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KU gets hammered by Texas Tech at home 65-19

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LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Texas Tech piled up a whole bunch of points against Kansas on Saturday.

Nothing new there.

The Red Raiders did most of their work on the ground, though, their high-flying offense under coach Kliff Kingsbury showing remarkable balance in a 65-19 rout of the hapless Jayhawks.

That was something rather unexpected.

Desmond Nisby ran for 94 yards and four touchdowns. Justin Stockton had a career-best 161 yards and another score. And the Red Raiders (4-1, 1-1 Big 12) piled up 313 yards rushing in cruising to their 11th consecutive victory over the Jayhawks dating to an overtime loss in 2001.

“We needed to improve that area. Last week it really hurt us not being able to run the ball,” said Kingsbury, whose team bounced back from an agonizing 41-34 loss to No. 15 Oklahoma State.

“When they gave us an opportunity,” he added, “we were moving bodies.”

Nic Shimonek still threw for 233 yards and two scores, and Justus Parker picked off two passes and returned one for a score, to keep the Red Raiders perfect in 10 tries in Lawrence.

“We knew it was very important to start fast,” Stockton said. “When the offense has a chance to go down there and score, you have to put points on the board.”

Neither team ever got into rhythm, thanks in large part to nine video reviews called for by Big 12 officials. Six came in the first quarter — including three in a five-play stretch — which made referee Eddy Shelton more unpopular among Kansas fans than anyone on the Texas Tech sideline.

Kansas (1-4, 0-2) trailed 35-7 midway through the second quarter before slowly clawing back, spurred on by a change in quarterback from Peyton Bender to Carter Stanley. The two shared snaps early in the game, but Bender was ineffective and Stanley’s moxie seemed to energize the offense.

“Peyton looked like he was struggling a little bit with his command, and Carter looked like — when he was in there, he made a couple decent throws,” Kansas coach David Beaty said.

“We just felt like he gave us the best chance at that point.”

But after getting within 35-19 on Taylor Martin’s touchdown run in late in the third quarter, and forcing a quick fumble, the Jayhawks gave the momentum right back. Stanley’s pass was tipped and picked, and Shimonek hit Keke Coutee with a quick touchdown pass to restore order.

Coutee had eight catches for 87 yards, while Quan Shorts and Derrick Willies also had TD grabs.

Stanley finished with 110 yards passing, while Bender — who had beaten out last year’s starter in fall camp — was 12 of 24 for 146 yards with a touchdown and an interception.

The Red Raiders’ win streak against Kansas is their longest against a Big 12 foe, and very few of the meetings have been close. Their average margin of victory is more than 21 points, and the 65 points on Saturday surpassed their previous best against Kansas of 63 set in 2008.

“A few times this year we let teams get back in it,” Kingsbury said. “That was encouraging to see, when we had a chance to finish it, we finished it.”

QUOTABLE

Beaty on whether he was disappointed in the performance after having last week off: “I don’t get disappointed. I mean, it’s a job we do, right? We go to the next play. I mean, it is what it is. Y’all want me to say `disappointed’ a bunch, and I’m not going to do it.”

THE TAKEAWAY

Texas Tech has prioritized forcing turnovers after struggling in that category a year ago, and so far it has paid off. The Red Raiders came into the game with a Big 12-leading plus-seven turnover margin, and they added two interceptions and two fumble recoveries against the Jayhawks.

Kansas couldn’t overcome a litany of mistakes: The Jayhawks were twice stuffed on fourth-and-1 in the first quarter, their two picks came at inopportune times, their defense missed a slew of tackles and running back Khalil Herbert — who had 291 yards rushing two weeks ago against West Virginia — only had 10 carries for 65 yards before departing with an injury in the third quarter.

UP NEXT

Texas Tech plays the second of three October road games Saturday at No. 23 West Virginia.

Kansas heads to Iowa State on Saturday for the first of back-to-back road games.

— Associated Press —

Area High School Football Scores – Friday, October 7

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CITY
Raytown 41 (4-4, 2-3 Suburban Red)
@ Central 42 OT (3-5, 2-3 Suburban Red)

Bishop LeBlond 7 (2-6, 1-5 MEC)
@ Lafayette 63 (7-1, 5-1 MEC)

Benton 55 (2-6, 2-4 MEC)
@ Cameron 0 (0-8, 0-6 MEC)

St. Joseph Christian 80 (3-4, 2-4 GRC)
@ Braymer 32 (1-7, 0-6 GRC)

 

AREA
Savannah 3 (2-6, 2-4 MEC)
@ Maryville 14 (6-2, 4-2 MEC)

Chillicothe 14 (7-1, 5-1 MEC)
@ Smithville 7 (7-1, 5-1 MEC)

Lathrop 26 (6-2, 4-2 KCI)
@ East Buchanan 34 (7-1, 6-0 KCI)

Lawson 33 (4-4, 4-2 KCI)
@ Mid-Buchanan 18 (1-7, 1-5 KCI)

West Platte 21 (1-7, 0-6 KCI)
@ Plattsburg 41 (4-4, 2-4 KCI)

North Platte 18 (2-6, 2-4 KCI)
@ Hamilton 53 (7-1, 5-1 KCI)

South Harrison 6 (3-5, 3-3 GRC)
@ Princeton 20 (8-0, 5-0 GRC)

Milan 20 (1-7, 1-4 GRC)
@ Polo 12 (5-3, 3-2 GRC)

Putnam County 30 (3-5, 3-2 GRC)
@ Gallatin 28 (5-3, 4-2 GRC)

Trenton 48 (4-4)
@ Maysville 6 (1-7, 0-5 GRC)

 

8-MAN
North Andrew 6 (4-3, 3-2 GRC)
@ Worth County 56 (8-0, 6-0 GRC)

Stanberry 52 (8-0, 6-0 GRC)
@ East Atchison 6 (5-3, 5-2 275)

King City 50 (5-2, 3-2 GRC)
@ Albany 0 (1-7, 1-5 GRC)

Kansas City East Christian 30 (1-6)
@ Pattonsburg 88 (3-5, 2-4 GRC)

DeKalb 14 (1-7, 1-6 275)
@ Mound City 50 (8-0, 7-0 275)

Rock Port 82 (8-0, 7-0 275)
@ South Holt / Nodaway Holt 32 (3-5, 3-4 275)

Platte Valley 12 (0-8, 0-7 275)
@ Stewartsville 60 (3-4, 3-4 275)

North-West Nodaway 36 (2-6, 2-5 275)
@ Southwest Livingston 82 (4-4, 4-4 275)

No. 20 Griffons blank Nebraska-Kearney for 10th win

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ST. JOSEPH – The 20th ranked Missouri Western soccer team continued its winning ways Friday night with a 2-0 victory over Nebraska Kearney. MWSU improves to 10-1 overall and 4-0 in MIAA play with its sixth shutout win of the season.

STARS SHINE
While the Griffons didn’t light up the scoreboard Friday night, they did get goals from their two leaders and Sarah Lyle was part of the 22nd shutout of her career. Sydney Cluck got the Griffons on the board in the 15th minute with her sixth goal of the season. The goal tied Cluck with Taylor Schwartzkopf for the second most on the team. The MIAA’s scoring leader gave the Griffons their second goal. Cassidy Menke took a pass from Brooke Howe, headed it up and around a defender then put it in the net for her 11th goal of the season.

ON FRAME ALL NIGHT
Missouri Western out-shot the Lopers 19-4, including 12-0 in the first half. Ten of those Griffon shots were on goal, the most by the team since Sept. 24 at Lindenwood. Bridget Blessie led the team with five total shots and three on goal. Menke added four shots and Sarah Blakley had three. Ashley Mathis and Cluck had two shots each. On the flip side, Lyle and Ally Barb didn’t have too much work to do on the way to another combined shutout. Nebraska Kearney did not register a shot on goal in the game.

UP NEXT
The Griffons host Fort Hays State (6-3-2, 3-1) Sunday at noon. The Tigers escaped Maryville with a 2-1 win over Northwest Missouri, Friday afternoon.

— MWSU Athletics —

Northwest Missouri State soccer falls to Fort Hays State 2-1

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The Northwest Missouri State University soccer team fell to Fort Hays State, 2-1, on a rainy Friday afternoon at Bearcat Pitch in Maryville, Mo.

Northwest falls to 4-6 on the year and 1-3 in MIAA play. Fort Hays State improves to 6-3-2 on the season and 3-1 in conference action.

Freshman Bri Wawiorka scored her second goal of the year in the 47th minute. Classmate Madie Krueger played a ball to Wawiorka at the top of the box. After a cut back, Wawiorka finished to the high backside post to give Northwest a 1-0 lead.

Key Northwest Statistics
– Northwest outshot the Tigers, 25-11, on the afternoon. Each team earned six corner kicks in the match.

– Fort Hays was whistled for 13 fouls to the Bearcats seven.

– The Tigers scored in the 55th and 81st minutes to earn the win.

– Taylor Wolfe had a match-high five shots with four coming on goal.

– Kruger had four shots with two on goal to go along with her assist.

– Emily Madden and Izzy Romano each recorded three shots.

– Ashley Malloy made five saves in goal for the Bearcats.

Up Next
– Northwest will host Nebraska-Kearney on Sunday, Oct. 8, in the team’s annual Pink Game. The match will begin at 12:30 p.m.

— Northwest Athletics —

Western volleyball extends win streak to four with sweep at Fort Hays State

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FORT HAYS, Kan. – The Missouri Western volleyball team extended its winning streak to four games with a sweep at Fort Hays State 25-22, 25-14, 25-1.

The Griffons improve to 11-8 and 5-1 in the MIAA.

KEEP DIGGIN’
Missouri Western recorded 82 digs in the sweep, the most by MWSU in a three-set match this season. Kayla Ruff had 24 digs in the match, the most for her in a three-set match as well. Her performance also ranked fourth all-time in program history for a three-set match.

FINISHING STRONG
Fort Hays started the match with a 6-0 rally and outhit the Griffons by .037 in the first set. Despite the slow start, MWSU closed the match with a 9-3 advantage to win the set 25-22. In the next two sets, Missouri Western held the Tigers to hitting percentages of 0.81 in the second set and .175 in the third set as it hit above .298 in the last two sets.

UP NEXT
The Griffons travel to #9 Nebraska Kearney on Saturday, Oct. 7 with first served scheduled for 7 p.m.

— MWSU Athletics —

Bearcat volleyball loses at No. 9 Nebraska-Kearney in four sets

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The Northwest Missouri State University volleyball team fell to Nebraska-Kearney, 3-1, at the Health and Sports Center on Friday in Kearney, Neb.

The Bearcats fall to 9-9 on the year and 3-3 in MIAA play. The No. 9 ranked Lopers improve to 17-2 and 5-1 in conference action.

After dropping the first two sets, Northwest battled back in the third, taking the set, 27-25.

Key Northwest Statistics
– The Bearcats hit .120 for the match and held the Lopers to a .176 attack percentage.

– Maddy Bruder had 13 kills with 15 digs and a block.

– Freshman Morgan Lewis had 11 kills and four blocks.

– Olivia Nowakowski had 34 digs and a pair of assists.

– Sarah Dannettell added 32 assists to go along with five kills.

Key Northwest Sequence
– Down 23-21 in the third set, Northwest forced an attacking error by UNK and got a block from Lewis and Gaby da Silva to tie the set, 23-23. The Lopers got match point at 24-23 after a kill from Kendall Schroer. But a Lewis kill tied the match again at 24-24. Again the Lopers got match point at 25-24 on a kill from Schroer, forcing a Northwest timeout. Out of the break, Darcy Sundrman and Sofia Schleppenbach got back-to-back kills to give the Bearcats set point, 26-25. Sunderman served up an ace on the next point and Northwest took the third set, 27-25.

Up Next
– Northwest travels to Hays, Kan., to take on Fort Hays State at 2 p.m. on Saturday afternoon at Gross Memorial Coliseum.

— Northwest Athletics —

MWSU’s Shi Qing Ong named MIAA Golfer of the Week

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KANSAS CITY – For the third time this fall, Missouri Western junior Shi Qing Ong has been named the MIAA Women’s Golfer of the Week.

Ong placed second with a 1-under-par 141 earlier this week at the Central Oklahoma RCB Classic at the Golf Club of Edmond in Edmond, Oklahoma. She tied her own school record for lowest score in a round with a 2-under-par 69 on the final day of the event. On the first day, Ong carded a 1-over-par 72.

Last season, Ong was named MIAA Golfer of the Week four times and earned first team All-MIAA and WGCA All-Region honors.

— MWSU Athletics —

1998 & 1999 Northwest football teams to be inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame

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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – The Missouri Sports Hall of Fame has selected the 1998 and 1999 Northwest Missouri State University football teams for induction as members of the 2017 class. The announcement was made by President & Executive Director Jerald Andrews on Wednesday afternoon. The official induction ceremony will take place on Sunday, November 12 at the Stoney Creek Hotel & Conference Center, 18011 Bass Pro Drive in Independence. Festivities begin with a noon reception and 1 p.m. dinner, followed by the program. Tickets can be purchased by calling 417-889-3100.

The 1998 Bearcats went 15-0, capturing the NCAA title with a 24-6 victory over Carson Newman in Florence, Ala. Fifth year head coach Mel Tjeerdsma and his team captured their third-straight MIAA title and hosted three NCAA playoff games. Northwest avenged its only loss of the 1997 season, defeating Northern Colorado, 42-17, in Maryville in the NCAA quarterfinal round. Quarterback Chris Greisen earned his second-straight AFCA First Team All-America honor, throwing for a then program record 4,076 yards with 38 touchdown passes. Tjeerdsma was named the MIAA and AFCA Coach of the Year.

Northwest matched up again with Carson Newman in the 1999 title game, defeating Eagles, 58-52, in a four-overtime classic. The Bearcats went 14-1 on the year and 9-0 in MIAA play, capturing a fourth-straight conference title. Wide receiver Tony Miles was named a first team All-America performer by the AFCA and the Associated Press, catching 69 passes for 1,058 yards and eight touchdowns. For the fourth-straight year, Northwest matched up against Northern Colorado in the playoffs. The Bearcats won, 41-35, in Greeley, Colo., to earn the right to host the NCAA semifinal game the next week against Indiana (Pa.).

— Northwest Athletics —

Missouri Western’s Ong ties school record as Griffons finish 7th at UCO

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EDMOND, Okla. – Missouri Western junior Shi Qing Ong placed second with a 1-under-par 141 at the UCO RCB Classic at the Golf Club of Edmond on Tuesday. Her 2-under-par 69 in the final round tied for the lowest round in program history, a record she set last fall. Ong carded a 69 in the second round of the MIAA Fall Preview on Sept. 27, 2016.

Chong Yong scored a 155 in the event. Tiffanie Yabut and Jenna Kosmatka both shot 161 over the two rounds. Katie Irvin rounded out the MWSU scorecard with a 179.

As a team, Missouri Western finished seventh with a 618. Central Oklahoma claimed the team championship with a 585 and Arkansas Tech’s Peerada Piddon won the individual title with a 3-under-par 139.

The Griffons play in their final fall tournament on Monday at the Midwest Classic in Warrensburg, Missouri.

— MWSU Athletics —

Griffons’ Cluck named MIAA Co-Offensive Player of the Week

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Missouri Western soccer’s Sydney Cluck became the third member of her team to earn MIAA weekly honors when the senior was named Women’s Soccer Co-Offensive Athlete of the Week Tuesday.

Cluck broke an MWSU record with three assists in Friday’s 5-2 win over Missouri Southern and scored her team’s only goal in a shutout of Southwest Baptist Sunday. The senior again claimed the MWSU career assists record with her performance Friday night after trading the all-time record back-and-forth this season with Madeline Cowell. Cluck also enters this week second all-time at Missouri Western with 35 career points after her five point output last weekend.

The Spring Hill, Kansas native joined Cassidy Menke as Griffons to receive the honor this season. Sarah Blakley was named MIAA Defensive Athlete of the Week earlier this season. The No. 24-ranked Griffons are off to a 9-1 start and are in a three-way tie for first place in the MIAA entering two home contests this weekend. Missouri Western hosts Nebraska Kearney this Friday at 6 p.m. and Fort Hays State, Sunday, at noon.

— MWSU Athletics —

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