LAWRENCE, Kan. – The Kansas Jayhawks cruised to a win over the Pittsburg State Gorillas, 102-42, in their second and final exhibition of the season inside of Allen Fieldhouse on Thursday, with three players in double figures, including a game high 19 points from Kansas sophomore Ochai Agbaji.

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — San Francisco’s game-manager turned into quite the game-changer in an impressive performance.

Jimmy Garoppolo threw for 317 yards and four touchdowns on a night his team’s vaunted defense wasn’t at its best, and the San Francisco 49ers reached the halfway point of their season undefeated, beating the Arizona Cardinals 28-25 on Thursday.

For a quarterback who often gets the backhanded compliment of being a good game-manager, Garoppolo’s stellar performance provided some proof that the 27-year-old might be a little better than people think.

His teammates already knew.

“Yeah, he’s pretty good,” San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle said. “I don’t know why people don’t think he is. He makes some pretty gutsy throws out there, doesn’t he? Goodness gracious.”

San Francisco (8-0) fell behind 7-0 but responded with three touchdowns — one as time expired in the second quarter after Cardinals coach Kliff Kingsbury called a timeout and gave the 49ers a second chance on fourth down — to take a 21-7 halftime lead.

The 49ers were in control until about five minutes left in the fourth quarter, when Andy Isabella caught a short pass and sprinted for an 88-yard touchdown to help the Cardinals pull to 28-25.

But the 49ers were able to run out the clock on their ensuing offensive drive to end Arizona’s comeback. Garoppolo had two crucial third-down completions to keep the final drive alive, including one to Emmanuel Sanders who caught seven passes for 112 yards and a touchdown.

Garoppolo completed 28 of 37 throws including touchdowns of 30, 7, 1 and 21 yards.

“Our team has done a good job of winning in different ways this year,” Garoppolo said. “Whether it’s offense, special teams, defense or mixing and matching all of them. That’s how you create a good football team. You’re not relying on one part and everyone’s playing tomorrow. Complimentary football.

“That’s where we’re at right now.”

Even in victory and at 8-0, Niners cornerback Richard Sherman was downright grumpy when asked about the defense. Arizona had 357 total yards.

“It’s not about the results. The results are going to be what they are,” Sherman said. “Thank goodness our offense executed. But it’s about the process, it’s executing the way you’re supposed to. It’s about doing your job repeatedly, like with robotic consistency.”

Arizona (3-5-1) lost its second straight game. Rookie quarterback Kyler Murray threw for 241 yards and two touchdowns.

The Cardinals came into the game without their top two running backs, David Johnson and Chase Edmonds, who were battling injuries.

Kenyan Drake — who was acquired by the Cardinals on Monday in a trade with the Miami Dolphins — ran for 36 yards on the first play of the game and capped the opening drive with a 4-yard touchdown run. He finished with a team-high 110 yards rushing and 52 yards receiving.

“That’s what we expected from him, why we traded for him,” Kingsbury said. “His skill set is perfect for what we do. He’s explosive, he runs tough and to come and learn an entirely new offense, we didn’t hold anything back. We knew we could call our best game.”

BAD TIMING

Arizona looked as if was about to escape the first half trailing 14-7 after San Francisco’s Jeff Wilson Jr. was stopped on fourth down just shy of the goal line with a few seconds remaining in the first half.

But there was one major problem for the Cardinals: Kingsbury called a timeout just before the play began.

The 49ers converted on their second chance when Garoppolo hit Sanders for a 1-yard touchdown pass and a 21-7 lead. Kingsbury said he was trying to get a “Kodak” snapshot of what the 49ers were trying to do.

“Obviously looking back on it we would have rather gotten that stop,” Kingsbury said. “It just didn’t work out for us this time.”

ROAD WARRIORS

San Francisco’s off to an 8-0 start for the second time in franchise history. The Niners won 10 straight games to start the 1990 season.

This year’s streak has included five road wins. The 49ers have three straight home games starting with the Seahawks on Nov. 11.

KITTLE SCARE

The 49ers got a scare early when star tight end George Kittle left the game after taking a helmet to the knee. But the third-year star quickly returned and responded with a 30-yard touchdown catch late in the first quarter to tie it at 7.

INJURIES

49ers: Defensive lineman Arik Armstead left in the first quarter with a throat injury but returned to the game. … Linebacker Kwon Alexander had a chest injury in the second half and didn’t return.

Cardinals: Defensive lineman Clinton McDonald left with what the team called a “stinger” in the third quarter.

UP NEXT

San Francisco returns home to face Seattle on Nov. 11 for a Monday night game.

Arizona travels to Tampa Bay on Nov. 10.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Royals hired Mike Matheny on Thursday, bringing in a manager who took the cross-state Cardinals to the World Series six years ago before a three-season swoon cost him his job.

The 49-year-old Matheny went 591-474 with the Cardinals and was the first manager to reach the postseason his first four seasons. The Cardinals reached the World Series in 2013, losing to the Red Sox, but Matheny was fired in July 2018 with the team in jeopardy of missing the playoffs.

Matheny was hired last November by the Royals as a special adviser for player development, and the belief among many was that he was being groomed to take over when Ned Yost retired.

That happened shortly before the Royals finished another 100-loss campaign last month.

“Our entire organization is delighted to announce and celebrate the hiring of Mike Matheny,” general manager Dayton Moore said in a statement. “Every department has had the pleasure to work and interact with him this past season. Through this interaction, it became very clear to our leadership team that Mike is the obvious person to lead our baseball team.”

The Royals are in the midst of a massive retooling effort after their back-to-back World Series appearances in 2014-15, a run of success that culminated with their first championship since 1985.

That team’s foundation reached free agency shortly after beating the New York Mets for the title, forcing the small-market organization to dismantle and rebuild. Wins have been hard to come by, but the team showed progress this past season as a wave of young position players reached the majors.

The fact that Matheny spent the past season evaluating the progress of those players, along with a batch of talented pitchers still in the minors, gave him a leg up in the competition for the job.

Matheny was a Gold Glove-winning catcher who succeeded Tony La Russa as Cardinals manager after St. Louis won the 2011 World Series. But after some immediate success endeared him to plenty of Cardinals fans, Matheny was just 216-201 in his final two-plus seasons, culminating in the club’s first in-season managerial change since Joe Torre was replaced by Mike Jorgensen in 1995.

The Royals can only hope Matheny has as much success in Kansas City as Torre had in his next stop: He led the New York Yankees to four World Series championships in a five-year span.

While Matheny brings postseason experience — he managed 43 playoff games in St. Louis — his real value beginning next season will be developing the young talent on the roster.

Talented shortstop Adalberto Mondesi had shoulder surgery but should be back next season, and outfielder Jorge Soler set a club record with 48 homers last season. Third baseman Hunter Dozier added 26 in a breakthrough season while Whit Merrifield had another 200-hit season at second base.

With a young lineup largely set, the Royals will spend the next couple of seasons piecing together a starting rotation and bullpen. Brad Keller and Jakob Junis are the only certainties among starters and closer Ian Kennedy was the only reliable relief option last season.

Matheny’s hiring comes at a pivotal juncture off the field, too.

In late August, the Glass family announced they were selling the Royals to an ownership group led by local businessman John Sherman in a deal expected to be worth about $1 billion. Sherman and his local co-investors will become only the third owners since Ewing Kauffman founded the club in 1969.

Sherman is considered an astute businessman and respected civic leader, but he’s also a brilliant baseball mind. He was a season ticketholder of the Royals for years before purchasing an interest in the Cleveland Indians — an interest he will be selling before his purchase of the Royals is complete.

League owners are expected to vote on the sale at their meeting Nov. 21.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — In what has already been a rough start to the season for the Warriors, now Stephen Curry is down. A two-time MVP, Golden State’s longest-tenured player and its oldest at age 31. The heart and soul of his team.

Curry broke his left hand and became the latest injured Warriors player when he fell hard in the third quarter of another embarrassing defeat by Golden State, 121-110 to the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday night. A CT scan will determine whether Curry needs surgery, the Warriors said.

“I just feel bad for him,” Suns coach Monty Williams said. “When these guys who are the faces of the league go down it’s not good for the league, but especially someone like Steph, who’s done so much to raise the level of excitement here in the Bay Area and throughout the league.”

Curry drove to his left defended by Kelly Oubre Jr. and with big man Aron Baynes standing solidly in the paint. Curry leapt with the ball then came down head first landing awkwardly on his hands to brace himself from the court, with Baynes crashing onto Curry’s left hand. Curry grimaced in pain grabbing at his fingers then walked to the locker room with 8:31 left in the third quarter.

“Aron Baynes came up after the game and just wanted to know how Steph was doing,” coach Steve Kerr said. “You could tell he felt really bad. It’s just a random basketball play, so stuff happens.”

Baynes had 24 points, 12 rebounds seven assists and three blocked shots, Devin Booker scored 31 points as the Suns jumped out to a huge lead they never relinquished. The Warriors have lost badly in their first two home games at sparkling new Chase Center.

The ailing, undermanned Warriors welcomed back two players but still fell behind 39-11 shooting 4 for 17 as the Suns made 14 of their first 23 shots and 8 of 12 3-pointers.

Curry had nine points on 3-for-11 shooting before getting hurt.

Losing Curry for an extended period would be a huge blow for a young Warriors team.

“Of course it hurts knowing that Steph Curry’s down,” said rookie Eric Paschall, who made his first career start and scored a team-high 20 points. ”… That’s a very, very valuable piece of our team but I feel like we’re going to stay positive.”

Golden State is struggling to start the season with Kevin Durant’s departure to Brooklyn and Klay Thompson out for perhaps the entire season recovering from July 2 surgery to repair a torn ACL in his left knee.

This was another rough one after an embarrassing season opener in the first game at Chase Center, a 141-122 loss to the Clippers last Thursday that saw some fans leaving after the third quarter.

Golden State returned home with a 1-2 record and amid a stretch with five games over seven days and two back-to-backs.

The Warriors trailed 72-46 at halftime Wednesday after falling behind 70-37 at the break in Oklahoma City on Sunday.

Golden State center Willie Cauley-Stein, who missed all of training camp with a sprain in his left foot, had 12 points and five rebounds in his Golden State debut. He checked in for the first time at the 8:23 mark of the first quarter.

LGBTQ NIGHT

The Warriors held LGBTQ Night with a panel following the game featuring Golden State COO Rick Welts — the first openly gay NBA executive — WNBA and Olympic champion Sue Bird of the Seattle Storm and her partner, Megan Rapinoe, of the World Cup-winning U.S. women’s soccer team.

Kerr tried to connect with Rapinoe over the summer to have her speak to the World Cup basketball team he coached that went to China. It didn’t work out but he hoped to get a few minutes with her Wednesday.

“She’s such an incredible athlete and advocate and Sue has been one of the best women’s players in the game for a long time,” Kerr said. “I know Rick is close with both of them so it’s important I think, especially on a night like tonight where we’re celebrating the idea of being accepting of everyone, it’s great to have them here.”

The women also spoke to members of the Warriors organization earlier in the day.

Bird and the U.S. women’s basketball team play at Stanford on Saturday.

TIP-INS

Suns: Phoenix beat Golden State for just the third time in the last 21 regular-season meetings. … The Suns’ 115-111 win at Golden State on March 10 this year snapped an 18-game losing streak to the Warriors and a 14-game road skid in the series. … Suns assistant coach Willie Green spent the past three years with the Warriors.

Warriors: Kerr said F Kevon Looney, who missed his fourth straight game because of a right hamstring injury, is scheduled to be evaluated early next week by a team of specialists because of an “on-going presence of a neuropathic condition in his body, which has a direct correlation to his recent injury.” Looney is limited to controlled workouts with the training staff for now. “He’s frustrated and we’re frustrated for him,” Kerr said. … Alec Burks, who missed all five preseason games and the first three of the regular season, also returned for the Warriors and scored seven points in his first game with Golden State. … G Jacob Evans III sat out Wednesday after exiting Monday against the Pelicans in the first quarter with a left adductor strain.

UP NEXT

Suns: At Grizzlies on Saturday.

Warriors: Host Spurs on Friday in the first of two games in two nights with Charlotte visiting Saturday night.

EMPORIA, Kan. – Emporia State returns to Jones Field at Welch Stadium to take on Washburn in the 116th edition of the Turnpike Tussle. It is the only active NCAA Division II rivalry where each team has at least 50 wins.

LAST TIME OUT
Emporia State was shut out for the first time in 15 games in a 28-0 loss at Missouri Western on Saturday afternoon. Defensively the Hornets held the Griffons nearly 16 points below their season average.
Trailing 14-0 in the second quarter Dalton Cowan appeared to hit Wil Amos for a 41 yard touchdown with 3:53 left. that would have pulled the Hornets within 14-7.  However ESU was flagged for an illegal shift and the play was called back.  The Hornets advanced to the 30 but turned the ball over on downs with 2:43 left in the half. Western answered with a nine play, 70 yard drive capped by a three yard pass from Wyatt Steigerwald to Luke Vang to give the Griffons a 21-0 lead with 28 seconds left in the half.
Braden Gleason went 10 of 18 for 122 yards with an interception and added 45 rushing yards on 12 carries in the second half.  Jordan Birch was the top ground gainer for the Hornets with 46 yards on six carries. Gee Stanley had ten tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss while Lawson Holbert had nine solo stops, a forced fumble and fumble recovery.

THE COACHES
Garin Higgins has a career record of 131-76 in his 18th season as a head coach. He is 80-67 in his 13th season at his alma mater and is 71-43 since the start of the 2010 season. He has led the Hornets to the post season in five of the last seven years with three NCAA Playoffs and a national semifinal appearance in 2015. He had a 51-9 career record as the head coach at Northwestern Oklahoma, including two trips to the national championship game. Higgins was a quarterback for Emporia State from 1987-90 and was on the 1989 national runners-up team. He is 6-6 against Washburn.
Craig Schurig is 118-85 in his 17th year at Washburn. He is 10-7 against Emporia State.

SCOUTING THE HORNETS
Emporia State is 2-6 on the year but have been within one score in the fourth quarter of four of their six losses. They are ranked second in the MIAA in pass defense and are third in total defense. They have kept their last four opponents to over 10 points below their season scoring average. The Hornets have allowed an MIAA low nine touchdown passes on the season and are 15th in the nation in third down defense. Jace McDown is second in the MIAA in total and solo tackles.

SCOUTING THE ICHABODS
Washburn is 3-5 on the year with wins over Lincoln, Northeastern State and Missouri Southern. James Letcher, Jr. is second in the MIAA in all purpose yardage at 165.0 yards per game with over half of those yards coming on kick returns.

THE SERIES
The Turnpike Tussle is the second most played active rivalry in NCAA Division II and the only one in which both teams have 50 wins. This is the 116th meeting in a series that began in 1899. The Hornets lead the series 57-52-6. Emporia State has won six of the last seven meetings.

LAST TIME VS. WASHBURN
Justin Brown blocked a potential game winning field goal on the last play of regulation and then scored the game winning touchdown in overtime as Emporia State defeated Washburn 34-31. Emporia State went up 28-21 in the third quarter and Washburn tied it at 28 with 14:51 left in the game. WU drove to the ESU seven yard line with 29 seconds left and then ran the clock down to :03 before setting up for the field goal that was blocked by Brown. After the Bods converted a field goal in their half of the OT, Braxton Marstall hit Brown for an eight yard touchdown for the walk-off win. Marstall finished the game 32 of 51 for 373 yards with three touchdowns while adding 40 yards on the ground on 12 carries with two scores.  Brown had seven catches for 91 yards and a touchdown.  Jace McDown had a career high 14 tackles and forced two fumbles.

UP NEXT
The Hornets head to Mo. Southern for their final road trip. Kick-off in Joplin, Mo. is set for 3:00 p.m.

KNOW THE FOE
The Turnpike Tussle between Emporia State and Washburn is the second most played active rivalry in NCAA Division II history now that Black Hills State and South Dakota Mines have joined D2. It is the only series in Division II in which both teams have won 50 games. The Hornets have won 57 while the Ichabods have picked up 52 wins and there have been six ties. Emporia State has scored a total of 1,967 points while Washburn has scored 1,937 points, a difference of just 0.26 points per game over 115 contests. In MIAA only games, Emporia State leads the series 18-10. The Hornets have averaged 29.89 points and the Ichabods 26.54 points per game in the 28 MIAA meetings, however the average margin of victory in each game has been 18.54 points. Only eight of the 28 MIAA contests between the two have been decided by eight points or less with the Hornets holding a 7-1 advantage in close games. Emporia State won a series best 11 straight games from 1991-2001 before Washburn won eight straight from 2004-11.  The Hornets have now won six of the last seven meetings.
When competitions in football, men’s and women’s basketball, volleyball, baseball, softball and women’s soccer are added together Emporia State has a 565-407-8 all-time advantage heading into this weekend’s action.

Game #9
Emporia State Hornets (2-6, 2-6 MIAA) vs. Washburn Ichabods (3-5, 3-5 MIAA)
Saturday, Nov. 2 at 2:00 p.m. • Jones Field at Welch Stadium (7,000) • Emporia, Kan.
Series Record: ESU leads 57-52-6 Current Streak: ESU 4 Wins
Last Meeting: ESU 34, at WU 31 OT (October 27, 2018)
Radio: KFFX-FM (104.9) Pregame 1:00 p.m. TV: None
Internet (Audio): www.kvoe.com Internet (Video): themiaanetwork.com/esuhornets
Live Stats • Ticket Info • Complete Notes in pdf
Officials: Announced on Game Day
Up Next: at Missouri Southern • Sat., Nov. 9 at 3:00 p.m.
Hughes Stadium (7,000) • Joplin, Mo.

Thursday Morning Sports Report from KWBW Radio

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs remain hopeful that injured quarterback Patrick Mahomes will be available when they play the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium. Mahomes dislocated his right kneecap two weeks ago in Denver. He practiced on a limited basis last week before he was declared out on Friday. The Chiefs started Matt Moore in his place against Green Bay and lost 31-24 to the Packers on Sunday night.

MANHATTAN, Kan. – Seniors Makol Mawien and Xavier Sneed combined for 26 points and 18 rebounds, as Kansas State overcame a 3-point barrage by Washburn, 66-56, in the team’s final exhibition game on Wednesday night before 7,239 fans at Bramlage Coliseum.

UNDATED (AP) — TCU and Oklahoma State meet after both got needed wins in the Big 12. The Horned Frogs and Cowboys have freshman starting quarterbacks, and the league’s longest-tenured coaches. Gary Patterson is in 19th season at TCU and Mike Gundy in his 15th season at Oklahoma State. Both had lost three of four games before wins last week that knocked other Big 12 teams out of the Top 25. TCU beat Texas, and Oklahoma State beat Iowa State.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State officials say they’re still investigating the fall of a man onto other football fans below at Jack Trice Stadium. The university says the fan tumbled from the second level on the stadium’s east side during the first half Saturday of the game against Oklahoma State, which the Cowboys won, 34-27. University spokeswoman Angie Hunt said Wednesday that she couldn’t yet clarify how many people were injured or say whether the fan who fell remained hospitalized. Names haven’t been released.

WACO, Texas (AP) — Things started turning for No. 12 Baylor when quarterback Charlie Brewer first faced West Virginia. The Bears are still undefeated this season and alone atop the Big 12 standings. They take a nine-game winning streak into Thursday night’s home game against the Mountaineers. Brewer’s first significant action was when West Virginia last played in Waco two years ago. Brewer came in at the end of the third quarter with Baylor down by 25 points, and the Bears scored 23 points in a row.

National Headlines

HOUSTON (AP) _ The Washington Nationals have their first World Series title after scoring six times over the last three innings of a Game 7 victory over the Astros in Houston, 6-2. Astros pitcher Zack Greinke was working on a one-hitter and a 2-0 lead until Anthony Rendon launched a solo homer with one out in the seventh, two batters before Howie Kendrick launched a go-ahead, two-run blast off loser Will Harris. Winning pitcher Patrick Corbin worked three shutout innings of two-hit relief after Max Scherzer was reached for seven hits and four walks but just two runs over five frames.

HOUSTON (AP) _ Washington Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg was named the World Series MVP after going 2-0 with a 2.51 ERA against Houston. Strasburg won Game 2 in Houston and came within two outs of a complete game on Tuesday, allowing two runs and five hits as the Nats forced a seventh game. He was outstanding during the entire postseason, recording a 5-0 record with a 1.98 earned run average and 47 strikeouts in 36 1/3 innings.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ Stephen Curry broke his left wrist on a hard fall during the third quarter of the Golden State Warriors’ third loss in four games, 121-110 against the Phoenix Suns. The two-time MVP drove to his left with Kelly Oubre Jr. and Aron Baynes guarding nearby. Curry leapt with the ball then came down head first landing awkwardly on his hands to brace himself from the court, with Baynes crashing onto Curry’s left hand.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) _ Joel Embiid scored 19 points before he was ejected midway through the third quarter of the Philadelphia 76ers’ 117-95 rout of Minnesota. Philly was leading 77-55 when he got into a brawl with Minnesota big man Karl-Anthony Towns, sending both to the showers following a video review of the incident. The 76ers are 4-0 after sending the Timberwolves to their first loss in four games.

WASHINGTON (AP) _ James Harden capped his 59-point explosion by nailing one of two free throws with 2.4 seconds to play to give the Houston Rockets a 159-158 victory over the Wizards in Washington. Russell Westbrook had had just three points in the first three quarters before adding 14 in the final period to finish with his second triple-double of the season. Bradley Beal scored 46 points for the Wizards, including three free throws that knotted the score with 8.1 seconds left.

Wednesday Sports Headlines

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYOFFS
Final Washington 6 Houston 2

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Final Cleveland 117 Chicago 111
Final Orlando 95 New York 83
Final Philadelphia 117 Minnesota 95
Final Boston 116 Milwaukee 105
Final Indiana 118 Brooklyn 108
Final Toronto 125 Detroit 113
Final Portland 102 Oklahoma City 99
Final Houston 159 Washington 158
Final Charlotte 118 Sacramento 111
Final Utah 110 L.A. Clippers 96
Final Phoenix 121 Golden State 110

Thursday Schedule

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
San Francisco at Arizona 8:20 p.m.

TOP-25 COLLEGE FOOTBALL
West Virginia at (14)Baylor 8 p.m.
Georgia Southern at (21)Appalachian St. 8 p.m.

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MANHATTAN, Kan. – Seniors Makol Mawien and Xavier Sneed combined for 26 points and 18 rebounds, as Kansas State overcame a 3-point barrage by Washburn, 66-56, in the team’s final exhibition game on Wednesday night before 7,239 fans at Bramlage Coliseum.

With the win, K-State extends its winning streak in exhibition play at Bramlage Coliseum to 26 games, which dates to the second exhibition game of the 2003-04 season on November 15, 2003. The Wildcats are now a perfect 16-0 at home in exhibition play under head coach Bruce Weber, who is entering his eighth season in 2019-20.

Mawien led the Wildcats with team-high 16 points on 6-of-11 field goals and a perfect 4-for-4 effort from the free throw line, while Sneed collected a solid stat line with 10 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals in nearly 36 minutes. Freshman Montavious Murphy also notched double figures with 11 points on 4-of-6 shooting.

The streak stood a solid challenge from a Washburn team that has won 20 or more games in back-to-back seasons, including 24 wins and a trip to the NCAA Division II Tournament a season ago. The Ichabods return nine lettermen, including two starters, and were picked to finish third in the preseason MIAA poll.

Washburn tied an opponent exhibition high with 14 made 3-point field goals, matching the previous highs of the NBC Thunder on November 11, 1999 and the EA Sports All-Stars on November 7, 2002. The team’s 45 attempts were the most-ever by an opponent in a home exhibition, surpassing the 40 by the NBC Thunder in 1999.

With the score knotted at 39-all with 13:46 to play, the Wildcats put together a key 9-0 run over a more than 3-minute span to take control of the contest, which they built into a game-high 15-point lead (64-49) with 3:38 to play. The Ichabods could get no closer than 8 points the rest of the way.

K-State connected on 45.1 percent (23-of-51) from the field, but just 15.4 percent (2-of-13) from 3-point range, and made just 18 of 30 attempts (60 percent) from the free throw line. In addition, the squad turned it over 21 times, which Washburn converted into 23 points. Despite the hot shooting, the Ichabods were just 29.4 percent (20-of-68) from the field, including 31.1 percent (14-of-45) from 3-point range.

Washburn had three players in double figures, including a game-high 17 points from senior Keven Biggs, who finished 6-of-14 from the field, including 5-of-10 from 3-point range. Sophomore Jalen Lewis scored 13 points on 5-of-13 field goals, while junior Tyler Geiman added 12 points, all on makes from long range.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Turnovers and poor shooting plagued both teams in the early going, as Washburn led just 10-9 nearly halfway through the first half. The Wildcats had just 6 field goal attempts and 9 turnovers in the first 10 minutes of the game, while the Ichabods connected on 5 of their first 17 field goal attempts with 3 turnovers.

Both offenses seemed to get back on track after the second media timeout of the first half, as the teams traded buckets over the next few minutes, as a pair of 3-pointers by the Ichabods gave them an 18-15 lead with 8:36 before halftime. However, the Wildcats responded with a 10-3 run over the next five minutes to take a 25-21 at the 3:25 mark, as back-to-back jumpers by senior Makol Mawien keyed the spurt.

Washburn got hot from beyond the arc in the waning minutes of the half, as three triples, including one at the halftime buzzer by senior transfer Keven Biggs, cut the deficit to 32-30 at the break.
K-State connected on 50 percent (11-of-22) from the field, but just 20 percent (2-of-10) from 3-point range, in the first half, while turning the ball over 11 times. Washburn hit on just 33.3 percent (11-of-33) of its field goals, but 8 of those 11 came from 3-point range on 24 attempts.

Mawien led the Wildcats with 10 points on 4-of-5 field goals to go with 4 rebounds in the first half, while freshman Montavious Murphy added 6 points on 3-of-4 shooting. Biggs paced the Ichabods with a game-high 11 points on 4-of-7 field goals, including 3-of-5 from 3-point range.

Much like the first half, the two teams traded shots in the early moments of the second half, as a 3-pointer by Tyler Geiman gave Washburn a 36-35 lead heading into the first media timeout at the 15:59 mark. A pair of free throws by Mawien and a jumper by freshman DaJuan Gordon helped K-State regain the lead, but yet another Geiman trey tied the game at 39-all with 13:46 to play.

A lay-up by freshman Antonio Gordon ignited a 9-0 run by the Wildcats over the next 3 minutes, which extended the advantage to 48-39 with 10:18 left. During this key run, junior Levi Stockard III added 4 points on a pair of jumpers, while fellow junior Cartier Diarra ended a long drought with a long 3-pointer in which he was fouled.

The Ichabods closed to within 50-45 on another Biggs’ 3-pointer at the 9-minute mark before an 8-0 run by the Wildcats pushed back out to double figures at 58-45 with 6:22 remaining. During the 8-0 spurt, Sneed and Murphy made 3 consecutive free throws sandwiched between a Mawien jumper.

The lead stood at 15 (64-49) after a Murphy layup before Washburn scored 7 of the game’s final 9 points in the final 66-56 decision.

Sneed scored 8 of his 10 points in the second half, while Diarra had 7 of his 8 points after halftime. The Wildcats connected on 41.4 percent (12-of-29), including 12.5 percent (1-of-8) from 3-point range, in the second half.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs remain hopeful that injured quarterback Patrick Mahomes will be available when they play the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium.

Mahomes, who dislocated his right kneecap two weeks ago in Denver, practiced on a limited basis last week before he was declared out Friday.

Matt Moore started in his place and played well against the Green Bay Packers, keeping the Chiefs in the game before losing 31-24.

“We’ll see how it goes. I’m taking it day by day here,” Chiefs coach Andy Reid said. “I’m going to watch them do their thing and see how they do.”

Among the many things Reid wants to see in practice is the way Mahomes moves on his knee.

“We do enough stuff where he has to move around and you get a chance to see,” Reid said. “He’s been moving pretty good. You saw that before our game, he was out running around. And obviously I will be talking and communicating with the doctors.”

The Chiefs have been desperate to get a number of injured players back on the field. Six starters were declared out for the Packers game, and while a couple of them could return against Minnesota a few more have been added to the injury list.

Bashaud Breeland, who left against Green Bay before finishing the game, missed practice Wednesday with a sprained shoulder. He was joined on the sideline by $105 million defensive end Frank Clark, who was out for a second consecutive week with a neck injury, and defensive tackle Alex Okafor, who could be sidelined for a while with a high ankle sprain.

Missing from the list of defensive injuries? Defensive tackle Chris Jones and cornerback Kendall Fuller, both of whom missed last week’s game against the Packers. Jones has been out three weeks with a groin strain while Fuller, who was sporting sutures but no soft cast in the locker room Wednesday, has been recovering from surgery on his thumb.

Their returns would help a defense that has played better the past two weeks, holding the Denver Broncos down in a 30-6 rout and keeping Aaron Rodgers and Co. in check last week.

On the other side of the ball, left guard Andrew Wylie was back at practice after missing time with a sprained ankle. But taking his place on the sideline was right guard Laurent Duvernay-Tardiff, who hobbled off against the Packers with a sprained ankle.

Left tackle Eric Fisher also remained out after having core muscle surgery. He tried to practice last week but was eventually declared out, and he was held out of practice on Wednesday.

“We were trying,” Reid said. “See how it felt, and it wasn’t quite ready so we set him back down. Just let the thing get healed up.”

Also on the injury report was veteran punter Dustin Colquitt, who hasn’t missed a game since 2008 but is dealing with a quad strain that could jeopardize his showdown with his brother.

Britton Colquitt was signed by the Vikings this season.

Getting any of those guys back would be helpful for the Chiefs, who have lost three of their past four games — all of them at Arrowhead Stadium. The recent swoon has put them in a precarious position not only in the AFC West but in the race for a first-round bye in the playoffs.

“We can’t control the injuries and what’s happened to guys. This is 100 percent an injury sport,” said Chiefs wide receiver Sammy Watkins, who finally returned from a hamstring injury last week.

Watkins said he isn’t concerned with whether Mahomes or Moore is under center, either.

“Not so much who is but how we play,” He said. “That the integrity we have. That’s the fight.”