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Kansas State remains unbeaten with 44-30 victory over Oklahoma State

Posted on November 3, 2012November 3, 2012

Collin Klein piled up more than 300 yards of offense before leaving in the third quarter with an undisclosed injury, and No. 3 Kansas State remained unbeaten with a 44-30 victory over Oklahoma State on Saturday night.

Klein had thrown for 245 yards and run for 64 more before sneaking in for his 50th career rushing touchdown with 9:47 left in the third quarter. The Heisman Trophy front-runner didn’t return to the field on the Wildcats’ next offensive series.

Oklahoma State’s Wes Lunt also left with an injury after throwing his third interception in the third quarter. The freshman quarterback, who missed six weeks with a knee injury earlier this year, threw for 184 yards and a touchdown before giving way to Clint Chelf.

By that point, the Wildcats (9-0, 6-0 Big 12) simply had to protect a 38-17 lead.

Allen Chapman picked off three passes and returned one 29 yards for a touchdown, John Hubert had a pair of TD runs, and Tyler Lockett returned a kickoff 100 yards for another score as Kansas State kept alive its hopes of playing for a national championship.

The Wildcats entered the weekend No. 2 in the BCS standings behind Alabama.

Chelf finished 16 of 27 for 233 yards and a touchdown for the Cowboys (5-3, 3-2), who should know something about playing late-season spoiler to a team in title contention.

Oklahoma State was ranked No. 2 when it lost to Iowa State late last season, and got shut out of the BCS title game.

This one was just about as wild as last season’s matchup in Stillwater, when the Cowboys held on in the final minutes after the teams combined for 32 fourth-quarter points.

Oklahoma State struck first when Lunt hit Austin Hays for a 54-yard touchdown reception, but the Wildcats came back with 17 unanswered points – Hubert’s two touchdown runs were sandwiched around the first of Anthony Cantele’s three field goals.

Quinn Sharp added the first of his three field goals to get the Cowboys within 17-10 before the fireworks really started: Lockett field the ensuing kickoff deep in his end zone and went the distance for his fourth career TD return, and Desmond Roland answered by fielding a short kickoff by Kansas State and going 80 yards for another touchdown return.

Chapman’s pick-six made it 31-17 at halftime.

The Cowboys had the ball to start the second half, and Lunt appeared to get hurt while throwing an interception to Nigel Malone. He never returned to the game.

The Wildcats marched 93 yards before Klein’s touchdown plunge from a yard out made it 38-17, but he also left the game with an injury. Daniel Sams played the rest of the way for Kansas State while Klein watched from the sideline without his helmet.

Sharp and Cantele traded field goals before Chelf hit Charlie Moore for a 13-yard touchdown catch to get the Cowboys within 41-27. The two kickers traded field goals again before Cantele missed from 24 yards to give Oklahoma State the ball with 4 1/2 minutes left in the game.

The Cowboys marched to the Kansas State 8, but Chapman picked off Chelf in the end zone for his final interception of the night. The three picks were one shy of Jaime Mendez’s school record set against Temple on Sept. 26, 1992.

Kansas State ran out the clock to end the Cowboys’ three-game winning streak and lock up its first win over them since 2006. The Wildcats have scored at least 44 points six times this season, and this time did it against a team that had allowed 38 total over its last three games.

— Associated Press —

KU stays winless in Big 12 with loss at Baylor

Posted on November 3, 2012November 3, 2012

Nick Florence threw for 367 yards and three touchdowns, running back Lache Seastrunk had 194 total yards and Baylor won its first Big 12 game of the season, beating Kansas 41-14 Saturday.

Baylor (4-4, 1-4) led 20-14 at halftime before pulling away in the second half to snap a four-game losing streak.

Florence was 26 of 42 and surpassed 3,000 yards passing for the season. The senior had touchdown passes of 11, 68 and 40 yards.

James Sims had 126 rushing yards for Kansas (1-8, 0-6), which lost its eighth in a row and 18th straight Big 12 game. The Jayhawks last won a conference game on Nov. 6, 2010, against Colorado, now of the Pac-12.

Glasco Martin rushed for 157 yards and Terrance Williams had 11 catches for 137 yards, including an 11-yard touchdown on Baylor’s opening drive.

Baylor’s defense allowed 210 points during the losing streak before tightening up in the second half on Saturday.

The Bears stuffed Taylor Cox’s fourth-and-2 run on the first drive of the second half. Baylor capitalized four plays later on Bryce Petty’s 1-yard TD run.

After Ahmad Dixon intercepted a pass at the Kansas 40, Florence had a 7-yard TD run to extend Baylor’s lead to 34-14 with 2:24 remaining in the third quarter.

The senior quarterback added a 40-yard touchdown pass to Tevin Reese in the fourth quarter as the Bears finished with 666 total yards.

Florence came into the game leading the nation in passing yards. He now has 3,019 yards and 25 touchdowns.

Florence hit 5 of 6 passes on the opening drive of the game.

Seastrunk, a transfer from Oregon who sat out last season, broke free in the Kansas secondary and caught a 68-yard touchdown pass to push Baylor’s lead to 14-0 in the first quarter, the Bears’ 11th play of 50 or more yards this season. Seastrunk had 103 yards rushing and 91 receiving.

Sims’ 58-yard touchdown run cut the deficit to 14-7. The junior has rushed for more than 100 yards in five straight games.

Kansas quarterback Michael Cummings, who made his third career start just 60 miles away from his hometown of Killeen, added a 22-yard TD run in the second quarter.

Aaron Jones kicked two field goals in the second quarter, including a 22-yarder that put the Bears up 20-14 just before halftime.

The game was delayed for 46 minutes just before the start of the third quarter after lightning was reported within 7 miles of Floyd Casey Stadium.

Fans were advised to take cover for an incoming storm, but it barely rained during the stoppage. There was a light rain at the start of the third quarter that let up after several minutes.

— Associated Press —

Griffon men roll to 112-73 exhibition win over Livin’ the Dream

Posted on November 3, 2012

The Missouri Western men’s basketball team played its first game of the season at MWSU Fieldhouse and returned to action for the second time in the preseason with a 112-73 victory over Livin’ the Dream.

The Griffons led after the first half 48-43. Behind 13 first-half points from Alfreeman Flowers, who came off the bench, the Griffons were able to keep control throughout the first half.

MWSU pulled away in the second half, taking advantage of 11 Livin’ the Dream turnovers. The Griffons took a double-digit lead at the 16-minute mark with a 3-pointer from Adarius Fulton to make the game 57-47.

They finished on a huge run, taking an 89-57 lead and eventually winning 112-73.

The Griffons were led by Flowers’ 22 points and Cedric Clinkscales eight rebounds, seven offensively.

Up Next: The Griffons play Sterling College to open up their season on November 13 with a game time set for 7:00 p.m.

— MWSU Sports Information —

Western women’s basketball hang on to win first exhibition game

Posted on November 3, 2012November 3, 2012

The Missouri Western women’s basketball team played its first exhibition game of the season Friday night at MWSU Fieldhouse against Livin’ the Dream.

The Griffons won 79-74 despite giving up 39 points to LTD’s guard Dayon Hall-Jones. Heather Howard led the team with 17 points off 6-of-15 from the field.

In the first half, the Griffons jumped out to a 7-0 lead before Livin’ the Dream scored its first basket. Neither team led by more than seven throughout, and eventually the game was tied at 29.

Missouri Western went on a 13-3 run in the final four minutes and 12 seconds to end the half ahead 42-32.

In the second half, both teams swapped points back and forth for the better part of the half.

However, Livin’ the Dream came back to make the game closer. LTD pulled within one point in the closing minutes to mark the game at 75-74. But the Griffons held on, and secured the game 79-74.

Leading the Griffons in rebounds was Alicia Bell with 11. Lanicia Lawrence started at point guard and controlled the tempo well, dishing out eight assists to go along with three steals.

Up Next: The Griffons travel to Kansas City to play the University of Missouri-Kansas City November 9.

— MWSU Sports Information —

MWSU volleyball team gets swept at No. 6 Central Missouri

Posted on November 3, 2012November 3, 2012

The Missouri Western volleyball team played No. 6 ranked Central Missouri tough in all three sets in Warrensburg, Mo., but fell short in all three games, losing 3-0 (25-20, 25-22, 25-21).

In the first set, the Griffons jumped out to a 6-3 lead behind two kills from Stephanie Hattey, assisted by Jordan Chohon. The Jennies rallied back though to take a 17-16 lead and led on from there to take the first set 25-20.

MWSU took a big lead in the second set as it led 15-7. The Jennies again rallied back, though. Central Missouri went on a 12-2 run to take a 19-17 lead and controlled the set the rest of the way to go ahead 2-0.

In the final set, neither team led by more than two throughout until Central Missouri took a 23-20 lead. That helped the Jennies secure the match 3-0 and improve to 22-4 (14-1, MIAA) as the Griffons fell to 13-15 (4-11).

Stephanie Hattey had a team-high 14 kills, Jordan Chohon finished with 26 assists to lead the Griffons and Amanda Boender added four blocks to help the Griffons.

Up Next: The Griffons play Lindenwood at 2 p.m. tomorrow in St. Charles, Mo.

— MWSU Sports Information —

Bearcat women lose exhibition game at Iowa State, 80-33

Posted on November 1, 2012

A tough brand of in your face defense opened the Mark Kellogg era for the Northwest Missouri State women’s basketball team. However, a hot second half from NCAA Division I Iowa State pushed the Cyclones past the Bearcats 80-33 in exhibition action from Hilton Coliseum.

Northwest jumped out to a hounding full-court press, catching the Cyclones off guard to start the game. The Bearcats would keep the game within 10 points most of the first half until Iowa State’s 7-0 run to end the first half and push the lead to 30-11 at intermission.

Led by 6’7” WNBA prospect, Anna Prins, the Cyclones exploded in the second half to shoot over 60 percent from the field as Northwest struggled offensively shooting just 20 percent for the game. Prins finished with 11 points as Chelsea Poppens lead all players with 22.

The Bearcats were led by Victoria Naylor who finished with seven points and made one of the Bearcats four three-pointers. Northwest was just 4-of-26 from behind the three-point arc in the loss.

In all, every Bearcat saw minutes in the season’s first exhibition action with nine different players scoring for Northwest.

Northwest also shot well from the free-throw line finishing 7-of-10. Both Ashleigh Nelson and Denise McEnaney were perfect from the line as Nelson finished 2-for-2 and McEnaney went 4-for-4.

Northwest continues exhibition action as they host Peru State to close out Homecoming weekend Saturday evening. Admission for all fans is free as the Mark Kellogg era debuts at Bearcat Arena. Game time is set for 6:30 p.m.

— NWMSU Sports Information —

Northwest volleyball falls in four sets to No. 6 Central Missouri

Posted on November 1, 2012November 1, 2012

Fighting an uphill battle the Northwest Missouri State volleyball team gave 6th-ranked Central Missouri all they could handle Wednesday night before falling 3-1 in MIAA action.

Northwest saw its three-game winning streak end as they fell to 14-14 on the season and 8-7 in the MIAA. The Jennies improved to 21-4 overall and 13-1 in league play and still sit tied at the top of the conference.

From the opening serve the Bearcats gave UCM all they could manage before falling 25-22, 17-25, 28-26, 25-18. It was a back-and-forth battle in the first three sets that saw the Bearcats steal the second set before dropping an exciting third set that witnessed 14 ties and five different lead changes.

Sophomores Brooke Bartosh and Abby Graves each finished with 12 kills to pace Northwest as the Bearcats held UCM to a .168 hitting percentage.

However, the Jennies got seven blocks as a team and had three players finish with double figure kills to take the win.

Senior Tori Beckman continued her amazing season as she finished with 36 digs in the loss. In her last five games Beckman has tallied 153 digs as she continues to lead the conference and put up amazing numbers on the defensive side of the net.

Julia Bates recorded a double-double for the Jennies with 37 assists and 10 digs to pace UCM.

The Bearcats take the weekend off before facing their second top 10 next Tuesday when they travel to 4th-ranked Nebraska-Kearney. First serve from Kearney is set for 4 p.m.

— NWMSU Sports Information —

Listen to Missouri Western’s 57-28 victory at Emporia State

Posted on October 31, 2012November 1, 2012

Click the links below to listen to Missouri Western football’s 57-28 win at Emporia State on Thursday, October 25.

1st Quarter – Part 1

1st Quarter – Part 2

3rd Quarter – Part 4

4th Quarter – Part 1

4th Quarter – Part 2

4th Quarter – Part 3

Griffons lose exhibition opener at Missouri State, 81-67

Posted on October 31, 2012

The Missouri Western men’s basketball team saw its first action of the 2012-2013 season Tuesday evening. The Griffons hung in there against Division I Missouri State University falling 81-67 in exhibition play. Missouri Western had two players in double digit scoring as Adarius Fulton dumped in 20 points while Alfreeman Flowers dumped in 13 off the bench.

The Griffon stayed close for 15 minutes of the first half as they trailed by just one at 30-29 with 4:40 to play after Flowers nailed a jumper off an assist by James Harris. There were four ties and just one lead change in the opening frame.

The Griffons took the early 2-0 lead after two free throws by Dylan Frantz. MWSU continued to play well tying the score at 14 after a Fulton three pointer with 13:06 to play in the first frame. The Griffons got down by as many as five the next six minutes but a layup by Kalvin Balque and a long range shot from Dzenan Mrkaljevic tied the game at 27 wiht 5:16 to play.

The rest of the half belonged to the Bears as they outscored the Griffons 20-5 taking the 47-32 lead into the half. The Bears scored 14 points off seven Griffon turnovers and had 28 points off the bench to the Griffons eight.

MWSU shot 60-percent (12-20) from the field and made 4-of-8 long range shots. Seven different Griffons scored in the half with Fulton scoring nine points making three long range shots. Missouri State shot 53.3-percent from the field with Gavin Thurman leading the chagre with 17 points making five of the Bears 12 first half three pointers.

In the second half Missouri State opned up an 18 point lead at 55-37 after a jumper by Dorrian Williams. The Griffons chipped away cutting the Bear lead to 12 with 6:35 to play at 68-55 after a Fulton long range shot. MWSU got even closer three minutes later cutting the lead to 10 at 75-65 after a Flowers jumper.

That would be the closest the Griffons would get as they fell by 14. The Griffons outrebounded the Bears 30 to 24 overall and seven to five on the offenisve end of the floor.

Mrkaljevic finished with 8 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists while Cedri Clinkscalses dumped in 9 points and snared 5 rebounds. Alex Tuluka-Mfumupembe had 8 points and 7 rebounds.

MWSU finished making 25-of-50 field goals and going 8-for-12 from long range.

Missouri State had 20 assists on 27 field goals and made 17 three pointers. Thurman had 21 points while Anthony Downing and Marcus Marshal pitched in 15 and 14 respectively.

The Griffons will return to exhibition play on Friday, November 2 against Livin the Dream in St. Joseph, Mo. Game time is set for 7:30 pm in the MWSU Fieldhouse.

— MWSU Sports Information —

MWSU volleyball loses to No. 15 Truman State, 3-1

Posted on October 31, 2012October 31, 2012

The Missouri Western volleyball team played No. 15 Truman State close Tuesday night at the MWSU Fieldhouse, but came up short, losing 3-1.

Missouri Western started out with the lead in the first set, claiming a 3-0 and 6-1 set. The Griffons continued their momentum throughout the beginning of the set, but fell behind late as Truman State came back to take a 22-21 lead.
The Bulldogs won the first set 25-22 to take a 1-0 lead.

MWSU kept the same mentality going into the second set, and took control early on. The Griffons didn’t trail the entire set, and only tied twice. After a 3-3 tie, Jessie Thorup broke the set open with a kill to take a one point lead, and the Griffons led from there.

They eventually won 25-19 to tie the match at one set apiece.

The Griffons couldn’t win the third set but kept it close. The teams battled back and forth before Truman won 25-22 to push its lead to 2 sets to 1 heading into the fourth.

The final set of the evening went to the Bulldogs as they won 25-15 to complete the 3-1 victory.

Thorup led the Griffons in kills with 10. Stephanie Hattey had a team-high 26 assists. The Griffons finished with 12 blocks, including four from Meredith McCormick.

Up Next: The Griffons play Friday night against Central Missouri in Warrensburg, Mo.

— MWSU Sports Information —