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Mizzou women roll to big win over Indiana State

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riggertMissouriCOLUMBIA, Mo. – Freshman Jordan Chavis (Lexington, N.C.) came off the bench to hit five three-pointers and score a career-high 17 points, as Mizzou Women’s Basketball rolled to a 77-48 win over Indiana State on Tuesday night at Mizzou Arena. Chavis tallied 13 of her game-high 17 in the second half to lead four Tigers in double figures, helping Mizzou (3-1) win its 26th consecutive non-conference home game.

Sophomore forward Cierra Porter (Columbia, Mo.) tallied 16 points and four rebounds, sophomore guard Sophie Cunningham (Columbia, Mo.) scored 15 points, and freshman forward Hannah Schuchts (Tallahassee, Fla.) added 10 points. Cunningham and Schuchts each pulled down a game-high-tying six rebounds, and Cunningham led all players with four assists.

The Tigers dominated from the outset, scoring the first 14 points of the game. Mizzou held the Sycamores (2-2) scoreless for the first 4:50, and without a field goal until their ninth shot fell with 4:05 left in the quarter. Buoyed by six points each from Sophie Cunningham and freshman guard Amber Smith (Shreveport, La.), the Tigers cruised to a 20-6 lead after the first 10 minutes.

Porter took over offensively in the second quarter, boosting the Mizzou lead to 16 on a 3-point play with 6:15 left in the half. After ISU slowly chipped away, Porter hit back-to-back long-range jumpers – the second a 3-pointer – to extend the lead to 31-16. The Tigers would maintain that 15-point lead at halftime, 34-19. Porter tallied a game-high 12 points in the first half, while Cunningham added five rebounds.

The Sycamores were able to close the lead to as low as eight points with 6:04 left in the third quarter. Mizzou responded with a 13-0 run, and would lead by at least 20 the rest of the way.

The Tigers continued their stellar free-throw shooting as a team, canning 27-of-28 charity tosses (96.4 percent) – a mark that is the third-best single-game free-throw percentage in school history. Mizzou came into the game shooting a SEC-best 78.3 percent from the line.

Mizzou will celebrate the Thanksgiving weekend in the Bahamas by playing in the Junkanoo Jam. The Tigers tip off Friday at 4:15 p.m. CT against Creighton, then cap their trip Saturday afternoon against either Dayton or Georgia Tech.

— Mizzou Athletics —

Griffons stay winless with loss to Lake Superior State

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mwsuST. JOSEPH – The Missouri Western men’s basketball team dropped to 0-4 on the season after an 81-63 loss to Lake Superior State Monday night in the MWSU Fieldhouse.

Cole Clearman tied a career high with 25 points, leading scorers in the game. The junior added six rebounds and four assists for the Griffons. But, Clearman’s scoring wasn’t enough for his team which shot 36 percent from the field, 27 percent from three-point range and 65 percent at the free throw line.

Missouri Western was competitive on the glass, pulling down 39 rebounds to Lake Superior State’s 40. Cold shooting from long range really hurt the Griffons, making just eight of 30 attempts from behind the arc.

Jason Jones scored 10 points for the Griffons and Joe Hamilton’s seven rebounds paced the team.

The Griffons head across the state later this week for the Marriott St. Louis Airport Classic. Missouri Western plays Maryville University on Friday at 5:15 p.m. and host UMSL on Saturday at 3 p.m.

Jackson leads No. 5 Kansas past UAB 83-63 in CBE Classic

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riggertKUKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Josh Jackson has been huddling with the Kansas coaching staff since the start of the season, and the message has been the same: If you quit fouling so much, you would say on the floor more.

The sensational freshman must have finally listened.

Jackson poured in 22 points, many of them on highlight-worthy dunks, while backcourt mates Frank Mason III and Devonte Graham helped carry the load as fifth-ranked Kansas routed Alabama-Birmingham 83-63 on Monday night in the semifinals of the CBE Classic.

“Me committing silly fouls take me out of the game, and don’t allow me to play as much as I’d like,” said Jackson, who also had seven rebounds and three assists. “It worked out today.”

Mason finished with 20 points and Graham had 16 for the Jayhawks (3-1), who advanced to play Georgia for the title on Tuesday night. The Bulldogs beat George Washington 81-73 in the other semifinal.

Kansas raced to a big early lead, weathered several runs by UAB, then relied on their backcourt of Jackson, Mason and Graham to pull away from the Blazers down the stretch.

“They’re very good. They’re obviously one of the best teams in the country,” UAB coach Robert Ehsan said. “When they shoot it like that, they’re very hard to beat.”

Dirk Williams led the Blazers (2-2) with 13 points. Tyler Madison had 12.

The Blazers got off to what looked like it would be a catastrophic start, turning the ball over seven times and missing their first 11 field-goal attempts. Their only points over the first 10 minutes came on foul shots, and by the time they finally hit the Jayhawks led 23-3.

“They started off really shooting it bad, and we defended pretty well,” Kansas coach Bill Self said, “but I didn’t think our defense was very good the last 30 minutes. I thought it was average at best.”

The Blazers took advantage with a run of their own.

They ripped off a 17-2 run over the next 6 minutes as the Jayhawks missed seven straight shots of their own, and they quieted a partisan crowd by getting within 27-20 late in the half.

If that didn’t make Self irate, the way Kansas ended it did. Graham hit a 3-pointer with 5 seconds to go, but UAB went coast-to-coast for a buzzer-beating basket to deflate the Jayhawks.

“We were exciting going into halftime,” Ehsan said. “I thought if we could make a run in the second half, we would have a shot. But they’re Kansas for a reason.”

The teams resumed trading runs early in the second half before the Jayhawks began pulling, and four 3-pointers by Svi Mykhailiuk — who finished with 15 points — helped put the game out of reach.

“We played really well. I think everybody’s mind was right,” Graham said. “We came in focused, just trying to do the little things we’ve been watching on film that we hadn’t been doing well.”

Jackson added an exclamation mark with just over four minutes left, taking a pass in the open floor and throwing down a windmill dunk while getting fouled for a three-point play.

“He’s an extremely talented player. His versatility is what I’ve been surprised with, how many things he can do on the floor,” Ehsan said. “He’s a tremendous player.”

CHARITY STRIPE

Self was plenty unhappy with the foul line at both ends of the floor. Kansas sent UAB there 26 times while going just 9 of 19 at its own end. “We have to figure out a way to get to the free-throw line,” he said, “and when we do, it’d be nice when we made some every now and then. We’re putting people on the line too much and giving people too many free points.”

BIG PICTURE

UAB showed some moxie in rallying from its big early hole, even the Jayhawks never led by fewer than five the rest of the way. It had to be encouraging for first-year coach Robert Ehsan, who is trying to get the Blazers back into the NCAA Tournament this year.

Kansas looked tired at times from a brutal start to the season. The Jayhawks played Indiana in Hawaii, Duke in New York and Siena at home on Friday night. The grind continues with the CBE Classic title game before another home game against UNC-Asheville on Friday night.

UP NEXT

UAB plays in the consolation game Tuesday night.

Kansas plays the Bulldogs for the tournament.

— Associated Press —

Two Jayhawks earn weekly Big 12 football honors

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riggertKULAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas had a pair of players recognized for their efforts in leading the Jayhawks to a 24-21 overtime win over Texas as sophomore defensive end Dorance Armstrong Jr., and senior kicker Matthew Wyman both snagged weekly honors the Big 12 Conference office announced Monday morning. Armstrong was tabbed Co-Defensive Player of the Week, while Wyman was named Special Teams Player of the Week.

Armstrong, who was honored by the conference office for the first time in his KU career, led the Jayhawks’ first win over the Longhorns since 1938 as he tallied a career-best 11 total tackles, including nine solo stops. Additionally, he collected 2.0 sacks and 3.0 TFLs in the win. Armstrong’s strip-sack of UT quarterback Tyrone Swoopes marked his second forced fumble of the season, a fumble he recovered returned seven yards. The Houston, Texas native now leads the Big 12 in both sacks (10.0) and TFLs (17.0) on the season.

32742Wyman, who was also honored for the first time in his KU career, propelled Kansas to its overtime victory over Texas by drilling a 25-yard field goal in overtime to forge the Jayhawks’ win. The Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, native connected on three field goals during the game. In addition to the game-winner, Wyman tied the game for KU with a 36-yard field goal with seven seconds remaining in regulation. He also drilled a 36-yard field goal in the second quarter. Wyman’s game-winning field goal marked the second of his career. He led KU to victory with a 52-yard winner against Louisiana Tech in 2013.

With Armstrong and Wyman picking up the awards during the same week, Kansas had two players honored by the Big 12 in the same week for the first time since Todd Reesing and Darrell Stuckey picked up weekly awards on Dec. 1, 2008 following a win over Missouri. Armstrong, Wyman and punter Cole Moos (Oct. 17) give Kansas three weekly award winners in a single season for the first time since 2007 when Reesing, Marcus Herford and Scott Webb were each honored by the Big 12 office.

UP NEXT: Kansas closes out the regular season when the Jayhawks travel to in-state rival Kansas State, Saturday, November 26. Kickoff against the Wildcats in the Dillons Sunflower Showdown is slated for 11 a.m., with the broadcast designated to FOX Sports 1.

— KU Athletics —

Chiefs’ five-game win streak snapped with 19-17 loss to Tampa Bay

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riggertChiefsKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jameis Winston sliced up a Kansas City defense missing top cornerback Marcus Peters, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers held on for a 19-17 victory Sunday that snapped the Chiefs’ five-game winning streak.

Winston threw for 331 yards to help set up four field goals by Roberto Aguayo, and hit tight end Robert Cross for a touchdown with just over 6 minutes left to give the Buccaneers (5-5) a cushion.

The Chiefs (7-3) marched swiftly downfield, and Alex Smith hit Albert Wilson with a short touchdown pass with just over 2 minutes left. But their defense couldn’t stop Mike Evans on third-and-3 just moments later, and the big wide receiver’s sixth reception gave the Buccaneers a first down.

By the time Kansas City finally forced a punt, there was 8 seconds left in the game.

It was the Buccaneers’ fifth straight win over Kansas City dating to 1993, and it snapped a home winning streak for the Chiefs that dated to a loss to Chicago on Oct. 11, 2015.

The Chiefs, who had won 17 of their last 19 regular-season games, were done in by a popgun offense that has repeatedly fizzled in the red zone. They had to settle for a field goal by Cairo Santos on their first trip and Alex Smith threw an interception in the end zone midway through the fourth quarter.

Smith was 23 of 30 for 268 yards in another inconsistent performance, while Spencer Ware was bottled up much of the afternoon. The bruising running back finished with just 69 yards rushing.

WINCHESTER PLAYS

Chiefs long snapper James Winchester played one day after the funeral for his father, Michael, who was shot to death at an Oklahoma City airport on Tuesday. Police believe the elder Winchester, an employee for Southwest Airlines, was gunned down in retaliation for losing his own airline job.

HOUSTON RETURNS

Chiefs linebacker Justin Houston made his season debut , though he hardly factored into the game. The four-time Pro Bowl pick has been out after surgery in February to repair the ACL in his left knee.

INJURIES

Buccaneers: Starting cornerback Brent Grimes left in the first half with a quad injury and did not return. Backup offensive lineman Ben Gottschalk left with a knee injury.

Chiefs: Outside linebacker Dee Ford, the NFL sack leader with 10 coming in, did not play in the second half with a hamstring injury. Peters (hip pointer), starting defensive tackle Jaye Howard (knee) and wide receiver Jeremy Maclin (groin) were inactive.

UP NEXT

Buccaneers: Return home next weekend to take on another Super Bowl favorite, Seattle.

Chiefs: Head to Denver for a Sunday night showdown between AFC West contenders.

— Associated Press —

No. 6 Bearcats hold off Metro State to stay unbeaten

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Northwest2013riggertThe Northwest Missouri State University men’s basketball team picked up a 66-64 win over MSU Denver on Sunday afternoon at the Auraria Event Center in Denver, Colo.

– The No. 6 ranked Bearcats improved to 4-0 on the year while the Roadrunners fall to 2-2.

– Four players reached double figures for Northwest, led by Zach Schneider with 15 points, all coming on three point shots.

– It was the first time this year that Northwest trailed at halftime, 32-31.

Key Northwest Statistics
– Northwest shot 47.8 percent from the field, hitting on 22-of-46 attempts.

– MSU Denver was held to just 39.3 percent shooting (22-56).

– There were a total of 44 personal fouls called in the contest, 18 against Northwest.

– Schneider also grabbed three rebounds in the game. He played all 40 minutes for Northwest.

– Justin Pitts scored 14 points on 5-of-12 shooting. he had three rebounds, a steal and an assist in the game.

– Anthony Woods scored 11 points, hitting 4-of-5 from the field including his only three point attempt. Woods had four assists and a rebound.

– Chris-Ebou Ndow scored 10 points and grabbed five rebounds.

– Brett Dougherty scored nine points with five rebounds, four assists and a blocked shot.

Key Northwest Sequences
– The Roadrunners took a 24-20 lead with 6:28 left in the first half. Northwest responded with a quick 7-0 run to give the Bearcats the lead. D’Vante Mosby started the run with a pair of makes from the charity stripe. MSU Denver was called for an illegal screen on the next possession and Pitts responded with a layup of his own, tying the game, 24-24. Northwest was whistled four a foul the next time down but the Roadrunners couldn’t convert the one-and-one and Ryan Welty knocked down a three pointer off an assist from Mosby to put the Bearcats up, 27-24 with 4:40 left to play in the first.

– Northwest started the second half on a 12-3 run to take an eight point lead. Pitts scored a layup right out of the halftime break. Dougherty hit an and-one to put the Bearcats up, 36-32. After a Roadrunner layup, Schneider knocked down his third three-pointer of the game to push the lead back to five, 39-34. The two teams each made a single free throw and at the 14:01 mark, Schneider got free and hit his fourth long range bucket to cap the run.

– Down by one with 1:33, each team had empty possessions. Woods grabbed a defensive rebound off a Roadrunner miss and Ndow was able to draw a foul with 19 seconds to go and promptly hit two from the line to give Northwest the lead, 65-64. With just four seconds left, MSU Denver drew a foul but missed both free throws. Ndow came away with the rebound and was promptly fouled. He hit 1-of-2 from the line to put the Bearcats up, 66-64.

Up Next
– Northwest will host Lake Superior State on Wednesday, Nov. 23, at 2 p.m. at Bearcat Arena. Saturday’s Bearcat game against Concordia University has been moved to 6 p.m.

— Northwest Athletics —

Walton scores 20 points, Missouri rallies to beat Tulane

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riggertMissouriORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — K.J. Walton scored 20 points and Frankie Hughes added 14 points as Missouri rallied to beat Tulane 67-62 at the Tire Pros Invitational.

Kevin Puryear scored 11 points for the Tigers (2-2), who claimed seventh-place in the tournament.

“I’m glad for our team that we finally experienced some success at this tournament,” Missouri coach Kim Anderson said. “I think maybe we had a little doubt in our minds today and the only way I know to cure that is to play with effort and intensity. We challenged them to do that and they responded.”

Tulane (1-4) got 18 points from Cameron Reynolds and 10 apiece from Malik Morgan and Kaiin Harris, but lost for the third straight time.

“This was a tale of two halves for us,” Tulane coach Mike Dunleavy said. “I thought we did a really nice job with their dribble penetration in the first half. Then they just took it to us in the second half, got to the free throw line a bunch and scored 40 points in the paint on us. It’s hard to survive that number.”

Puryear and Walton, who had two points each in the first half, woke up a stagnant Missouri offense at the start of the second half. They combined for 27 points after halftime.

Puryear scored nine of his team’s first 11 points of the second half with some strong post-up moves to cut the 10-point halftime deficit to just 36-33 with 15:50 left. A few minutes later, Walton came off the bench and scored 11 points in a 15-3 run to give Missouri a 51-46 lead.

BIG PICTURE

Missouri desperately needed this win. The Tigers looked uninspired in the first half, but showed a lot of fight and energy in the final 20 minutes. Tulane was just as desperate, but expectations for the Green Wave aren’t nearly as high as they are for the Tigers. Tulane led most of the game and had an opportunity to steal a win at the end.

AT THE LINE

Missouri didn’t shoot a free throw in the first half, but went 13 of 16 in the second half.

“Us not shooting a free throw in the first half is not a criticism of the officials, we just weren’t taking the ball strong to the basket,” Anderson said. “We didn’t abandon the perimeter game in the second half, but we wanted to get the ball to the basket as much as possible and it showed.”

WRONG DIRECTION

Missouri allowed opponents to shoot progressively better in each of its first three games before halting the run against Tulane. The Tigers limited Tulane to 33.3 percent for the game, after allowing Davidson to shoot 44.4 percent in its last game.

UNFAMILIAR TERRITORY

Tulane’s 32-22 halftime lead was the first time the Green Wave has led at the half in three games in the tournament. The advantage didn’t last.

UP NEXT

Tulane travels to Georgia Tech Saturday.

Missouri will host Northwestern State Saturday.

— Associated Press —

Iwundu, Kansas State cruise to 89-67 win over Hampton

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riggertKansasStateMANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Coming into the season, one of the bigger questions for Kansas State was how senior Wesley Iwundu would fare with some adjustments to his jump shot over the summer.

The answer appears to be so far so good.

Iwundu hit 3 of 3 from 3-point range and scored a season-high 23 points, Barry Brown added 16 on 7-of-12 shooting and Kansas State beat Hampton 89-67 on Sunday night.

Xavier Sneed scored 15 and Kamau Stokes had 13 points for Kansas State. Sneed and Stokes made three 3-pointers apiece as the Wildcats hit 12 of 23 from behind the arc.

“At the beginning of the game, both of us we’re going back and forth” Kansas State coach Bruce Weber said. “I’m looking at the score and we got four threes, they got three threes. As I’ve said all along, we’re a better three point shooting team. The main thing is getting good ones.”

Stokes made a 3 to break a 10-all tie and spark a 13-0 run and Kansas State (3-0) took a 46-36 lead into halftime. The Wildcats led by double figures throughout the second half and scored 13-straight points to open their biggest lead, 75-49, with 7:23 remaining.

Jermaine Marrow and led Hampton (1-2) with 15 points. Lawrence Cooks hit three 3-pointers and scored 10.

Kansas State made 28 of 48 (58 percent) from the field and hit 21 of 38 foul shots. The Pirates were 5 of 10 from the free-throw line.

STAT OF THE NIGHT: With the win vs. Hampton, Bruce Weber moved past Lon Kruger on K-State’s career wins list. Weber is now 82-54 in five seasons at Kansas State.

INJURY: Dante Williams returned to the Kansas State lineup on Sunday night after being under the concussion protocol and missing the first two games of the season.

BIG PICTURE

Hampton: The game against Kansas State is their only game against a team from a major conference in the 2016-17 season.

Kansas State: Barry Brown’s 16 points mark the third straight game where the sophomore has scored in double figures. Brown added four assists and three rebounds.

UP NEXT

Hampton: The Pirates remain on the road for the second game in the Barclays Center Classic. On Tuesday night they will travel to Virginia to face the Richmond Spiders

Kansas State: The Wildcats will be in action on Tuesday night as they welcome Robert Morris to Manhattan before traveling to Brooklyn for the semifinals of the Barclays Center Classic.

— Associated Press —

Missouri State High School Football Playoff Results

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MSHSAACLASS 6 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
Kirkwood 31, Blue Springs 14

CLASS 5 SEMIFINALS
Vianney 34, Staley 31
Ft. Zumwalt North 28, Battle 25

CLASS 4 SEMIFINALS
Kearney 14, Ladue Horton Watkins 10
Harrisonville 32, Parkway North 15

CLASS 3 SEMIFINALS
Maryville 42, Miller Career Academy 9
Monett 42, McCluer South 0

CLASS 2 SEMIFINALS
Trinity Catholic 45, Lawson 29
Lamar 62, Brentwood 19

CLASS 1 SEMIFINALS
Hamilton 33, Valle Catholic 19
Monroe City 34, Lincoln 28

8-MAN STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
North Andrew 50, Stanberry 22

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