ORAL ROBERTS (2-3) at WICHITA STATE (4-0)
SATURDAY, NOV. 21, 2019 | 2 P.M. CT
WICHITA, KAN./ CHARLES KOCH ARENA (10,506)
TV: YURVIEW KS (Cox HD 2022 / YurView.com/Kansas)
RADIO: KEYN (103.7 FM / GoShockers.com/Listen)
SERIES: WSU, 7-5 (4-3 in Wichita)

• The Wichita State Shockers (4-0) finish out a five-game homestand Saturday against the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles (2-3) at 2 p.m. CT inside Charles Koch Arena.
• Tickets are still available for this game at 316-978-FANS or goshockers.com/Tickets
• Saturday’s matchup will air statewide on YurView Kansas, available to Cox subscribers on HD 2022 and to fans in all 50 states on YurView.com/Kansas. Shane Dennis and Bob Hull have the call.
• Division I college basketball’s most-tenured tandem, Mike Kennedy and Dave Dahl, tip off their 39th season together on radio (KEYN 103.7 FM and online at goshockers.com/listen).

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OPENING TIPS:

• The Shockers are coming off a 74-52 win over Gardner-Webb on Tuesday. Jamarius Burton and Morris Udeze scored 15 points each. WSU led by as many as 31 down the stretch. The visiting Bulldogs were 11-of-21 from three but just 5-of-24 from inside the arc.
• The Shockers are holding opponents collectively to 38.6% from two-point distance (13th nationally). Opponents have committed 67 turnovers while converting just 49 two-point buckets.
• Tuesday’s game marked the 191st time in the last 10 seasons that the Shockers have won by double-digits. That total is second only to Gonzaga (222). Duke (185), UNC (185) and Kentucky (181) rank third through fifth.
• ORU (2-3) was picked third out of nine teams in the Summit League preseason poll, earning three first-place votes.
• This is the 13th meeting all-time between WSU and Oral Roberts. The Shockers lead 7-5 (4-3 in Wichita).
• WSU downed ORU 84-63 last December. Markis McDuffie scored 19 of his game-high 25 points in the seond half, and the Shockers outscored the Eagles 30-15 over the final 12:00 to pull away.
• Despite heavy minutes from underclassmen, the Shockers enter the weekend ranked among the national leaders in A:TO ratio (5th, 1.89), turnovers-per-game (6th, 8.8) and turnover margin (11th, +8.3). Jamarius Burton has the nation’s fifth-best A:TO ratio (10.00).
• Seven Shockers are averaging between 8.5 and 12.0 points, and 11 are playing 10+ minutes-per-game.
• WSU has outscored its opponents by an average of 20.8 points and is 4-0 for the sixth time in the last eight seasons. A win Saturday would give them their fourth 5-0 start under Gregg Marshall and their 16th all-time.
• The Shockers have won six-straight at home. Since 2009, they’re is 32-1 in November home games. The only loss was to LA Tech in the 2018-19 season opener.

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SCOUTING THE GOLDEN EAGLES:

• ORU is off to a 2-3 start with wins over Houston Baptist and Division II Rogers State. The Golden Eagles hung tough in road losses to Oklahoma State (80-75), Tulsa (74-67) and Iowa (87-74). WSU will face OSU next month and Tulsa twice during league play.
• A pair of Eagle forwards made the league’s preseason first team. Emmanuel Nzekwesi (14.5 ppg, 7.8 rpg in five games this year) was a second team all-league performer last year, and Kevin Obanor (12.2 ppg, team-high 8.0 rebounds) was the Summit’s 2019 newcomer and freshman of the year.
• Max Abmas is averaging a team-high 16.4 points and has hit 18 threes in five games.
• Deondre Burns (12.0 ppg) is clocking a team-high 30.0 minutes-per-contest.
• Third-year head coach Paul Mills worked 14 seasons under Scott Drew at Baylor before accepting the ORU job.

MATCHUP MASHUP:

• ORU redshirt sophomore Elijah Lufile is the younger brother of former Shocker Chadrack Lufile, who played two seasons in Wichita (2012-14). He was a rotation player on WSU’s 2013 Final Four team and averaged  5.9 points and 5.1 rebounds the following year on a Shocker squad that went undefeated during the regular season.
• Former Shocker walk-on Kaelen Malone played his final season at ORU as a graduate transfer.
• Graduate transfer Ty Lazenby arrives from Oklahoma. He played two minutes in the Sooners’ 91-83 victory over the third-ranked Shockers at INTRUST Bank Arena on Dec. 16, 2017.
• Former WSU Media Relations GA Tyler Pounds makes his return to Wichita as a member of the ORU Athletic Communications Staff.

THE SERIES:

• This is the 13th meeting all-time between WSU and ORU. The Shockers lead the series 7-5 (4-3 in Wichita).
• This is the second-straight year that the teams have played in the regular season and the fourth-consecutive season that they’ve met in some form. WSU and ORU were preseason closed-door scrimmage opponents in 2016 and 2017 (the latter was Mills’ first year as ORU coach).
• WSU defeated ORU last season in Wichita, 84-63. Markis McDuffie scored 19 of his 25 points in the second half, and the Shockers outscored the visiting Golden Eagles 30-15 over the final 12 minutes to push a six-point lead to 21.
• WSU is 2-1 against ORU at the Roundhouse since its 2003 renovation. The Eagles’ 76-73 win (on Dec. 30, 2003) was the first by a visiting team in the Charles Koch Arena era (the Shockers have dropped just 11 other non-conference games in the years since).

Notable Wichita State-Oral Roberts Games:

• Dec. 22, 1979 — WSU defeated ORU for the first time in three tries, 70-66, in front of a sellout crowd. Junior point guard Randy Smithson scored 15 points and handed out 11 assists.
• Jan. 6, 1988 — WSU’s Joe Griffin handed out a school- record 16 assists in a 94-72 Shocker victory.
• Dec. 12, 1988 — Sasha Radunovich sanks two free throws with no time remaining for a 92-91 Shocker win in Tulsa. Radunovich was fouled by ORU’s Rufus Freeman on a rebound under the basket as time ran out. The first free throw rolled around the rim and dropped. Radunovich calmly swished the second for the game-winner. ORU had taken the lead with 38 seconds to go on Clarence Thompson’s seventh three of the game. Haywoode Workman (who went on to both play and of- ficiate in the NBA) scored 28 points for ORU.
• Dec. 30, 2003 — ORU’s 76-73 win was the first by a visiting team in the newly renovated Charles Koch Arena.
• Dec. 7, 2013 — WSU improved to 9-0 (on its way to 35-0) with a 71-58 victory. Cleanthony Early (16 points) led a balanced scoring attack.

BOLSTERED BY BURTON:

• Jamarius Burton made Monday’s American Weekly Honor Roll, helped by a career-high 18 points in last Saturday’s win over UT Martin.
• Burton injured his ankle four minutes into the season opener. He returned to active duty on Nov. 16 and in two games against UT Martin and Gardner-Webb has averaged 16.5 points, 5.0 rebounds and 4.5 assists on 60% shooting (6-of-7 from three).
• WSU has outscored opponents by an average of 40.0 points-per-40-minutes with Burton on the floor.
• Burton is 6-of-8 (.667) from three this year after making just 10-of-38 as a freshman (.263) as a freshman.

TRENDING:

• As of Thursday, 63 teams are still undefeated. Four of them represent the American Athletic Conference: WSU, SMU (4-0), Temple (3-0) and Tulane (3-0). Meanwhile, West Virginia (3-0) and UNI (5-0) await next week in Cancun. Four other unbeatens appear on WSU’s non-conference calendar: Oklahoma (4-0), Oklahoma State (4-0), Ole Miss (4-0), VCU (4-0).
• Wichita State has the American Athletic Conference’s top scoring defense. Foes are averaging 57.8 points.
• On a per-40-minute basis, Burton is also averaging a team-high 25.9 points. Tyson Etienne (24.8) and Morris Udeze (24.6) are a close second and third.
• Asbjorn Midtgaard is averaging a team-best 12.4 rebounds-per-40, edging out Trey Wade (12.3).
• A year after ranking second-to-last in the 12-team American Athletic Conference in three-point percentage (.310), the Shockers rank second at .365 from deep (38-of-104).
• WSU’s shooting percentage against Texas Southern (24.2%) was the lowest by a winning team in a Division I game in nearly five years. On Nov. 14, 2014, Temple toppled American 40-37. The Owls shot 22.9% (11-of-48) while holding their opponent to just under 31%.
• Dexter Dennis has the team’s longest active starting streak: 17-straight going back to last Feb. 20.

CENTER ROULETTE:

• With incumbent starter Jaime Echenique out, WSU started a different center in each of its first three games.
• Sophomore Morris Udeze’s first two starts at center have been an unqualified success. In wins over UT Martin and Gardner-Webb the 6-foot-8 bruiser averaged 14.5 points on 12-of-16 shooting (.750) while clocking 18.0 minutes-per-game.
• Sophomore Isaiah Poor Bear-Chandler started the Texas Southern game (also his first career start), and junior Asbjorn Midtgaard got the nod in the season opener. Collecively, the three-headed monster of Udeze/Midtgaard/Poor Bear-Chandler is putting up 14.5 points, 10.5 rebounds and 2.0 blocks in roughly 40-minutes-per-game.

TAKING TURNS:

• Freshmen guards Tyson Etienne, Grant Sherfield and Noah Fernandes have as many combined steals (13) as turnovers (13) in 204 total minutes.
• Etienne’s seven steals are the most by a WSU frosh in his first four games since Aubrey Sherrod 38 years ago.
• Sherrod — an eventual second round pick by the NBA’s Chicago Bulls — tallied eight in his first four contests during the 1981-82 season. He still ranks seventh on WSU’s all-time steals list (148).
• Toure’ Murry owns WSU’s single-season freshman record (44 in 2008-09).

THREE’S COMPANY:

• Dexter Dennis has connected on a three-pointer in 21 consecutive games going back to last season. It’s the fifth-longest streak in school history. Dennis is 51-of-121 (.421) since his streak began back on Feb. 2, 2019.
• Dennis made 54 threes with 40% accuracy as a freshman in 2018-19, but the bulk of the damage came in the second half of the year. He hit 42 of those 54 triples over the final 17 games.

Consecutive Games w/ 3-Point Field Goal (WSU, All-Time):
40 — Conner Frankamp (1/1/2017 to 1/28/2018)
29 — Landry Shamet (12/17/2016 to 11/22/2017)
27 — Ron Baker (11/18/2014 to 2/22/2015)
25 — Ron Baker (4/6/2013 to 2/5/2014)
21 — Dexter Dennis (2/2/2019 to Present)

 

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A SHOCKER WIN WOULD….
… make them 5-0 for the fourth time under Gregg Marshall and for the 16th time in school history.
… up their series lead on ORU to 8-5 (5-3 in Wichita).
… make Marshall 3-0 vs. ORU (2-0 vs. Mills).
…  give them seven-straight home wins.
… give them nine-straight regular season victories going back to Feb. 28, 2019.
… make Marshall 507-196 (313-113 at WSU, 167-26 at CKA).

A SHOCKER LOSS WOULD…
… drop them to 4-1.
… be just their second Nov. home loss since 2010.
… snap a six-game home winning streak.
… make WSU 7-6 all-time vs. ORU (4-4 in Wichita).
… be only their 27th at CKA under Marshall (166-27).
… be less good than a win.

UP NEXT: CANCUN CHALLENGE
The Shockers play two games in two days next week in Cancun, Mexico. WSU opens Tuesday with a semifinal matchup against South Carolina (5 p.m.) and faces either Northern Iowa or West Virginia on Wednesday (5 or 7:30 p.m.). Both games will air on CBS Sports Network.

NEW YORK (AP) — Patrick Ewing had already yanked off his tie, and soon he needed to be restrained by the Georgetown coaching staff to keep from getting tossed. Ewing was hot, the Hoyas were unraveling and the crowd at Madison Square Garden was absolutely howling over the chaos on the court.

Keeping its cool in the other huddle, top-ranked Duke was waiting to pounce.

“It was kind of crazy out there for a little bit,” Duke guard Tre Jones said.

The Blue Devils are used to playing big games at the Garden, while the improving Hoyas are still finding their way.

Mike Krzyzewski set the record for wins coaching a No. 1 team as top-ranked Duke got 20 points and 10 rebounds from Vernon Carey Jr. to beat Georgetown 81-73 on Friday night.

The Blue Devils (6-0) beat Cal and the Hoyas on consecutive nights to win the 2K Empire Classic and give Krzyzewski another slice of history. Krzyzewski is 218-34 when the Blue Devils hold the top spot, a mark they hit this week in The Associated Press poll. Hall of Famer John Wooden went 217-11 while UCLA was No. 1 during his run there.

When Jones and Carey were asked to describe what it’s like to play for Krzyzewski, the Hall of Fame coach interjected, “great.”

The Blue Devils looked it in long stretches against a Hoyas (4-2) team that made them grind for it in front of a lively crowd at the Garden.

Carey, a five-star recruit who inherited Zion Williamson’s No. 1 jersey, has become the focal point of Duke’s offense, and he had a breakthrough in New York. Carey dunked, screamed, chest-bumped and controlled the game for the Blue Devils to help keep them undefeated.

Cassius Stanley, who led the Blue Devils with 21 points, made a pair of 3s to stretch the game open and shake off Georgetown, which was looking to knock off two straight Top 25 teams. The Hoyas, picked to finish sixth in the Big East preseason poll, knocked off No. 22 Texas a night earlier and went basket-for-basket with Duke in the first half.

Omer Yurtseven led the Hoyas with 21 points.

It was a mixed homecoming for Ewing, the Knicks great whose No. 33 hangs in the rafters.

The Hoyas were positioned to pull off an upset until the game started to get away from them in the middle of the second half. Ewing tossed the tie and lost his cool moments later, stomping his feet and getting hit with a technical for an outburst over a perceived missed call. Georgetown assistant Louis Orr, another former Knick, restrained Ewing from going on the court and possibly getting tossed. Ewing barked at Orr to get out of his way.

On his way to the locker room, Ewing could be heard yelling, “You can blame the officials. They (screwed) me.”

He was more subdued in his postgame press conference.

“I thought a couple of calls didn’t go our way that I thought should have gone our way,” Ewing said.

The game matched “Dream Team” assistant coach Krzyzewski against 1992 Olympian Ewing for the first time in college.

“Patrick and I are not good friends, we are great friends,” Krzyzewski said.

The Garden belonged to Ewing, the crowd going wild from the moment he walked out for warmups to his introduction during starting lineups. Perhaps motivated by nostalgia or Big East boosterism, the Hoyas had the fans on their side and the game in control. Mac McClung, James Akinjo and Galen Alexander hit early 3s to push the Hoyas to an 11-point lead. This was no staid Princeton offense the Hoyas were running to stymie Duke. They pushed, they scored in transition, they outrebounded the top team in the nation and an upset appeared quite possible.

“The way we started the game was tough to come back from, especially with the atmosphere out there,” Jones said.

The Blue Devils hung tight, and Joe Baker hit a 3 that pulled them within three. Carey pulled them even with a thunderous two-handed jam and gave them a lead on a tip-in. Carey threw his head back and screamed, the Hoyas went 6 minutes without a field goal and the teams went to halftime tied 33-all.

BIG PICTURE

Georgetown: The Hoyas put college hoops on notice that they will not be an easy out this season, and perhaps their first NCAA Tournament berth since 2015 is within reach. Ewing certainly opened some eyes in his return to the Garden.

“I think at the end of the year, there’s going to be a lot of teams afraid to play us,” Ewing said.

Duke: The Blue Devils will retain their No. 1 spot in the AP Top 25 poll.

UP NEXT

Georgetown: The Hoyas have a short break and play UNC Greensboro on Nov. 30 at Capital One Arena.

Duke: The Blue Devils return home Tuesday to play Stephen F. Austin.

LAWRENCE, Kan. — The Kansas Jayhawks (3-7, 1-6 Big 12) get set for their final road game of the season on Saturday, when they take on the Iowa State Cyclones (6-4, 4-3 Big 12) at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames, Iowa at 11 a.m.

The game is the fifth and final on the road this season for the Jayhawks, where they hold a 1-3 record so far this season. Kansas is coming off a 13-31 defeat at the hands of No. 22 Oklahoma State on Saturday, while Iowa State returns home after defeating No. 10 Texas, 23-21, on a game-winning field goal as time expired.

Saturday’s contest between the Jayhawks and the Cyclones will be the 99th in the series history, with KU holding the series advantage at 50-42-6. Iowa State owns a slight advantage in games played in Ames, Iowa at 24-22-3. Kansas’ last road win against the Cyclones came on Oct. 4, 2008, which is Kansas’ last win over a Big 12 team on the road.

This season, the KU offense has broken the 500-yard barrier on three occasions, two of which came on the road (Boston College, Texas). The last time a Kansas offense accomplished such a feat came in 2009, while their back-to-back 500-plus yard performances against Texas and Texas Tech were the first time against conference opponents since 2007.

The Jayhawks will look to get back on track on Saturday against the Cyclones after dropping their last two games against conference foes Kansas State and Oklahoma State, while Iowa State looks to improve their bowl standing after earning bowl eligibility for the third-consecutive year.

Saturday will mark the first coaching meeting between Kansas head coach Les Miles and Iowa State head coach Matt Campbell. Miles holds a 1-1 record when playing against Iowa State in his coaching career, while Campbell is 3-0 against the Jayhawks.

Ahead of Saturday’s matchup with Iowa State, head coach Les Miles met with the media.

By Corbin McGuire  (K-State Sports)

If there was one overarching lesson from K-State football’s loss to West Virginia last week, it’s that consistency is king. Specifically, consistency at crucial times and in a few areas.

“We’re still fighting consistency,” K-State head coach Chris Klieman said in Tuesday’s press conference. “That’s the biggest thing.”

One of the biggest things the Wildcats (6-4, 3-4) are leaning on going into their road game against Texas Tech (4-6, 2-5) on Saturday at 6 p.m., on FS1, is past success in these areas.

“For us, we all know what we need do. We did it before,” running back James Gilbert said. “It’s just being consistent and doing what our coaches ask us to do. I feel like we can do that as a team. We just have to stay positive and not point the finger at anybody.”

Take third down defense, for instance. The Wildcats rank first in the Big 12 and fourth in the NCAA in third down defense, allowing opponents to convert only 26.9 percent of the time this season.

They were near that number last week, too. They just did not win the timeliness factor.

The Wildcats allowed West Virginia to convert only 4 of its 12 third down opportunities, a respectable defensive number on the surface. Two of those conversions, however, went for touchdowns — a third-and-13 and a third-and-22, the former made possible by an untimely K-State penalty on a West Virginia missed field goal. Another conversion on third-and-7 inside K-State’s 20 also led to a touchdown.

On the other side of the ball, same story.

The Wildcats rank fourth in the Big 12 and 27^th in the nation in third down conversion percentage this season. K-State converted 8-of-17 such opportunities against WVU.

Again, a few missed chances proved costly. K-State failed to convert a third-and-goal from WVU’s 4-yard line and a third-and-1 from the Mountaineer 15. Both led to field goals instead of touchdowns for K-State, which holds the nation’s sixth-best red zone scoring percentage (0.953) and is tied for the fifth-most red zone touchdowns (25) in the country.

“We don’t have to play perfect, but we have to play more consistently in all three phases,” Klieman said. “We need to continue to improve because we knew we were going to have some problems. We knew we were going to have some tough times, but we have to move on. We have to keep getting better.”

K-State junior quarterback Skylar Thompson echoed his coach’s message. After throwing two of his three interceptions for the season against West Virginia, along with recording a career-high in passing yards (299) for the second week in a row, Thompson said this week presents an opportunity to get back on track after consecutive losses.

“It’s going to be a good challenge for us to come out and attack and play with confidence and bounce back from last week and take care of the football,” Thompson said. “I need to get back to that because that’s what keeps us in ball games is taking care of the football and moving the chains. So, we have to stick to the foundation of our offense and just trust our coaches and trust one another when we go out there and play.”

Thompson added that the team’s energy and confidence has not been lost from the last two weeks. If anything, he said both have grown from knowing how close they were to both victories and staying in the Big 12 Championship hunt.

Now, the focus is on finishing the right way.

“There’s definitely a lot of fire in our whole football team. We’ve lost two games back to back that came down to making one play and we just haven’t been making that play,” Thompson said. “We’ve had some undisciplined things taking place, some lack of urgency and some miscues on some blocks or me missing a throw or somebody missing a route. Just little things that we haven’t been executing and doing, and that definitely lights a fire in your belly.

“I know as much as I wish I could have that last throw back last week, it’s a great learning opportunity for me. It’s not a thing I’m going to lose any confidence over because I know I can make that throw. That’s how our whole team feels. We know the team we’re capable of being. We’ve seen it all. We’ve had some really great wins and a couple bad losses this year, too, so we just have to get back to what makes us K-State and play with confidence and have fun.”

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Senior Katie McClure found the back of the net three times in helping the No. 3 seed Kansas Jayhawks to a 3-0 victory over the Xavier Musketeers Friday afternoon inside Stone Stadium. McClure became the first Kansas player to tally a hat trick in NCAA Tournament play, as the Jayhawks advanced to the Sweet 16 for the second time in program history.

The victory moved Kansas to 17-4-3 on the year and marked the Jayhawks’ 11^th-consecutive unbeaten result. Xavier’s season ended with a 17-4-2 mark.

The Jayhawks waisted little time in getting the early advantage on the scoreboard, as the all-league forward, McClure, needed less than five minutes to net the match’s first goal. KU played a long ball forward, which the senior was able to run onto and beat the final Xavier defender to the Musketeer end line. McClure took the bad-angle shoot and put it into the side netting for her 15^th goal of the season.

Less than 15 minutes later, the Wichita product struck again to hand her team a 2-0 edge. McClure and junior Mandi Duggan played executed a give-and-go that gave the senior an opening which she converted to collect her fourth multi-goal performance of the season.

After taking the 2-0 lead into the halftime locker room, Kansas again took advantage of the early minutes of the half, once again off the foot of McClure. She sent in a close-quarters shot from inside the six-yard box that the Xavier keeper was able to save, However the rebound bounced back to McClure, who redirected into the back of the net.

McClure’s performance marked her second three-goal outing of the season and the first by a Jayhawk in NCAA Tournament play and her second of the season.

From there, the Jayhawk defense clamped down to assure Xavier would not mount a heroic second-half comeback. Sophomore goalkeeper Sarah Peters collected eight saves on the day, six of which came in the final 45 minutes of play, as she and the KU backline earned their 12^th shutout of the season.

Kansas ended the day with a slight edge on the shot chart at 15-14, and put 10 of those 15 shots on target.

The win put KU in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament for just the second time in program history and the first time since 2003.

UP NEXT
Kansas will meet the No. 2 seed South Carolina Gamecocks on Sunday, Nov. 24 in the third round match set for 1 p.m. (CT). The contest at Stone Stadium will be streamed on SEC Network+ and ESPN3.

HUTCHINSON, Kan.- The #3 seed Seward County Saints defeated the #2 seed and defending National Champion Miami Date Sharks 3 sets to 2 in a barn burner Friday night at the Sports Arena to punch their ticket into the title game versus the #1 seed and #1 ranked Navarro Bulldogs on Saturday night at 6:30 pm at the Sports Arena.

Seward led 2 sets to 0, bur Miami Dade found a way to push the match to 5 sets in a thrilling semi-final win 25-20, 25-18, 21-25, 22-25, 15-8.

#1 Navarro College had no problem with #5 seed Polk State winning in 3 sets 25-10, 25-18 and  25-18.

Seward County will play for a National Championship for the first time in its program’s history.

Here is the schedule for Championship Saturday, November 23rd:

9th Place	(9) New Mexico Military    Vs		(7) Odessa		10:00 AM CST	Video
	NJCAA DI Volleyball Championship – 9th Place Match @ Hutchinson Sports Arena – Hutchinson, KS
7th Place	(13) Northeastern         Vs		(11) Otero		12:30 PM CST	Video
	NJCAA DI Volleyball Championship – 7th Place Match @ Hutchinson Sports Arena – Hutchinson, KS
5th Place	(10) Iowa Western        Vs		(8) Hillsborough		2:30 PM CST	Video
	NJCAA DI Volleyball Championship – 5th Place Match @ Hutchinson Sports Arena – Hutchinson, KS
3rd Place	(5) Polk State          Vs		(2) Miami Dade		4:30 PM CST	Video
	NJCAA DI Volleyball Championship – 3rd Place Match @ Hutchinson Sports Arena – Hutchinson, KS
Championship	(3) Seward County         Vs		(1) Navarro		6:30 PM CST	Video
	NJCAA DI Volleyball Championship – Final @ Hutchinson Sports Arena – Hutchinson, KS

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Sub-State-

Class 6A

Derby 63, Topeka 35

• Derby will be making their 5th Straight Trip to the State Championship game.

Olathe North 28, Blue Valley 7

Class 5A

Mill Valley 34, St. Thomas Aquinas 31, OT

• Tyler Green 6-yard run in OT is sending Mill Valley to Pittsburg for the 5A state championship game. Third title game appearance in school history. Mill Valley is 2-0 in state title games.
• Aquinas led Mill Valley 28-25 with under nine seconds remaining. A 30 yard field goal by Mill Valley is sent it to overtime as time expires.

Wichita Northwest 80, Maize 42

Class 4A

Andover Central 7, McPherson 0

• Jaguars moving on to their second state title game in school history and first since 2015. Andover Central was 5-5 last season.

Bishop Miege 48, Paola 14

• Stags moving onto the 4A state title game where they are going for their sixth straight state title in 4A or 4A-I.

Class 3A

Andale 55, Cheney 20

• Andale is going back to state for the second time in three years and third time since 2014.

Perry-Lecompton 35, Topeka Hayden 27

• Kaws moving on to their second ever state title game appearance and first since 2008. Perry-Lecompton (9-3) started season 1-2 and were 3-3 after six weeks. Second win over Hayden this season as they’ve won six games in a row!

Class 2A

Norton 10, Hoisington 8

• Norton trailed 8-7 in this game before hitting a Field Goal by Walhmeier to take a 10-7 lead with 6.2 seconds left.
• Norton lost this game in district 38-7 back on October 25th.

2A Substate Football: Riley County at Nemaha Central has been moved to Saturday, 1:00 pm.

Class 1A

Centralia 44, Jackson Heights 6

Smith Center 20, Plainville 19

• Smith Center going to their 14th state title game in school history. Going for third straight state title

8-Man – Division I-

Canton-Galva 46, Madison/Hamilton Co-op 6

St. Francis 66, Wichita County 20

8-Man – Division II-

Axtell 26, Hanover 12

8-Player DII Substate Football Update: Hutchinson Central Christian at Osborne has been moved to Saturday at 1:00 p.m.

Image courtesy fhsuathletics.com

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Fort Hays State Football had 15 players named to the All-MIAA Football Team for 2019. The Tigers received two first-team, four second-team, three third-team, and six honorable mention selections. Dante Brown repeated as the conference’s Special Teams Player of the Year.

First-team selections went to Brown at kicker and Harley Hazlett as an all-purpose back. Second-team members are Chance Fuller at quarterback, Tanner Hoekman at defensive back, Ted Hessing on the offensive line, and Javaris Sanders on the defensive line. Third-team selections went to Layne Bieberle at wide receiver, Amari Angram-Boldin on the offensive line, and Jordan Starks at defensive back. Honorable mention nods went to Charles Tigner (RB), Manny Ramsey (WR), Hayden Kreutzer (DB), Kolt Trachsel (LB), Sheldon Schmidt (DL) and Matt Wendelberger (TE).

Brown, a senior from Mississauga, Ontario, is the MIAA Special Teams Player of the Year and a first-team selection for a second-straight season. He finished the year with 109 points converting 19 field goals and 52 PAT attempts. He is the only Tiger kicker in history to score over 100 points in a season, and did it two years in a row. Added to a school record 123-point effort last year, Brown finishes his career at FHSU with 232 points in just two seasons as the team’s placekicker. That total comes up just 12 points shy of career-points record holder Drew O’Brien, who kicked for four years. By regular season’s end, Brown ranked fourth in Division II for field goals per game (1.73) and 11^th in points per game (9.9). This is the third straight year a Tiger wins the Special Teams Player of the Year, all with the same surname. Brandon Brown was the team’s placekicker in 2017, who also earned the distinction. Last year, Brown was an All-America First Team selection at kicker by two organizations and the Don Hansen Football Committee National Special Teams Player of the Year.

Hazlett is now a three-time All-MIAA selection, receiving honors all three of his years on the field for the Tigers, and has been one of the most dynamic offensive players in the conference in that span. A senior from Abilene, Kansas, Hazlett finished the year with a team-best 1,095 all-purpose yards. Mainly utilized as a receiver, Hazlett led the MIAA in receptions per game (6.7), while ranking 13^th in NCAA Division II. He ranked third in the conference in receiving yards with 861. He was also a threat rushing the ball with 128 yards, while also recording 106 kick return yards. Hazlett had 12 total touchdowns (9 receiving, 3 rushing) to lead the team. Hazlett even threw the ball one time for a 20-yard touchdown pass. Hazlett became the eighth receiver in FHSU history to reach 2,000 receiving yards, going past the mark in the final game of the season. He finished with 2,038 at FHSU, accounting for more than two-thirds of his 2,738 all-purpose yards. He owns the FHSU record for career receptions with 184.

A sophomore from Arlington, Texas, Fuller put up big numbers in his first full year as a starter for the Tigers at quarterback. The MIAA featured three of the top five passers in the nation during the regular season, Fuller being one of the three by ranking fifth in the nation with 3,344 yards. MIAA Offensive Player of the Year Brook Bolles of Central Missouri was the nation’s leader at 3,660 yards. Fuller broke the FHSU record for passing touchdowns in a season with 35, previously set by Shawn Behr in 1995 with 34, and he ranked fourth in the nation in passing touchdowns by the end of the regular season. He ranked 14^th nationally in completion percentage (258-of-400) at 64.5 percent. Fuller has been consistent, completing 65 percent of his passes and throwing for 8.4 yards per pass two years in a row.

Hoekman is now a three-time All-MIAA selection as a defensive back. He closed out his career as a Tiger with 294 tackles, finishing sixth on the career tackles list for the program’s NCAA Division II era. The Abilene, Kansas senior started all 47 games he played at FHSU as one of the bandit backs on defense. This year he finished second on the team in tackles with 83, while tying for the team lead in interceptions with three. He added five pass breakups. Aside from nearly 300 career tackles, he added 15.5 tackles for loss, eight interceptions, 12 pass breakups, and five fumble recoveries over four seasons.

Hessing, a native of Stuart, Florida, earns second team honors in his first year at FHSU. The Arizona Western Community College junior transfer was a key addition to the line this year at right tackle, helping the team produce a new record for points in a season (455). FHSU averaged 41.4 points per game, which ranked fourth among high-octane MIAA offenses but was still good enough to set a new school mark. Hessing helped the team produce 5,342 yards of total offense, averaging 485.6 yards per game.

Sanders receives all-conference honors for the first time in his career at FHSU. The Largo, Florida junior started all 11 games at defensive tackle, producing 24 tackles. He helped FHSU limit opponents to 355.1 yards per game, which ranked third in the MIAA.

A senior from Claflin, Kansas, Bieberle is now a four-time All-MIAA selection, this being his third selection as a receiver. He was both an all-conference receiver and punt returner last year, and earned an all-conference nod at receiver as a freshman. This year, he produced 40 catches for 741 yards and six touchdowns, while accumulating 208 punt return yards. He averaged a team-high 18.5 yards per catch. Bieberle etched his name in the FHSU record books, finishing second on the career receiving yards and receptions lists, and third in receiving touchdowns, while owning the career punt returns and punt return yards records. Early in the season, he became the seventh receiver in school history to attain 2,000 receiving yards in a career. Bieberle finished with 2,625 receiving yards and 21 touchdowns on 168 receptions over four years, while adding 808 punt return yards on 87 attempts. Bieberle had 3,433 all-purpose yards in his career, 10^th most for a career in Tiger history.

Angram-Boldin, a junior from Pahokee, Florida, picks up the second All-MIAA honor of his career at FHSU. A third-team selection this year, he received second-team honors in 2018. He started all 11 games at left guard, a position he has anchored the last two years. Like Hessing, Angram-Boldin helped the Tigers average 41.4 points and 485.6 yards per game this season.

Serving as starting free safety, Starks put up solid numbers on defense to earn his first all-conference nod. The Tulsa, Oklahoma sophomore finished third on the team in tackles with 78, while leading FHSU in solo stops with 45. He tied for the team lead in interceptions with three. He reached double figures for tackles in a game three times this year.

A senior from Glennville, Georgia, Tigner received the third All-MIAA honor of his career. He was a third-team selection in both 2017 and 2018. Tigner was the team leader in rushing yards this year with 740, while adding 290 receiving yards. He ranked second on the team in all-purpose yards with 1,030. Tigner ranks 10^th on the career rushing yards list at FHSU with 2,327 and ninth in all-purpose yards with 3.473.

Ramsey gave the Tigers quite the receiving trio this season, helping FHSU have three receivers finish with more than 700 yards this season. Ramsey was second on the team in receiving yards with 808, hauling in 47 passes and a team-high 10 receiving touchdowns to warrant the first all-conference honor of his career. He averaged 17.2 yards per catch, giving FHSU two receivers that averaged more than 15 yards per catch. The Canadian, Texas sophomore had over 100 receiving yards in three games this year.

Kreutzer picked up the first all-conference honor of his career. The Hays senior was the counterpart of Hoekman at bandit back this year, ranking fifth on the team in tackles with 69. He also added in two interceptions and five pass breakups. Kreutzer finished with 102 tackles in his career, recording well over half of the total this year. He had three interceptions over his four years as a Tiger.

Trachsel receives an All-MIAA Honorable Mention nod for the third straight year at linebacker. The Goodland, Kansas senior finished the 2019 season with 72 tackles, which including three tackles for loss. He finished with 191 tackles, including 13 for loss, five sacks, and two interceptions in his four years on the field at FHSU.

Schmidt earns an All-MIAA nod for the first time in his career on the defensive line. Schmidt led FHSU defensive linemen in tackles this year with 43 and sacks with four. The La Crosse, Kansas senior recorded 126 tackles, 22 tackles for loss, 12 sacks, and six fumble recoveries in his four years on the field for the Tigers.

Wendelberger is now a four-time All-MIAA performer at tight end. Though he battled through injury for a good portion of the season, the Pewaukee, Wisconsin senior still managed to record 131 receiving yards on 15 catches with two touchdowns. Wendelberger’s presence on the field was key for the Tiger offense, especially when throwing key blocks to spring free Tiger backs and receivers. He finished his career with 85 catches for 1,048 yards and eight touchdowns.

The 2019 All-MIAA Football Teams are below.

2019 All-MIAA Postseason Awards

Offensive Player of the Year – Brook Bolles – Central Missouri

Defensive Player of the Year – Spencer Phillips – Northwest Missouri

Special Teams Player of the Year – Dante Brown – Fort Hays State

Freshman of the Year – TJ Davis – Nebraska Kearney

Coach of the Year – Jim Svoboda – Central Missouri

First-Team

Quarterback – Brook Bolles – Central Missouri

Running Back – Hosea Franklin – Lincoln

Wide Receiver – Shae Wyatt – Central Missouri

Wide Receiver – Lorenzo West – Pittsburg State

Tight End – Zach Davidson – Central Missouri

All-Purpose Back – Harley Hazlett – Fort Hays State

Offensive Line – Jake Heckler – Central Missouri

Offensive Line – Tyler Stilwell – Central Oklahoma

Offensive Line – Austin Unterreiner – Emporia State

Offensive Line – Hayden Eatinger – Missouri Western

Offensive Line – Tanner Owen – Northwest Missouri

Offensive Line – Kyle Hinton – Washburn

Defensive Line -Ubong Udom – Central Missouri

Defensive Line – Hinwa Allieu – Nebraska Kearney

Defensive Line -Spencer Phillips – Northwest Missouri

Defensive Line -Simanu’a Thomas – Pittsburg State

Linebacker – Kolesen Crane – Central Missouri

Linebacker – Jace McDown – Emporia State

Linebacker – Sal Silvio – Nebraska Kearney

Defensive Back- O’Shay Harris – Central Oklahoma

Defensive Back- Lawson Holbert – Emporia State

Defensive Back – Sam Webb – Missouri Western

Defensive Back – Blake Bayer – Northwest Missouri

Defensive Back – KiAnte Hardin – Pittsburg State

Kicker – Dante Brown – Fort Hays State

Punter – Zach Davidson – Central Missouri

Kick/Punter Returner – Trey Vaval – Missouri Western

Second-Team

Quarterback – Chance Fuller – Fort Hays State

Quarterback – Braden Wright – Northwest Missouri

Running Back – Justin Rankin – Northwest Missouri

Wide Receiver – James Letcher, Jr. – Washburn

Wide Receiver – Imoni Donadelle – Northwest Missouri

Tight End – Marqus Andrews – Northwest Missouri

All-Purpose Back – TJ Davis – Nebraska Kearney

Offensive Line – Corey Hoelck – Nebraska Kearney

Offensive Line – Ted Hessing – Fort Hays State

Offensive Line – Shawn Rouse – Missouri Western

Offensive Line – Josh Stoltenberg – Nebraska Kearney

Offensive Line – Ben Sinclair – Pittsburg State

Defensive Line – Javaris Sanders – Fort Hays State

Defensive Line – Parker Bass – Emporia State

Defensive Line – Jordan Ingraham – Nebraska Kearney

Defensive Line – Zach Howard – Northwest Missouri

Defensive Line – Sam Roberts – Northwest Missouri

Linebacker – Richard Jordan, Jr. – Missouri Southern

Linebacker – Anthony Williams – Missouri Western

Linebacker – Jackson Barnes – Northwest Missouri

Defensive Back- Codie Bell – Central Missouri

Defensive Back- Gary Woods II – Emporia State

Defensive Back – Tanner Hoekman – Fort Hays State

Defensive Back – Josh Wright – Washburn

Kicker – Parker Sampson – Northwest Missouri

Punter – Lane Spiker – Washburn

Kick/Punt Returner – Lorenzo West – Pittsburg State

Third-Team

Quarterback – Wyatt Steigerwald – Missouri Western

Running Back – Devante Turner – Central Missouri

Running Back – David Goodwin – Nebraska Kearney

Wide Receiver – Layne Bieberle – Fort Hays State

Wide Receiver – Dustin Basks – Central Oklahoma

Wide Receiver – Sedarius Young – Nebraska Kearney

Tight End – Daunte McGee – Central Oklahoma

All-Purpose Back – Shamar Griffith – Missouri Western

Offensive Line – Dan Sunderman – Central Missouri

Offensive Line – Amari Angram-Boldin – Fort Hays State

Offensive Line – Nick George – Central Oklahoma

Offensive Line – Steve Williams – Emporia State

Offensive Line – Jacob Olson – Missouri Western

Offensive Line – Ryan Spelhaug – Northwest Missouri

Offensive Line – Cole Baughman – Pittsburg State

Defensive Line – Michael Rios – Central Oklahoma

Defensive Line – Dre’Quan Brown – Central Oklahoma

Defensive Line – Marek Thompson – Emporia State

Defensive Line – Zeke Wall – Pittsburg State

Defensive Line – Tyler Baska – Missouri Western

Defensive Line – Cole Morris – Pittsburg State

Linebacker – Bryan Burns – Central Oklahoma

Linebacker – Sam Phillips – Northwest Missouri

Linebacker – Chase Johnston – Pittsburg State

Defensive Back- Jordan Starks – Fort Hays State

Defensive Back- Trey Washington – Northwest Missouri

Defensive Back – Morgan Selemaea – Pittsburg State

Defensive Back – KJ Turner – Washburn

Kicker – Jared Vincent – Pittsburg State

Punter – Todd Morrow – Pittsburg State

Kick/Punt Returner – Devante Turner – Central Missouri

Kick/Punt Returner – James Letcher, Jr. – Washburn

Honorable Mentions

Central Missouri – Koby Wilkerson – RB, Cameron Saunders – WR, Dominick Puni – OL, Jacob Wiggins – DL, John Embrey – LB, Deven Smith – LB

Central Oklahoma – Chandler Garrett – QB, TJ Roberts – RB, Seth Carmack – OL, Jakarri Hunt – DB, Kolby Underwood – DB, Alex Quevedo – K

Emporia State – Carlos Grace – RB, Estevan Arana – OL, Tyler Banta – OL, Gee Stanley – LB, Dawson Hammes – LB, Jaedon Pool – DB, Kyle Rinck – DB

Fort Hays State – Charles Tigner – RB, Manny Ramsey – WR, Matt Wendelberger – TE, Sheldon Schmidt – DL, Kolt Trachsel – LB, Hayden Kreutzer – DB

Lincoln – Cyril Spells – OL, Elex Harris – TE, Jajuan Chambers – DL, JaQuan Mason – DL, Michael Smith – DL, Cody Alexander – DB

Missouri Southern – Jacob Park – QB, Brian Boyd – WR, Ben Phillips – WR, Keandre Bledsoe – TE, Charles West – APB, Colton Winder – LB

Missouri Western – Markel Smith – RB, Cam Grandy – TE, Isaiah Colbert – OL, Arnold Crayton – DL, Cameron Ravenell – DL, Evan Chohon – LB, DJ Stirgus – DB

Nebraska Kearney – Dayton Sealey – RB, Darrius Webb – RB, Kolin Kenton – OL, Kooper Reece – OL, Zach Sullivan – LB, LaRoy James – DB

Northeastern State – Kevin Jackson – RB, Caleb Hash – OL, Jason Staggs – OL, Ukoh Essang – DL, Lane Yoder – LB, Ty Nichols – DB

Northwest Missouri – Isaiah Strayhorn – RB, Gabe Bautz – OL, Mike Ehlke – DL, Andy Hessler – LB, Jacob Gassman – DB, Chama Pierre – DB

Pittsburg State – Tyler Adkins – RB, Brenner Clemons – WR, Jackson Krull – TE, Ryan Dodd – OL, Anders Vance – OL, Kaden Roy – LB

Washburn – Mitch Schurig – QB, Zach Willis – RB, Colin Wilson – WR, Marcus Meier – TE, Grant Bruner – LB, Marquise Manning – DB

—fhsuathletics.com—

LAWRENCE — Highlighted by six first-team honorees, including junior wide receiver, Kameron McQueen, who earned his second-straight selection to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team – Kansas football notched 23 student-athletes on Academic All-Big 12 Teams the league office announced Tuesday.

McQueen, a native of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was among six Jayhawks named to the First Team of student-athletes with a 3.20-plus GPA. Other first-team members were Sam Burt, Mac Copeland, Donovan Franklin, Cody McNerney and Cooper Root, each of whom were honored for the first time in their careers.

KU’s 17 second-team selections were Hakeem Adeniji, Jelani Arnold, Nick Caudle, Denzel Feaster, Kevin Feder, Davon Ferguson, Quan Hampton, Jamahl Horne, Azur Kamara, Kwamie Lassiter II, Adagio Lopeti, Clyde McCauley III, Jeremiah McCullough, Stephon Robinson Jr., Spencer Roe, Kyle Thompson and Bryce Torneden.

Torneden was honored for the third-consecutive season, after taking home first team honors in 2017-18. Adeniji, McCauley and Thompson were each honored for the second time in their KU careers.

Nominated by each institution, 149 first-team members combined with 73 on the second team to give the conference a record 222 honorees. First-team members consist of those who have maintained a 3.20 or better GPA, and the second team are those who have a 3.00 to 3.19 GPA.

To qualify student-athletes must maintain a 3.00 GPA or higher, either cumulative or over the two previous semesters, and must have participated in 20 percent of their team’s scheduled contests. True freshmen and transfers are not eligible in their first year of academic residence. Senior student-athletes who have participated for a minimum of two years and meet all the criteria except percent of participation are also eligible.

MANHATTAN — Kansas State’s football program set a new school record with 32 Academic All-Big 12 honorees – including a league-record 26 first-team members – as the conference office announced the 222-member Academic All-Big 12 teams on Tuesday.

 

The Wildcats’ 26 first-team members were three more than the previous Big 12 record of 23 by both Nebraska and Texas Tech in 1999. K-State’s 32 total honors were the third most in Big 12 history behind Nebraska’s 35 honorees in 1997 and 33 members in 2001.

 

Since 2014, K-State has tallied 167 total Academic All-Big 12 accolades, which is 41 more than the next closest program (Oklahoma State, 126).

 

Headlining this year’s list were a Big 12-high three players that were nominated with a 4.0 GPA in tight end Blaise Gammon (financial services) and wide receiver Landry Weber (accounting) – both of whom tallied 4.0 GPAs for a second-straight year – in addition to wide receiver Dylan Wentzel (biochemistry). The Wildcats have led the Big 12 in players nominated with a 4.0 GPA for sixth-consecutive years.

 

Gammon and Weber were repeat first-team honorees and were also joined by Kyle Ball (financial management), Evan Curl (mechanical engineering), Ross Elder (finance), Scott Frantz (education), Ryan Henington (management), Adam Holtorf (agribusiness), Nick Kaltmayer (electrical engineering), Nick McLellan (kinesiology), Tyler Mitchell (accounting), Brock Monty (financial management), Dalton Schoen (mechanical engineering) and Drew Wiley (animal sciences & industry).

 

Other Wildcats earning first-team accolades this year include Nick Allen (open option), Nick Ast (marketing), Tyler Burns (social science), Kirk Coomes (biology), Thomas Helton (construction science & management), Noah Johnson (marketing), Logan Long (political science), Blake Lynch (financial management), Jordan Mittie (MBA), Randen Plattner (mechanical engineering) and D.J. Render (mass communication).

 

K-State’s second-team members were comprised of Mason Barta (management),, Denzel Goolsby (professional strategic selling), Eli Huggins (finance), Hayden Perry (marketing), Luke Sowa (communication studies) and Samuel Wheeler (kinesiology).

 

Nominated by each institution’s director of student-athlete support services, the 2019 football academic all-league squad is comprised of 149 first-team members combined with 63 on the second team. First-team members consist of those who have maintained a 3.20 or better GPA, and the second team are those who have a 3.00 to 3.19 GPA.

 

To qualify, student-athletes must maintain a 3.00 GPA or higher either cumulative or the two previous semesters and must have participated in 20% of their team’s scheduled contests. Freshmen and transfers are not eligible in their first year of academic residence. Senior student-athletes who have participated for a minimum of two years and meet all the criteria except percent of participation are also eligible.

—k-statesports.com—