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St. Joseph Mustangs release 2016 schedule

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riggertMustangsST. JOSEPH, Mo. – Thirty home contests and a Fourth of July Holiday Weekend full of festivities at Phil Welch Stadium highlight the St. Joseph Mustangs’ 2016 schedule.

The Mustangs will open the summer at home on June 1 with their first ever meeting against the Boulder Collegians of the Rocky Mountain Baseball League.

The non-league slate also includes a matchup against the Carroll Merchants for the second year in a row, St. Joe’s first all-time meeting with the Sioux Falls Pilots, and the annual Mustangs Alumni game on June 11.

The Mustangs – MINK champs each of the last two seasons – will begin their league title defense on June 2 at home against the Sedalia Bombers. That game begins a run of five straight league contests in the first week of the season.

St. Joseph will also see a crucial stretch of games in the third full week of the season with a doubleheader in Sedalia on June 20, then another twinbill on June 21 against the Nevada Griffons – the 2015 MINK League South Division winner.

Phil Welch Stadium will be busy throughout another Independence Day weekend with a six-game home stand beginning June 29 when the Mustangs host the Rossville Rattlers, the defending Mid-Plains League champions. The stretch concludes on July 4 when St. Joseph plays Sedalia. Fireworks will be featured after games on July 2, July 3 and July 4.

“This should be an exciting year. We’re playing host to some great teams from all over the country. We’re excited about the honor of hosting the MINK League All-Star Game and Home Run Derby again. There’s some great baseball to be played this summer, in front of some of the greatest fans,” Mustangs General Manager Ky Turner noted.

The regular season concludes for the Mustangs on July 24 in Clarinda.

The revamped postseason begins on July 26 with the top two teams in each division meeting for the MINK League Wild Card game. The MINK League Championship series begins two days later.

St. Joseph won 35 regular season games in 2015 on the way to its fourth MINK title in the last five years.

Season tickets and group outings are available now by calling (816) 279-7856.

To view the entire 2016 schedule, click here.

— Mustangs Press Release —

Kansas State falls on the road at No. 9 West Virginia 70-55

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riggertKansasStateMORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia played so well against Kansas State on Tuesday night that two technical fouls couldn’t even slow down the Mountaineers.

Jonathan Holton had 14 points and 11 rebounds to lead No. 9 West Virginia to a 70-55 victory that gave the Mountaineers a sweep of the season series.

It was Holton’s second double-double in three games for the Mountaineers (17-3, 6-2 Big 12).

Justin Edwards had 11 points for Kansas State (12-8, 2-6), which cut West Virginia’s lead to single digits in the second half just once. Dean Wade had nine points for the Wildcats, who connected on 20 of 57 shots (35.1 percent), and lost for the fifth straight time.

West Virginia, which led 34-25 at halftime, picked up consecutive technical fouls in the first half with no time going off the clock.

First, Tarik Phillip was whistled for a technical after making a layup to tie the game at 7. That was at 16:35 and Wade made one of the two free throws. The West Virginia bench was then hit with another technical. Edwards missed two free throws so the Wildcats led by one point.

“It’s not what I was trying to do,” Phillip said of the drawing the technical. “I guess it’s our emotions. They’re just trying to control our emotions, so that they can focus on controlling the game, I guess. That’s just part of it.”

West Virginia coach Bob Huggins was at a loss to explain the technicals.

“I don’t know (about the bench technical),” he said. “Ask them. I’m to the point (to where) I’m going to defend our guys. They can’t do it, obviously. Tarik got a technical for I don’t know what happened. But I’m going to defend them. It wears on you.”

The Mountaineers then went on a 10-0 run to go ahead 17-8.

When Edwards finally scored it had been over 6 minutes since the Wildcats had scored. It was 17-10 with 10:14 remaining in the first half and the lead would get to nine for the Mountaineers.

Kansas State scored six straight points to make it 21-18 with 4:48 to go.

But led by seldom-used Teyvon Myers, who scored seven points, the Mountaineers took the nine-point halftime lead.

In the second half, Kansas State got as close as 41-34 after seven straight points, but Nathan Adrian, playing for injured starter Esa Ahmad, knocked in a 3 and West Virginia led 44-34 with 12:12 to play.

“I think it’s always ironic, you get two technicals and we go 1-for-4 from the line,” Kansas State coach Bruce Weber said. “I think if you go study the next foul calls, I think it changed a lot. But that’s basketball and they’re a good team. He’s got them playing hard and they’ve got a lot of confidence and play well.”

TIP-INS

West Virginia: The Mountaineers were tied with Oklahoma and Baylor for first place in the Big 12 coming in. Oklahoma beat Texas Tech 91-67 on Tuesday.

Kansas State: is 0-4 on the road in the Big 12, but two of those losses were in double overtime, to Texas and Baylor. The Wildcats are one of 10 schools to have at least 11 conference wins in the last three seasons.

UP NEXT

Kansas State hosts Mississippi on Saturday in the Big 12-SEC Challenge.

West Virginia goes to Florida on Saturday for the Big 12-SEC Challenge.

CLIMBING THE CHARTS

Huggins led Kansas State to a 21-12 record in 2006-07, the Wildcats’ most wins in 19 years. He has a career coaching record of 782-315. That victory total puts him in sole possession of 10th place on the all-time winningest coaches list. He needs four wins to tie Lefty Driesell for ninth place.

CONFERENCE EFFORT

Jaysean Paige, who has been the Mountaineers’ sixth-man through most of the season, is averaging 17.7 points in the Big 12. Phillip scored a career-high 20 points in the victory at Texas Tech. Neither player starts.

The Mountaineers’ bench outscored the Wildcats, 30-15.

Kamau Stokes, Kansas State’s freshman guard, was averaging 15 points over the previous four games. He delivered 42 error-free minutes in the Mountaineers’ double-overtime victory at Kansas State in early January.

Kansas State turned the ball over just five times in its first meeting with West Virginia. Huggins was forced into a 1-3-1 zone to break the Wildcats loose from the ball. On Tuesday, the Wildcats committed 19 turnovers.

WHAT HAPPENS

West Virginia has allowed its opponent to shoot 50 percent or better only 49 times under Huggins in 295 games. West Virginia is 155-30 under Huggins when holding opponents to 69 points or less.

— Associated Press —

Missouri suspends QB Maty Mauk after video of possible drug use

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riggertMissouriThe University of Missouri has suspended quarterback Maty Mauk for the third time in four months as a video surfaced late Monday night on Twitter.

The video shows a male who appears to be Mauk bending over a table and snorting a white substance.

Athletics Director Mack Rhoades and football coach Barry Odom released a joint statement shortly after the video went viral: “We are currently gathering information regarding the video in question. This is an issue we take very seriously and one that will not be tolerated within our program. We will take appropriate action once we have all the facts. In the interim, Maty Mauk has been indefinitely suspended from the Mizzou football program.”

Mauk was suspended for four games during the 2015 regular season for violating undisclosed team rules.  He was reinstated and shortly after was suspended for the final four games of the season.

After Odom was hired to replace head coach Gary Pinkel, he reinstated Mauk on December 23rd and cleared him to rejoin team activities.

Mauk, who will be a redshirt senior in 2016, led Missouri to back-to-back SEC East titles in 2013 and 2014 before his suspensions last season.  In 28 career games, he’s completed 52.7 percent of his passes, with 42 touchdowns and 19 interceptions.

No. 4 Jayhawks fall at 14th-ranked Iowa State 85-72

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riggertKUAMES, Iowa (AP) — Kansas had Iowa State’s number for what felt like a century

The Cyclones might finally be turning this rivalry in their favor.

Monte Morris scored 21 points, Georges Niang had 19 and No. 14 Iowa State blew past Kansas 85-72 on Monday night for its fourth straight win.

Abdel Nader added 17 points for the Cyclones (16-4, 5-3 Big 12), who have beaten three of the top four teams in this week’s Top 25.

Iowa State overcame a sluggish start with a 24-7 run midway through the second half, and Niang’s three-point play made it 80-67 with 2 minutes left.

Perry Ellis had 23 points and Frank Mason III scored 16 to lead Kansas (16-4, 5-3), which lost its third straight road game. The Jayhawks have lost four of their last five against the Cyclones, a first for a Bill Self-coached team against a Big 12 opponent.

Iowa State was only a week removed from toppling top-ranked Oklahoma, its first win over a No. 1 team since 1957.

But this was the game the Cyclones and their fans have had circled on their calendars since October.

Some Iowa State students camped out for up to a week waiting for tickets to the game, which has long figured to have major implications for the Cyclones if they hope to end Kansas’s 11-year streak of Big 12 titles.

It was the Jayhawks who came out on fire though.

Kansas hit 17 of its first 29 shots against a defense that entered play ranked last in the Big 12 in points allowed and went up 43-36 at halftime.

But the Jayhawks went cold, and the Cyclones finally pulled even at 53-all on a 3-pointer by Matt Thomas with 11:40 left. Deonte Burton’s 3 with 9 minutes to go gave Iowa State its first lead, 60-57.

The Cyclones kept rolling after that, handing the Jayhawks their second straight road loss by double digits.

TIP-INS

Kansas: Four Kansas starters had at least three field goals in the first half — and all of them shot at least 50 percent. … The Jayhawks joined No. 1 Oklahoma and No. 3 Iowa as teams who have lost in Ames this season. … Kansas was outscored 49-29 in the second half.

Iowa State: Morris was named the Big 12’s player of the week Monday. He averaged 19 points a game in wins over Oklahoma and TCU. … Thirteen-year-old Henry Campbell, a ball boy for Iowa State who lives in nearby Waukee, hit consecutive half-court shots before warmups. He then made the “3” sign with both hands as the student section cheered him on.

WHAT’S NEXT

Kansas hosts No. 20 Kentucky on Saturday.

Iowa State plays at No. 5 Texas A&M Saturday.

— Associated Press —

Chiefs’ Derrick Johnson added to Pro Bowl roster

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riggertChiefsKansas City Chiefs linebacker Derrick Johnson has been named to the 2016 NFL Pro Bowl after the Carolina Panthers advanced to the Super Bowl. Johnson will replace Panthers linebacker Luke Kuechly.

After suffering a season-ending ruptured Achilles injury in Week 1 of 2014, Johnson rebounded in 2015 to lead the Chiefs with 116 tackles (95 solo) and became the Chiefs all-time leading tackler in Week 3. He also had 4.0 sacks and 2 forced fumbles.

Johnson, who is joined in Hawaii by teammates Eric Berry, Travis Kelce, Tamba Hali, Justin Houston and Marcus Peters, will travel to the fourth Pro Bowl of his career.

— KCChiefs.com —

KU’s Selden named to Oscar Robertson Trophy midseason watch list

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riggertKUST. LOUIS, Mo. – Kansas guard Wayne Selden Jr., has been named to the U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) midseason watch list for the 2016 Oscar Robertson Trophy, which recognizes the men’s national player of the year, the USBWA announced Monday.

Selden is one of 20 named to the Oscar Robertson Trophy midseason list. The USBWA, comprised of nearly 1,000 sports journalists covering college basketball for newspapers, magazines and websites, will select the recipient of the award.

Selden ranks third in the Big 12, eighth nationally, with a 48.5 3-point field goal percentage. The junior from Roxbury, Massachusetts averages 14.7 points per game, which is eighth in the conference, and is second in the league with 2.6 3-pointers made per game. Selden has four games of 20-plus points this season, including two in league play.

The Oscar Robertson Trophy will be presented at the College Basketball Awards gala in Oklahoma City on April 11, 2016, at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. Other awards being presented at the gala include the Wayman Tisdale Award (men’s national freshman of year) and the Ann Meyers Drysdale Award (women’s national player of the year).

— KU Sports Information —

Mizzou’s Houck named Preseason All-American by D1Baseball.com

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riggertMissouriCOLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Baseball sophomore righty Tanner Houck (Collinsville, Ill.) has been named a Preseason All-American by D1Baseball.com, as announced Monday (Jan. 25). Houck, who was a consensus Freshman All-American a year ago, landed on D1Baseball’s All-America Third Team on Monday. Houck is Mizzou’s first Preseason All-American since Kyle Gibson and Trevor Coleman earned the distinction in 2009. He was also a preseason All-America third team honoree by PerfectGame.com earlier this month.

Houck put together one of the best freshman seasons in Mizzou baseball history. His eight wins are the most by a Tiger freshman since Kyle Gibson (a former first-round draft pick) in 2007 and his 100.2 innings are the most ever by a Tiger freshman under Tim Jamieson. At the end of the regular season, he had thrown more innings than any other freshman in the country. He compiled a 3.49 ERA on the season, striking out 91 batters over 100.2 innings while walking just 12 in 15 starts as a freshman.

Houck was named to the Golden Spikes Award Midseason Watch List and was an All-SEC Freshman Team honoree as well. He helped Mizzou defeat three top-five teams – No. 6 South Carolina, No. 4 Florida and No. 1 Texas A&M – earning wins in two of those three starts. Houck spent his summer with USA Baseball’s Collegiate National Team, where he led the team in innings pitched, strikeouts and starts while boasting an 11-1 strikeout-walk ratio and a .159 opponent batting average. He threw 4.0 perfect innings in a combined no-hitter against Cuba as well.

— Mizzou Athletics —

Stock lifts No. 23 Missouri women past 22nd-ranked Florida 79-64

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riggertMissouriCOLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Morgan Stock came off the bench to hit 7 of 9 shots, including four 3-pointers, and scored 18 points, to lead No. 23 Missouri to a 79-64 win over No. 22 Florida on Sunday.

Sophie Cunningham and Juanita Robinson both scored 12 for the Tigers (16-4, 3-4 SEC), who shot 53 percent (26 of 49) with eight 3-pointers to offset 30 turnovers.

Ronni Williams had 14 points and Carlie Needles 12 for the Gators (16-4, 4-3), who shot 38 percent (23 of 60) and had 23 turnovers.

The game was tied after one quarter and the half but after a 3-pointer by Needles put the Gators up 41-40 at 6:23 of the third, the Tigers scored seven straight to take the lead for good. Cunningham put Missouri up with a pair of free throws and Stock’s 3-pointer made it 47-41.

There were 57 fouls and 47 free-throw attempts.

— Associated Press —

Missouri State falls at home to Southern Illinois

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riggertMSUSPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Bola Olaniyan scored a career-high 17 points and Southern Illinois beat Missouri State 80-65 on Sunday.

The Salukis (18-3, 6-1 Missouri Valley) have won four straight, 10 of 11 and are an NCAA-leading 8-0 on the road.

Olaniyan was 7-of-9 shooting. Tyler Smithpeters was perfect on four 3-point attempts and scored 13 points. Mike Rodriguez also scored 13 points with Lee Vincent adding 11 and Sean O’Brien 10. Anthony Beane had a career-high six assists.

Dequon Miller scored 22 points for the Bears (8-12, 4-4), who had won three straight MVC games for the first time since 2010-11. Ryan Kreklow added 14 points and Jarred Dixon 10.

Southern Illinois led from early on, building a permanent double-digit lead with nine minutes left in the first half. The Salukis took their biggest lead of 23 points, 62-39, with 10:34 left in the game after four points from Olaniyan.

— Associated Press —

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