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MWSU women fall in overtime to William Jewell

Posted on November 24, 2018

ST. JOSEPH – Missouri Western (3-4) and William Jewell (3-2) saved the best for last for the final game of the Fairfield Inn Thanksgiving Classic on Saturday. The Griffons fell 68-61 in a back-and-forth overtime game that featured 10 ties and 11 lead changes.

NOTABLES

William Jewell took a narrow 32-29 lead into overtime. Both teams struggled offensively, shooting a combined 36 percent with a total of 20 turnovers.
The Griffons played their best basketball in the third quarter. The Griffons held William Jewell to 20 percent shooting and scored 16 points in the period, making seven of their 10 free throws.
The Cardinals used a 13-2 run to regain the lead with 1:24 left in the fourth quarter.
KeShara Scott tied the game at 58-58 with 64 seconds remaining on a mid-range jumper.
Jessica Davies scored the first basket of the overtime period on a three-pointer. Davies extended the possession with an offensive rebound before Jill Rumpf kicked it back out to Davies for three.
The Cardinals made three of their next four free throws to tie the game at 61.
With 44 seconds remaining, Antoinette Mussorici gave William Jewell a three point lead as she converted an and-one layup.
William Jewell drew six fouls in overtime and converted eight of nine free-throw attempts, outscoring the Griffons 10-3 in the extra period to hand the Griffons the loss.
Both teams shot 33 percent from the field in the game.
The Griffons outrebounded their opponent for the fourth-straight game on Saturday, winning the rebounding battle 44-30.

LEADERS

Davies and Ledbetter both tied for the team lead in points (10) and rebounds (8).
Davies’ 10 points and 8 boards are both season-high marks.
Scott added nine points, six rebounds, and a team-high three assists

UP NEXT

Missouri Western will host Adams State (0-2) on Nov. 27 in its next game.
The Grizzlies lost their last game by 15 points on the road at William Jewell.

— MWSU Athletics —

K-State blows 17-point fourth quarter lead, loses at No. 25 Iowa State

Posted on November 24, 2018

AMES, Iowa (AP) — For Iowa State, it felt like yet another inexplicable loss to Kansas State might be inevitable.

Then a fumble flipped in the air and fell right into Mike Rose’s hands, and the Cyclones’ bad luck against the Wildcats seemed to wash away.

David Montgomery ran for three touchdowns, including the winner with 4:34 to go, and 25th-ranked Iowa State rallied from 17 down in the fourth quarter to stun Kansas State 42-38 and snap a 10-game skid against the Wildcats on Saturday night.

Montgomery had 149 yards rushing for the Cyclones (7-4, 6-3 Big 12), who clinched their best-ever finish in the Big 12.

Down 38-21, Iowa State scored twice in just 1:44 early in the fourth — on Brock Purdy’s short TD pass and a 21-yard fumble return by Rose after Willie Harvey forced it — to pull to 38-35.

The made a stop, and Montgomery’s 18-yard touchdown run gave Iowa State an improbable lead.

“This team has never disappointed me,” Iowa State coach Matt Campbell said. “We’re not flashy. We’re not pretty. But you better not count us out.”

Kansas State’s (5-7, 3-6) fate was sealed when a long pass to Dalton Schoen deep in Iowa State territory glanced off his fingertips with 1:20 left.

The Wildcats took control by going 92 yards on eight plays after picking off Purdy, opening up a 31-21 lead on Skylar Thompson’s 9-yard TD pass to Chabastin Taylor late in the third. K-State’s Kevion McGee then intercepted Purdy again, and Isaiah Zuber’s second TD grab of the game made it 38-21 early in the fourth.

Purdy redeemed himself down the stretch though, finishing with 337 yards passing and two touchdowns in what Campbell said was his best game yet.

Thompson threw three touchdown passes and ran for a score, and Alex Barnes rushed for 184 yards and a TD for the Wildcats. Barnes rushed for at least 100 yards in his last four games, the longest such streak for a Wildcat since Darren Sproles had a five-game streak in 2003.

“I’ve never lost a ballgame that way. I’ll have to dissect it,” Kansas State coach Bill Snyder said. “I can’t tell you what my feelings are right now.”

THE TAKEAWAY

Iowa State: The Cyclones revival since the start of last season had been sparked by their defense. But the cracks that began to show in a win over Baylor and a loss at Texas developed into sink holes against the Wildcats. Iowa State’s offense, bailed out so often by their teammates on the other side of the ball, finally returned the favor — and the defense showed up when it mattered.

K-State: If this proves to be Bill Snyder’s final game, what a brutal way to go out. All the Wildcats had to do was protect a 17-point lead with 12 minutes to go bowling, but they couldn’t do it.

SNYDER’S STATUS

K-State’s 5-7 record is the worst since Snyder came back in 2009. Speculation has been rampant that the 79-year-old Snyder might step down, but he didn’t address those rumors after the game. “That’s the last thing on my mind right now,” Snyder said when asked about his status.

WHY THE CYCLONES FELL BEHIND

Tarique Milton fumbled away a punt just before halftime, and it took the Wildcats 16 seconds to go 34 yards for a touchdown; a 6-yard pass from Thompson to Isaiah Zuber to make it 21-14. Kansas State, which struggled in the red zone all year, scored on all six of its trips inside Iowa State’s 20.

DID THE BUTLER DO IT?

On the previous series, Iowa State appeared to take a 20-14 lead on a short TD pass from Purdy to Milton. But Hakeem Butler was called for offensive pass interference, and Connor Assalley then shanked a 38-yard field goal attempt. Butler also had a sure TD bounce off his hands late in the fourth quarter, but Montgomery bailed him out shortly thereafter. “David is the best player in the country to me,” Butler said. “I tell him that every day, and he proved that.” Butler finished with 144 yards on five catches.

HE SAID IT

“The chances of the ball just falling right in his lap like that and then returning it for a touchdown and quick scores like that after we were up 17 points, that was frustrating. We couldn’t really get it going after that,” Thompson said about Rose’s fumble return.

UP NEXT

Iowa State hosts Drake of the FCS in a makeup for its canceled opener.

Kansas State’s season is complete.

— Associated Press —

Northwest women cruise to 73-23 win over Saint Mary

Posted on November 24, 2018

The Northwest Missouri State women’s basketball team defeated Saint Mary’s 73-23 in the Fairfield Inn Thanksgiving Classic Saturday in St. Jospeh. Northwest got off to a fast start, never trailing in the game.

Erika Schlosser led all players in scoring with 17 points. Also in double figures was Kaylani Maiava with 13 and Mallory McConkey with 11. The Bearcats shot 13-23 from behind the arc. Schlosser went a perfect 6-6 from the field, including 5-5 from the three-point line. Jaelyn Haggard led the team with 7 assists. McConkey and Mia Stillman led the team in rebounds with 8. McConkey also led the team in steals with 4. The Bearcats had 12 steals and did not allow a single player from Saint Mary to break 5 points or allow them to score double digits in any quarter. The Bearcats shot 49.1% from the field and held Saint Mary to 17% shooting.

The 23 points scored by Saint Mary is the least amount of points Northwest has allowed since the Bearcats defeated Missouri Western 104-19 in 1975.

Northwest will play again Saturday, December 1 at 1 p.m. against Nebraska Christian College in Bearcat Arena.

— Northwest Athletics —

Wade takes over in 2nd half as No. 12 Kansas State defeats Lehigh

Posted on November 24, 2018

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Dean Wade knew Kansas State was in need of a spark, and he took it upon himself to provide it.

Wade scored 14 of his 18 points in the second half, Barry Brown added 16 and No. 12 Kansas State beat Lehigh 77-58 on Saturday.

“The first half we weren’t playing with any emotion or energy so my main focus was to do that,” Wade said. “I just wanted to be aggressive, but smart.”

The Wildcats (6-0) controlled the second half after the Mountain Hawks hung around and trailed by two at halftime.

“I think we wore them down as the game went on,” coach Bruce Weber said. “I told our guys these guys are pretty good and I didn’t think we played very good defense in the first half.”

Kamau Stokes scored 10 points, including two first-half 3-pointers, but the Wildcats continued to struggle with their long-distance shooting at home, making 6 of 20 3-point attempts.

James Karnik had 15 points and eight rebounds for Lehigh (4-2), and Pat Andree scored 12. Lehigh compiled 16 turnovers and made just nine field goals in the second half, shooting 28 percent. Lehigh shot 54 percent in the first half.

The Wildcats scored 18 points off Lehigh’s turnovers.

“Our defense is always something we take pride in,” Brown said. “We just focused on getting stops every time and we were able to get some easy baskets off those.”

Brown converted a three-point play to give K-State a 50-40 lead with 14 minutes remaining. That was part of a 12-5 run by the Wildcats that gave them a 57-45 lead.

Kansas State led 37-35 at halftime as neither team build a lead larger than five in the first 20 minutes. The Wildcats struggled against the Mountain Hawks’ matchup zone.

“We don’t see that very often and it’s even a hard thing to practice,” Weber said. “We needed to move the basketball and look inside and keep it going. They got us a little stagnant at times, but once we settled down we were able to find some things.”

Kansas State is off to its best start since 2004-05, when it won its first eight games. The Wildcats face Marquette next Saturday in their first road game of the season.

“This is a chance to take a big step as a team, but Marquette is a very good team,” Weber said. “They beat Louisville and played Kansas well, so it’s going to be a tough test.”

STAR WATCH

Brown recorded the 200th steal of his career and is now second in Kansas State history behind Jacob Pullen, who had 210 from 2007-11.

BIG PICTURE

The Wildcats have struggled with all three nonconference opponents this year, but have managed to win all three with big runs in the second half. They will need to come out with more urgency when Big 12 play begins.

Lehigh had an impressive start to the season with wins over Siena and Princeton, but couldn’t get over the hump against Power Five schools K-State and Miami.

UP NEXT

Lehigh hosts Arkansas State on Dec. 1.

Kansas State will take on arguably its toughest test of the season thus far when it travels to Marquette on Dec. 1.

— Associated Press —

Big run sends Nebraska past Western Illinois 73-49

Posted on November 24, 2018

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Glynn Watson Jr. had 20 points to lead Nebraska past Western Illinois 73-49 Saturday. But, after the game, the senior guard wanted to talk about rebounding.

Watson led Nebraska with nine rebounds, matching his career high — and coming up one carom short of a double-double.

“Coach had talked to us about rebounding,” Watson said. “I just tried to come out and play defense and rebound… I’m just cleaning up. Them guys box out, I’m the guy who comes and cleans up. They told me I needed one more. They hit a couple shots at the end, I guess it wasn’t for me today.”

Nebraska (5-1) was sluggish at the start, trailing Western Illinois 9-4 in the early going. The Huskers then slapped on the defense, holding the Leathernecks (2-4) to just five points in the next 15 minutes.

The Huskers led 17-11 when James Palmer Jr. heated up, hitting three layups, a jumper in the lane and a pair of free throws, putting Nebraska up 27-14 with 4:35 left in the half. Nebraska led by 23 at intermission.

Nebraska hit 57 percent of its shots in the first half while holding Western Illinois to 24 percent.

Nebraska opened the second half with 10-0 run, going up 50-17 on Watson’s 3-pointer with 17:41 remaining.

That lead was built off of the Huskers’ defense, which Nebraska coach Tim Miles praised, at least for the game’s first 23 minutes.

“I thought it was good for awhile, then I thought it fell off,” Miles said. “You don’t build a 33-point lead on anybody unless you’re locking them up. At the time we’d held them to just a couple 3-pointers. We’d rebounded pretty well… I thought we did a lot of things right for a long time. We didn’t finish the job. I’m not happy about that.”

Nebraska scored just 23 points after it took the big lead, in part because the Huskers were firing up and missing quick 3-pointers against Western Illinois’ zone defense. That let the Leathernecks get out in transition and cut the Husker lead to less than 20 a few times in the half.

“In the first half we were not ourselves,” said Western Illinois coach Billy Wright. “I think that had a lot to do with them (Nebraska)… but you look at some things that we didn’t do so well the first half, we were able to correct in the second half and it was 33-32 in the second half. We were still very competitive for most of the second half we just got down too many points from the start.”

BIG PICTURE

Nebraska: After scoring more than 80 points in their first four games, the Huskers had just 52 points in a Tuesday loss to Texas Tech. Nebraska got its scoring back on track Saturday, scoring 40 in the first half. Nebraska is now averaging 80 points per game.

Western Illinois: Leatherneck 7-foot-senior center Brandon Gilbeck came into Saturday’s game leading the nation in blocked shots per game at 5.5 and second in total blocks at 21 Gilbeck was foul-plagued Saturday, playing just 14 minutes before fouling out. He still got three blocks against the Huskers.

UP NEXT

Nebraska: The Cornhuskers travel to Clemson to play the Tigers in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge on Monday.

Western Illinois: The Leathernecks host Southern Illinois-Edwardsville on Wednesday.

— Associated Press —

No. 21 Missouri women top Quinnipiac at Gulf Coast Showcase

Posted on November 24, 2018

ESTERO, Fla. (AP) — Sophie Cunningham scored 26 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, Amber Smith also had a double-double and No. 21 Missouri beat Quinnipiac 65-51 in the consolation semifinals of the Gulf Coast Showcase on Saturday.

Cunningham made 7 of 14 shots and 9 of 12 free throws, and also had three assists and two blocks. Smith had 17 points and 10 rebounds for Missouri (4-2).

Cunningham scored 15 of Missouri’s 37 first-half points and the Tigers ended the half on a 13-2 run for a 15-point lead. Missouri made seven of its nine 3-point attempts in the first half.

Jen Fay led Quinnipiac (2-3) with 14 points and eight rebounds.

Quinnipiac was just 6-of-32 shooting (18.8 percent) in the first half, with four makes from 3-point range. The Bobcats were held to nine points in the second quarter and trailed 37-22 at the break. Quinnipiac started the fourth quarter on a 9-0 run to pull to 49-40.

— Associated Press —

Griffons let late lead slip away, lose at Missouri-St. Louis

Posted on November 24, 2018

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Griffon Men’s Basketball (4-3) fell on the road at Missouri – St. Louis (5-1) in the team’s first game of the UMSL Thanksgiving Classic on Friday. The Griffons took their first lead of the second half with just under four minutes remaining, but fell by a score of 74-61.

NOTABLES

The Griffons trailed by just two going into halftime, holding Missouri – St. Louis to just 39 percent shooting in the half. The Tritons’ five made jump shots gave them the 34-32 advantage going into halftime.
Missouri – St. Louis stretched the lead to 10 points with just over six minutes remaining.
The Griffons then made four-straight three-pointers on a 12-0 run to take their first lead of the second half at 59-57 with 3:35 to play.
The Tritons closed the game on a 17-2 run, forcing four Griffon turnovers.
Missouri Western outrebounded the Tritons 35-30 in the loss.
The Griffons shot 42 percent from the field.

LEADERS

Tyree Martin earned his first career double-double on Friday, finishing with a career high in points (12) and rebounds (11).
Lavon Hightower scored in double-digits for the 19^thstraight game, finishing with 16 points on five made three’s.
Bryan Hudson added 12 points on 63 percent shooting.
Tyus Millhollin dished out a game-high four assists.

UP NEXT

The Griffons will play their second and final game of the UMSL Thanksgiving Classic against Maryville (3-2) on Saturday.
The Saints lost to Central Missouri 83-76 on Friday.

— MWSU Athletics —

No. 2 Bearcats roll to a 50-point win over Tabor

Posted on November 24, 2018

MARYVILLE, Missouri – The No. 2-ranked Northwest Missouri State men’s basketball team cruised to a 93-43 non-conference home win over Tabor College on Friday afternoon in Bearcat Arena.

Northwest (7-0 overall) won for the 22nd straight time in the month of November. Tabor fell to 3-6 on the season.

Junior Ryan Welty buried 7-of-10 three-pointers and led the way with 21 points. Sophomore Ryan Hawkins narrowly missed a double-double with 18 points and nine rebounds. Redshirt freshman Trevor Hudgins dished out six assists and scored 10 points.

Freshman Diego Bernard scored 10 points and handed out three assists in his first collegiate start.

Northwest shot 57.6 percent from the field and drained 14 three-pointers against the Bluejays.

The Bearcats will take to the court against next Saturday against Midland at 3 p.m. in Bearcat Arena.

NOTES: Daric Laing scored his first points of the season as he sank a pair of three-pointers … Xavier Rhodes scored his first collegiate points with eight points off the bench … Northwest has won the rebounding battle in all seven games this season.

— Northwest Athltiecs —

Missouri Western women snap three-game skid with big win over Saint Mary

Posted on November 24, 2018

ST. JOSEPH – Missouri Western Women’s Basketball (3-3) earned a 93-50 win in its first game of the Fairfield Inn Thanksgiving Classic on Friday night. The Griffons took the lead on their first offensive possession of the game and remained in control until the final buzzer. The 43-point win snaps a three-game losing streak for the Griffons.

NOTABLES

The Griffons set the tempo right out of the opening tip, jumping out to a 14-0 run and making five of their first seven shots.
Missouri Western made eight out of their 14 three-point attempts in the first half, good for 57 percent from distance.
The Griffons had their best shooting performance of the season, shooting 61 percent from the field. The Griffons scored at least 22 points in all four quarters.
Saint Mary was held to 36 percent shooting.
The Griffons had the rebounding advantage all night and out-rebounded the Spires 41-22 in the win. The Griffons had three players with five or more rebounds, led by KeShara Scott’s eight boards.
The second-unit was almost as productive as the starters. The Griffons finished with 40 points from the bench.
All 12 players that suited up for Missouri Western played in the game, with 11 scoring at least four points.

LEADERS

Katrina Roenfeldt set a new career-high with 22 points, with 17 coming in the first half.
Kylee Williams finished with a career high 12 points on four made three pointers.
Jill Rumpf dished out six assists in her first career start, the most by a Griffon this season.
Rumpf also set a new career high in points with 13. She made all eight of her free-throw attempts in the win.

UP NEXT

Missouri Western will host William Jewell (2-2) in the final game of the Fairfield Inn Thanksgiving Classic on Saturday at 5:00 p.m.
The Cardinals will be coming off a 24-point win against Northwest Missouri on Friday.

— MWSU Athletics —

Lock leads Mizzou to 38-0 rout of Arkansas

Posted on November 24, 2018

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Three years ago, Drew Lock’s freshman season ended with a dismal performance in a blowout loss to Arkansas in a chilly downpour. A losing season coupled with the retirement of longtime coach Gary Pinkel had the quarterback questioning whether Missouri was the right school for him.

On Friday, only the opponent and the weather was the same. Lock threw for two touchdowns and rushed for two more to guide Missouri to a 38-0 victory over Arkansas in his final home game. After a rocky start to his career, Lock has led the Tigers to two straight winning seasons and positioned himself to be a high NFL draft pick, which explained Denver Broncos general manager John Elway’s presence at Friday’s game.

“The best way to put it is it just felt right walking off the field,” Lock said.

Missouri (8-4, 4-4 SEC) held Arkansas (2-10, 0-8 SEC) to just 187 total yards and broke the game open by converting two second-quarter turnovers into 14 points.

Lock completed 16 of 25 passes for 221 yards. He went over 3,000 passing yards for the third straight season. With a bowl game left to play, Lock’s career total of 11,820 passing yards is second in SEC history to Georgia’s Aaron Murray, who threw for 13,166 yards from 2010-13.

“He’s done a heck of a job of being Drew, being what we need him to be and playing really well at a high level,” Missouri coach Barry Odom said. “He left his mark.”

Lock had plenty of help on both sides of the ball against Arkansas. Emanuel Hall caught six passes for 153 yards and two touchdowns. Larry Rountree carried 29 times for 119 yards to go over 1,000 yards on the season.

Arkansas had no answer. Starting quarterback Ty Storey threw an interception into the chest of linebacker Terez Hall in the second quarter, setting up Missouri’s second touchdown. On the next series, Missouri defensive tackle Jordan Elliott sacked Storey and forced a fumble that Akial Byers recovered in the end zone to give the Tigers a 21-0 lead. Elliott, who entered the game without a sack, racked up three against the Razorbacks.

“I did not think we played well up front,” Arkansas coach Chad Morris said. “We’ve got guys that have been playing those positions all year long. … Our inability to sustain some blocks was disappointing and put us behind the chains.”

REVOLVING QBS

Morris made a change at quarterback in the second quarter, inserting freshman Connor Noland in place of Storey, who is a junior. Storey completed 4 of 7 passes for 24 yards, and Noland was 5 of 17 for 98 yards.

“Connor did some good things,” Morris said. “Thought he got the ball out of his hand, hit some throws that were good to see. Obviously missed a few, but I thought the more he played, he got more comfortable.”

Freshman John Stephen Jones, the grandson of Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, took over for the final two series of the game.

ARKANSAS CONNECTION

Missouri’s most noteworthy player from the state of Arkansas, running back Damarea Crockett, did not play against the Razorbacks for the third straight year. He was suspended in 2016 and was injured for the last two meetings. But three other players from the home of the Razorbacks — Fayetteville — made contributions for the Tigers.

The biggest was Byers, a sophomore defensive end who scored his first career touchdown on a fumble recovery.

“It just came to me,” Byers said. “Good things happen when you run to the ball.”

The fact it came against his hometown team wasn’t lost on him.

“That made it way more special,” Byers said.

Barrett Banister, a freshman walk-on from Fayetteville who has carved out a role as a possession receiver, caught two passes for 12 yards. Backup quarterback Taylor Powell, who replaced Lock in the fourth quarter, completed 1 of 2 passes for 6 yards.

THE TAKEAWAY

Arkansas: It was a rough debut season for Morris. The Razorbacks posted their fewest wins since going 2-8 in 1952.

“I knew that this was the toughest league in college football, and it definitely did not disappoint,” said Morris, who spent the previous three years as the SMU head coach. “It did exactly what I thought was going to happen. You’ve got to have depth, and you better have some speed.”

Missouri: In an effort to boost sagging attendance, Odom publicly offered to buy tickets to Friday’s game for any fans who wanted to attend. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that Missouri took orders for 5,537 tickets, with an estimated cost of $138,425. But heavy rain and temperatures in the 40s no doubt kept fans away as attendance was announced at 52,482 but appeared far smaller than that.

“Weather-wise, it wasn’t perfect, but I am thankful for the folks that were in the stands,” Odom said. “For those that showed up, hats off to you.”

UP NEXT

Arkansas: Morris will have plenty of time to put the finishing touches on a promising recruiting class that already has 24 verbal commitments and is ranked No. 12 nationally by Rivals.com.

Missouri: The Tigers will play in their second straight bowl game and their 11th in the last 14 years.

— Associated Press —