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Mizzou’s Lock named SEC Co-Offensive Player of the Week

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COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Football junior QB Drew Lock (Lee’s Summit, Mo.) is the SEC Co-Offensive Player of the Week, announced Monday (Nov. 27) by the league office. Monday marks Lock’s second SEC Player of the Week award after earning the distinction on Sept. 3 following Mizzou’s season-opening win over Missouri State. Lock threw for five touchdowns and 448 yards while resetting the school and SEC single-season passing touchdown record in a 45-42 win at Arkansas last Friday (Nov. 24).

Lock went 25-for-42 and helped the Tigers erase a 14-point deficit twice in the win over the Razorbacks. His third TD pass of the game went to freshman TE Albert Okwuegbunam, giving him 41 passing TDs on the year. That passed Kentucky’s Andre Woodson (40 in 2007) for the most ever TD passes by an SEC quarterback. He also passed Chase Daniel (39 in 2008) for the Mizzou single season record. His 43 passing TDs lead the nation and he is the first SEC quarterback this century to pass for at least three TDs in eight straight games.

Lock’s five-touchdown performance Friday gives him six such games in his career and a national-best four this season. He has more five-touchdown games than any SEC quarterback in the last 20 seasons (Tim Couch is second with five from 1996-98). Only four Power 5 QBs have ever thrown for more TD passes in a single season (BJ Symons, Sam Bradford, Graham Harrell (twice), Kliff Kingsbury) than Lock’s 43. All five did so in 13 or more games. His 43 TDs this season rank 23rd in NCAA history. Lock’s 448 yards at Arkansas also give him five career 400-yard games, also a school record.

Against Arkansas, Lock Engineered two fourth-quarter TD drives that erased Arkansas leads, and then capped the day by driving the Tigers 75 yards in the final five minutes that ended with a game-winning 19-yard field goal with just :06 seconds left in the game to account for the final score as MU won its sixth-straight game. In the fourth quarter, Lock was a sterling 7-of-9 passing for 127 yards and two TDs that led to the win. He was 3-for-3 in the final period on third down for 43 yards and one touchdown.

On the year, Lock leads the SEC in nine major categories while leading the nation in passing TDs (43), points responsible for (264) and passing yards per completion (16.5).

— Mizzou Athletics —

MIAA hands out weekly men’s basketball awards

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Kansas City, Mo. (November 27, 2017) – Nebraska Kearney’s Yashua Trent and Central Missouri’s Spencer Reaves have been named the MIAA Men’s Basketball Co-Athletes of the Week.

MIAA Men’s Basketball Co-Athlete of the Week
Yashua Trent, G, University of Nebraska Kearney

Trent, a 6’1” senior from Chicago, Ill., averaged 21.7 points, 5.3 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.0 steals per game last week as UNK went 1-2 in Arkansas and Oklahoma. Trent shot 67 percent from the field as he had back-to-back 25-point games against nationally ranked Arkansas-Ft. Smith and SE Oklahoma State. The efforts were one off his career-high point total.

MIAA Men’s Basketball Co-Athlete of the Week
Spencer Reaves, G, University of Central Missouri

Reaves, a 6’3” senior from Newark, Ark., led the Mules to three wins last week. Reaves averaged 20.7 points per game along with 5.3 rebounds. He scored 30 points in a win against East Central before scoring 22 against Rockhurst. Reaves scored 10+ points in all three games and was incredibly efficient, shooting 59.5% from the floor (22-37) and 42.9% from three (6-14). In two of the Mules wins, Reaves shot better than 60% from the floor, going 11-17 against East Central and 9-13 against Rockhurst. He also added six assists and five steals on the week and 12 free throws on 14 attempts.

— MIAA Press Release —

Missouri blows 16-point second half lead, loses to No. 23 West Virginia

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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Jevon Carter scored 29 points, including a go-ahead 3-pointer in the final minute, and No. 23 West Virginia overcame a 16-point second-half deficit to beat Missouri 83-79 on Sunday night in the Advocare Invitational championship game.

Daxter Miles Jr. added 26 points, including four late free throws, for West Virginia (6-1).

West Virginia was involved in three distinctly different games at the tourney. After surviving an upset challenge against winless Marist 84-78 on Thursday, the Mountaineers routed Central Florida 83-45 on Friday.

Missouri (5-2) got 21 points from Jordan Barnett. Kassius Robertson and Kevin Puryear had 13 each.

Barnett hit a jumper and added 3 as Missouri went up 55-41 5 minutes into the second half.

West Virginia, keyed by a number of forced turnovers, put together a late 12-0 run that was concluded by Miles steal and layup to get within 73-72 with 3 minutes left.

Robertson had 10 points to help Missouri take a 41-36 halftime advantage.

POLL IMPLICATION

West Virginia could move up slightly in the AP poll. The Mountaineers have been ranked 38 consecutive weeks, and 55 of the last 58.

BIG PICTURE

Missouri: The Tigers seem to making progress in making adjustments with standout freshman Michael Porter out for season after back surgery.

West Virginia: The Mountaineers have won six in a row since a season-opening 88-65 loss to Texas A&M in Germany.

FOUL PLAY

West Virginia was called for 74 fouls over the three-game invitational, including 21 Sunday.

2018

Villanova highlights the 2018 field at the Advocare Invitational. Joining the Wildcats are Charleston, Florida State, LSU, Memphis, Oklahoma State and UAB. An eighth team will be announced at a later date.

UP NEXT

Missouri: At Central Florida on Thursday night.

West Virginia: Hosts NJIT on Thursday night.

— Associated Press —

Nebraska selected as No. 5 overall seed in NCAA volleyball tournament

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LINCOLN, Neb. – The Nebraska volleyball team was selected as the No. 5 overall seed for the NCAA Tournament on Sunday night and will host the NCAA Tournament first and second rounds at the Bob Devaney Sports Center this weekend.

The Big Ten champion Huskers, making their 36th straight NCAA Tournament appearance, will open the tournament on Friday, Dec. 1 at 7 p.m. against the Stony Brook Seawolves (18-12), champions of the America East. The 4:30 p.m. match will feature the Florida State Seminoles (18-10) of the ACC and the Washington State Cougars (17-15) of the Pac-12. Friday’s winners will meet on Saturday, Dec. 2 at 7 p.m.

The Huskers missed out on a top-four national seed as Penn State, Florida, Stanford and Kentucky received the top four spots from the NCAA Tournament committee. Should those teams all advance past the first weekend, they would host an NCAA regional the following weekend. Nebraska is in Kentucky’s region along with No. 12 national seed Baylor and No. 13 national seed BYU. The Huskers would only have an opportunity to host an NCAA regional if they advance past the opening two rounds and Kentucky gets upset. The Huskers are familiar with Lexington, Kentucky as they won a regional there in 2015 to advance to the NCAA Semifinals before eventually winning the NCAA Championship in Omaha.

As of earlier this week, standing-room only all-session tickets remain for the NCAA first and second rounds in Lincoln. Those can be purchased through Huskers.com/tickets, through Nebraska Athletics Developing & Ticketing, or by calling 800-8-BIGRED.

The Huskers finished the regular season 26-4 overall and 19-1 in the Big Ten Conference to earn their second straight Big Ten Championship, which they shared with Penn State. Nebraska will face a Stony Brook squad that is making its first NCAA Tournament appearance. Stony Brook knocked off top-seeded Albany to advance to the America East title game, and the Seawolves swept Binghamton for the conference crown.

The 2017 season marks the 33rd time that Lincoln has hosted NCAA first and second round competition. Nebraska is 102-31 (.767) in 35 previous NCAA Tournament appearances. The 2017 Husker squad is looking to become the first Nebraska volleyball team to reach three straight final fours. This year’s NCAA Championship is set for December 14-16 at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri.

NCAA First and Second Round Schedule
First Round – Friday, Dec. 1
4:30 p.m. – Florida State vs. Washington State
7 p.m.* – Nebraska vs. Stony Brook
*or 30 minutes following the conclusion of the 4:30 p.m. match, but no sooner than 7 p.m.

Second Round – Saturday, Dec. 2
7 p.m. – First Round Winners

— NU Athletics —

Mizzou volleyball makes NCAA Tournament; opens with Kansas

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COLUMBIA, Mo. – Following another 20-win campaign, Mizzou Volleyball gathered Sunday (Nov. 26) evening to learn its 2017 NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Tournament destination.

The Tigers will make the trek west to Wichita, Kan., for their first and second round matchups this year. Mizzou opens its 2017 NCAA Tournament with a matchup against Kansas on Friday (Dec. 1). First serve is scheduled for 6 p.m. CT. With a victory, the Tigers would meet the winner between No. 16 national seed Wichita State and Radford.

The Tigers lead the all-time series over Kansas, 51-34. The two programs last met in the 2015 NCAA Tournament in Lawrence, Kan., as the Jayhawks produced a 3-0 victory in the second round of postseason play. Under Wayne Kreklow and Susan Kreklow’s tenure in Mid-Missouri (2000-present), Mizzou owns a 19-6 advantage over its former Big 12 Conference counterpart.

Mizzou’s 2017 NCAA Tournament appearance marks its 14th trip to postseason play since 2000. The Tigers have made the NCAA Tournament in each of the past three years and six bids over their past eight seasons.

The 2017 Tigers finished 20-11 overall and 13-5 in Southeastern Conference matchups. Mizzou’s strong season in conference play solidified a third place finish, marking its third consecutive Top-3 ranking in the SEC standings.

Mizzou has tallied 11 20-plus win seasons under the Kreklow’s tutelage in Columbia, Mo. The Tigers have produced three consecutive 20-win campaigns and four in their past five years.

First and second rounds across 16 campus sits will take place from Nov. 30 – Dec. 2. Regionals are set from Dec. 8-9, while the National Championship rounds will take place on Dec. 14 and Dec. 16 in Kansas City, Mo.

— Mizzou Athletics —

Watson scores 26 as Nebraska beats Long Beach State 85-80

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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Nebraska had big leads slip away in both halves but still wound up victorious.

Glynn Watson Jr. scored 26 points and Nebraska hung on after nearly blowing a 22-point lead to beat Long Beach State 85-80 Sunday in the fifth-place game at the Advocare Invitational.

“He’s a disruptive force,” Long Beach head coach Dan Monson said of Watson. “It’s almost like Richard Sherman on defense. You don’t want to challenge him.”

Isaac Copeland and Evan Taylor had 3-point plays during a second-half opening run that put Nebraska ahead 62-40.

Long Beach State responded with a run of its own and got with 76-59 with five minutes to play. The 49ers made it 83-80 on Jordan Griffin’s 3 with three seconds remaining.

“Somehow we have to be able to self-correct and change our trajectory when things start going bad,” Nebraska coach Tim Miles said.

Anton Gill added 16 points for Nebraska (5-2) and Copeland finished with 13 points. Watson had 16 points in the first half as the Cornhuskers led by nine.

“I wasn’t really looking at the score,” Watson said. “Just out there playing hard and trying to build the lead.”

Long Beach State (3-4) got 22 points from Gabe Levin and Deishuan Booker added 15.

“I think they showed that they’re good enough to compete in our league, but they’re not consistent enough,” Monson said of his team. “The biggest thing is we got to get more consistent in what we do. You can’t start both halves the way we did and expect to take a Big Ten team and beat them.”

BIG PICTURE

Long Beach State: Levin has scored in double-digits in six of seven games. He averaged 16 points over the three games at the invitational.

Nebraska: Sophomore forward Isaiah Roby, who entered averaging 7.8 points and 19.8 minutes off the bench, landed awkwardly on his left leg and sprained his ankle midway through the first half. He watched the final 18 minutes of the game from the end of the bench with the ankle area taped.

COSTLY MISCUES

Nebraska converted 21 Long Beach State turnovers into 31 points. The Cornhuskers had 13 turnovers that resulted in 15 points by the 49ers.

FROM THE FLOOR

Nebraska was coming a season-best shooting of 56.7 percent in Friday’s 84-59 win over Marist. After a 58.3 percent performance Sunday in the first half, the Cornhuskers finished at 47.8 percent after making just 35.5 percent of their attempts over the final 20 minutes.

UP NEXT

Long Beach State: Plays Wednesday night at Arizona.

Nebraska: Hosts Boston College Wednesday night as part of the Big Ten-ACC Challenge.

— Associated Press —

Griffons fall short at unbeaten Arkansas-Fort Smith 73-58

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FORT SMITH, Ark. – Griffon men’s basketball (2-5) dropped its third consecutive game, 73-58 at Arkansas-Fort Smith (7-0) on Saturday afternoon.

A six-point game with 2:47 to go, Arkansas-Fort Smith went on a 10-0 run to open up a 16-point lead. UAFS outscored the Griffons 14-5 over the final 2:47. After falling behind by 15 with 3:26 to go in the first half, MWSU went on a 10-0 run to go to halftime down 32-27. Missouri Western opened the second half on a 6-0 run to take a one-point lead at 33-32, but it was short lived.

Lavon Hightower led the Griffons with a season-high 21 points. Joe Hamilton was the only other Griffon in double-figures, scoring 12 points.

UP NEXT
MIAA play begins next week for the Griffons when they host Central Oklahoma on Nov. 30.

— MWSU Athletics —

No. 1 Bearcats cruise to easy win over Missouri Valley

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– The Northwest Missouri State University men’s basketball team defeated Missouri Valley, 83-48, on Saturday at Bearcat Arena in Maryville, Mo.
– Northwest improves to 6-0 with the victory. The contest was counted as an exhibition for Missouri Valley, 6-2.
– Justin Pitts scored 21 points in just 27 minutes of action. He had four assists and three rebounds.
– Northwest has now won 40 straight games at home, dating back to the 2014-15 season.
– View the photo album on Facebook.

Key Northwest Statistics
– The Bearcats shot 48.4 percent (30-62) from the field, hitting on 18-of-31 attempts (58.1 percent) in the first half.
– Northwest committed just six turnovers while Missouri Valley had 22.
– Defensively, the Bearcats had nine steals and held the Vikings to just 17-of-44 (38.6 percent) shooting with just five three pointers.
– Joey Witthus hit three baskets from beyond the arc, finishing with 10 points and two assists.
– Chris-Ebou Ndow grabbed five rebounds and finished with seven points and a pair of steals.
– Ryan Welty hit three three-pointers and had nine points with a steal.
– Tyler Dougherty scored eight points and was a perfect 4-of-4 from the charity stripe. He tied for the team-high with five rebounds, four coming on the offensive end.
– Xavier Kurth grabbed three offensive rebounds, four total rebounds, six points and four assists.

Key Northwest Sequences
– Early in the first half, Northwest took control quickly with an 8-0 run. Witthus hit back-to-back three pointers and Brett Dougherty added a jumper to give the Bearcats an early 13-4 lead.

– With time winding down in the first half, Northwest again used the three-point attack to expand its lead. Pitts hit back-to-back three pointers and Welty drained one from beyond the arc with eight seconds left to play to give the Bearcats a 27 point lead at the break, 52-25.

Up Next
– Northwest will begin MIAA play on Thursday, Nov. 30, as the Bearcats host Northeastern State at 7:30 p.m. in Maryville, Mo.

— MWSU Athletics —

MWSU women use big 4th quarter to pull away from Rockhurst

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ST. JOSEPH – Griffon women’s basketball (5-1) won its third straight home game with 52-39 win over Rockhurst (4-2).

QUICK CHANGE
Missouri Western led for over 37 minutes but not after an early surge from Rockhurst. The Hawks took their only lead of the game at the 6:54 mark in the first quarter with a 7-0 run. The RU lead wouldn’t last long as Brittany Atkins sparked a 16-4 Missouri Western run. In the second half, RU used a 9-0 lead to tie the game at 32-32. Again, MWSU would counter the run with a 17-3 run of its own to push its lead to 14 with 2:09 left in the game.

LOCKDOWN DEFENSE
Perimeter defense was on display for Missouri Western. The Griffons held Rockhurst to just one three-pointer on 16 attempts in the game. MWSU also forced nine turnovers and limited RU to shoot 26.5 percent from the field.

BIG THREE
The Griffons had a trio player’s score in double-figures. Katrina Roenfeldt and Brittany Atkins led the way with 12 points apiece. Dossou Ndiaye added 10 points and eight rebounds for MWSU. Roenfeldt led the team with seven steals.

UP NEXT
Missouri Western opens conference play against Central Oklahoma on Thursday, Nov. 30 at 5:30 p.m. in the MWSU Fieldhouse.

— MWSU Athletics —

Northwest Missouri State women lose to Saint Mary

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The Northwest Missouri State University women’s basketball team fell to the University of Saint Mary, 81-74, on Saturday at the MWSU Fieldhouse in St. Joseph, Mo.
– The game was played as part of the Fairfield Inn & Suites Thanksgiving Classic.
– The Bearcats fall to 1-4 on the season with the loss while the Spires move to 4-4.
– Tanya Meyer scored a season-high 29 points with 11 rebounds. She had a pair of steals and grabbed four offensive rebounds.

Key Northwest Statistics
– The game was tied at 25-25 at halftime.
– Northwest hit 10 three pointers and went 14-of-18 from the charity stripe.
– The Bearcats out rebounded USM, 39-36. Northwest had 14 offensive rebounds and converted those into 18 second chance points.
– The Spires had 15 turnovers with the Bearcats tallying seven steals. Northwest scored 21 points off turnovers.
– Jaelyn Haggard hit four three pointers and finished with 19 points. She had a pair of assists and two rebounds.
– Mallory McConkey blocked three shots defensively. She finished with eight points, five assists and three rebounds.
– Mia Stillman and Mele Tupouata each grabbed five rebounds in the contest.
– Kaylani Maiava had four rebound, two blocked shots and a steal.

Key Northwest Sequence
– The Bearcats jumped out to an early lead in the first quarter, going on a 12-2 run. With the game tied, 6-6, McConkey hit a layup and Meyer nailed a jumper to make it 10-6. McConkey would hit another jumper and Meyer added a three pointer with 5:30 left to play in the opening quarter to make it 13-6 Bearcats. After a Spire layup, Mallory McAndrews hit a three off an assist from McConkey to make it 16-8 Northwest.

Up Next
– Northwest will begin MIAA play on Thursday, Nov. 30, as the Bearcats host Northeastern State at 5:30 p.m. in Maryville, Mo.

— Northwest Athletics —

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