shots in KU victories against then-top-10 opponents Iowa State (1/13) and Oklahoma State (1/18). Included was a KU freshman-record eight blocked shots against OSU.

Wiggins scored a Kansas freshman record 41 points at West Virginia in KU’s regular-season finale on March 8 and added 30 points in KU’s overtime victory against Oklahoma State in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Championship, March 13. He would later be named to the Big 12 Championship All-Tournament Team, which included a 22-point effort against Iowa State in the semifinals on March 14.

Wiggins, from Vaughan, Ontario, Canada, leads Kansas with a 17.4 scoring average, the best among Big 12 freshmen and fifth overall in the NCAA’s No. 1 RPI conference. Wiggins has made 43 threes this season and is the team leader with 40 steals. Wiggins’ 6.0 rebound average is third on the team. A gifted shooter, Wiggins also ranked among the Big 12 leaders in field goal percentage (12th at 44.9) and free throw percentage (10th at 76.8) during his rookie campaign.

KU’s first Big 12 Freshman of the Year since the 2006 season, Wiggins was also a unanimous All-Big 12 First Team selection. He picked up various accolades throughout the year, including Big 12 Newcomer of the Week on three different occasions and was the Wayman Tisdale National Freshman of the Week on Jan. 28. Additionally, he is on most every national player and freshman of the year ballot.

Joining Embiid and Wiggins on the five-member 2014 USBWA Freshman All-America Team are Tyler Ennis (Syracuse), Jabari Parker (Duke) and Julius Randle (Kentucky). Parker was named the Wayman Tisdale Award recipient for national freshman of the year by the USBWA.

Kansas (24-9) is the No. 2 seed in the south region of the NCAA Tournament and will play No. 15 seed Eastern Kentucky (24-9) on Friday, March 21, at 3:10 p.m. (Central) at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis.

— KU Sports Information —

Cardinals lose spring training game to Boston

Posted on March 17, 2014March 17, 2014

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Grady Sizemore had three hits, scored three runs and showed a good glove in the outfield, helping the Boston Red Sox beat the St. Louis Cardinals 10-5 Monday.

An AL All-Star in each of his last three full seasons (2006-08), Sizemore has been hampered by injuries over the last five years and missed the past two seasons following operations on his right knee and back.

“I’m just happy to be healthy and be out there playing and being able to do those things, and hopefully build off that,” Sizemore said.

Sizemore, signed in January to a $750,000, one-year contract, ended the first inning when he crashed into the center-field wall to rob Daniel Descalso of an extra-base hit. In the eighth, sprinting back and to his right, Sizemore made a diving catch at the warning track to nab Jon Jay’s sinking fly ball.

“Obviously, a very good day, both sides of the ball,” Red Sox manager John Farrell said. “Very good defense, fearless as we saw. And as we’ve talked about the timing at the plate left-handed pitching, right-handed pitching. He puts very good swings on some pitches and maybe a little bit of a flashback to how good Grady was for a number of years.”

Boston starter John Lackey gave up five runs, six hits and two walks in five innings with three strikeouts.

Cardinals starter Shelby Miller gave up three runs, three hits and three walks in 3 2/3 innings.

To celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, the Red Sox and Cardinals played with green bases, the Red Sox wore green caps and jerseys and the Cardinals wore green caps.

— Associated Press —

Bearcats advance to Sweet 16 as they knock off No. 1 seed Minnesota State

Posted on March 16, 2014

The Northwest Missouri State men’s basketball team picked up one of the biggest victories in program history on Sunday evening, knocking off host Minnesota State, 71-66, at the Taylor Center to advance to the round of 16 in the NCAA Division II Tournament.

The Bearcats will play Central Missouri on Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Taylor Center with a trip to the NCAA Elite Eight on the line. Northwest improves to 24-8 while Minnesota State, who was ranked ninth in the last NABC poll and first in the central region, finishes the year at 30-5.

Senior DeShaun Cooper had a game-high 25 points on 9-for-20 shooting. He also tallied four assists, a steal and three rebounds. The MIAA Player of the Year also went 7-for-8 from the charity stripe. Freshman Zach Schneider had 13 points for Northwest, all coming in the first half on four three pointers.

Northwest shot 40.4 percent for the game, connecting on 21-of-52 attempts. After hitting 11 three pointers on Saturday evening against Winona State, the Bearcats only four long range makes came from Schneider, all in the first half of play. Northwest had 17 second-chance points and outscored the Mavericks’ bench 23-11.

The Bearcats lead by as many as 20 points in the first half but host Minnesota State was able to climb back into the game in the second half, eventually pulling to within one with 36 seconds left. But a pair of Bryston Williams free throws and a late layup from Cooper sealed the win for Northwest.

Cooper recorded his 11th consecutive game with double-digit point totals and his 12th performance this season of 20 points or more. MSU’s Zach Monaghan, who was the Central Region Player of the Year, finished with 16 points, as did Assem Marei who was also a first team All-Central Region selection.

— Northwest Sports Information —

Griffons salvage finale at Emporia with 8-0 victory

Posted on March 16, 2014March 16, 2014

The Missouri Western baseball team won the final game of a four game series at Emporia State by shutting out the Hornets 8-0.

Jake Jones and Tyler Sanders combined for the shutout giving up just five hits while striking out five. Jones picked up his second victory of the season while Sanders picked up his third save.

The Griffons improve to 9-11 on the season and 6-8 in MIAA play. The Griffons return to MIAA action on Friday, March 21st opening up a four game series with Central Oklahoma. Game time is set for 2:00 pm in St. Joseph, Mo.

The Griffons opened up the scoring in the first when Trevor LaHonta got hit by a pitch and scored on a double by David Chew. Chew advanced to third on a Ryan Degner groundout and scored on a Jake Schrader sacrifice fly giving the Griffons the 2-0 lead.

In the third the Griffons got another run when Chew singled to left field and scored on an error by the Hornets thirdbaseman. After three the Griffons led 3-0. The Griffons blew things open in the 5th scoring three runs on three hits which included singles by Dylan Koch, LaHonta and Schrader. After five innings it was 6-0 Missouri Western.

The Griffons scored on more run in the 6th and one in the 9th taking the shutout victory. The Griffons had 11 hits in teh game with the top four hitters getting seven of those hits. Chew went 4-for-5 with three runs scored and two RBI while LaHonta had two hits and two runs scored.

The Hornets fall to 14-7 on the season and 10-6 in MIAA play as they took 3-of-4.

— MWSU Sports Information —

Missouri accepts bid to NIT; opens with Davidson Tuesday

Posted on March 16, 2014

Mizzou Athletics announced on Sunday evening that its basketball program has accepted a bid to play in the 2014 National Invitation Tournament. The Tigers are the No. 2 seed in the Minneapolis Region and will host No. 7-seeded Davidson on Tuesday night (March 18) at 8 p.m. The game will be televised live on ESPN2.

Missouri is making its first appearance in the National Invitation Tournament since 2005. The Tigers fell to DePaul, 75-70, (March 15, 2005) that season and will be making their eighth appearance overall in the field. Mizzou is 1-7 all-time in the NIT with the lone win coming against Murray State (89-85) in 1996.

Davidson comes into Tuesday’s game with a 20-12 overall record. The Wildcats won the Southern Conference regular-season title with a 15-1 mark, but fell to Western Carolina in the tournament semifinal, 99-97, in overtime. Mizzou and Davidson will meet for the fourth time in series history. The Wildcats are 2-1 all-time vs. Mizzou, including an 84-81 win at Mizzou Arena on Nov. 19, 2004. Mizzou also topped Davidson at Mizzou Arena on Nov. 19, 2006.

The winner of Tuesday’s game will meet the winner of the Toledo at Southern Mississippi game played Wednesday night in Hattiesburg, Miss. Host site information, game time and game date for that contest will be announced by the NIT.

— MU Sports Information —

Kansas earns No. 2 seed in NCAA Tournament’s South Region

Posted on March 16, 2014March 16, 2014

LAWRENCE, Kan. – For the 25th-consecutive season, the NCAA selection committee invited No. 10/10 Kansas to the Big Dance as the Jayhawks were awarded the No. 2 seed in the South Region of the 2014 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament after its 10th-straight Big 12 Championship season.

The longest-active NCAA appearance streak in the nation will lead the Jayhawks (24-9) to a meeting with Ohio Valley Conference Champion Eastern Kentucky (24-9) in the second round of the NCAA Tournament at the Scottrade Center in Saint Louis, Mo. The game will tip-off at approximately 3:10 p.m. CT and will air on TBS.

KU and EKU have played once previously, with the Jayhawks coming away with the 79-65 victory Dec. 5, 1970 in Lawrence.

ABOUT KANSAS (24-9, 14-4 Big 12)
Overall, the Jayhawks are making their 43rd NCAA Tournament appearance and are a No. 2 seed for the sixth time since seeding began in 1979. The Jayhawks were a No. 2 seed in 1990, 1993, 1996, 2003, 2012 and 2014. KU is 95-41 all-time in NCAA Tournament games, including 30 Sweet 16 appearances and 14 trips to the Final Four – two in the 11-year Bill Self era.

The Jayhawks finished the 2014 regular season with a 23-8 record against the nation’s toughest schedule. In conference tournament action, Kansas defeated Oklahoma State in the Phillips Big 12 Championship quarterfinals before falling to eventual tournament champ Iowa State in the semifinals to hand Kansas a 24-9 record to begin postseason play. Against the No. 1 conference in the latest overall RPI, strength of schedule, non-conference RPI and non-conference strength of schedule, Kansas won the Big 12 Conference regular-season outright on March 1 with a three-game lead and two league games remaining. Kansas is one of seven Big 12 Conference teams to earn an NCAA Tournament bid, marking just the fifth time in NCAA history that 70 percent of a league was selected. In all, KU faced 12 NCAA Tournament teams in 2013-14.

Paced by the Big 12 Freshman of the Year Andrew Wiggins’ 17.4 points per game, KU averages 79.6 points per game and outscores opponents by a +9.2 margin. KU has outrebounded 28 of 33 opponents, including 11 of its last 12 foes, and holds a +7.4 rebound margin. KU leads the Big 12, and ranks in the top-five nationally, with a 49.5 field goal percentage.

ABOUT EASTERN KENTUCKY (24-9, 11-5 OVC)
Winners of the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament, the Colonels head to the NCAAs on a seven-game win streak after they defeated top-seeded Belmont, 79-73, in Saturday’s title game. EKU, the alma mater for veteran Kansas assistant Kurtis Townsend, is making its first trip to the NCAA Tournament since 2007 and eighth appearance overall.

Led by nine-year head coach Jeff Neubauer, the Colonels finished second in the Eastern Division of the OVC regular season with an 11-5 record. The Colonels have six seniors on the roster, compared to their counterpart Jayhawks, and are led by veteran duo Glenn Cosey and Corey Walden. Cosey, a senior guard, sets the tone with 18.8 points per game, while Walden, the OVC Defensive Player of the Year, joins him in the back court and scores 14.4 per contest. The two power the Colonels to a 14.7 assist average. Although KU will have the advantage on the glass, averaging 38.1 boards per game compared to 26.2 for EKU, a small and quick Colonel lineup swipes an impressive 8.8 steals per game.

— KU Sports Information —

K-State to face Kentucky in NCAA Tournament opener

Posted on March 16, 2014March 16, 2014

Kansas State was rewarded yet another successful season on Sunday, as the Wildcats earned their school-record fifth consecutive and 28th overall bid to the NCAA Tournament.

The five consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances ties for the ninth-longest active streak in the country with Florida and trails Kansas (25), Duke (19), Michigan State (17), Wisconsin (16), Gonzaga (16), Louisville (9), Ohio State (6) and Syracuse (6). The 28 overall bids ties Oklahoma for the third-most among Big 12 schools.

K-State (20-12, 10-8 Big 12) was selected as a No. 9 seed in the Midwest Regional and will travel to St. Louis, Mo., to play No. 8 Kentucky (24-10, 12-6 SEC) on Friday, March 21 at the Scotttrade Center. The winner will advance to play either No. 1 seed Wichita State (34-0, 18-0 Missouri Valley) and/or Cal Poly (13-19, 6-10 Big West) and Texas Southern (19-14, 12-6 SWAC) on Sunday, March 23. The Wildcats will be joined at the venue by No. 2 seed Kansas, No. 7 seed New Mexico, No. 10 seed Stanford and No. 15 seed Eastern Kentucky of the South Regional. The top seeds in the Midwest Regional are No. 1 Wichita State, No. 2 Michigan, No. 3 Duke and No. 4 Louisville.

K-State and Kentucky will tip off at 8:40 pm CT or 30 minutes after the conclusion of the first game of the evening session between Wichita State and/or Cal Poly and Texas Southern on Friday. The game will be broadcast nationally on CBS Sports with Jim Nantz, Greg Anthony and Tracy Wolfson.

Tickets are available to current Ahearn Fund members, men’s basketball season ticket holders, faculty staff and alumni who did not place a pre-order. Fans should call the K-State Ticket Office at (800) 221.CATS on Monday between 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Tickets are priced at $86 for each session in which K-State participates. Orders placed for Friday will automatically be rolled over to Sunday should K-State advance to the third round. All seats will be assigned in order of K-State Athletics priority points after those who reserved tickets by the March 14 pre-order deadline. Any tickets remaining on Tuesday, March 18 will be made open to the public at 8:30 a.m.

Kansas State is making its 35th postseason appearance, which includes 28 in the NCAA Tournament and seven in the Postseason NIT. It extends its school-record streak of consecutive postseason appearances to eight, while it sets the school mark for consecutive NCAA Tournaments bids to five. The six trips to the NCAA Tournaments in the last seven years is the best stretch in school history. Seniors Omari Lawrence, Ryan Schultz, Shane Southwell and Will Spradling are just the third senior class to reach four consecutive NCAA Tournaments, tying the mark set by the 1989-90 and 2012-13 classes.

Last season, the fourth-seeded Wildcats fell to 13-seed La Salle, 63-61, in the NCAA West Regional second round at the Sprint Center in Kansas City. The team trailed by as many as 18 points before nearing completing the greatest comebacks in school history. K-State has a 6-5 NCAA Tournament mark in its last five appearances.

The program has posted a 33-31 all-time record in NCAA Tournament play, including a 6-4 mark in second round games. The school will be making its 16th appearance in the Midwest Regional with its other trips coming in 1956, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1964, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1988, 1990 and 2008 and is 17-18 all-time in the region. K-State will be making its second appearance as a No. 9 seed and the first since the 1987 NCAA Tournament, in which, the Wildcats defeated another SEC foe, Georgia, 82-79, in overtime before falling to UNLV, 80-61, in Salt Lake City. Overall, the school is 1-1 as a No. 9 seed.

The school will play an NCAA Tournament game in St. Louis for the second time in its history after losing to Boston College, 69-65, in the Midwest Regional semifinals on March 19, 1982.

In K-State’s 27 previous NCAA Tournament appearances, the Wildcats have advanced to the Sweet 16 a total of 16 times. The program has also reached the Elite Eight 11 times, made four Final Four appearances and played in one National Championship game (1951).

Head coach Bruce Weber becomes the sixth different coach to lead K-State to multiple NCAA Tournament appearances and joins Lon Kruger as the only coaches to accomplish the feat in his first two seasons. Overall, Weber advances to his 10th NCAA Tournament, which includes six at Illinois and two at Southern Illinois. He is 41st head coach in NCAA history to take three different schools to the tournament, including the 21st active coach. He has an 11-9 record in the NCAA Tournament with three trips to the Sweet 16 and the 2005 Final Four.

Weber is very familiar with St. Louis and the Scottrade Center in his career, having played in the city during his stint at Southern Illinois (1998-2003) during the Missouri Valley Tournament as well as his time at Illinois (2003-12) and its annual Braggin’ Rights Game with Missouri. His 2004-05 Illinois squad made a run to the NCAA Championship game in St. Louis, defeating Louisville in the national semifinals before falling to North Carolina in the finals.

Kentucky enters Friday’s game with a 24-10 overall record, which includes a tie for second-place in the Southeastern Conference with a 12-6 mark. The team is led by head coach John Calipari, who led the Wildcats to four trips to the NCAA Tournament, two Final Fours (2011 and 2012) and the 2012 national championship. He has a 592-176 record in 22 seasons (Massachusetts, Memphis and Kentucky), including a 147-36 mark in his fifth season in Lexington. The balanced squad has four players averaging in double figures led by SEC Freshman of the Year Julius Randle, who is averaging a double-double of 15 points and 10.5 rebounds per game.

The Wildcats will be making their NCAA-record 53rd appearance in the NCAA Tournament, which includes eight national championships and 15 trips to the Final Four.

K-State will face Kentucky for the ninth time on the hardwood, including the second time in the NCAA Tournament. The blue-clad Wildcats are 8-0 all-time in the series, including 3-0 on neutral courts (1951, 1976 and 2008). The two teams last met in the NCAA Tournament way back in 1951, as Kentucky posted a 68-58 win in the national championship game in Williams Arena in Minneapolis, Minn. The two teams have not met since Kentucky posted a 74-72 win at the first round of the Las Vegas Invitational at the Orleans Arena on Nov. 28, 2008.

K-State is 157-144 all-time against Southeastern Conference schools, including a 28-16 mark at neutral site games. The Wildcats have faced three SEC teams in their NCAA Tournament history, including Kentucky (1951), Arkansas (1980 and 1982) and Georgia (1987), boasting a 3-1 record.

K-State was one of a Big 12-record tying seven teams to earn berths in NCAA Tournament, joining No. 2 seed Kansas (South), No. 3 seed Iowa State (East), No. 5 seed Oklahoma (West), No. 6 seed Baylor (West), No. 7 seed Texas (Midwest) and No. 9 seed Oklahoma State (West) in the field. The Wildcats also faced two other squads that advanced to the NCAA Tournament, including No. 8 seed Gonzaga (West) and No. 9 seed George Washington (East). Of the Wildcats’ 32 games, 15 were played against NCAA Tournament teams.

In addition, all three Division I programs in the state of Kansas (Kansas, Kansas State and Wichita State) all advanced to the NCAA Tournament for third consecutive season.

— KSU Sports Information —

Nebraska earns first NCAA Tournament bid since 1998

Posted on March 16, 2014March 16, 2014

The Nebraska basketball team will make its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1998, as the Huskers received an at-large bid to the 2014 NCAA Tournament Sunday afternoon. The team watched the NCAA selection show at Pinnacle Bank Arena in front of fans and supporters at Pinnacle Bank Arena.

The Huskers received the No. 11 seed in the West Region and will take on 6th-seeded Baylor (24-11) in the Second Round on Friday in San Antonio. Start time, ticket availability and television information will be available later Sunday.

It is the seventh NCAA Tournament appearance in program history (1986-91-92-93-94-98) and the 24th postseason appearance in program history. Nebraska is looking for its first NCAA Tournament victory. The 2014 NCAA Tournament marks Nebraska’s first postseason berth since the 2011 National Invitational Tournament. The only Husker on the 2013-14 roster who appeared in the Huskers’ NIT contest at Wichita State was fifth-year senior Ray Gallegos.

Big Ten Coach of the Year Tim Miles guided the Huskers to a 19-12 record and a fourth-place finish in the Big Ten this season. Nebraska, which was picked last in the Big Ten during the preseason, went 11-7 in conference play, including wins over No. 9 Michigan State and No. 9 Wisconsin. The 11 conference wins were the most by the Huskers since 1956-66 and the fourth-place finish was the NU’s best since 1997-98. Nebraska went 9-9 in its first 18 games before reeling off 10 wins in the final 13 games to make its postseason charge. The victories included the first sweep of Indiana in school history and a pair of wins over top-10 teams, the first time that has happened for the Huskers two decades. Nebraska is the fourth school that Miles has guided to postseason play. The others were Mayville State (NAIA), Southwest Minnesota State (Division II) and Colorado State.

The Huskers are led by a trio of sophomores in Terran Petteway, Shavon Shields and Walter Pitchford. NU’s sophomore class accounts for more than 60 percent of its offense and 55 percent of its rebounding.

Petteway is a first-team All-Big Ten selection, as he leads the conference at 18.1 points per game along with 4.9 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game. He is also among the Big Ten’s leaders in free throw percentage (.820) and 3-pointers per game (1.6). Shields, who was an honorable-mention All-Big Ten pick this season, joins Petteway in double figures at 12.7 points and a team-best 5.8 rebounds per game, while Pitchford is at 9.5 points per game and shoots 42 percent from 3-point range. Pitchford is the only current Husker player with NCAA Tournament experience, as he played in a pair of games during the 2012 Tournament with the Florida Gators, as they reached the Elite Eight that season.

The Huskers are coming off a 71-67 loss to No. 24 Ohio State in the Big Ten quarterfinals on Friday in Indianapolis, a loss that snapped the Huskers’ three-game win streak.

— NU Sports Information —

Lafayette dominates Grandview, 70-43, to advance to Class 4 Final Four

Posted on March 15, 2014March 15, 2014

The Lafayette boys’ basketball team is back in the Class 4 Final Four for the second time in four years as they used a dominating performance to overwhelm Grandview, 70-43, in their quarterfinal matchup Saturday at the Independence Events Center.

It’s the 15th consecutive win for the Fighting Irish as they improve to 24-4 and they’ll meet Farmington (21-9) in the Class 4 Semifinals Friday at 6:00 PM inside Mizzou Arena in Columbia.

Lafayette fell behind 2-0, but that was the only deficit they had the entire night as Billy Cook made five three-pointers in the first quarter and the Irish rolled to a 24-6 lead after one.

Cook made a 35-footer at the buzzer to cap of the impressive opening eight minutes and Lafayette continued to dominate the Bulldogs after that.

LHS scored the first five points of the second quarter and they led 37-14 at halftime.

The lead grew to as many as 30 points in the second half and Grandview never got closer than 22 as they fell to 23-6 on the season. The Bulldogs had not lost to a team from Missouri until Saturday night.

The Fighting Irish were led by Cook’s 19 points, while Xavier Kurth and Chester Goudeau added 15. Gary Wilkinson also finished in double figures with 12 points.

Before Lafayette’s run to the Final Four in 2011, the last trip for the Irish was back in 1976.

Lafayette’s game with Farmington at 6:00 PM on Friday will air live on 680 KFEQ and here on stjosephpost.com.

Benton uses late run to hold off Sion and advance to Class 4 Semifinals

Posted on March 15, 2014March 16, 2014

The Benton girls’ basketball team ended their Class 4 Quarterfinal game Saturday with Notre Dame de Sion on a 15-0 run and they defeated the Storm, 48-31, inside the Independence Events Center.

The Cardinals advance to the Class 4 Semifinals for the first time since winning a state championship in 2007, and they’re now 20-8 overall.

Benton will face Dexter (26-3) in the Final Four Friday at 2:30 PM inside Mizzou Arena at Columbia.

The game was tie 7-7 after the first quarter and Sion took a one-point lead early in the second, but that was their final lead of the game.

The Cardinals used a 6-0 run to take the lead and eventually led 16-11 at halftime.

Benton’s lead grew to as many as nine points in the second half, but Notre Dame de Sion went on a 7-0 run to pull within two points, 33-31, with about three minutes left.

It was all Benton after that as the Cards scored the final 15 points of the game to win their 10th consecutive game.

Morgan Domann led the way and she had a career-high 19 points and a career-high 13 rebounds. Mallory McAndrews added 13 and Lindsey Doolan scored 10 points.

Benton’s game with Dexter on Friday at 2:30 PM will air live on 680 KFEQ and also here on stjosephpost.com.