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DJANUARY 29, 2012

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On TV today

Golf: Farmers Insurance Open, noon on the Golf Channel; 2 p.m. on WIBW (13.1).

Seaman girls place third

The Seaman girls claim third in the Capital City Classic with a win against Shawnee Mission East.

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Woodland out for finale

SAN DIEGO — Gary Woodland made the first cut on Friday, but he couldn’t do the same on Saturday.

The Shawnee Heights and University of Kansas standout shot a 4-over 74 in the third round and did not qualify for the final day of the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines.

Woodland’s 216 total was two shots from what he needed to continue to Sunday’s final round.

Woodland began his third round with bogeys on two of the first three holes. He then birdied Nos. 6 and 9, sticking his third shot on the par-5 sixth to a couple inches and holing it.

He made a 9-footer on No. 9 to get back to even for the round but bogeyed Nos. 10 and 14 and failed to mount a charge on the back nine.

Kyle Stanley continues to lead at 18 under, five strokes ahead of two players.

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White, Cyclones take over during final five minutes

By Jayson JenksThe CapiTal-Journal

AMES, Iowa — The loss hit Kan-sas in the heart and in the gut, be-cause stripped of all else, that’s where this game was decided.

It was a big-boy game through and through. It was the type of game where every rebound counts, where every loose ball can swing the out-come. It was, in other words, an at-mosphere a Bill Self team should thrive in.

Shots might not fall and calls might not go their way, but the Jay-hawks always think they can control rebounding and loose balls.

That’s what big-boy teams do anyway, but against a feisty Iowa State team in a jacked-up Hilton Coliseum, Kansas was stripped of its big-boy card for one afternoon in a 72-64 loss.

“We pride ourselves on being a big-man school and rebounding and scoring inside,” Kansas center Jeff Withey said. “They just outhit us today.”

Or, as Kansas’ Self said, “they out-manned us.”

It’s a simplistic explanation for a game that featured more than its fair

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Iowa State standout Royce White celebrated with jubilant fans Saturday at Hilton Coliseum after scoring 18 points to lead the Cyclones to a 72-64 upset of No. 5 Kansas.

Jayhawks ‘outmanned’ in road defeat

AMES, Iowa — The nice man in Dockers stationed himself between Iowa State’s student section and the court.

He was middle-aged and smiling, with thinning hair and a few spare pounds. His job was to keep the students off the floor, a mission that was doomed from the beginning.

The guy gave a valiant effort, holding back the bodies like a human dam until the final seconds expired. Then

everyone spilled onto the court, a bunch of happy Iowans dancing to Neil Diamond.

This is what happens when Kansas loses on the road, which is basically the only place Kansas loses during the regular season. When the Jayhawks have a game like this, a 72-64 loss to unranked Iowa State, the opposing fans make sure to com-

memorate the occasion.

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Hostile Hilton helps hand Kansas first Big 12 loss

AUSTINmEEk

Zenger relying on rootsThe tone is purely Kansan,

though the characters who provided some of the material were not.

Speaking to the Downtown Rotary Club last week, Sheahon Zenger was in his element.

He read an essay from Paul Harvey, he related the heroics of Civil War colonel Joshua Chamber-lain, and he praised some basket-ball coach named Bill Self.

The works of all these men were connected to the values Zenger hopes to instill in athletes, coaches, administrators and even fans and boosters of KU.

He also stated the principles he set forth from day one as the Jayhawks’ athletic director, which was officially Feb. 1 of last year, though Zenger actually began work immediately after he was intro-duced in January.

One, be humble. Two, under-promise and overproduce. Three, just work hard.

It was interesting to see a group committed to the Rotary motto, “Service Above Self,’’ embrace Zenger’s vision for KU athletics. (Pun intended.)

By now, many who buy KU tickets, write checks to the Williams Fund and recite the Rock Chalk chant are familiar with Zenger’s passionate appeals. There’s a good chance they bumped into him already. At a club meeting, social mixer or golf scramble.

Zenger tries to attend any KU function, in any Kansas town, big or small, formal or informal, if his schedule permits. Just as he promised when he set out to re-establish Kansas morality, and practicality, in KU athletics.

* * * * * * *When Zenger took over, the

department was shaken by a ticket scandal, which eroded confidence among boosters.

In addition, cheering was limited

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Mcneill’s long 3 delivers Washburn men at WesternBy Ken Corbitt

The CapiTal-Journal

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — The offensive set was falling apart. A pass inside was bat-ted around and the shot clock was run-ning out.

Bobby Chipman was able to find Will McNeill, who tossed in a 3-point shot from about 22 feet, giving Washburn a

four-point lead over Missouri Western with 1:35 to play.

That was the dagger as the Ichabods held the Griffons scoreless the rest of the way and made 5 of 8 free throws for a 64-55 victory Saturday at the MWSU Field-house.

McNeill’s 3-pointer, plus three of those final five free throws, gave him a 26-point

game.“I was definitely keeping my eye on

the shot clock,” McNeill said of the 3-pointer that put the Bods up 59-55. “When Jared (Henry) had it, I saw four seconds so I knew it would take at least a second for me to catch it and gather my rhythm. I shot it with a second or two left. I took my time on it.

“Sometimes I practice alone in gym practicing long 3s and it finally paid off. It was a big-time shot that stretched it out to (four) and we went on to win the game.”

It certainly was a big shot for McNeill, his only 3-pointer in four attempts while

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BlUES wINStevi Schultz turns in a solid game on both ends of the floor to help lead the Washburn women to a 60-55 victory against Western.

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OU-CH!

By Kevin HaskinThe CapiTal-Journal

MANHATTAN — Kansas State wishes now that the all-time great it couldn’t keep in Bram-lage Coliseum would just stay out.

Visiting for the first time as an opposing coach, Lon Kruger directed Oklahoma to a sea-son sweep of the Big 12 series with the Wild-cats.

A weekend celebrating K-State basketball

legends ended in a legendary upset for Kruger, a former Big Eight player of the year for K-State who went on to open Bramlage as the Wildcats coach. Behind 30 points from Steven Pledger, OU edged K-State 63-60.

“Sometimes in practice he says Big 12, (sometimes) he says Big Eight,’’ Pledger said. “This is his old stomping grounds, where he used to do it on the court, so it’s good.’’

Kruger, as expected, downplayed the victory.

Even said his players had no idea he starred for K-State.

But when your jersey hangs from the rafters, it can be hard keeping that a secret.

Or keep it from motivating the team Kruger is in his first year coaching. The long-awaited ap-pearance in Manhattan turned into his first road win with Oklahoma (13-7, 3-5 Big 12).

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OkLAHOmA 63, #22 kANSAS STATE 60

pledger scores 30 to make Kruger victorious in return

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Kansas State’s Rodney McGruder reacts after missing a game-tying, 3-point try at the buzzer of Saturday’s game against Oklahoma.

Sooners pleased to win for coach

Oklahoma coach Lon Kruger, right, is 4-2 against Kansas State, his alma mater, with Saturday’s win.

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SECOND GLANCE

BRIEFLYNFL

COLLEGE SPORTS

MISCELLANEOUS

TIGER WOODS, golfer, after a 6-under 66 left him on top at the Abu Dhabi Championship: “It just seemed like I didn’t do a lot of things right but I didn’t do a lot of things wrong today, it was just very consistent. You know, made a couple putts here and there.”

THE LAST WORD

THREE-GAME PLANNER

K-STATE MEN

At Iowa State8 p.m. Tuesday

TEXAS A&M3 p.m. Saturday

TEXAS TECH7 p.m. Feb. 7

The Chicago Blackhawks’ Patrick Kane, left, wears a Superman cape as he gets a high-five from teammate Marian Hossa as they

take part in the Breakaway Challenge during the NHL All-Star skills hockey competition in Ottawa, Ontario, on Saturday.

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BEARS HIRE EX-CHIEFS STAFFER EMERY: The Chicago Bears have hired Kansas City Chiefs director of college scouting Phil Emery as their new general manager.

Emery was an area scout for the Bears from 1998-2004 and replaces Jerry Angelo, who was fired after an injury-riddled 8-8 season.

Emery and New England Patriots director of pro personnel Jason Licht were finalists and both interviewed twice. The Bears also inter-viewed San Diego Chargers director of player personnel Jimmy Raye, New York Giants director of college scouting Marc Ross, and current director of player personnel Tim Ruskell.

NINERS LB SMITH CHARGED WITH DUI: San Francisco 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith was charged Saturday with driving under the influence in Miami Beach.

Miami-Dade County jail records show Smith was booked Saturday morning and held on $1,000 bond. Jail records did not show whether Smith was represented by an attorney.

A Miami-Dade County Corrections spokeswoman said Smith was arrested by Miami Beach police. A police spokesman said he had no information immediately available about the arrest.

Smith was drafted as the seventh overall draft pick in 2011 out of Missouri. During his first season, he had 14 sacks, a franchise record for a rookie linebacker. He also ranked first in the NFL in sacks among rookies.

WISCONSIN GIVES BIELEMA EXTENSION: Wisconsin has extended the contract of football coach Bret Bielema through the end of the 2016 season.

Bielema, who got a raise to $2.5 million last February, had his five-year deal extended through Jan. 31, 2017. Bielema led the Badgers to their first back-to-back Rose Bowls in a dozen years.

The Badgers lost to Oregon, 45-38 on Jan. 2.Wisconsin is 60-19 in six seasons since Bielema was promoted from

defensive coordinator to replace the retiring Barry Alvarez.

UCONN GUARD CLEARED FOR RETURN: Connecticut guard Ryan Boatright has been cleared by the NCAA to return to action, de-spite a finding by the governing body that the freshman and his mother received more than $8,000 in impermissible benefits both before and after he enrolled in school.

RUTGERS INTERVIEWS FLOOD FOR HEAD COACH: Interim coach Kyle Flood interviewed for the head coaching job to replace Greg Schiano at Rutgers.

Schiano stepped down Thursday to take over the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

GOODEN SCORES 23 FOR BUCKS: Drew Gooden scored 23 points and the undermanned Milwaukee Bucks made sure the Lakers’ road struggles continued, beating Los Angeles.

Kobe Bryant scored 27 for the Lakers, who are 1-7 on the road this season. Ersan Ilyasova and Mike Dunleavy added 15 points each for the Bucks, who managed to beat the Lakers without two of their best players.

The Bucks found themselves without guard/forward Stephen Jackson on Saturday because of an NBA suspension.

DOCTOR: CROSBY ALSO HAS NECK INJURY: Sidney Crosby isn’t just dealing with the lingering effects of a concussion. A California doctor says the Pittsburgh Penguins’ star also is recovering from a neck injury.

And Crosby’s agent, Pat Brisson, said he can’t rule out the possibility that the injury could be to his vertebrae.

“There’s been speculation that I really can’t comment on at this point,” Brisson said Saturday night at the All-Star game skills competi-tion in Ottawa. “I can’t rule it out. I don’t know. I’m not a radiologist.”

CANADIAN BREAKS 1,000M SPEEDSKATING RECORD: Cana-dian speedskater Christine Nesbitt broke the world record in the 1,000 meters Saturday in the world sprint championship.

Nesbitt, the Olympic champion in the 1,000, finished in 1 minute, 12.68 seconds at the Olympic Oval to break the mark of 1:13.11 set by Canadian Cindy Klassen in 2006 on the same ice.

14-YEAR-OLD WINS PROFESSIONAL EVENT: Fourteen-year-old New Zealand amateur Lydia Ko has become the youngest winner of a professional golf tour event, taking the women’s New South Wales Open by four strokes Sunday at Sydney.

Ko, the world’s top amateur, broke Japananse star Ryo Ishikawa’s mark of 15 years, 8 months, and Australian Amy Yang’s women’s record of 16 years, 192 days in the Australian Ladies Masters. The South Korean-born New Zealander shot a 3-under 69 to finish at 14 under.

KANSAS MEN

OKLAHOMA8 p.m. Wed.

At Missouri8 p.m. Saturday

At Baylor6 p.m. Feb. 8

WASHBURN WOMEN

At Truman State5:30 p.m. Wed.

FORT HAYS ST.1:30 p.m. Sat.

CENTRAL MO.5:30 p.m. Feb. 8

WASHBURN MEN

At Truman State7:30 p.m. Wed.

FORT HAYS ST.3:30 p.m. Sat.

CENTRAL MO.7:30 p.m. Feb. 8

O’Leary’s five goals lead Runners past Mustangs

By Rick Peterson Jr.THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL

If one player can single-handedly dominate a team by himself, Topeka RoadRunners forward Andrew O’Leary did it Saturday night against New Mexico.

On a night when his teammates struggled to get opportunities, O’Leary turned in one of the best in-dividual performances in RoadRun-ners history, scoring an astounding five goals in Topeka’s 5-1 victory at Landon Arena.

The brilliant performance matched O’Leary’s previous num-ber of goals scored on the season.

“It felt amazing,” said O’Leary, who tied a franchise record for goals scored in a game. “A lot of hard work over the past few weeks added up and I ended up with good results in one game. I felt like I had a lot of chances (Friday night) and it all kind of came together tonight and just happened for me. I’m just thankful for it.”

O’Leary scored a goal in the first and second period before coming up with the natural hat trick in the third.

“It couldn’t have happened to a better kid,” RoadRunners coach Scott Langer said. “It was just unbe-lievable. It’s tough to get two, let alone five.”

O’Leary said he had a feeling it was going to be a special night early on.

“After the first shot I had, I felt like I had a hot stick and I could put the puck where I wanted to,” he said. “I just kept rolling and got more and more confident as the game went on.”

O’Leary struck first at the 16:53 mark of the first and then gave the

Runners a 2-0 lead at 4:53 of the sec-ond period. Tate Rusk put New Mexico on the board at 14:29 of the second before the O’Leary show re-ally got going in the third period.

He registered his hat trick on a wrap-around goal at 9:27, scored his fourth three minutes later, then saw

an unlikely shot from the left point find the back of the net at 12:07.

“It was just an act of God, I think,” O’Leary said of the fifth goal. “The puck just went on my stick and I threw it toward the net, hoping (James Ring) would get a tip. He had a nice screen and it just went right between the goalie’s legs.”

The RoadRunners (28-12-2) were outshot 23-19 by the Mustangs (13-27-2). O’Leary accounted for 7 of the RoadRunners’ 19 shots.

“In the first two periods, it looked like we just wanted to exchange rush for rush, and that’s not our game,” Langer said. “We refocused there in the third, and (the Mustangs) spent most of the third turning pucks over to us, which helped our game be-cause that’s usually how we play.”

Colin LeMay picked up the win in his first start in net for the Runners, stopping 22 of 23 shots. Sean Gaff-ney also contributed nicely with three assists.

The RoadRunners will play Cor-pus Christi next weekend Wednes-day and Thursday night at Landon Arena.New Mexico 0 1 0 — 1Topeka 1 1 3 — 5

First period — 1. Topeka, O’Leary (Gaffney, Young), 16:53.

Second period — 2. Topeka, O’Leary (Gaffney), 4:23; 3. New Mexico, Rusk (Chapie), 14:29.

Third period — 4. Topeka, O’Leary (Gaffney), 6:22; 5. Topeka, O’Leary (unassisted), 9:27; 6. Topeka, O’Leary (unassisted), 12:07.

Shots on goal — New Mexico 9-6-8 – 23. Topeka 7-6-6 – 19.

Goalies — New Mexico, Stafford. Topeka, LeMay. Attendance — 1,583. Stars of the game — First star: O’Leary. Second star:

Gaffney. Third star: LeMay.

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Topeka’s Andrew O’Leary scores the first of his five goals Saturday night against New Mexico at Landon Arena.

The Associated PressMELBOURNE, Australia — Vic-

toria Azarenka started celebrating, then suddenly did a double-take to ask her coach, “What happened?”

The answer: She had just pro-duced one of the most lopsided Aus-tralian Open final victories to cap-ture a Grand Slam title and the No. 1 ranking for the first time.

Azarenka routed three-time Grand Slam winner Maria Sharapo-va 6-3, 6-0 in 1 hour, 22 minutes Sat-urday night, winning 12 of the last 13 games after dropping her first service game and falling behind 2-0.

“It’s a dream come true,” she said. “I have been dreaming and working so hard to win the Grand Slam, and being No. 1 is pretty good bonus. Just the perfect ending and the perfect position to be in.”

Azarenka had won 11 straight matches, including a run to the Syd-ney International title, and reached her first Grand Slam final. Her previ-ous best performance at a major was a semifinal loss to Petra Kvitova at Wimbledon last year. Sharapova had all the experience, being in her sixth major final and having won three — dating to her 2004 Wimbledon title.

But it didn’t unnerve the 22-year-old Azarenka, the first woman from Belarus to win a singles major. She’s also the seventh different woman to win a Grand Slam since Franc-esca Schiavone won the 2010 French Open, and the fifth different winner in as many majors.

Azarenka became only the third woman to earn the No. 1 spot after winning her first major title. She moved from No. 3 to No. 1 in the rankings, helped by Caroline Wozni-acki’s loss in the quarterfinals.

The third-seeded Azarenka set up championship point with a stunning forehand, her 14th clean winner, and sealed it when Sharapova netted a

backhand.She dropped to her knees at the

baseline with her hands over her face. She got up, held her hands up and jogged over to her coach, Sam Sumyk, in the stands to celebrate.

“The best feeling, for sure,” Aza-renka said. “I don’t know about the game. I don’t know what I was doing out there. It’s just pure joy what hap-

pened. I can’t believe it’s over.”And she paid special credit to her

grandmother, “the person who in-spires me the most in my life.”

Azarenka has been a distinc-tive presence at Melbourne Park as much for her shrieks and hoots with each shot and boundless energy as for her white shorts, blue singlet and lime green head and wrist bands.


Victoria Azarenka, of Belarus, celebrates after defeating Maria Sharapova of Russia during the women’s singles final at the Australian Open. Azarenka dominated Sharapova, 6-3, 6-0.

Azarenka rolls by Sharapova

Tiger surges into lead at Abu DhabiThe Associated Press

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Tiger Woods put himself in position to win his second straight tournament Saturday, and this one would leave little doubt about which direction his game is going.

He finally won two months ago against an 18-man field in California.

On Saturday, against the strongest field golf has seen in at least three months, Woods shot a 6-un-der 66 for a share of the lead with Robert Rock go-ing into the final round of the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship.

The topic suddenly shifts from the state of his swing and his health. Woods has a 55-8 record worldwide when he has at least a share of the lead going into the final round, and a win would be the first time since August 2009 that he has won con-secutive starts.

More than being atop the leaderboard, it’s how Woods got there.

“It’s fun when I’m able to control the golf ball like I did,” Woods said.

There wasn’t a lot of fist-pumping from Woods, who traded drama for consistency, racking up six birdies in a bogey-free round. It was a memorable performance by the American, mostly for his abil-ity to hit fairways, tame the par 5s and sink clutch putts <0x2014> including a 6-footer for birdie on the final hole.

“It just seemed like I didn’t do a lot of things right but I didn’t do a lot of things wrong today, it

was just very consistent,” Woods said. “You know, made a couple putts here and there. ... I stayed

away from trouble and tried to keep the ball to-wards the fat side of some of these pins, and I think I did a pretty good job.”

Woods finished at 11-under 205. Rock, at No. 117 in the world, birdied his final two holes to join Woods in the last group along with Peter Hanson, who had a 64 and was two shots behind.

Also two back at 9-under 207 were Rory McIl-roy, who played with Woods for the third straight day and had a 68, keeping the No. 3 player very much in the picture.

Francesco Molinari (66) and Paul Lawrie (68) also were tied for third. George Coetzee (65), James Kingston (67), overnight leader Thorbjorn Olesen (71) and Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (69) were another shot back.

FARMERS INSURANCE OPEN — At San Diego, Kyle Stanley overpowered Torrey Pines to open a five-shot lead in the Farmers Insurance Open.

About the only regret for Stanley was missing a 4-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole that would have broken the 54-hole tournament record set by Tiger Woods in 1998, before Rees jones beefed up the South Course for the 2008 u.S. Open. Stanley still managed a 4-under 68, a spot alongside Woods in the record book at 18-under 198 and great position for his first victory.

Stanley built a three-shot lead with a birdie on the second hole and was never really challenged on another glorious days along the Pacific bluffs. His lone bogey came on the 12th, when he went just over the green, chipped to 6 feet and missed the putt.

GOLF ROUNDUP


Tiger Woods watches a drive early in the third round of the Abu Dhabi Championship. Woods is the co-leader after a 6-under 66.

Belarus star earns No. 1 ranking by winning Australian Open

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Hutchinson girls tip Highland Park

By Brent MaycockTHE CAPITAL-JOURNAL

EMPORIA — The turnover woes that crippled Highland Park’s girls Friday weren’t nearly as prevalent when the Scots returned to the floor for Saturday’s third-place game at the Glacier’s Edge Invitational.

That’s not to say, however, that they still weren’t a problem.

After committing a whopping 32 turnovers in the semifinal loss Fri-day, the Scots cut that number near-ly in half against Hutchinson on Sat-urday. But almost half of Highland Park’s turnovers came during a six-minute stretch in the first half that allowed Hutchinson to take control on its way to a 53-40 victory over the Scots.

“I thought our effort was good to-night, but there were a couple stretches where it just didn’t go our way,” Highland Park coach Tim Bar-ber said. “But we never got our heads down and we kept fighting.”

Highland Park wound up fourth at the tournament, losing to two 6A teams that have combined for a 19-5 record this season.

“These were some really good teams we lost to, good 6A teams,” Barber said. “They were disciplined with good coaching and good fun-damentals. I thought we came up here and competed well, except for some stretches.”

The decisive stretch came right af-ter Destini Gillian had buried a 3-pointer to pull the Scots within 16-12 early in the second quarter. It was second trey of the half for Gillian and third for the Scots overall as they did their best to free up the Salthawks’ collapsing defense on Scot standout Shanise Brooks.

After the 3-pointer, however, the Scots got sloppy again. Highland Park’s next four possessions ended in turnovers and after Delores Smith hit a 3-pointer, the Scots turned it over on four of their next five posses-sions.

Hutchinson took full advantage of Highland Park’s miscues. The Salthawks engineered a 12-3 run that opened up a 28-15 halftime lead, scoring nine of the points off Scot turnovers.

Nearly as big of a problem as those turnovers was the defense Hutch threw up against Brooks. With 6-footers Taylor Mayes and Bri Starks taking turns and sometimes sharing duties on Brooks, they hounded her into an 0-of-6 performance from the floor and one point in the opening half.

Brooks wound up with a team-high 14 points and 10 rebounds, but got 11 of her points in the final quar-ter after Hutchinson expanded its lead to 43-21 by the end of the third quarter.

Shelby Morford paced Hutchin-son (9-3) with 19 points, making three 3-pointers in the first quarter and four in the game. Mayes added 11 points.

“I’m never happy with a loss, but I was pleased with the effort,” Barber said. “It was a lot better (than Friday) and that was something I wanted to

see, how we would respond after that game.”

SHAWNEE HEIGHTS 38, GREAT BEND 35 — The T-Birds avoided going winless at the tour-ney, holding off Great Bend in the final minute for the victory. Heights led 32-26 entering the final quarter but saw the Panthers pull within one on a Morgan Harwood bucket with 25 seconds left.

But Bailey Wells made two free throws to restore a three-point T-Bird lead and Great Bend’s potential game-tying 3-pointer was well off the mark.

Danielle Poblarp led Heights (3-10) with 11 points and Harwood scored 20 to lead all scorers.

WICHITA NORTHWEST 65, EMPORIA 59, 2OT — Down nine in the fourth quarter of the fifth-place game, Emporia rallied to force overtime and even had a shot to win it in regulation. Whitney Wilhite scored with less than 15 seconds left to tie it at 47 and was fouled but couldn’t convert the free throw to win it. Northwest didn’t get off a shot, sending the game to overtime.

Emporia got a chance to win it at the end of the first overtime, but Bri-anna Knight’s running banker at the buzzer crawled off. In the second overtime, Northwest put the game away at the free-throw line, making 6 of 10 to close out the Spartans.

Knight had a huge game for Em-poria, scoring 29 points, 18 of them coming in the fourth quarter and ex-tra periods. Wilhite added a career-high 14 points. Cassidy Harbert led Northwest with 24 points and Sau-sha McPherson added 19.

OLATHE SOUTH 56, MAIZE 49 — Megan Balcom put undefeated and No. 2 South on her shoulders in the third quarter to break open a back-and-forth championship game. After No. 4 Maize grabbed a 29-28 lead to start the second half, Balcom nailed four 3-pointers in the third quarter to help the Falcons build a 45-36 lead by the end of the period.

Maize pulled as close as 48-43 with 3:56 to play and had two 3-point attempts to get closer but missed both. Balcom connected seven times from 3-point range for a game-high 21 points and Kylee Kopatich added 14 for South (12-0), while Maize (10-2) was led by 17 points from Jurnee Reid and 16 from Keiryn Swenson.

HUTCHINSON 53, HIGHLAND PARK 40Highland Park 9 6 6 19 — 40Hutchinson 16 12 15 10 — 53

Highland Park (9-4) — Ray 2-9 0-0 6, Smith 1-1 2-2 5, Talbert 1-8 0-0 2, Gillian 3-6 0-0 8, Brooks 5-13 3-8 14, Keith 1-2 0-0 2, White 0-0 0-0 0, Ross 1-1 1-2 3, Cazier 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 14-41 6-12 40.

Hutchinson (9-3) — Engweiler 1-4 0-3 2, Small 2-5 3-4 8, Shelby Morford 5-10 5-5 19, Mayes 4-8 3-4 11, Starks3-10 2-3 8, Clark 0-0 0-0 0, Shea Morford 0-1 1-2 1, Long 0-2 2-2 2, Reiser 0-1 0-0 0, Schrock 0-1 2-2 2, Wolab 0-0 0-0 0, Rothe 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 15-42 18-25 53.

3-pointers — Highland Park 6-16 (Ray 2-7, Gillian 2-5, Brooks 1-1, Smith 1-1, Keith 0-1, Cazier 0-1); Hutchinson 5-12 (Shelby Morford 4-7, Small 1-3, Engweiler 0-2). Total fouls — Highland Park 22, Hutchinson 16. Fouled out — Highland Park: Smith.

SHAWNEE HEIGHTS 38, GREAT BEND 35Shawnee Heights 8 14 10 6 — 38Great Bend 9 8 9 9 — 35

Shawnee Heights (3-10) — Poblarp 3 3-4 11, H. Brun 1 2-4 4, Wells 1 4-4 6, Morgan 2 1-2 6, Pierce 2 1-1 5, Kennedy 0 0-2 0, Wittman 0 2-4 2, Tucker 0 0-0 0, Hecker 1 2-3 4. Totals 10 15-24 38.

Great Bend (1-12) — Cruse 0 0-0 0, Henning 0 1-2 1, Kutina 2 2-4 6, Mauler 3 0-0 8, Harwood 9 2-3 20, Sch-neider 0 0-0 0, Basye 0 0-0 0, Doll 0 0-0 0, Steuder 0 0-0 0, Crosby 0 0-0 0, Unruh 0 0-0 0. Totals 14 5-9 35.

3-pointers — Heights 3 (Poblarp 2, Morgan 1); Great Bend 2 (Mauler 2). Total fouls — Heights 11, Great Bend 19. Fouled out — none.

Rural girls find consolation thanks to late rallyBy Rick Peterson

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LAWRENCE — Washburn Rural’s girls basketball team finally showed the fight Junior Blues coach Kevin Bordewick has been looking for. The result was a come-from-behind 53-48 win over Leavenworth in Satur-day’s third-place game of the Firebird Winter Classic.

Down nine with two and a half minutes left in regulation and lead-ing scorer and floor leader Erika

Lane on the bench after having fouled out, the Junior Blues roared back behind junior Charly Michaelis to force overtime tied at 43.

Rural, which improved to 9-4, then scored the first five points of overtime — three from sophomore Courtney Winkley, two from fresh-man Paige Cunningham — and the Pioneers got no closer than three points the rest of the way.

“Watching Erika go out of the game made us all go, ‘Wow, now

we’ve really got to step up,’ and we stepped up to the challenge today and were able to do it,’’ Michaelis said.

With Rural trailing 41-31, Michae-lis started Rural’s comeback with a 3-pointer with 2:24 left in regulation.

Michaelis canned two more 3-pointers the rest of the way, includ-ing a game-tying shot with 50 sec-onds left.

Michaelis added 5 of 6 free throws in the overtime to finish with 21

points, including four 3-pointers.The Rural guard scored 17 points

in the fourth quarter and overtime and hit all four of her 3-pointers in the fourth quarter.

“My teammates were really help-ing me be confident and kept push-ing me to shoot,’’ Michaelis said. “They got me open and I was just able to knock some down.’’

The Junior Blues also got 16 points and nine rebounds from Winkley and 13 points and nine rebounds

from Lane. Cunningham also grabbed nine boards.

“I thought everybody we had con-tributed,’’ Bordewick said. “I think we decided, ‘We’ve got to dig deep and fight now because we’re not going to like the result.

“That is what we’ve been wanting. I knew it was in them, with or with-out Erika, and they just fought.’’

Leavenworth was led by 6-foot freshman Tashia Jones, who had 19 points and 17 rebounds before foul-

ing out in the overtime.Junior Rashayla Mathis added 14

points for the Pioneers, who fell to 5-7.Washburn Rural 8 9 7 19 10 — 53 Leavenworth 8 11 11 13 5 — 48

Washburn Rural (9-4) — Weingartner 0-4 0-0 0, Lane 4-13 4-8 13, Michaelis 6-12 5-8 21, Winkley 4-12 8-9 16, Cunningham 0-1 3-4 3, Dillingham 0-2 0-0 0, Garcia 0-3 0-0 0, Moser 0-0 0-2 0. Totals 14-47 20-31 53.

Leavenworth (5-7) — Marfield 0-1 0-0 0, Mathis 1-8 10-16 13, Jones 6-17 4-8 19, Wallingford 0-4 0-0 0, Black-burn 2-4 3-4 7, Thomas 1-6 1-4 3, Ruble 1-5 1-2 3, Good-win 1-3 0-0 3, Covington 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 12-48 19-34 48.

3-point goals — Washburn Rural 5 (Michaelis 4, Lane), Leavenworth 5 (Jones 3, Mathis, Goodwin). Total fouls — Washburn Rural 23, Leavenworth 22. Fouled out — Lane, Jones, Blackburn.

Olpe girls have easy time claiming 7th straight LCL tournamentBy Brent Maycock

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EMPORIA — Over the past cou-ple of seasons, some of the biggest tests Olpe’s girls have had have come from Lyon County League ri-val Waverly.

So heading into Saturday night’s league tournament championship game, Olpe coach Jesse Nelson was at least a little leery of facing a Bull-dog team looking to avenge last year’s 29-point title-tilt loss.

“They’re a very strong team and they like to keep the score low,” Nel-son said. “We really felt like it was important for us that we played well early.”

Uhh, you could say that hap-pened and whatever concerns Nel-son may have had, however, his team quickly put to ease. Olpe

opened the championship game with a 19-0 run and kept the foot on the gas on its way to a 60-26 throt-tling of the Bulldogs.

The tournament title was the sev-enth straight for the Eagles and 10th in the last 11 years with the lone ex-ception a loss to, yep, Waverly in the 2005 championship game.

“That’s the best we’ve come out all year,” senior guard Kendyl Mc-Dougald said. “We knew we had to come out strong against them and that was our goal. We were pretty confident coming in and we just got up and went.”

Waverly (13-2), which lost to Olpe just 43-36 in December for its only other defeat, showed its true form in the second half and outscored the Eagles in the third quarter. But it wasn’t nearly enough to overcome

the dreadful first half. Ashley Romig finished with 13 points and Meader added eight, but only three Bulldogs scored and Waverly finished with almost as many turnovers (23) as shot attempts (27).

“They’ve got a good team and they’re ranked No. 1 in 2A for a rea-son,” Waverly coach Dennis Tyson said. “We’re not bad, but we just didn’t show it tonight.”

Kendyl McDougald topped all scorers with 20 points, while Elena Flott added 14 for the Eagles, who improved to 11-0 on the season. The victory also moved Nelson within two wins of tying Natoma’s John Locke for the most in state history. Locke had 731 and Nelson is at 729.

LEBO BOYS 67, MADISON 51 — It wasn’t like the Lebo boys were in a funk coming into the Lyon

County League Tournament, bring-ing a 6-3 mark into tourney play.

But the Wolves weren’t exactly playing the kind of ball they expect-ed, having lost three of their previ-ous five games.

“A couple weeks ago, we really started talking about what we need-ed to do, what kind of team we want-ed to be,” Lebo coach Kurt Bangle said. “They’ve taken that to heart.”

Boy has Lebo. After stifling Wa-verly 46-34 in Friday’s semifinals, the Wolves clamped down on Madi-son in the second half of Saturday’s championship game to erase a six-point halftime deficit to run away with a 67-41 victory.

The tourney title was the first for the Wolves since winning back-to-back crowns in 2005-06 and includ-ed wins over the league’s regular-

season co-champions on consecutive nights.

“I’ve seen this team before and I think we’re starting to show what we can do and what we are capable of,” Bangle said. “We just haven’t played that way for awhile. We’ve really picked it up on the defensive side and I’ve been so proud of that the past two nights. That’s what wins championships.”

The Wolves opened the second half with an 11-3 spurt to grab their first lead on Austin Holmes’ layup and after Madison tied it with a Kole Schankie basket, Trevor White bur-ied a 3-pointer and Tyson Robke converted a three-point play to put Lebo up for good.

White added 21 to back Thadd Barker’s 22 points, and the Wolves made 13 of 20 shots in the second

half. Schankie scored 20 to lead Madison. Tanner Bybee added 10.

LEBO BOYS 67, MADISON 51Lebo 18 11 19 19 — 67Madison 21 14 7 9 — 51

Lebo — A. Holmes 2-7 0-0 4, Robke 4-6 1-1 9, Barker 9-11 4-4 22, White 7-16 2-2 21, Madsen 0-1 0-0 0, Davies 0-0 2-2 2, Weiss 0-2 6-6 6, G. Holmes 1-1 0-0 2, Gould 0-0 0-0 0, Milota 0-0 0-0 0, Jarvis 0-0 0-0 0, Walford 0-0 1-2 1. Totals 23-44 16-17 67.

Madison — Schankie 7-17 4-4 20, Williams 3-10 0-0 9, Kile 2-6 2-2 7, Bybee 5-9 0-2 10, Smith 0-3 1-2 1, Der-ryberry 1-1 0-0 2, West 0-1 2-2 2, Shaw 0-0 0-0 0, Woodie 0-0 0-0 0, Beitz 0-1 0-0 0, Alvarez 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 18-48 9-12 51.

3-pointers — Lebo 5-14 (White 5-11, Robke 0-2, Weiss 0-1); Madison 6-15 (Williams 3-8, Schankie 2-4, Kile 1-2). Total fouls — Lebo 16, Madison 15. Fouled out — none.

OLPE GIRLS 60, WAVERLY 26Waverly 2 3 13 8 — 26Olpe 23 9 9 19 — 60

Waverly (13-2) — Graham 2-3 1-1 5, Romig 6-13 1-3 13, Meader 3-9 1-2 8, Zilliox 0-0 0-0 0, Lee 0-2 0-0 0, Chapman 0-0 0-0 0, Clarkson 0-0 0-1 0, H. Blackbourn 0-0 0-0 0, Fisher 0-0 0-0 0, Fugitt 0-0 0-0 0, K. Blackbourn 0-0 0-0 00, Johnson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 11-27 3-7 26.

Olpe (11-0) — Ke. McDougald 7-13 2-2 20, Haag 3-8 1-2 7, Flott 6-7 1-2 14, Samuels 1-5 0-0 2, Benton 0-2 0-0 0, Redeker 2-5 0-0 4, Scheidegger 0-0 1-2 1, Ka. McDou-gald 2-3 0-0 5, Spellman 2-4 0-0 4, Barnard 1-2 0-0 3, Vogts 0-0 0-0 0, Garretson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-49 5-8 60.

3-point goals — Waverly 1-6 (Meader 1-4, Romig 0-1, Lee 0-1); Olpe 7-12 (Ke. McDougald 4-5, Flott 1-1, Ka. Mc-Dougald 1-1, Barnard 1-2, Samuels 0-3). Total fouls — Wa-verly 7, Olpe 12. Fouled out — none.

Seaman girls regroup, defeat SM East for third

CAPITAL CITY CLASSIC

By Rick PetersonTHE CAPITAL-JOURNAL

Coming off a tough two-point overtime semi-final loss, Seaman girls basketball coach Steve Alexander wasn’t sure how his Vikings would come back less than 24 hours later.

He was pleasantly surprised. The Vikings turned in a solid performance in a 57-45 win over Shawnee Mission East in Saturday’s third-place game of the Capital City Classic at Topeka West.

“Coming back after a heartbreaking loss, you never know where their minds are going to be and I thought they did a real good job of going out in businesslike fashion and playing hard and getting after them,” Alexander said.

Seaman, which improved to 10-3, led 14-13 at the end of the first quarter, but the Vikings broke things open with a 14-2 second quarter.

“In the second quarter I thought we played a lot better offensively, moved the ball around and the lead kind of just got a little bit bigger and a little bit bigger,” Alexander said.

Seaman, which went on to lead by 18 points early in the fourth quarter, got 17 points — in-cluding three 3-pointers — and seven rebounds from senior Kelsey Akin. Shelby Slimmer and Kaylee Lambrecht added 12 and nine points.

The Vikings turned in a solid shooting night, shooting 51 percent from the field and 72 per-cent from the free-throw line.

“I thought it was a really good tournament and I think to go 2-1 in it, I feel fortunate and I think we played pretty well,” Alexander said. “I think some young kids got some experience in the games that I think will help us down the stretch in the Centennial League, so I was defi-nitely pleased.”

SM East (7-6), which was hurt by 29-percent shooting from the field, was led by Caroline Nick with 15 points. Shannon McGinley and Caroline Dodd added 10 points apiece.

TOPEKA HIGH 54, OLATHE NORTH 39 — After losing to powerhouse Wichita Heights in the opening round, Topeka High bounced back to win two straight and take fifth place.

“Obviously we knew what we were in for (against Heights), but I thought we showed some good moments against Heights, too,” To-peka High coach Shanna Perine said. “I think we learned some things about taking care of the ball and handling the pressure a little bit better.

“I knew after that that we had a chance to win two more games, and I’m just glad that our kids came out and played hard. I’m proud of them.”

Topeka High, which improved to 5-7, led Olathe North (5-7) by only a 5-4 count after the end of the first quarter before breaking things open with a 19-7 second quarter.

The Trojans, who went on to lead by as many as 23 points, were led by senior Jasmine Ben-ning with 15 points while junior Whitney Brooks added 13 points and three 3-pointers.

TOPEKA WEST 56, DERBY 51 — Autura Campbell, a 6-foot-2 junior, scored 37 points, grabbed 22 rebounds and blocked six shots as Topeka West outlasted Derby in the seventh-place game.

The game was tied at 33 entering the fourth quarter before Campbell scored 17 points and went 13 of 14 from the free throw line over the final eight minutes. She was 23 of 27 from the line in the game.

“I just knew I didn’t want to lose so I was do-ing whatever I possibly could — making free throws, getting rebounds — so that we wouldn’t lose this game,” Campbell said.

Campbell was most proud of her perfor-mance at the free-throw line.

“I’ve been struggling this year on free throws, but I’ve been practicing and I was just glad that they went in today,” Campbell said.

Campbell, the city’s leading scorer, said that Saturday's win was a big one after Topeka West (5-7) dropped two double-digit decisions in their first two tournament games.

“This was a definite confidence-booster go-ing into Tuesday night’s game against Topeka High,” she said.

WICHITA HEIGHTS 71, BLUE VALLEY 47 — Top-ranked Wichita Heights overcame a slow start to claim the tournament championship and improve to a perfect 12-0 on the year.

All-tournament pick Katie Palmer led Heights with 22 points. Tourney MVP Taylor Chandler added 15 points and Jada Lynch 10. Chandler had six steals as Heights forced 28 turnovers.

All-tournament pick MacKenzie Johnson led Blue Valley (9-3) with 17 points.

TOPEKA WEST 56, DERBY 51 Derby 10 16 7 18 — 51 Topeka West 8 15 10 23 — 56

Derby (3-9) — Jimenez 2-8 3-4 9, Long 1-5 0-0 2, Greenwood 2-10 0-1 6, Bowens 5-12 4-6 14, Liebst 3-19 3-4 9, Swartz 2-6 2-2 6, Smith 1-1 0-0 3, Benway 0-1 0-0 0, Hansen 0-1 0-0 0, Holcomb 1-2 0-0 2, Carbonell 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 17-65 12-17 51.

Topeka West (5-7) — Harris 1-6 1-2 4, Wheat 1-2 0-1 2, Grant 1-5 1-3 3, Cameron 2-8 2-2 6, Campbell 7-19 23-27 37, Ketterman 0-0 0-0 0, Giardina

1-3 0-0 3, Braun 0-0 0-0 0, Copeland 0-5 1-2 1, Jensen 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 13-48 28-37 56.

3-point goals — Derby 5 (Jimenez 2, Greenwood 2, Smith), Topeka West 2 (Harris, Giardina). Total fouls — Derby 31, Topeka West 21. Fouled out — Long, Benway, Grant.

TOPEKA HIGH 54, OLATHE NORTH 39Olathe North 4 7 9 19 — 39Topeka High 5 19 13 17 — 54

Olathe North (5-7) — Sheble 3-4 3-4 9, Leggett 1-8 0-0 2, Christensen 3-9 0-0 7, Haselwood 1-3 3-4 5, Larkin 1-3 2-2 4, Stelting 0-4 0-0 0, Carter 0-0 0-0 0, Prendes 1-1 0-0 2, Wolfe 1-1 0-0 2, Lindsey 0-1 0-0 0, Scantlin 3-5 2-2 8. Totals 14-39 10-12 39.

Topeka High (5-7) — Benning 6-14 3-4 15, Brooks 5-9 0-0 13, M. Madden 4-8 0-0 8, Corhn 3-5 0-0 7, Cross 2-3 0-0 4, Martindale 1-4 1-2 3, B. Madden 0-0 3-5 3, Harden 0-5 1-2 1, Cain 0-0 0-0 0, Lee 0-0 0-0 0, Maples 0-1 0-0 0, Meadows 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 21-49 8-13 54.

3-point goals — Olathe North 1 (Christensen), Topeka High 4 (Brooks 3, Corhn). Total fouls — Olathe North 11, Topeka High 9. Fouled out — none.

SEAMAN 57, SM EAST 45Seaman 14 14 13 16 — 57SM East 13 2 11 19 — 45

Seaman (10-3) -- Michalski 1-6 3-4 5, Akin 6-7 2-3 17, Diederich 2-8 1-2 5, Slimmer 3-4 6-7 12, Schafer 1-2 1-2 3, Heiniger 0-0 0-0 0, Searcy 1-2 1-2 3, Heald 0-0 0-0 0, Legette 0-1 1-2 1, McMillin 1-2 0-0 2, Lambrecht 3-3 3-3 9. Totals 18-25 18-25 57.

SM East (7-6) -- S. McGinley 4-12 0-0 10, Pickell 1-3 0-0 2, Ehly 2-5 4-4 8, Dodd 5-7 0-1 10, Nick 4-24 5-5 15, Norman 0-1 0-2 0, Spradling 0-1 0-0 0, Chao 0-1 0-0 0, E. McGinley 0-2 0-0 0, Ross 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 16-56 9-11 45.

3-point goals — Seaman 3 (Akin 3), SM East 4 (S. McGinley 2, Nick 2). Total fouls — Seaman 15, SM East 22. Fouled out — S. McGinley.

WICHITA HEIGHTS 70, BLUE VALLEY 47Blue Valley 9 7 11 20 — 47Wichita Heights 7 20 18 26 — 71

Blue Valley (9-3) — Johnson 2-6 13-15 17, Hanson 2-6 4-5 9, Leathers 2-6 4-5 8, Braithwait 3-6 1-2 7, Geiman 1-14 4-6 6, Hanna 0-0 0-0 0, Carpenter 0-0 0-0 0, Zimmerman 0-1 0-0 0, Burgen 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 10-39 26-33 47.

Wichita Heights (12-0) — Palmer 9-15 2-4 22, Chandler 4-6 7-9 15, Lynch 4-7 4-6 12, Ivy 2-6 2-2 6, Cyphers 3-3 0-0 6, Marshall 1-5 2-4 4, Brown 1-1 0-0 3, Bowen 1-3 0-0 3, Smallwood 0-0 0-0 0, Horton 0-0 0-0 0, Drury 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-46 17-25 71.

3-point goals — Blue Valley 1 (Hanson), Wichita Heights 4 (Palmer 2, Bo-wen, Brown). Total fouls — Blue Valley 20, Wichita Heights 25. Fouled out — Hanna, Marshall, Cyphers.

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Seaman’s Kelsey Akin scored 17 points Saturday to help the Vikings defeat Shawnee Mission East, 57-45, in the third-place game of the Capital City Classic.

4D www.cjonline.comTHE CAPITAL-JOURNAL KU/K-STATE BASKETBALL SUNDAY, JANUARY 29, 2012

Kruger: Martin calls 20 turnovers ‘careless’

“It meant a lot to me,’’ admitted OU point guard Sam Grooms. “You come back here, where he played, in a big-time environment, you want to win for him so he has a little bit of bragging rights. I know he said we didn’t know about it, but I knew about it.’’

With a game-high seven assists, Grooms also knew about getting the ball to Pledger.

The 6-foot-4 junior went 11-for-17, including 4-for-7 from behind the arc, while falling just one point short of the season-high he record-ed against Houston. The 30-point performance matched the season-best against the Cats, which West Virginia’s Kevin Jones previously achieved in double-overtime.

Asked what K-State (15-5, 4-4) could have done to limit Pledger, ju-nior guard Rodney McGruder made it sound simpler than it looked.

“Make his touches harder,’’ said McGruder, who finished with a team-high 19 points. “He was catch-ing the ball where he wanted it.’’

Open, too. But then, the Sooners often ran crisp plays, scoring partic-ularly well out of timeouts. It almost seemed as if Kruger knew a little something extra about K-State as he boosted his career record against the Cats to 4-2 with a third straight win.

“I don’t think (historical knowl-edge) has anything to do it,’’ K-State coach Frank Martin said. “I know what he does too. We just didn’t get it done.’’

Not when his team committed 20 turnovers Martin termed as “care-less.’’ At home, no less. Before a packed house that was cordial to Kruger, but made sure to boo any extended conversations with the of-ficials.

K-State overcame a 10-point sec-ond-half deficit to go up 44-42 on two free throws by Will Spradling

with 10:55 left. The Cats still led 51-49 at the 5:43 mark when Martavi-ous Irving ended a string of eight misses in a row by K-State from 3-point range.

The inability to connect from be-hind the arc, however, was reflected in 3-for-17 shooting and punctuated at the buzzer.

That was when McGruder got a nice look, despite Kruger’s inten-tions to have his team foul. But the shot bounded off, ending a three-game win streak that had K-State jockeying for position in the Big 12 race.

“We dug a hole, then we battled and battled, but you can’t lose at home,’’ Martin said.

The possibility exists, however, to win your homecoming.

“Important, but I did not think that much about it,’’ Kruger said. “The players are not aware of where I went to school, so it is insignificant. But it was nice to see a lot of friends, a lot of faces that are very familiar and very friendly.’’

Continued from Page 1D OKLAHOMA 63, KANSAS STATE 60OU MIN FG FT R A T F TPFitzgerald 26 1-7 1-2 1 2 2 5 3Osby 37 2-9 5-7 3 0 3 4 9Grooms 37 1-8 2-2 4 7 1 1 4Pledger 33 11-17 4-4 5 1 3 4 30Clark 28 5-9 1-3 6 1 2 1 11Blair 20 0-2 2-2 2 5 1 2 2Washington 17 2-3 0-0 3 0 0 4 4Neal 2 0-0 0-0 1 0 2 0 0Team 4Totals 200 22-55 15-20 29 16 14 21 63

K-STATE MIN FG FT R A T F TPSamuels 30 3-6 3-4 8 2 4 2 9Gipson 7 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0Rodriguez 16 4-10 1-2 2 2 4 5 10McGruder 39 6-14 6-6 2 2 1 1 19Spradling 34 2-10 2-2 3 2 2 1 6Irving 25 1-5 0-0 3 2 5 4 3Henriquez 21 3-3 3-4 6 0 1 4 9Ojeleye 14 2-2 0-0 2 1 0 0 4Diaz 12 0-1 0-0 5 0 2 3 0Southwell 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0Team 1Totals 200 21-51 15-18 33 11 20 20 60

Oklahoma (13-7, 3-5) 34 29 — 63Kansas State (15-5, 4-4) 28 32 — 60

3-point goals — Oklahoma 4-9 (Pledger 4-7, Grooms 0-1, Blair 0-1), Kansas State 3-17 (McGruder 1-6, Rodri-guez 1-3, Irving 1-2, Spradling 0-5, Samuels 0-1).

Blocked shots — Oklahoma 3 (Osby 2, Blair), Kansas State 3 (Samuels 2, McGruder).

Technical fouls — none.Officials — Randall, Davis, Smith.Attendance — 12,528.

Meek: KU still front-runner“It’s a horrible feeling,” center Jeff Withey said.

“You never want that to happen.”It happens, though, and was bound to happen to

this team eventually. No one thought KU would go 18-0 in the Big 12, even after the Jayhawks ripped off seven straight wins to open conference play.

The game felt significant for both sides — espe-cially the Cyclones, who haven’t beaten the Jayhawks at home since 2004 — but it doesn’t change anything substantial about the Big 12 picture. The Jayhawks, 17-4 and 7-1 in league play, are still the only team you’d trust with an even-money bet, though their grip on the Big 12 is looser than it was 48 hours ago.

“We knew this wasn’t going to be an undefeated team in the Big 12,” guard Travis Releford said. “But when we’ve got control of it, we need to take advantage of it, especially on away games. Those are the biggest part of winning the Big 12.”

This game only becomes problematic if KU experiences similar distress in Columbia, Manhattan and Waco. Those trips all come in the next three weeks, which is why coach Bill Self described Saturday as the true start of KU’s conference schedule.

“We’ve played good teams so far, but we haven’t played the schedule as hard as what we’re getting ready to play,” Self said. “We didn’t get off to a great start.”

The atmosphere KU experienced at Iowa State is closer to Mizzou Arena or Bramlage Coliseum than the mausoleum at USC or the fair-weather crowd at Texas. The Jayhawks will need to handle hostility

better than they did Saturday, but losing in Ames might not be the worst thing for KU’s season.

“We’ve got to tighten some things up,” Self said. “Sometimes through a loss you can do some things and get their attention more than when you win ugly.”

The Jayhawks have flaws, though it didn’t take a loss to Iowa State to reveal them. Self will be coaching around a thin bench all season, and KU’s offense has a tendency to slip out of gear if Tyshawn Taylor and Thomas Robinson aren’t at their best.

Saturday, the Cyclones played like a team that was playing Kansas, crashing the glass and scrambling for every loose ball. KU, meanwhile, looked like a team that was playing Iowa State — not disinter-ested, exactly, but not razor sharp, either.

Even then, the Jayhawks had a six-point lead in the second half, and it was still a one-possession game with 2:30 to play. It took eight straight points from Royce White and a 3-pointer to beat the shot clock from Chris Babb for Iowa State to take control, the kind of run home teams sometimes make.

“I thought Iowa State was so much better down the stretch,” Self said.

Losing to Iowa State doesn’t change KU’s status as the Big 12 front-runner, but it does put more value on stealing wins at Missouri, K-State or Baylor, where fans will be eager to duplicate the scene that unfolded Saturday in Ames.

“This was our first true road game with a good crowd, good atmosphere,” Taylor said. “We’re going to be seeing that from now on.”

Austin Meek can be reachedat [email protected].

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Kansas reserves fall short vs. ISU

By Jayson JenksTHE CAPITAL-JOURNAL

AMES, Iowa — Kansas forward Kevin Young knows what hap-pened.

He understands that in a closely contested conference game, in a hostile environment, the bench simply didn’t do enough in a 72-64 loss at Iowa State on Saturday.

“We didn’t get any rebounds,” Young said. “We had like two re-bounds off the bench or something like that. And we didn’t make shots. We need to do that if we want to contribute to the team.”

The Jayhawks may have had the bigger stars Saturday, but Iowa State had the deeper bench. For the fourth straight game, KU’s bench scored fewer than eight points.

This time, the bench scored five points — two from Young and a 3-pointer from Conner Teahan. The bench also grabbed only two re-bounds.

Even before the season, depth served as one of KU’s most glaring holes. And while it hasn’t haunted the Jayhawks much this year, a lack of depth certainly hurt Saturday.

The reality, though, is that the problem is only coming to the sur-face because KU lost. Still, Iowa State received eight points from reserve guard Tyrus McGee and seven from Anthony Booker; KU’s bench was more or less a space-filler.

When asked if he needed more from his bench, Self didn’t hesitate.

“I think that would be affirma-tive,” he said. “We’re not getting much at all. We’re playing guys too many minutes, but we’re not getting much from our bench at all.”

Four of Kansas’ starters average more than 30 minutes per game, and only Teahan averages more than 15 minutes off the bench.

Teahan, in particular, has strug-gled lately. He made 1 of 7 shots against Iowa State, including 1 of 6 from 3-point range. He is 6 of his last 29 from 3-point range.

Young went 1 of 5 shooting, in-cluding missing a handful of jump shots.

“I shoot 100 of those a day,” Young said. “There’s no excuse why I can’t make that shot.”

Robinson sped upPlayer of the year candidate

Thomas Robinson never found his footing against Iowa State.

Robinson scored 13 points and grabbed seven rebounds, both below his season averages. He also turned it over five times on travel violations.

“I’m just not playing my game,” Robinson said. “I’m speeding up again and not taking my time. I’m just not playing the same right now.”

Robinson once again faced a swarming defense, but he also missed a handful of easy shots. With five minutes left and KU down five, Robinson went up for a dunk instead of a layup and lost control of the ball.

Outrebounded againIowa State grabbed eight more

rebounds than Kansas in the first meeting between the teams. The Cyclones outrebounded the Jayhawks once again Saturday, holding a 13-rebound advantage.

Iowa State had 11 offensive rebounds on 25 missed shots.

White a mismatchFred Hoiberg's background in the

NBA makes him the ideal coach to harness the mismatch created by forward Royce White, Self said.

"He coaches a bad matchup as well as anybody in the country could, because that’s how they do it in the league," Self said.

White had a full stat line Saturday, finishing with 18 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists and 6 turnovers. He scored all but four of those points in the second half.

"Obviously Jeff (Withey) and Thomas had their problems with him in the second half," Self said.

Tip-insn Iowa State snapped a 13-game

losing streak against KU dating to Feb. 19, 2005.

n The win was Iowa State's first against KU in Ames since Jan. 31, 2004, and the first home win against a top-five team since 1995, when the Cyclones beat No. 3 KU.

n Official Darron George injured his wrist when fans stormed the court after the game but didn't require hospital treatment.

The Capital-Journal's Austin Meek contributed to this report.

Self: ‘We’re not getting much from our bench at all’


Iowa State guard Chris Babb celebrates with fans Saturday following the Cyclones’ 72-64 victory against Kansas. Babb hit a key 3-pointer late in the game to help secure the win.

KU: White scores 8 with game on line

share of influential possessions, but it’s also the right one.

When the score tightened in the final minutes, the Jayhawks didn’t get defensive rebounds. They missed an open layup, and they couldn’t get stops late. They made all those plays just last week, in a one-possession win at Texas, but Iowa State is better than Texas.

And Hilton Coliseum, dormant for a few years, returned with its magic to hand KU its first confer-ence loss of the year and its first against Iowa State since 2004.

“When teams come out and play harder,” KU guard Travis Rel-eford said, “things are going to go their way.”

This is a point Self has empha-sized all year. If the Jayhawks play with energy — turned up and playing with fire — they’re capa-ble of hanging with anyone. If they don’t, they look pedestrian.

Playing in their first hostile at-mosphere of the year, the Jay-hawks lost decidedly in the unof-ficial category of hustle-and-toughness plays.

“Our team is pretty good if we get 70 percent of the 50-50 balls,” Self said. “And if we don’t, we’re not very good. We get average real fast.”

With eight minutes left, Kansas and Iowa State stood eye to eye, tied at 53. It was the exact scenario Self had hoped for before the game. His team had its shot.

But the Cyclones finally remembered they had a 6-foot-8, 270-pound human mismatch named Royce White. And White finally remembered that he had an edge in strength or quickness regardless of who de-

fended him.White scored eight straight points in the final five

minutes as Iowa State scored on five of six posses-sions and took an eight-point lead. White finished with 18 points, nine rebounds and five assists.

“We felt like we kind of had to pick our poison,” KU guard Tyshawn Taylor said. “It felt like if we tried to

trap him, they made a shot. If we laid off and stayed on the shoot-ers, he got to the rack.”

The dagger came in a sequence with less than two minutes left. Down five, Elijah Johnson turned the ball over, and Iowa State’s Chris Babb clipped off a 3-point-er moments later that sealed the win.

Here’s the thing, though: Iowa State didn’t play all that well, ei-ther. The Cyclones grabbed 13 more rebounds than KU, but they turned it over 19 times.

When near equals clash in the Big 12, history has shown that the game isn’t decided as much by flash or smooth offensive posses-sions, but defensive grit, re-bounding and one-on-one plays.

“Those are all man plays,” Withey said. “It’s tough to lose that way.”

The Jayhawks found them-selves on comfortable ground af-ter halftime. Despite a lack of a

standout day from any individual, KU held a six-point lead four minutes into the second half.

But in a game decided by toughness plays late, in a man’s game where KU lost on the boards and on the floor, the Jayhawks were left only with their missed chances.

“If we would have just controlled the boards and got some 50-50s,” Releford said, “we probably would have had control of the game.”


IOWA STATE 72, #5 KANSAS 64KANSAS MIN FG FT R A T F TPRobinson 34 5-11 3-4 7 0 5 4 13Withey 28 4-5 2-2 6 0 3 4 10Taylor 35 6-11 3-6 1 10 2 3 16Johnson 34 4-6 0-1 1 3 4 4 10Releford 40 3-5 2-3 2 4 0 3 10Teahan 14 1-7 0-0 0 1 1 2 3Young 10 1-5 0-0 2 0 0 0 2Wesley 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 3 0Tharpe 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0Lindsay 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0Juenemann 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Team 4Totals 200 24-50 10-16 23 18 15 23 64

IOWA ST. MIN FG FT R A T F TPBabb 40 3-7 0-0 3 1 0 1 7Ejim 27 4-9 6-8 8 1 7 2 15Allen 22 1-2 0-0 0 0 4 3 3Christphrson 36 2-7 9-10 4 3 1 1 14White 36 6-11 6-11 9 5 6 2 18McGee 22 2-4 3-3 6 1 0 2 8Booker 17 2-5 1-2 4 0 1 3 7Railey 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0Team 2Totals 200 20-45 25-34 36 11 19 14 72

Kansas (17-4, 7-1 Big 12) 34 30 — 64Iowa State (15-6, 5-3) 37 35 — 72

3-point goals — KU 6-17 (Johnson 2-3, Releford 2-3, Teahan 1-6, Taylor 1-3, Robinson 0-1, Young 0-1), ISU 7-17 (Booker 2-4, Babb 1-4, Ejim 1-2, Allen 1-2, Christopherson 1-2, McGee 1-2, White 0-1).

Blocked shots — KU 3 (Robinson, Withey, Releford), ISU 1 (Allen).

Technical fouls — none.Officials — Olson, George, Maxwell.Attendance — 14,376.

Martin, Cats miss chance to move up

By Grant GuggisbergTHE CAPITAL-JOURNAL

MANHATTAN — As Rodney McGruder’s long 3-pointer clanged off the rim while the final buzzer sounded, it was easy to find disap-pointed faces inside Bramlage Coli-seum on Saturday.

Turnovers and bad offense let an-other home game get away from the Wildcats, who have now provided two of Oklahoma’s three league wins on the season.

Perhaps no one was more disap-pointed than K-State coach Frank Martin.

When a reporter’s cell phone, which was being used as a recorder and sitting in front of Martin during postgame interviews, lit up with a new text message, Martin glanced at it. The message read, “That was dis-couraging.”

Martin asked if anyone knew the young woman who sent the mes-sage, then gave his reply.

“You can tell her I’m discour-aged,” he said.

That about sums up K-State’s cur-rent situation in the Big 12 after the 63-60 loss Saturday. After trending upward in the league standings the last three games, the loss to OU puts the Wildcats squarely in the middle of the pack, with a tough road game against Iowa State coming Tuesday.

“If you want to compete for a con-ference championship, you can’t lose at home,” Martin said. “We had a great opportunity today to solidify ourselves in the top third part of the league somewhere, and we gave it away.”

Lon Kruger’s Oklahoma squad has been competitive in league games this season, but hasn’t had many wins accompany that effort, especially on the road. Needless to say, most teams looking to win a league title won’t lose to the Soon-ers at all, much less twice.

The Wildcats didn’t respond well to OU’s physicality, which showed in its 20 turnovers. Martin was not happy with his point guard play, as Angel Rodriguez and Martavious Ir-ving struggled with turnovers all night and Will Spradling continued to struggle while trying to shoot through his recent slump.

“Our turnovers aren’t aggressive turnovers — they’re careless, pas-sive turnovers that lead to easy

points,” Martin said. “That’s a prob-lem.”

Pledger notches 30Oklahoma guard Steven Pledger

provided nearly half of the Sooners’ offense Saturday, finishing with 30 points. Aside from a cold stretch to start the second half, he made shots at an incredible clip against a Wildcat defense that had been good recently.

“He was just catching the ball wherever he wanted to and getting open looks,” McGruder said. “You can’t let a shooter do that. You have to make his catches hard.”

After allowing 50 percent shooting in the first half, K-State’s defense forced some OU misses and helped the Wildcats climb back into the game. But while the rest of the Sooner offense struggled in the second half, Pledger kept right on shooting, leading his team down the stretch.

Former players honoredPart of former player and coach

Lon Kruger’s homecoming surround-ed K-State’s annual alumni event, which featured 49 former players and coaches, all of whom were honored at halftime.

In addition to the former players, the K-State football team was on hand. The squad received a similar ovation as the basketball players, after which quarterback Collin Klein addressed the fans briefly.

Charges aplentyThe Wildcats picked up a

season-high six charges against the Sooners, but also committed three of their own. Jamar Samuels drew three charges to lead the way for K-State.


Oklahoma’s Steven Pledger hit 11 of 17 shots Saturday.

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LADY BLUES 60, MO. WESTERN 55WU MIN FG FT R A T F TPWilliams 37 8-17 0-1 7 2 3 1 19Schultz 37 4-11 5-9 9 2 1 2 16Kinderknecht 28 3-10 0-0 2 3 3 1 8Moeller 28 4-6 0-2 4 2 2 3 8Lombardino 19 1-2 1-2 5 1 2 4 3Lynch 22 2-4 0-3 7 0 2 2 4Lassley 12 0-3 0-0 3 1 1 1 0George 7 1-3 0-0 2 0 3 3 2Buchman 5 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0Elliott 3 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0McMullin 2 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 1 0Team 6Totals 200 23-58 6-17 46 11 18 19 60

MW MIN FG FT R A T F TPKoch 38 8-21 3-4 9 2 4 2 21Bell 37 6-10 0-1 5 1 3 0 13Stone 35 4-7 4-4 1 0 0 4 12Schoonover 18 1-4 0-0 0 0 0 2 3Noble 25 0-0 0-0 3 4 1 2 0Casady 25 0-2 6-8 4 3 0 3 6 Saxen 14 0-3 0-2 4 0 0 3 0Romdenne 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0 0Mgbike 3 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 0Mercer 1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0Team 5Totals 200 19-50 13-19 31 10 12 17 55

Washburn (18-3, 11-1 MIAA) 28 32 — 60Missouri Western (5-13, 3-10) 24 31 — 55

3-point goals — WU 8-21 (Schultz 3-7, Williams 3-6, Kinderknecht 2-5, Lassley 0-2, Buchman 0-1), MWSU 4-17 (Koch 2-7, Bell 1-3, Schoonover 1-2, Saxen 0-3, Casady 0-1, Mercer 0-1).

Blocked shots — WU 5 (George 2, Williams, Moeller, Lombardino), MWSU 3 (Koch, Stone, Noble).

Technical fouls — none.Officials — Edwards, Wiggins, Oswald.Attendance — 1,417.

Blues better on both endsBy Ken Corbitt

THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — Stevi Schultz has made her reputation in the MIAA as a 3-point shooter and scorer, but there is much more to her game.

Schultz got her points Saturday, but her defense and rebounding were vital in No. 14 Washburn’s 60-55 victory at Missouri Western.

She scored 16 points, five above her average, and played tough de-fense against Jessica Koch, the MI-AA’s leading scorer. Koch scored 21, two under her average, but shot 8 of 21 overall and 2 of 7 on 3-point-ers.

“I didn’t hold her to low points, but I'm happy,” Schultz said. “It’s good to hold her to 8 of 21. That’s a pretty low percentage.”

Schultz was only slightly upset with her total of nine rebounds,

falling one shy of a double-double.“I hate when I get nine,” said

Schultz, a first team All-MIAA se-lection last year.

Lady Blues coach Ron McHenry couldn’t find fault in the senior guard’s performance.

“Stevi, for a not very athletic kid, will fight the fight,” McHenry said. “Koch can drive downhill on you and she can shoot the 3. Stevi made her shoot tough shots.

“Stevi did a good job on defense and still got her points. It’s hard when you’re guarding one of the top players in the country and still do a good job scoring yourself.”

Schultz scored 14 of her 16 points in the first half, and Ebonie Williams scored 19 points, 14 in the second half, with seven rebounds.

“It was good to get Ebonie going in the second half because my shots stopped falling,” Schultz said.

“She stepped up.”Washburn (18-3, 11-1 MIAA) led

28-24 at the end of a sloppy first half in which both teams shot barely over 30 percent and com-bined for 17 turnovers.

The difference was Schultz, who scored 14 points with three 3-point-ers while limiting Koch to nine points on 4-of-11 shooting (1 of 6 on 3-pointers).

The Lady Blues opened an eight-point early in the second half but the Griffons (5-13, 3-10 MIAA) scored eight straight to pull into a 37-37 tie on a basket by Koch. Washburn came right back with three consecutive baskets, two by Williams and one by Sierra Moeller for a 43-37 lead with 9:34 to play.

Washburn wouldn’t score again for 4½ minutes but retained a one-point lead with Koch scoring five points for Western. Moeller broke

WU’s scoring drought then Britt-ney Lynch scored — both missed a free throw on a three-point play opportunity — to make it 47-42 with 4:36 remaining.

The Lady Blues moved in front by eight points on 3-pointers by Laura Kinderknecht and Williams and held on for their ninth straight victory, never letting the lead slip under three points despite making only 3 of 7 free throws in the final 45 seconds.

“It wasn’t pretty but I’ve been here with good teams and they just beat us up,” McHenry said. “I don’t know if it’s their style or that we don’t match up, but I was worried coming up here.

“We didn’t play as clean as we’d like but we fought and got some stops when we had to. We did a good job guarding them without fouling a lot.”

Schultz delivers 16 points, defense on MIAA’s top scorer

ICHABODS 64,MO. WESTERN 55WU MIN FG FT R A T F TPMcNeill 40 6-14 13-16 6 2 2 3 26Chipman 33 6-9 5-9 8 1 3 2 19Riggins 20 1-5 1-3 2 0 1 1 3Mitchell 16 1-4 0-0 3 0 2 1 2North 20 0-3 0-0 4 1 2 2 0Ulsaker 23 1-4 2-4 3 2 0 3 4Reid 20 2-4 1-2 5 2 1 2 6Henry 20 1-2 0-0 3 0 1 1 2Smith 4 1-3 0-1 0 0 0 0 2Allen 4 0-2 0-0 2 0 0 0 0Team 3Totals 200 19-50 22-35 39 8 12 15 64

MWSU MIN FG FT R A T F TPMells 38 6-13 0-0 3 2 2 2 17Douglas 30 5-6 4-7 9 1 1 2 14Johnson 21 3-5 2-2 1 4 2 5 9Harris 19 1-10 2-2 0 3 2 4 4Tarver 16 0-1 0-0 2 1 2 4 0Frazier 25 2-4 1-2 2 2 2 4 5Mfumupembe 25 0-3 0-1 6 0 2 2 0Reid 19 3-5 0-0 5 0 0 3 6Manyawu 5 0-2 0-0 1 0 1 2 0Yurth 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 Team 5Totals 200 20-49 9-14 34 13 15 29 55

Washburn (14-6, 8-4 MIAA) 32 32 — 64Missouri Western (7-12, 2-11) 31 24 — 55

3-point goals — WU 4-17 (Chipman 2-5, McNeill 1-4, Reid 1-2, North 0-2, Allen 0-2, Riggins 0-1, Ulsaker 0-1), MWSU 6-22 (Mells 5-12, Johnson 1-2, Harris 0-6, Mfumu-pembe 0-2).

Blocked shots — WU 1 (Reid), MWSU 4 (Mfumupem-be-Tuluka 2, Douglas, Reid).

Technical fouls — MWSU, Johnson.Officials — Martinez, Hendricks, Waller.Attendance — 2,066.

Bods: Chipman scores 19 in victory

making 13 of 16 free throws.“How big was that 3?” WU coach

Bob Chipman said. “We had noth-ing going, end of the clock. What a great shot. That’s Will.”

The Ichabods (14-6, 8-4 MIAA) battled back from a 10-point first-half deficit for their fourth confer-ence road win.

“We got behind a few points but we withstood the storm, and that’s the sign of a good team,” McNeill said.

Bobby Chipman scored a career-high 19 points with eight rebounds for the Ichabods.

“Bobby was tremendous on both ends,” Bob Chipman said of his son. “He took a couple of charges. He missed a ton of free throws (5 of 9) but he’s playing with some confi-dence.”

Missouri Western (7-12, 2-11 MIAA) was coming off a win at Em-poria State that snapped an eight-game losing streak and started out poised to make it two wins in a row. Reed Mells tossed in three 3-point-ers in the opening eight minutes as the Griffons raced to a 23-13 lead by the 8:51 mark.

“The game started normal ... Western never misses against us up here,” Chipman said. “After about the first nine minutes, we did a bet-ter job knowing where (Mells) was. A couple of their best shooters were off and we shut them down.”

A basket by Martin Mitchell with three seconds left gave Washburn a 32-31 halftime lead, its first lead of the game. The Bods stayed in con-tention on the boards, outrebound-ing Western 21-16 the first half with 10 offensive rebounds and 12 sec-ond-chance points.

“We felt Northwest Missouri beat us up on the boards so we wanted to redeem ourselves,” said McNeill, who had six rebounds to help WU to a 39-34 final advantage.

McNeill and Chipman took care of the scoring in the second half, keeping the Bods on top all the way.

“With our missed free throws (22 of 35) and missed layups, we couldn’t get away from them,” Chip-man said.

But the Griffons couldn’t mount an offensive threat, going 6 of 22 from 3-point range in the game and shooting 33 percent overall in the second half.

After McNeill’s clutch 3-pointer, WU’s Zack Riggins drew a charging foul then the Ichabods sealed the win at the free-throw line.

“Mitch Allen had a defensive stop, Zack and Bobby took a charge and Will had a big steal,” Chipman said. “Everyone did their thing down the stretch.”

Ken Corbitt can be reachedat (785) 295-1123

or [email protected].


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Kentucky cruises, 74-50BATON ROUGE, La. — Terrence Jones

highlighted a 27-point performance with a 13-0 run on his own and No. 1 Kentucky pulled away in the second half for a 74-50 win over struggling LSU on Saturday.

Anthony Davis had 16 points and 10 rebounds despite briefly leaving the game when he hurt his right shoulder in a scramble for a loose ball.

Darius Miller added 13 points, including three 3-pointers for Kentucky (21-1, 7-0 Southeastern Conference), which has won 13 straight.

#3 SYRACUSE 63, WEST VIRGINIA 61 — At Syracuse, N.Y., Brandon Triche had 18 points, including a pair of free throws that

broke the final tie with 88 seconds left.After Triche’s free throws, the Mountaineers

missed four straight shots, including an airball 3 by Darryl “Truck” Bryant and a miss on the follow by Deniz Kilicli. But when Kris Joseph snared the rebound and tried to dribble away, he fell out of bounds with 6.2 seconds left, giving West Virginia one last chance. Kevin Jones missed a 3 from the left corner at the buzzer and Syracuse hung on.

Syracuse (22-1, 9-1 Big East) has won 13 of the past 14 games against West Virginia (15-7, 5-4).

#8 DUKE 83, ST. JOHN’S 76 — At Durham, N.C., Mason Plumlee had 15 points and a career-high 17 rebounds to help Duke hold off St. John’s.

Ryan Kelly scored 16 points and Andre

Dawkins added 14 for the Blue Devils (18-3), who shot just 30 percent in the second half.

PITTSBURGH 72, #9 GEORGETOWN 60 — At Pittsburgh, Nasir Robinson scored 23 points and made all nine of his field goal attempts to lead Pittsburgh past Georgetown.

Lamar Patterson added 18 points, 7 assists and 4 rebounds for the Panthers (13-9, 2-7 Big East).

#11 MURRAY STATE 73, E. ILLINOIS 58 — At Murray, Ky., Donte Poole and Isaiah Canaan each scored 18 points, and No. 11 Murray State remained the only unbeaten team in Division I.

Poole also had six assists for the Racers.#12 UNLV 65, AIR FORCE 63, OT — At Air

Force Academy, Colo., Chace Stanback stole a Todd Fletcher pass with two seconds

remaining in overtime to help No. 12 UNLV escape Air Force.

COLORADO STATE 77, #13 SAN DIEGO STATE 60 — At Fort Collins, Colo., Wes Eikmeier scored 19 points and Colorado State made all 23 of its free throws, beating San Diego State for its first home win over a ranked team in more than eight years.

Will Bell added 17 points and the Rams (14-6, 3-2 Mountain West).

#15 CREIGHTON 73, BRADLEY 59 — At Omaha, Neb., Doug McDermott scored 24 points and No. 15 Creighton turned back two Bradley comeback attempts in the second half.

The Bluejays (20-2, 9-1 Missouri Valley Conference) won their 10th straight.

#14 FLORIDA 69, #18 MISSISSIPPI

STATE 57 — At Gainesville, Fla., Bradley Beal scored 19 points, Patric Young made several crowd-rousing plays and Florida beat Mississippi State, extending its home winning streak to 17 games.

#17 MARQUETTE 82, VILLANOVA 78 — At Philadelphia, Darius Johnson-Odom scored 26 points to help Marquette storm back from an 18-point deficit and beat Villanova.

#19 VIRGINIA 61, N.C. STATE 60 — At Raleigh, N.C., Mike Scott scored 18 points to help No. 19 Virginia beat North Carolina State.

#21 SAINT MARY’S 80, BYU 66 — At Provo, Utah, Brad Waldow scored 19 points and Clint Steindl added 16 off the bench to lead St. Mary’s past BYU.

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Griner, Bears top Kansas

The Associated PressWACO, Texas — The last time

Kansas was in the Lone Star State, the Jayhawks knocked off Texas.

On this trip, about 90 miles north of Austin, it only took five minutes for Kansas to fall behind by double digits to No. 1 Baylor. The Jayhawks ended up losing 74-46 on Saturday night.

Baylor’s Brittney Griner scored 28 points and had five blocks to move into second place on the NCAA ca-reer list. She passed Michigan State’s Alyssa DeHaan midway through the first half. The 6-foot-8 phenom has 506 blocks in her career and now only trails Saint Mary’s star Louella Tomlinson, who had 663.

Kimetria Hayden added 10 points and Destiny Williams had 11 re-bounds for Baylor (21-0, 8-0 Big 12), which is one of two unbeatens left. Wisconsin-Green Bay improved to 19-0 on Saturday by routing Val-paraiso.

Carolyn Davis scored 12 and An-gel Goodrich and CeCe Harper had 10 points each for Kansas (16-4, 5-3).

Davis came into the game averag-ing 20 points in Big 12 play, includ-ing a 34-point effort against Texas Tech on Wednesday night.

“Carolyn did a good job until she got in foul trouble,” Kansas coach Bonnie Henrickson said.

Davis played just eight minutes in the first half after picking up her sec-ond foul with 11:56 to play.

“From the beginning, we kind of did it to ourselves,” Davis said. “We turned the ball over and let them get easy layups. That kind of shut us down early. They got a lot of confi-dence.”

The Jayhawks couldn’t get any-thing going offensively against Gri-ner and Baylor. They shot just 29 percent from the field.

Baylor was up 37-17 at the half after holding Kansas scoreless for the final 6:45 of the period. The Bears then opened the second half on a 10-4 run and never let Kansas get closer than 21 the rest of the way.

Midway through the second half, Sutherland had a short jumper in the lane and Harper followed with a 3 for Kansas’ biggest scoring run of the game. KANSAS (16-4, 5-3)

Sutherland 3-9 2-2 8, Davis 6-11 0-0 12, Goodrich 4-13 0-0 10, Engelman 0-4 0-0 0, Knight 1-5 0-0 2, Boyd 1-4 0-0 3, Williams 0-0 0-0 0, Gardner 0-4 1-2 1, Harper 3-8 2-2 10, Jackson 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 18-61 5-6 46.BAYLOR (21-0, 8-0)

Williams 3-7 0-0 6, Griner 12-15 4-4 28, Sims 4-14 0-0 8, Hayden 4-9 1-1 10, Madden 2-6 0-0 5, Washington 2-2 0-0 4, Robertson 0-0 0-0 0, Condrey 1-3 0-0 2, Agbuke 2-2 0-0 4, Field 0-2 2-2 2, Palmer 0-0 0-0 0, Pope 2-4 1-2 5. Totals 32-64 8-9 74.

Halftime — Baylor 37-17. 3-point goals — Kansas 5-12 (Goodrich 2-3, Harper 2-3, Boyd 1-2, Davis 0-1, Knight 0-1, Jackson 0-2), Baylor 2-6 (Hayden 1-1, Madden 1-2, Condrey 0-1, Sims 0-2). Fouled out — none. Rebounds — Kansas 29 (Sutherland 10), Baylor 46 (Williams 11). As-sists — Kansas 14 (Goodrich 8), Baylor 19 (Sims 6). Total fouls — Kansas 13, Baylor 8. A — 10,006.

Chambers carries K-State past O-State

From staff reportsSTILLWATER, Okla. — Brittany Chambers scored

29 points and had 10 rebounds to lead the Kansas State women to a 67-56 Big 12 road victory Saturday at Oklahoma State.

Chambers hit five 3-pointers and made all six of her free-throw attempts in the final 90 seconds. It was her third double-double this season.

Tasha Dickey added 15 points and eight rebounds for the Wildcats, who improved to 14-6 overall and 5-3 in the Big 12. Dickey made three 3-pointers as K-State finished with 11 3s for the game, including seven in the first half to stake the Wildcats to an 11-point halftime lead.

Tiffany Bias scored 21 to lead Oklahoma State (12-5, 4-4 Big 12).

Chambers hit back-to-back 3-pointers and a layup to spark a 22-5 run that gave K-State a 26-point lead with 12 minutes remaining.

Oklahoma State rallied to get within six points with 1:19 remaining, but Bias fouled out and Cham-bers and Dickey made 7 of 8 free throws to close it out.KANSAS STATE (14-6, 5-3)

Childs 1-5 0-1 2, Brown 2-6 0-2 4, Chambers 9-19 6-6 29, Dickey 4-12 4-6 15, White 1-3 2-2 5, Woods 1-3 4-4 7, Caron 2-4 0-0 5, Chisholm 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 20-52 16-21 67.OKLAHOMA STATE (12-5, 4-4)

Donohoe 1-12 2-2 4, Young 1-4 2-2 4, Keller 6-8 0-0 14, Schippers 1-7 0-0 3, Bias 7-14 4-5 21, Schultz 1-3 0-0 3, McIntyre 0-1 0-0 0, Bryan 0-2 3-4 3, Crutchfield 0-0 0-0 0, Jones 2-3 0-0 4, Howard 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 19-54 11-13 56.

Halftime — Kansas State 35-24. 3-point goals — Kansas State 11-28 (Cham-bers 5-14, Dickey 3-8, White 1-2, Caron 1-2, Woods 1-2), Oklahoma State 7-26 (Bias 3-8, Keller 2-3, Schippers 1-5, Schultz 1-3, Donohoe 0-7). Fouled out — Bias. Re-bounds — Kansas State 40 (Chambers 10), Oklahoma State 30 (Keller 9). Assists — Kansas State 14 (White 6), Oklahoma State 12 (Bias 6). Total fouls — Kansas State 15, Oklahoma State 21. Attendance — 2,931.


With teammate Branshea Brown at her right, Kansas State’s Brittany Chambers pumps her fist during the second half Saturday at Oklahoma State. Chambers scored 29 points in a 67-56 win.

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No. 2 Missouri holds off Tech

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Kim English scored 19 points in the first half, Marcus Denmon added 13 after the break and No. 2 Missouri had just enough to avoid a second straight upset with a shaky 63-50 victory over Texas Tech.

Jaye Crockett had 11 points and 11 rebounds and Ty Nurse scored 13 for Texas Tech (7-13, 0-8 Big 12), which shaved a 15-point deficit to seven on Clark Lam-mert’s 3-pointer off the glass at the shot-clock buzzer with 2:36 to go.

Missouri (19-2, 6-2) finished with six straight points, including Ricardo Ratliffe’s dunk in transition with a minute left after English blocked a shot and then saved the ball from going out of bounds.

English had 22 points, Denmon scored 19 despite 4-for-15 shooting and Phil Pressey matched his career best with 12 assists. Missouri remained unbeaten at home, three days after an upset loss at Oklahoma State. The Tigers’ first 11 home victories had been by an average of 27 points.

#6 BAYLOR 76, TEXAS 71 — At Waco, Texas, Perry Jones III scored 22 points and grabbed a career-high 14 rebounds, Pierre Jackson hit the go-ahead 3-pointer and Baylor withstood a second-half rally to beat Texas.

Baylor (19-2, 6-2 Big 12) led by 12 early in the second half before J’Covan Brown led a charge that helped the Longhorns tie the game.

Jackson’s 3-pointer gave the Bears a 69-66 lead with 2:36 left, and they hit seven free throws down the stretch to seal the victory.

Brown scored 20 of his 32 points in the second half for Texas (13-8, 3-5), but he missed a 3-point attempt with 10 seconds left that would have tied it. The Longhorns have lost four of five.

Quincy Miller had 18 points for the Bears, who are 6-2 in conference play for the first time since 1986-87. Quincy Acy added 10 points and 10 rebounds.

TEXAS A&M 76, OKLAHOMA STATE 61 — At College Station, Texas, Elston Turner scored 23 points as injury-depleted Texas A&M beat Oklahoma State.

David Loubeau added 13 points for the Aggies (12-8, 3-5 Big 12), who led by a point at halftime and never trailed in the second half.

Texas A&M was without second-leading scorer Khris Middleton, who missed his second straight game, and point guard Dash Harris, who didn’t play after injuring his right foot Monday against Kansas.

Markel Brown’s 19 points led Oklahoma State (10-11, 3-5) which wasn’t able to build on Wednes-day’s 79-72 upset of second-ranked Missouri.

Texas A&M led by seven points with about 10 minutes remaining.

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Drake topples WSU in 3 OTsThe Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa — Ben Simons scored 29 points and Kurt Alexander scored six of his 17 points in the third overtime as Drake outlasted Wichita State 93-86 on Saturday night.

Rayvonte Rice added 19 points, 14 rebounds, 8 as-sists and 4 steals for the Bulldogs (13-9, 6-5 Missouri Valley).

Garrett Stutz scored 27 points and Joe Ragland 25 for the Shockers (18-4, 9-2), who lost for the first time in seven road games this season and fell out of a first-place tie in the conference with Creighton, which defeated Bradley on Saturday.

Alexander’s 3-pointer gave the Bulldogs an 82-79 lead with 19 seconds remaining in the second OT, but Ben Smith matched it for Wichita State with eight seconds left. Toure’ Murry had 16 points and 10 re-bounds for the Shockers, whose eight-game winning streak was snapped.

MISSOURI STATE 63, NORTHERN IOWA 51 — At Springfield, Mo., Kyle Weems had 20 points and 10 rebounds to lead Missouri State past Northern Iowa.

Anthony Downing scored 16 points and Jarmar Gulley matched Weems with 10 rebounds for the Bears (13-10, 6-5 Missouri Valley). Michael Bizoukas had seven assists for Missouri State.

6D www.cjonline.comTHE CAPITAL-JOURNAL SCOREBOARD SUNDAY, JANUARY 29, 2012

NFLSUNDAY

Pro Bowl at HonoluluFAvorite LiNe UNDerDogNFC 4 AFC

FeB. 5Super Bowl at indianapolis

New England 3 N.Y. Giants

NCAA basketballFAvorite LiNe UNDerDogUCONN 9 Notre DameMiami 8 BOSTON CollegeOhio St. 14½ MichiganSOUTH FLORIDA 7½ ProvidenceINDIANA 10½ IowaNORTH CAROLINA 22 Georgia TechSOUTH ALABAMA 5½ TroyOREGON 1½ Oregon St.EVANSVILLE 5½ Indiana St.CALIFORNIA 8½ StanfordFAIRFIELD 16½ MaristRIDER 4½ SienaLoyola (Md.) 10½ CanisiusManhattan 2 NiagaraMontana 2 PORTLAND St.Iona 13 St. Peter’s

NBAFAvorite LiNe UNDerDogMIAMI 4½ ChicagoNEW JERSEY 5 TorontoBOSTON 7 ClevelandORLANDO 3 IndianaDALLAS 3½ San AntonioMINNESOTA Pk L.A. LakersAtlanta 4 NEW OrleansDENVER 5 L.A. Clippers

BasketballNBA

reSULtS SAtUrDAYWashington 102, Charlotte 99Philadelphia 95, Detroit 74Houston 97, New York 84Milwaukee 100, L.A. Lakers 89Phoenix 86, Memphis 84Utah 96, Sacramento 93

NBA boxes76erS 95, PiStoNS 74

Detroit (74)Prince 3-9 0-2 6, Wallace 0-0 0-0 0, Monroe

6-19 4-4 16, Knight 4-17 0-0 9, Stuckey 3-9 5-5 11, Jerebko 0-2 2-2 2, Russell Jr. 1-8 0-0 3, Daye 5-8 1-2 12, Maxiell 4-7 1-2 9, Wilkins 1-2 0-0 2, Macklin 2-2 0-0 4. Totals 29-83 13-17 74.PHiLADeLPHiA (95)

Iguodala 4-7 1-2 10, Brand 6-11 2-2 14, Bat-tie 0-1 0-0 0, Holiday 5-10 2-3 13, Meeks 4-8 0-0 12, Allen 3-6 1-1 7, Williams 5-12 4-5 17, Young 4-11 0-0 8, Turner 6-8 0-2 12, Elson 1-1 0-0 2, Brackins 0-1 0-0 0, Nocioni 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 38-78 10-15 95.Detroit 14 17 22 21 — 74Philadelphia 24 18 27 26 — 95

3-Point Goals–Detroit 3-11 (Daye 1-2, Russell Jr. 1-3, Knight 1-4, Prince 0-1, Jerebko 0-1), Phila-delphia 9-15 (Meeks 4-6, Williams 3-4, Holiday 1-2, Iguodala 1-2, Nocioni 0-1). Fouled Out–None. Rebounds–Detroit 54 (Monroe 10), Philadelphia 49 (Iguodala 10). Assists–Detroit 18 (Russell Jr. 5), Philadelphia 27 (Iguodala 10). Total Fouls–De-troit 11, Philadelphia 18. Technicals–Monroe, Philadelphia defensive three second. A–18,710 (20,318).

WizArDS 102, BoBCAtS 99WASHiNgtoN (102)

Lewis 3-7 2-2 10, Vesely 1-4 0-1 2, McGee 9-14 4-8 22, Wall 5-12 2-2 13, Young 9-15 2-2 21, Booker 6-6 4-4 16, Blatche 2-5 0-0 4, Singleton 0-0 0-0 0, Mack 1-1 0-0 2, Crawford 4-12 2-2 12, Seraphin 0-0 0-0 0, Mason 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 40-76 16-21 102.CHArLotte (99)

Thomas 6-12 1-2 13, Diaw 7-11 6-10 21, Diop 0-4 1-4 1, Walker 8-18 2-4 20, Carroll 4-13 4-5 13, Mullens 10-17 3-4 23, Biyombo 1-1 0-0 2, Brown 2-4 0-0 4, Higgins 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 39-83 17-29 99.Washington 26 32 25 19 — 102Charlotte 26 22 30 21 — 99

3-Point Goals–Washington 6-11 (Lewis 2-3, Crawford 2-5, Wall 1-1, Young 1-2), Charlotte 4-11 (Walker 2-4, Diaw 1-2, Carroll 1-3, Mullens 0-1, Brown 0-1). Fouled Out–None. Rebounds–Wash-ington 39 (McGee 10), Charlotte 58 (Thomas, Walker 10). Assists–Washington 26 (Wall 10), Charlotte 31 (Walker 11). Total Fouls–Washington 24, Charlotte 15. Technicals–Booker, Mullens. A–17,761 (19,077).

roCketS 97, kNiCkS 84NeW York (84)

Walker 2-9 0-0 5, Stoudemire 10-20 3-4 23, Chandler 5-7 4-5 14, Douglas 3-13 0-0 7, Fields 0-2 0-0 0, Novak 1-5 0-0 3, Shumpert 5-13 1-2 11, Jeffries 2-3 0-0 5, Bibby 0-3 0-0 0, Lin 3-9 3-4 9, Balkman 1-3 0-0 3, Jordan 2-2 0-0 4. Totals 34-89 11-15 84.HoUStoN (97)

Parsons 0-4 0-0 0, Scola 6-13 0-0 12, Dalem-bert 3-6 1-2 7, Lowry 1-6 1-2 3, Lee 6-12 1-1 14, Hill 6-7 2-2 14, Budinger 7-12 3-3 19, Dragic 6-8 3-4 16, Patterson 3-7 0-0 6, Flynn 0-1 2-2 2, Thabeet 0-0 0-0 0, Adrien 0-1 4-6 4, Williams 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 38-77 17-22 97.New York 21 25 14 24 — 84Houston 20 33 22 22 — 97

3-Point Goals–New York 5-26 (Jeffries 1-1, Balkman 1-3, Novak 1-4, Douglas 1-5, Walker 1-7, Fields 0-1, Lin 0-1, Shumpert 0-2, Bibby 0-2), Houston 4-12 (Budinger 2-4, Lee 1-2, Dragic 1-2, Parsons 0-1, Lowry 0-3). Fouled Out–None. Re-bounds–New York 46 (Chandler 11), Houston 57 (Dalembert 14). Assists–New York 17 (Lin 6), Houston 19 (Dragic 5). Total Fouls–New York 16, Houston 20. Technicals–Chandler. A–18,051 (18,043).

SUNS 86, grizzLieS 84MeMPHiS (84)

Gay 7-15 3-4 18, Speights 4-8 0-0 8, Gasol 7-14 4-5 18, Conley 6-13 3-4 15, Allen 3-6 4-4 10, Mayo 2-7 2-2 6, Cunningham 3-7 0-0 6, Selby 0-1 0-0 0, Haddadi 1-3 1-1 3, Young 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 33-76 17-20 84.PHoeNiX (86)

Hill 4-8 0-0 9, Frye 1-9 0-0 2, Gortat 6-17 1-3 13, Nash 8-14 3-3 21, Dudley 6-14 6-8 20, Telfair 0-4 0-0 0, Morris 5-12 0-0 10, Childress 0-1 0-0 0, Price 0-0 1-1 1, Warrick 2-7 4-7 8, Redd 0-2 2-2 2. Totals 32-88 17-24 86.Memphis 16 16 24 28 — 84Phoenix 24 24 15 23 — 86

3-Point Goals–Memphis 1-3 (Gay 1-1, Mayo 0-1, Conley 0-1), Phoenix 5-18 (Nash 2-3, Dudley 2-5, Hill 1-2, Morris 0-1, Redd 0-2, Telfair 0-2, Frye 0-3). Fouled Out–None. Rebounds–Memphis 51 (Gasol 13), Phoenix 58 (Gortat 12). Assists–Memphis 21 (Conley 10), Phoenix 16 (Nash 6). Total Fouls–Memphis 24, Phoenix 19. Technicals–Memphis defensive three second 2. A–14,903 (18,422).

JAzz 96, kiNgS 93SACrAMeNto (93)

Salmons 3-6 1-2 7, Thompson 7-11 0-0 14, Cousins 5-12 4-4 14, Fredette 5-13 1-1 14, T.Ev-ans 12-20 7-7 31, Garcia 0-3 0-0 0, Hayes 0-4 0-0 0, Thomas 5-6 0-0 13, Hickson 0-3 0-0 0, Greene 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 37-80 13-14 93.UtAH (96)

Hayward 7-15 5-7 21, Millsap 2-10 2-2 6, Jef-ferson 5-13 2-2 12, Harris 3-5 3-4 9, Bell 1-3 0-0 3, Watson 1-2 0-0 3, Miles 8-13 3-3 20, Favors 3-7 2-3 8, Kanter 1-2 2-2 4, Howard 1-3 0-0 2, Burks 3-6 0-0 8. Totals 35-79 19-23 96.Sacramento 26 21 20 26 — 93Utah 27 22 29 18 — 96

3-Point Goals–Sacramento 6-13 (Thomas 3-3, Fredette 3-5, Cousins 0-1, T.Evans 0-1, Garcia 0-1, Salmons 0-1, Greene 0-1), Utah 7-18 (Burks 2-3, Hayward 2-6, Watson 1-1, Bell 1-3, Miles 1-4, Har-ris 0-1). Fouled Out–None. Rebounds–Sacramen-to 42 (Cousins 9), Utah 50 (Millsap 14). Assists–Sacramento 15 (T.Evans 9), Utah 15 (Harris 6). Total Fouls–Sacramento 21, Utah 15. Technicals–Thompson, Utah defensive three second. A–19,911 (19,911).

BUCkS 100, LAkerS 89L.A. LAkerS (89)

Barnes 2-7 0-0 4, Gasol 6-18 0-0 12, Bynum 6-10 3-6 15, Bryant 10-21 6-7 27, Fisher 3-5 0-0 7, World Peace 1-6 1-2 4, McRoberts 1-2 1-2 3, Goudelock 5-10 0-0 13, Ebanks 0-0 0-0 0, Mur-phy 0-1 0-0 0, Kapono 0-0 0-0 0, Morris 2-2 0-0 4. Totals 36-82 11-17 89.MiLWAUkee (100)

Delfino 3-8 0-0 7, Mbah a Moute 2-5 6-6 10, Gooden 9-15 4-4 23, Jennings 6-14 0-0 12, Liv-ingston 4-9 3-3 11, Ilyasova 7-9 0-0 15, Dunleavy 6-8 1-1 15, Udrih 2-5 0-0 4, Leuer 1-2 0-0 2, Sand-ers 0-5 1-2 1, Harris 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 40-80 15-16 100.L.A. Lakers 23 20 30 16 — 89Milwaukee 27 24 29 20 — 100

3-Point Goals–L.A. Lakers 6-19 (Goudelock 3-5, Fisher 1-1, Bryant 1-5, World Peace 1-5, Barnes 0-1, Murphy 0-1, Gasol 0-1), Milwaukee 5-19 (Dunleavy 2-3, Ilyasova 1-2, Gooden 1-3, Delfino 1-5, Udrih 0-1, Mbah a Moute 0-1, Sand-ers 0-1, Jennings 0-3). Fouled Out–None. Re-bounds–L.A. Lakers 52 (Gasol 15), Milwaukee 41 (Gooden 8). Assists–L.A. Lakers 23 (Bryant 9), Milwaukee 21 (Udrih, Jennings 7). Total Fouls–L.A. Lakers 16, Milwaukee 14. Technicals–Good-en, Milwaukee defensive three second 2. Flagrant Fouls–Delfino. A–18,027 (18,717).

College menBig 12

Conf overallKansas 7-1 17-4Baylor 6-2 19-2Missouri 6-2 19-2Iowa State 5-3 15-6Kansas State 4-4 15-5Texas 3-5 13-8Oklahoma State 3-5 10-11Texas A&M 3-5 12-8Oklahoma 3-4 13-6

Texas Tech 0-8 7-13games Saturday

Iowa State 72, #5 Kansas 64Oklahoma 63, #22 Kansas State 60#2 Missouri 63, Texas Tech 50#6 Baylor 76, Texas 71Texas A&M 76, Oklahoma State 61

MiSSoUri vALLeY Conf overallCreighton 10-1 20-2Wichita State 9-2 18-4Illinois State 6-5 14-8Drake 6-5 13-9Missouri State 6-5 13-10Evansville 5-5 10-10Indiana State 3-7 12-9Southern Illinois 4-7 7-15Northern Iowa 4-7 14-9Bradley 1-10 6-17

games SaturdayWichita State 93, Drake 86, 3OT#15 Creighton 73, Bradley 59Missouri State 63, UNI 51Illinois State 60, Southern Illinois 40

MiAA Conf overallNorthwest Missouri 10-3 16-3Central Missouri 10-3 14-4Washburn 8-4 14-6Missouri Southern 8-5 16-5Pittsburg State 8-5 12-8Fort Hays State 7-5 13-5Southwest Baptist 6-7 13-9Emporia State 4-9 8-11Truman State 4-9 6-14Lincoln 3-9 3-15Missouri Western 2-11 7-12

games SaturdayTruman State 77, Emporia State 70Washburn 64, Missouri Western 55Northwest Missouri 74, Fort Hays State 57Central Missouri 82, Pittsburg State 80Lindenwood (Mo.) 85, Lincoln 61Southwest Baptist 86, Missouri Southern 74

StAteBaker 60, Missouri Valley 58Benedictine 63, Evangel 62Friends 89, Bethany 85McPherson 95, Sterling 89Saint Mary 66, Southwestern 62Tabor 87, Kansas Wesleyan 75

JucoJohnson County 73, Cowley 60

toP 25#1 Kentucky 74, LSU 50#3 Syracuse 63, West Virginia 61#8 Duke 83, St. John’s 76Pittsburgh 72, #9 Georgetown 60#11 Murray State 73, Eastern Illinois 58#12 UNLV 65, Air Force 63, OTColorado State 77, #13 San Diego State 60#14 Florida 69, #18 Mississippi State 57#17 Marquette 82, Villanova 78#19 Virginia 61, N.C State 60#21 Saint Mary’s 80, BYU 66

eAStBucknell 66, Navy 51Cornell 65, Columbia 60Harvard 68, Brown 59Holy Cross 76, Colgate 60Marquette 82, Villanova 78Rutgers 61, Cincinnati 54Temple 78, Saint Joseph’s 60UMass 72, Saint Louis 59Yale 62, Dartmouth 52

MiDWeStGreen Bay 80, Butler 68Ohio 59, Ball St. 55Purdue 58, Northwestern 56

SoUtHAlabama 72, Arkansas 66Clemson 71, Wake Forest 60East Carolina 73, UAB 66Florida A&M 68, Bethune-Cookman 62George Mason 89, James Madison 79Maryland 73, Virginia Tech 69Mississippi 66, South Carolina 62North Florida 71, Lipscomb 59Southern Miss. 78, UCF 65Tennessee 64, Auburn 49VCU 59, Georgia St. 58Vanderbilt 84, Middle Tennessee 77Xavier 74, Charlotte 70

SoUtHWeStNorth Texas 76, Arkansas St. 64Tulsa 66, SMU 60UTSA 78, Sam Houston St. 66

FAr WeStArizona St. 71, Washington St. 67New Mexico 71, TCU 54UCLA 77, Colorado 60Washington 69, Arizona 67Wyoming 75, Boise St. 64

Big 12/top 25/local boxes#2 MiSSoUri 63, teXAS teCH 50

teXAS teCH (7-13)Petteway 1-4 0-2 3, Willis 1-2 0-0 2, Wagner

1-4 1-2 3, Lewandowski 1-1 0-0 2, Tolbert 2-4 0-0 4, Nurse 5-9 0-0 13, Adams 3-9 0-0 8, Crockett 5-9 0-0 11, Lammert 1-2 1-2 4. Totals 20-44 2-6 50.MiSSoUri (19-2)

Ratliffe 4-6 0-0 8, P. Pressey 1-5 1-2 3, M. Pressey 1-5 0-0 2, Denmon 4-15 10-10 19, Eng-lish 7-12 4-6 22, Dixon 2-5 4-4 9, Moore 0-0 0-1 0. Totals 19-48 19-23 63.

Halftime—Missouri 31-24. 3-Point Goals—Texas Tech 8-18 (Nurse 3-7, Adams 2-4, Crockett 1-1, Lammert 1-2, Petteway 1-3, Willis 0-1), Mis-souri 6-21 (English 4-6, Dixon 1-3, Denmon 1-6, M. Pressey 0-3, P. Pressey 0-3). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Texas Tech 31 (Crockett 11), Missouri 27 (Denmon 6). Assists—Texas Tech 14 (Crockett, Wagner 4), Missouri 15 (P. Pressey 12). Total Fouls—Texas Tech 22, Missouri 12. Techni-cal—Texas Tech Bench. A—15,061.

#6 BAYLor 76, teXAS 71teXAS (13-8)

Wangmene 1-3 0-2 2, Chapman 2-3 4-4 8, Lewis 3-9 0-0 6, Kabongo 3-7 4-8 12, Brown 11-22 6-8 32, McClellan 0-4 2-2 2, Bond 1-5 0-0 2, Holmes 3-6 0-2 7, Gibbs 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 24-60 16-26 71.BAYLor (19-2)

Jones III 7-12 8-11 22, Acy 3-6 4-4 10, Miller 5-11 8-10 18, Heslip 3-7 4-5 11, Jackson 2-7 1-2 7, Franklin 1-2 0-0 3, Walton 0-1 2-2 2, Jefferson 0-0 0-0 0, Jones 1-1 0-0 3. Totals 22-47 27-34 76.

Halftime—Baylor 38-29. 3-Point Goals—Tex-as 7-24 (Brown 4-10, Kabongo 2-2, Holmes 1-2, Gibbs 0-1, McClellan 0-3, Lewis 0-6), Baylor 5-15 (Jackson 2-4, Jones 1-1, Franklin 1-2, Heslip 1-5, Jones III 0-1, Miller 0-2). Fouled Out—Chapman, Holmes. Rebounds—Texas 28 (Bond, Lewis 6), Baylor 40 (Jones III 14). Assists—Texas 14 (Brown, Kabongo 5), Baylor 14 (Jackson 7). Total Fouls—Texas 25, Baylor 22. A—10,299.

teXAS A&M 76, okLAHoMA StAte 61okLAHoMA St. (10-11)

Guerrero 0-3 0-0 0, Nash 5-15 3-5 13, B. Wil-liams 5-10 3-3 14, Page 2-13 4-4 9, Cobbins 3-6 0-0 6, Soucek 0-0 0-0 0, Sager 0-0 0-0 0, Brown 7-11 3-3 19. Totals 22-58 13-15 61.teXAS A&M (12-8)

Hibbert 2-3 1-3 5, Davis 0-2 2-2 2, Loubeau 5-6 3-4 13, Green 4-6 0-0 8, E. Turner 6-14 10-12 23, Alexander 5-6 0-0 11, Kinsley 3-7 0-0 8, Baird 0-0 0-1 0, R. Turner 3-4 0-0 6. Totals 28-48 16-22 76.

Halftime—Texas A&M 30-29. 3-Point Goals—Oklahoma St. 4-21 (Brown 2-4, B. Williams 1-4, Page 1-8, Guerrero 0-1, Nash 0-4), Texas A&M 4-15 (Kinsley 2-4, Alexander 1-2, E. Turner 1-7, Green 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Okla-homa St. 32 (Cobbins, Nash 7), Texas A&M 31 (Alexander 6). Assists—Oklahoma St. 11 (Page 5), Texas A&M 18 (E. Turner 5). Total Fouls—Oklahoma St. 23, Texas A&M 18. A—9,027.

#1 keNtUCkY 74, LSU 50keNtUCkY (21-1)

Jones 10-16 7-8 27, Kidd-Gilchrist 0-5 1-2 1, Davis 6-6 4-10 16, Lamb 3-9 1-2 9, Teague 2-6 0-0 6, Miller 5-9 0-0 13, Beckham 0-0 0-0 0, Var-gas 0-1 0-0 0, Wiltjer 0-3 2-4 2. Totals 26-55 15-26 74.LSU (12-9)

O’Bryant 6-15 0-0 12, Ludwig 0-0 0-0 0, Ham-ilton 3-7 1-2 7, Hickey 2-6 0-1 5, Turner 2-6 0-0 4, Bass 0-0 0-0 0, White 0-1 0-0 0, Stringer 2-7 4-4 8, Courtney 0-1 0-0 0, Warren 5-9 1-2 11, Isaac 1-1 1-2 3. Totals 21-53 7-11 50.

Halftime—Kentucky 35-26. 3-Point Goals—Kentucky 7-15 (Miller 3-5, Teague 2-4, Lamb 2-4, Wiltjer 0-1, Kidd-Gilchrist 0-1), LSU 1-9 (Hickey 1-3, O’Bryant 0-1, Courtney 0-1, Turner 0-1, String-er 0-3). Fouled Out—Hamilton. Rebounds—Ken-tucky 39 (Davis 10), LSU 29 (O’Bryant 9). As-sists—Kentucky 12 (Kidd-Gilchrist, Teague 4), LSU 13 (Hickey 5). Total Fouls—Kentucky 12, LSU 18. Ejected—. Ejections—White. A—11,631.

#3 SYrACUSe 63, WeSt virgiNiA 61WeSt virgiNiA (15-7)

Jones 8-18 2-2 20, Kilicli 2-10 1-5 5, Miles 0-1 0-0 0, Hinds 3-5 0-0 6, Bryant 4-11 2-2 12, Rutledge 1-1 0-0 2, Brown 1-2 2-2 5, Browne 3-6 4-4 11, Noreen 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-54 11-15 61.SYrACUSe (22-1)

Fair 3-4 1-2 7, Joseph 4-9 5-5 13, Christmas 0-0 0-0 0, Jardine 3-8 1-2 9, Triche 7-12 2-2 18, Waiters 2-9 4-6 8, Keita 2-2 0-0 4, Southerland 2-6 0-0 4. Totals 23-50 13-17 63.

Halftime—Syracuse 28-24. 3-Point Goals—West Virginia 6-18 (Jones 2-4, Bryant 2-9, Brown 1-1, Browne 1-2, Hinds 0-2), Syracuse 4-20 (Triche 2-4, Jardine 2-6, Joseph 0-3, Waiters 0-3, Souther-land 0-4). Fouled Out—Christmas. Rebounds—West Virginia 41 (Jones 8), Syracuse 20 (Joseph 7). Assists—West Virginia 16 (Miles 4), Syracuse 11 (Jardine 5). Total Fouls—West Virginia 16, Syracuse 14. A—28,740.

#8 DUke 83, St. JoHN’S 76St. JoHN’S (9-12)

Harkless 13-21 3-6 30, Garrett 2-8 4-8 8, Greene 4-14 0-0 9, Harrison 8-17 2-3 21, Pointer 1-2 0-0 2, Achiuwa 1-3 2-4 4, Stith 1-3 0-0 2. To-tals 30-68 11-21 76.DUke (18-3)

Mas. Plumlee 5-8 5-9 15, Kelly 3-7 10-12 16, Rivers 4-11 3-5 12, Dawkins 4-11 2-2 14, Curry 3-7 2-2 9, Cook 0-3 2-2 2, Thornton 1-1 3-4 6, Hairston 0-2 1-2 1, Mi. Plumlee 2-3 4-4 8. Totals 22-53 32-42 83.

Halftime—Duke 45-29. 3-Point Goals—St. John’s 5-16 (Harrison 3-8, Greene 1-2, Harkless 1-4, Stith 0-1, Garrett 0-1), Duke 7-19 (Dawkins 4-10, Thornton 1-1, Rivers 1-3, Curry 1-4, Cook 0-1). Fouled Out—Pointer, Rivers. Rebounds—St. John’s 36 (Harkless 13), Duke 39 (Mas. Plumlee 17). Assists—St. John’s 5 (Achiuwa, Garrett 2), Duke 14 (Rivers 5). Total Fouls—St. John’s 25, Duke 20. A—9,314.

PittSBUrgH 72, #9 georgetoWN 60georgetoWN (16-4)

Thompson 5-12 0-0 11, Lubick 0-2 0-0 0, Sims 5-10 0-0 10, Starks 2-4 0-0 5, Clark 3-9 3-5 9, Whittington 1-5 3-4 6, Hopkins 0-0 0-0 0, Porter 6-11 0-1 14, Trawick 2-4 1-2 5. Totals 24-57 7-12 60.PittSBUrgH (13-9)

Patterson 6-8 5-5 18, Robinson 9-9 5-6 23, Zanna 3-7 2-2 8, Woodall 1-7 2-2 4, Gibbs 4-8 4-4 13, Wright 0-0 0-0 0, J. Johnson 1-4 0-0 3, Taylor 1-3 0-0 2, Gilbert 0-0 0-0 0, Moore 0-2 1-3 1. To-tals 25-48 19-22 72.

Halftime—Pittsburgh 33-22. 3-Point Goals—Georgetown 5-17 (Porter 2-3, Starks 1-1, Whitting-ton 1-3, Thompson 1-3, Lubick 0-1, Trawick 0-1, Clark 0-5), Pittsburgh 3-13 (Gibbs 1-3, Patterson 1-3, J. Johnson 1-4, Woodall 0-3). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Georgetown 23 (Porter 6), Pittsburgh 35 (Zanna 10). Assists—Georgetown 13 (Sims 5), Pittsburgh 20 (Woodall 10). Total Fouls—Georgetown 18, Pittsburgh 17. A—12,508.

#11 MUrrAY St. 73, e. iLLiNoiS 58e. iLLiNoiS (9-11)

McKinnie 5-10 3-4 13, Sanders 2-4 1-2 5, Joe. Miller 6-11 4-5 17, Granger 3-8 0-0 7, Doss 1-5 0-0 2, Lubsey 0-0 0-0 0, Herron 1-3 0-0 3, Hollowell 0-3 0-0 0, Woods 4-8 0-3 9, Akers 0-1 0-0 0, McFarlin 0-0 0-0 0, Piper 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 23-54 8-14 58.MUrrAY St. (21-0)

Daniel 1-3 3-4 5, Mushatt 2-4 1-3 5, Canaan 6-10 4-5 18, Poole 7-11 2-2 18, Long 2-6 1-2 6, Wilson 2-5 2-2 8, Jackson 1-1 0-0 2, Garrett 1-3 1-2 3, Burge 0-0 0-0 0, Bland 0-1 0-2 0, Nussman 0-0 0-0 0, Aska 4-7 0-0 8. Totals 26-51 14-22 73.

Halftime—Murray St. 36-25. 3-Point Goals—E. Illinois 4-13 (Woods 1-1, Granger 1-2, Herron 1-2, Joe. Miller 1-4, Hollowell 0-1, Doss 0-3), Mur-ray St. 7-16 (Poole 2-4, Wilson 2-4, Canaan 2-5, Long 1-2, Bland 0-1). Fouled Out—None. Re-bounds—E. Illinois 24 (McKinnie 6), Murray St. 40 (Daniel 12). Assists—E. Illinois 11 (Joe. Miller 5), Murray St. 14 (Poole 6). Total Fouls—E. Illinois 16, Murray St. 14. A—8,673.

#12 UNLv 65, Air ForCe 63, otUNLv (20-3)

Stanback 1-10 0-0 2, Moser 10-17 5-9 27, Massamba 2-3 0-0 4, Bellfield 6-10 0-0 15, Mar-shall 2-8 3-4 8, Thomas 0-0 0-2 0, Wallace 1-3 0-0 3, Smith 0-0 0-2 0, Hawkins 2-5 1-1 6. Totals 24-56 9-18 65.Air ForCe (11-8)

Williams 4-7 2-2 13, Fitzgerald 2-7 4-4 9, Broekhuis 2-8 7-10 11, Fletcher 1-3 0-0 3, Lyons 9-19 1-2 25, Hammonds 0-1 0-0 0, Carter 0-1 0-0 0, Yon 0-0 0-0 0, Kammerer 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 19-47 14-18 63.

Halftime—Air Force 34-33. End Of Regula-tion—Tied 57. 3-Point Goals—UNLV 8-26 (Bell-field 3-6, Moser 2-6, Wallace 1-3, Hawkins 1-3, Marshall 1-3, Stanback 0-5), Air Force 11-26 (Ly-ons 6-11, Williams 3-4, Fletcher 1-2, Fitzgerald 1-4, Carter 0-1, Broekhuis 0-4). Fouled Out—Massamba. Rebounds—UNLV 35 (Moser 12), Air Force 29 (Williams 8). Assists—UNLV 19 (Bell-field 7), Air Force 15 (Fletcher 5). Total Fouls—UNLV 21, Air Force 20. A—4,170.

CoLorADo St. 77, #13 SAN Diego St. 60SAN Diego St. (18-3)

Shelton 3-3 0-0 6, Thames 2-11 6-6 10, Ra-hon 1-8 1-2 4, J. Franklin 8-18 6-7 24, Tapley 3-17 4-5 10, Williams 0-0 0-0 0, L. Franklin 0-4 0-0 0, Green 1-1 0-0 2, Stephens 2-2 0-0 4. Totals 20-64 17-20 60.CoLorADo St. (14-6)

Hornung 4-5 0-0 8, Bell 6-9 5-5 17, G. Smith 3-4 2-2 8, Eikmeier 5-15 8-8 19, Green 3-8 4-4 12, Mann 0-0 0-0 0, Williams 0-0 0-0 0, Carr 0-1 0-0 0, Sabas 2-5 4-4 10, Calcaterra 0-0 0-0 0, D. Smith 1-2 0-0 3. Totals 24-49 23-23 77.

Halftime—Colorado St. 40-28. 3-Point Goals—San Diego St. 3-21 (J. Franklin 2-7, Rahon 1-4, L. Franklin 0-2, Thames 0-2, Tapley 0-6), Colo-rado St. 6-13 (Sabas 2-4, Green 2-5, D. Smith 1-1, Eikmeier 1-3). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—San Diego St. 30 (J. Franklin 10), Colorado St. 40 (Hornung 13). Assists—San Diego St. 7 (Thames 3), Colorado St. 13 (Green 4). Total Fouls—San Diego St. 20, Colorado St. 20. A—6,038.

#14 FLoriDA 69, #18 MiSSiSSiPPi St. 57MiSSiSSiPPi St. (17-5)

Sidney 2-7 1-2 5, Moultrie 4-10 4-8 12, Bost 4-7 2-2 12, Hood 3-6 0-0 7, Bryant 5-6 0-0 11, Steele 3-9 0-0 9, Lewis 0-3 1-2 1. Totals 21-48 8-14 57.FLoriDA (17-4)

Yeguete 2-3 0-2 4, Murphy 5-9 0-0 14, Boyn-ton 1-6 0-0 2, Walker 4-10 0-1 10, Beal 6-9 4-4 19, Rosario 2-5 0-0 5, Young 6-11 0-0 12, Wil-bekin 1-3 0-0 3. Totals 27-56 4-7 69.

Halftime—Florida 30-27. 3-Point Goals—Mis-sissippi St. 7-16 (Steele 3-6, Bost 2-4, Bryant 1-1, Hood 1-3, Sidney 0-2), Florida 11-24 (Murphy 4-7, Beal 3-4, Walker 2-6, Rosario 1-2, Wilbekin 1-2, Boynton 0-3). Fouled Out—Moultrie. Rebounds—Mississippi St. 34 (Moultrie 13), Florida 26 (Yeg-uete 7). Assists—Mississippi St. 10 (Bost 4), Florida 15 (Boynton 5). Total Fouls—Mississippi St. 14, Florida 11. A—12,045.

#15 CreigHtoN 73, BrADLeY 59BrADLeY (6-17)

Brown 5-14 4-4 16, Shayok 0-1 0-0 0, Prosser 2-5 2-2 6, Simms-Edwards 7-16 1-2 19, Lemon 3-9 0-0 6, Woods 0-1 0-0 0, Eastman 1-4 0-0 2, Crawford 1-1 0-0 2, Thompson 4-8 0-0 8. Totals 23-59 7-8 59.CreigHtoN (20-2)

McDermott 10-14 3-3 24, Echenique 5-5 4-6 14, Gibbs 2-4 1-3 6, Manigat 0-3 0-0 0, Young 1-4 0-0 2, Chatman 1-1 2-2 5, Jones 3-6 5-7 14, Ding-man 1-3 0-0 3, Artino 0-0 2-2 2, Wragge 1-4 0-0 3. Totals 24-44 17-23 73.

Halftime—Creighton 33-28. 3-Point Goals—Bradley 6-17 (Simms-Edwards 4-7, Brown 2-4, Woods 0-1, Lemon 0-2, Eastman 0-3), Creighton 8-20 (Jones 3-5, Gibbs 1-1, Chatman 1-1, McDer-mott 1-2, Dingman 1-3, Wragge 1-4, Young 0-1, Manigat 0-3). Fouled Out—Lemon. Rebounds—Bradley 30 (Brown, Thompson 7), Creighton 28 (Echenique 10). Assists—Bradley 12 (Simms-Ed-wards 4), Creighton 20 (Gibbs 6). Total Fouls—Bradley 21, Creighton 9. Technical—Eastman. A—18,436.

#17 MArQUette 82, viLLANovA 78MArQUette (18-4)

Crowder 6-15 4-6 20, Gardner 3-6 3-4 9, Johnson-Odom 9-20 5-6 26, Blue 2-5 5-6 9, Ca-dougan 1-4 2-2 4, J. Wilson 4-12 4-4 12, Mayo 0-3 2-2 2, Anderson 0-0 0-2 0, Jones 0-0 0-0 0, D. Wilson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-65 25-32 82.viLLANovA (10-12)

Pinkston 5-10 6-8 17, Yarou 1-3 0-1 2, Wayns 3-10 4-4 12, Cheek 4-13 6-6 16, Bell 5-12 0-0 13, Johnson 1-3 0-0 2, Hilliard 0-1 3-4 3, Kennedy 1-1 0-0 2, Yacoubou 0-0 0-0 0, Sutton 5-7 1-2 11. Totals 25-60 20-25 78.

Halftime—Villanova 46-36. 3-Point Goals—Marquette 7-17 (Crowder 4-7, Johnson-Odom 3-7, Cadougan 0-1, Mayo 0-2), Villanova 8-22 (Bell 3-6,

Wayns 2-5, Cheek 2-8, Pinkston 1-1, Johnson 0-1, Hilliard 0-1). Fouled Out—Kennedy, Wayns. Re-bounds—Marquette 43 (Crowder 11), Villanova 39 (Sutton 10). Assists—Marquette 17 (Johnson-Odom 5), Villanova 16 (Cheek, Wayns 4). Total Fouls—Marquette 18, Villanova 27. Technicals—Marquette Bench, Wayns, Villanova Bench. A—15,878.

#19 virgiNiA 61, NC StAte 60virgiNiA (17-3)

Evans 1-3 3-6 5, Harris 4-9 2-2 12, Zeglinski 4-6 0-0 12, Scott 5-11 8-11 18, Ak. Mitchell 1-3 2-2 4, Jesperson 0-2 0-0 0, Brogdon 3-7 0-0 7, Atkins 1-2 1-2 3. Totals 19-43 16-23 61.NC StAte (15-7)

Howell 4-8 3-7 11, Brown 4-10 0-0 8, Leslie 5-11 7-12 17, Wood 3-11 0-0 8, Williams 6-9 2-2 14, Painter 1-2 0-0 2, A. Johnson 0-6 0-0 0. Totals 23-57 12-21 60.

Halftime—Virginia 38-31. 3-Point Goals—Vir-ginia 7-15 (Zeglinski 4-5, Harris 2-4, Brogdon 1-4, Jesperson 0-2), NC State 2-15 (Wood 2-8, Brown 0-1, Williams 0-2, A. Johnson 0-4). Fouled Out—Howell. Rebounds—Virginia 25 (Harris, Scott 5), NC State 42 (Howell 18). Assists—Virginia 8 (Zeglinski 3), NC State 12 (Brown 4). Total Fouls—Virginia 14, NC State 17. A—17,027.

#21 SAiNt MArY’S 80, BYU 66SAiNt MArY’S (CAL) (21-2)

Waldow 8-10 3-5 19, Page 2-3 2-2 7, Dellave-dova 1-4 7-10 10, Holt 2-8 4-4 9, Jones 5-10 3-6 13, Young 0-0 0-0 0, Rowley 1-1 0-0 2, Steindl 4-6 4-4 16, Levesque 0-0 0-0 0, Petrulis 0-0 0-0 0, Walker II 1-1 2-2 4. Totals 24-43 25-33 80.BYU (18-6)

Davies 6-18 2-4 14, Abouo 2-3 2-4 6, Carlino 6-15 3-4 15, Zylstra 0-5 1-2 1, Hartsock 5-9 5-5 15, Cusick 1-2 0-0 3, Sharp 0-0 0-0 0, Winder 3-5 1-2 8, Rogers 0-1 0-0 0, Harrison 0-0 0-0 0, Austin 2-3 0-1 4. Totals 25-61 14-22 66.

Halftime—Saint Mary’s (Cal) 40-28. 3-Point Goals—Saint Mary’s (Cal) 7-18 (Steindl 4-6, Page 1-2, Holt 1-4, Dellavedova 1-4, Jones 0-2), BYU 2-13 (Cusick 1-2, Winder 1-2, Zylstra 0-4, Carlino 0-5). Fouled Out—Abouo, Carlino. Rebounds—Saint Mary’s (Cal) 35 (Jones 9), BYU 30 (Davies 7). Assists—Saint Mary’s (Cal) 13 (Holt 5), BYU 9 (Carlino, Zylstra 3). Total Fouls—Saint Mary’s (Cal) 22, BYU 26. Technicals—Saint Mary’s (Cal) Bench, BYU Bench 2. A—22,700.

DrAke 93, WiCHitA St. 86, 3otWiCHitA St. (18-4)

Hall 2-5 2-2 6, Ragland 8-15 5-5 25, Williams 1-2 0-1 2, Murry 6-18 3-3 16, Stutz 10-16 6-6 27, Smith 3-8 1-2 8, Orukpe 0-0 0-0 0, Kyles 1-12 0-0 2, Cotton 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 31-76 17-19 86.DrAke (13-9)

Clarke 1-3 2-5 4, Jeffers 4-6 2-2 11, Simons 11-22 4-4 29, Madison 2-4 0-1 4, Rice 5-23 9-12 19, Hawley 1-2 0-0 2, Alexander 5-9 6-9 17, Woods 3-4 1-3 7. Totals 32-73 24-36 93.

Halftime—Drake 38-37. End Of Regulation—Tied 63. End Of 1st Overtime—Tied 70. End Of 2nd Overtime—Tied 82. 3-Point Goals—Wichita St. 7-25 (Ragland 4-6, Murry 1-2, Stutz 1-3, Smith 1-5, Williams 0-1, Kyles 0-8), Drake 5-17 (Simons 3-6, Alexander 1-1, Jeffers 1-3, Madison 0-1, Haw-ley 0-1, Rice 0-5). Fouled Out—Murry, Stutz, Woods. Rebounds—Wichita St. 46 (Murry 10), Drake 48 (Rice 14). Assists—Wichita St. 15 (Rag-land 6), Drake 16 (Rice 8). Total Fouls—Wichita St. 29, Drake 20. A—4,895.

MiSSoUri St. 63, N. ioWA 51N. ioWA (14-9)

Tuttle 3-7 3-4 9, Koch 3-7 1-2 7, Moran 2-7 0-0 4, Sonnen 1-3 0-0 3, James 3-10 0-0 7, Mitch-ell 2-8 1-2 6, Rank 3-4 0-0 7, Singleton 0-0 0-2 0, Morrison 3-5 1-1 8, Martino 0-0 0-0 0, Pehl 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 20-53 6-11 51.MiSSoUri St. (13-10)

Gulley 4-9 0-0 9, Weems 7-18 3-3 20, Kirk 2-4 0-0 4, Downing 5-11 3-3 16, Bizoukas 2-6 0-1 4, Pickens 1-1 2-3 4, Scheer 0-3 0-0 0, Rhine 2-3 2-2 6. Totals 23-55 10-12 63.

Halftime—Missouri St. 34-24. 3-Point Goals—N. Iowa 5-19 (Rank 1-1, Morrison 1-2, Sonnen 1-2, James 1-3, Mitchell 1-4, Tuttle 0-1, Moran 0-3, Koch 0-3), Missouri St. 7-16 (Weems 3-5, Downing 3-5, Gulley 1-3, Scheer 0-3). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—N. Iowa 32 (James 8), Missouri St. 38 (Gulley, Weems 10). Assists—N. Iowa 12 (Sonnen 3), Missouri St. 11 (Bizoukas 7). Total Fouls—N. Iowa 16, Missouri St. 13. A—9,376.NortWeSt MiSSoUri 74, Fort HAYS St. 57Fort Hays St. 21 36 — 57Northwest Missouri 34 40 — 74

Fort Hays St. — Dayee 18, Morse 13, Mc-Dade 8, Russell 5, McKenzie 4, Dreiling 3, Penner 2, Phillips 2, Simmsons 2. Totals 27-71 12-15 57.

Northwest Missouri — Reinders 16, Sullivan 15, Haake 10, Starzl 7, Wallace 6, Cooper 5, Hai-ley 4, Schlake 4, Williams 3, Clark 2, Peterson 2. Totals 35-69 12-16 74.

BAker 60, MiSSoUri vALLeY 58Missouri Valley 26 32 — 58Baker 22 38 — 60

Missouri Valley — Connor 17, Stander 12, Pope 11, Thomas 8, Smith 5, Baker 3, Foster 2. Totals 26-80 9-16 58.

Baker — Anderson 14, Steinlage 10, Eils 5, Diallo 5, Honore 5, Jassar 5, Shortell 5, Johnston 4, Schlake 4, Moore 3, Douvier 2, Lysaught 2. Totals 25-63 15-21 60.

College womenBig 12

Conf overallBaylor 8-0 21-0Kansas 5-3 16-4Kansas State 5-3 14-6Texas A&M 4-3 13-5Oklahoma 5-3 13-6Oklahoma State 4-4 12-5Iowa State 2-5 11-7Texas 3-5 13-7Texas Tech 3-5 15-5Missouri 0-8 10-9

results Saturday#1 Baylor 74, Kansas 46Kansas St. 67, Oklahoma State 56#21 Texas Tech 75, Texas 71Oklahoma 62, Missouri 59

MiSSoUri vALLeY Conf overallWichita State 7-1 13-6Illinois State 6-2 11-8Missouri State 5-3 12-6Northern Iowa 5-3 12-7Drake 5-3 11-8Creighton 4-4 10-9Indiana State 4-4 10-10Bradley 2-6 11-9Southern Illinois 1-7 5-14Evansville 1-7 4-15

games SundaySouthern Illinois at Evansville, 2 p.m.Northern Iowa at Drake, 2:05 p.m.Bradley at Creighton, 2:05 p.m.Illinois State at Missouri State, 2:05 p.m.Indiana State at Wichita State, 2:05 p.m.

MiAA Conf overallPittsburg State 12-1 18-2Washburn 11-1 18-3Emporia State 10-3 14-4Central Missouri 8-5 14-5Fort Hays State 7-5 15-5Truman 6-7 11-7Lincoln 5-7 11-7Southwest Baptist 4-9 8-10Missouri Western 3-10 5-13Missouri Southern 2-11 6-13Northwest Missouri 2-11 4-16

results SaturdayTruman 78, Emporia State 60Washburn 60, Missouri Western 55Fort Hays State 65, Northwest Missouri 42Pittsburg State 72, Central Missouri 67Southwest Baptist 61, Missouri Southern 59

toP 25#2 Notre Dame 71, St. John’s 56#3 UConn 77, South Florida 62#4. Stanford 74, California 71, OT#12 Green Bay 65, Valparaiso 37Iowa 59, #13 Purdue 42#16 Louisville 62, Villanova 58#22 Gonzaga 75, Saint Mary’s 70#23 BYU 74, Santa Clara 64#23 DePaul 71, Seton Hall 59

StAteBaker 66, Missouri Valley 60Benedictine 60, Evangel 59Kansas Wesleyan 70, Tabor 44Southwestern 63, Saint Mary 49Sterling 69, McPherson 56

JucoJohnson County 69, Cowley 65

Women’s state boxesFort HAYS St. 65, NortHWeSt Mo. 42

Fort Hays St. 33 32 — 65Northwest Missouri 23 19 — 42

Fort Hays St. — Lehman 12, Weiser 12, Bechard 11, Brown 10, Edwards 10, Keyser 3, Sorenson 3, Shaw 2, Antenen 1, Nelson 1. Totals 31-85 13-21 65.

Northwest Missouri — Thayer 11, C. Boeh 9, A. Boeh 6, Mathews 6, Henry 4, Jensen 2, Marnin 2, Martin 2. Totals 20-83 5-7 42.

BAker 66, MiSSoUri vALLeY 60Missouri Valley 36 24 — 60Baker 28 38 — 66

Missouri Valley — Young 16, L. Jackson 10, S. Jackson 8, Brown 6, Clark 6, Kixmiller 4, Quir-ing 3, Troyer 3, Chelsey 2, Porter 2. Totals 30-69 5-14 60.

Baker — Petty 25, Fanshier 14, Atanmo 6, Stewart 6, Tenpenny 5, Nelson 3, Washington 3, Ramsey 2, Simpson 2. Totals 30-86 13-21 66.

High school boys scoresreSULtS SAtUrDAY

CityWhitefield, Mo. 75, Cornerstone 48

Lyon CountyHartford 52, Southern Coffey 47Lebo 67, Madison 51Marais des Cygnes Valley 42, Olpe 34Waverly 62, Burlingame 58

StateMeade 78, Guymon, Okla. 47South Gray 44, Kiowa County 37

reSULtS FriDAYCity

Holton 59, Hayden 41

Junction City 78, Topeka West 68KC Christ Prep 57, Heritage Christian 55Topeka High 49, Seaman 35Washburn Rural 52, Shawnee Heights 31

Big SevenNemaha Valley 54, Horton 25Royal Valley 75, Northern Heights 39Santa Fe Trail 62, West Franklin 47

Delaware valleyMaur Hill-Mt. Academy 47, Riverside 23Pleasant Ridge 66, Immaculata 54

Flint HillsHerington 57, Chapman 55

Lyon CountyHartford 52, Southern Coffey 47Lebo 46, Waverly 34Madison 49, Burlingame 46Marais des Cygnes Valley 42, Olpe 34Waverly 62, Burlingame 58

Mid-eastSilver Lake 62, Wamego 57

twin valleyBaileyville B&B 49, Valley Heights 43Centralia 63, Linn 54Frankfort 47, Axtell 28Hanover 75, Bern 52Onaga 52, Washington County 49

AreaAbilene 54, Concordia 50Anderson County 66, Wellsville 43Baldwin 54, Osawatomie 46Burlington 88, Yates Center 64Central Heights 63, Jayhawk-Linn 34Centre 75, Wakefield 62Marysville 57, Hiawatha 53Tonganoxie 64, Atchison 33

StateTribune 75, Rolla 51

High school boys boxesHArtForD 52, SoUtHerN CoFFeY 47

Southern Coffey 8 13 8 18 — 47Hartford 7 16 13 16 — 52

Southern Coffey — Watts 5 4-11 14, Seabolt 4 2-3 10, True 1 5-8 7, Fisher 2 3-4 7, Nelson 2 (1) 0-1 5, Snovelle 2 0-0 4. Totals 16 (1) 14-29 47.

Hartford — Kraft 7 (2) 3-8 19, Keys 5 5-8 15, Ikerd 3 2-4 8, Veatch 1 5-8 7, Esch 1 1-2 3. Totals 17 (2) 16-30 52.

MArAiS DeS CYgNeS vALLeY 42, oLPe 34Olpe 11 7 10 6 — 34MdCV 12 8 13 9 — 42

Olpe — Smith 3 (2) 0-0 8, Stout 2 3-4 7, Re-deker 2 3-4 7, Baumgardner 2 (1) 1-1 6, Dreier 1 3-4 5, Brinkman 0 1-2 1. Totals 10 (3) 11-16 34.

Marais des Cygnes Valley — Vanderpool 5 0-2 10, Coffman 2 6-6 10, Price 4 0-2 8, Jones 3 1-2 7, Boggs 1 (1) 2-2 5, Schimmel 0 2-3 2. Totals 15 (1) 11-17 42.

WAverLY 62, BUrLiNgAMe 58Burlingame 11 11 9 27 — 58Waverly 15 14 14 19 — 62

Burlingame — Lee 11 (3) 3-4 28, Lang 6 1-5 13, Dorr 4 (2) 0-0 10, Prescott 1 2-2 4, Sporing 1 (1) 0-0 3. Totals 23 (6) 6-11 58.

Waverly — Steward 9 7-8 25, Stroman 4 3-4 11, Fleming 3 3-7 9, Good 2 2-2 6, Sipe 1 3-4 5, Smith 1 2-4 4, Tyson 1 0-0 2. Totals 21 (0) 20-29 62.

WHiteFieLD, Mo. 75, CorNerStoNe 48Whitefield, Mo. 18 16 19 22 — 75Cornerstone 13 8 9 18 — 48

Whitefield, Mo. — Sipp 8 (3) 7-11 26, Porte-ous 6 (3) 0-2 15, Dykstra 4 2-3 10, Buckner 3 (1) 0-0 7, Casmeier 3 1-3 7, Beltkamp 3 1-2 7, Berg-er 1 0-0 2, Dykstra 0 1-2 1. Totals 28 (7) 12-23 75.

Cornerstone — Birtell 7 (4) 3-4 21, Swickard 3 (1) 1-2 8, Dehn 3 0-0 8, Reed 2 (1) 2-2 7, Dav-enport 2 0-0 4, O’Byrne 1 0-2 2. Totals 18 (6) 6-10 48.

High school girls scoresreSULtS SAtUrDAY

CityCornerstone 56, Whitefield, Mo. 39 Hutchinson 53, Highland Park 40Seaman 57, Shawnee Mission East 45Shawnee Heights 38, Great Bend 35Topeka High 54, Olate North 39Topeka West 56, Derby 51Washburn Rural 53, Leavenworth 48, OT

Big SevenFalls City, Neb. 40, Hiawatha 33Nemaha Valley 56, Jackson Heights 37Perry-Lecompton 40, McLouth 34

Delaware valleyJefferson North 55, Atchison County 38Marysville 59, Troy 23Oskaloosa 58, Maranatha 29Valley Falls 40, Jefferson West 32

Lyon CountyBurlingame 59, Marais des Cygnes Valley 53Lebo 46, Southern Coffey 39Madison 35, Hartford 24Olpe 60, Waverly 26

Mid-eastRock Creek 53, Horton 27St. Marys 56, Anderson County 32

AreaBaldwin 42, KC-Piper 29 Centralia 38, Linn 34Free State 54, Carroll 50 Junction City 46, Blue Valley West 34Lawrence 53, KC-Sumner 24Manhattan 36, Beloit 24Wellsville 43, KC-Christian 37 Wichita Northwest 65, Emporia 59, 2OT

StateAndover Central 51, Kapaun 43Augusta 53, Wichita West 32Berean 47, Central Christian 33Bonner Springs 48, Spring Hill 40Buhler 78, Goddard 62Chaparral 38, Larned 29Cheney 38, Kingman 35Cunningham 40, Kinsley 37Douglass 46, Burrton 28Fairfield 55, Belle Plaine 54Gardner-Edgerton 61, Andale 46Goessel 52, Bluestem 43Haven 54, Ulysses 19Hesston 38, Hoisington 24Kapaun 51, Andover Central 43Maize South 47, Clearwater 32McPherson 52, Hays 42Meade 53, Guymon, Okla. 16Miege 40, Garden City 33Moundridge 39, Conway Springs 33Mulvane 54, Wichita Southeast 45Nickerson 50, Halstead 48Olathe Northwest 46, Newton 42Olathe South 56, Maize 49Pretty Prairie 46, Macksville 20Rose Hill 58, Dodge City 50Sedgwick 56, Inman 55South Barber 46, Attica 38Valley Center 62, El Dorado 35Wellington 39, Garden Plain 33Wichita Campus 55, Arkansas City 35Wichita East 69, Circle 39Wichita Independent 43, Canton-Galva 16Word of Life 46, Wichita Trinity 36

reSULtS FriDAYCity

Blue Valley 35, Seaman 33Free State 38, Washburn Rural 36Holton 55, Hayden 24Hutchinson 53, Highland Park 40Maize 53, Highland Park 30Shawnee Heights 38, Great Bend 35Topeka High 61, Topeka West 34Wichita Northwest 36, Shawnee Heights 25

Big SevenNemaha Valley 56, Jackson Heights 37Perry-Lecompton 40, McLouth 34Santa Fe Trail 72, West Franklin 30

Delaware valleyAtchison County 38, Valley Falls 31Jefferson North 55, Atchison County 38Oskaloosa 58, Maranatha 29Riverside 37, Maur Hill-Mt. Academy 24Valley Falls 40, Jefferson West 32

Flint HillsLyndon 37, Mission Valley 32Northern Heights 37, Royal Valley 31

Lyon CountyBurlingame 59, Marais des Cygnes Valley 53Lebo 46, Southern Coffey 39Madison 35, Hartford 24Olpe 50, Hartford 18Waverly 30, Madison 28

Mid-eastRiley County 87, Wabaunsee 53Rock Creek 53, Horton 27Silver Lake 66, Wamego 55

twin valleyBaileyville B&B 53, Valley Heights 39Centralia 38, Linn 34Frankfort 51, Axtell 28Hanover 66, Bern 32Washington County 67, Onaga 18Wetmore 50, Blue Valley-Randolph 35

AreaAbilene 45, Concordia 26Burlington 78, Yates Center 37Central Heights 44, Jayhawk-Linn 31Centre 29, Wakefield 24Chapman 59, Herington 57 (OT)Clay Center 52, Smoky Valley 39Emporia 46, Great Bend 25Manhattan 36, Beloit 24Marysville 59, Troy 23Tonganoxie 47, Atchison 23

StateAndover 45, Salina Central 37Tribune 48, Rolla 45Uniontown 46, Colony-Crest 21

High school girls boxesBALDWiN 42, kC-PiPer 29

Baldwin 13 9 3 17 — 42KC-Piper 11 3 9 6 — 29

Baldwin — Jones 7 (2) 2-2 18, Jorgensen 2 (2) 3-4 9, Kehl 1 5-6 7, Dighans 2 0-0 4, Smith 0 3-5 3, Katzer 0 1-2 1. Totals 12 (4) 14-19 42.

KC Piper — Johnson 4 4-5 12, Morrow 3 3-8 9, Mansaw 2 1-2 5, Shriver 1 0-0 2, Wooley 0 1-3 1. Totals 10 (0) 9-19 29.

BUrLiNgAMe 59, MArAiS DeS CYgNeS 53Burlingame 15 7 18 19 — 59MdCV 6 16 10 21 — 53

Burlingame — Lewis 8 6-9 22, Lewis 8 (1) 1-2 18, McKanna 4 (1) 2-4 11, Zabokrtsky 2 0-3 4, Dorr 2 0-0 4. Totals 24 (2) 9-18 59.

Marais des Cygnes Valley — Vanderpool 4 (1) 5-9 14, Schimmel 4 (4) 2-5 14, Bush 5 (3) 0-0 13,

Dorcas 3 2-2 8, Bush 0 4-6 4. Totals 16 (8) 13-22 53.

CorNerStoNe 56, WHiteFieLD, Mo. 39Whitefield, Mo. 8 4 8 19 — 39Cornerstone 13 12 21 10 — 56

Whitefield, Mo. — Casmier 7 (1) 5-9 20, Loechler 3 (2) 1-4 9, Shields 4 0-0 8, Coats 1 0-0 2. Totals 15 (3) 6-13 39.

Cornerstone — Coffman 6 6-9 18, Kramer 5 4-4 14, Wenger 3 (1) 0-0 7, Wenger 3 0-0 6, Coff-man 2 0-0 4, Bryant 1 1-2 3, Swickard 1 0-1 2, Holloway 1 0-4 2. Totals 22 (1) 11-20 56.

FALLS CitY, NeB. 40, HiAWAtHA 33Hiawatha 2 8 9 14 — 33Falls City, Neb. 5 9 12 14 — 40

Hiawatha — Schmitz 4 (1) 0-0 9, Hocker 3 2-2 8, Binns 1 4-4 6, Sudbeck 2 0-0 4, Coelho 1 1-2 3, Fortmeyer 1 (1) 0-0 3. Totals 12 (2) 7-8 33.

Falls City, Neb. — Jordening 4 (3) 5-5 16, Chandler 5 2-4 12, Poppe 2 (1) 0-0 5, Sickel 1 1-4 3, Schwarting 1 1-2 3, Scheitel 0 1-2 1. Totals 13 (4) 10-17 40.JeFFerSoN NortH 55, AtCHiSoN CoUNtY 38Atchison County 6 9 11 13 — 38Jefferson North 9 20 13 12 — 55

Atchison County — Vanderweide 3 (3) 2-4 11, Ellerman 3 (1) 0-0 7, Sheeley 2 (2) 0-1 6, Thomp-son 1 (1) 2-4 5, Wallisch 0 4-4 4, Pieper 1 (1) 0-0 3, Corpstein 1 0-0 2. Totals 11 (8) 8-13 38.

Jefferson North — Kramer 7 (5) 4-6 23, Kramer 5 8-13 18, Navinskey 1 4-4 6, Polson 2 0-2 4, Kern 2 0-0 4. Totals 17 (5) 16-25 55.

LeBo 46, SoUtHerN CoFFeY 39Lebo 7 12 18 9 — 46Southern Coffey 8 12 8 11 — 39

Lebo — Hodges 3 6-6 12, Scott 4 1-3 9, Ables 3 (2) 0-0 8, Robertson 3 1-4 7, Holmes 1 (1) 0-1 3, Ables 1 (1) 0-0 3, Johnston 1 0-0 2, VanArsdale 1 0-0 2. Totals 17 (4) 8-14 46.

Southern Coffey — Isch 3 7-12 13, Hegwald 3 (2) 0-2 8, Webb 3 1-1 7, Isch 2 3-7 7, Alum-baugh 2 0-0 4. Totals 13 (2) 11-22 39.

MADiSoN 35, HArtForD 24Hartford 4 7 8 5 — 24Madison 7 9 12 7 — 35

Hartford — Wilson 4 (2) 1-2 11, Bailey 2 (1) 0-0 5, Roush 2 0-0 4, Prather 1 0-0 2, Kirby 1 0-2 2. Totals 10 (3) 1-4 24.

Madison — Barnard 2 4-6 8, Farthing 3 2-2 8, Farthing 3 (1) 0-0 7, Shaklee 2 (2) 0-0 6, Casey 1 0-0 2, Dubois 0 2-4 2, Thomsen 0 1-2 1, Bond 0 1-2 1. Totals 11 (3) 10-16 35.

MANHAttAN 36, BeLoit 24Beloit 7 5 3 9 — 24Manhattan 10 10 12 4 — 36

Beloit — Brown 2 4-7 8, Englebert 3 1-4 7, Mealiff 2 0-0 4, Marozas 1 1-5 3, Krone 1 0-0 2. Totals 9 (0) 6-18 24.

Manhattan — Massanet 5 2-2 12, Price 4 0-0 8, Ehie 2 (1) 0-0 5, Spilker 1 2-2 4, Crusinberry 1 0-0 2, McNair 1 0-0 2, Thaemert 0 1-2 1, Thomp-son 0 1-2 1, Shanower 0 1-2 1. Totals 14 (1) 7-10 36.

MArYSviLLe 59, troY 23Marysville 14 19 18 8 — 59Troy 4 5 5 9 — 23

Marysville — Leonard 4 (2) 5-6 15, Schwarz 6 (2) 0-0 14, Schotte 3 1-3 7, Russell 2 2-2 6, De-genhardt 1 4-6 6, Parks 2 (1) 1-4 6, Fincham 1 1-2 3, Vogelsberg 0 2-2 2. Totals 19 (5) 16-25 59.

Troy — Weatherford 4 (1) 0-0 9, Marriott 1 (1) 0-0 3, Stock 1 (1) 0-0 3, Turpin 1 1-2 3, Huss 1 0-0 2, Winder 0 2-2 2, Fenley 0 1-2 1. Totals 8 (3) 4-7 23.NeMAHA vALLeY 56, JACkSoN HeigHtS 37

Nemaha Valley 10 20 13 13 — 56Jackson Heights 6 11 10 10 — 37

Nemaha Valley — Throm 6 0-1 12, Brezina 5 1-2 11, Rottinghaus 4 1-2 9, Swart 4 0-0 8, Nord-hus 3 1-2 7, Altenhofen 2 0-0 4, Swart 1 2-2 4, Kuckelman 0 1-2 1. Totals 25 (0) 6-11 56.

Jackson Heights — Wamego 6 4-5 16, Grif-fiths 5 0-0 10, Thomas 2 (1) 2-2 7, Holliday 2 0-0 4. Totals 15 (1) 6-7 37.

oSkALooSA 58, MArANAtHA 29Maranatha 13 8 6 2 — 29Oskaloosa 13 16 14 15 — 58

Maranatha — Fulk 3 (1) 2-2 11, Buckner 2 2-2 6, Moore 2 1-2 5, Espinoza 2 0-0 4, Chapin-Patch 1 (1) 0-0 3. Totals 10 (2) 5-6 29.

Oskaloosa — Pfau 7 (2) 1-4 17, Miller 7 0-0 14, Schmanke 5 1-3 11, Houk 5 (1) 0-0 11, Beach 2 (1) 0-0 5. Totals 26 (4) 2-7 58.

PerrY-LeCoMPtoN 40, MCLoUtH 34McLouth 5 6 10 13 — 34Perry-Lecompton 18 11 1 10 — 40

McLouth — Stewart 1 11-11 13, Steffey 3 (1) 0-0 7, Drinnon 2 3-4 7, Hullinger 3 1-2 7. Totals 9 (1) 15-17 34.

Perry-Lecompton — Hess 5 (3) 2-2 15, Carver 4 (3) 0-2 11, Schuler 2 (1) 0-2 5, Bowser 2 (1) 0-2 5, Coyle 1 (1) 0-0 3, Mehl 0 1-2 1. Totals 14 (9) 3-10 40.

roCk Creek 53, HortoN 27Rock Creek 10 9 19 15 — 53Horton 2 9 5 11 — 27

Rock Creek — Herrs 6 10-13 22, Christenson 3 (2) 2-5 10, Elliott 3 (1) 1-2 8, Srna 1 (1) 4-5 7, Bruce 1 1-2 3, Ebert 1 0-0 2, Trieb 0 1-2 1. Totals 15 (4) 19-29 53.

Horton — Coversup 4 0-0 8, Dishon 2 (2) 1-2 7, Thomas 2 (1) 0-0 5, Wilhelm 1 (1) 1-2 4, Voyles 0 2-4 2, Cowley 0 1-2 1. Totals 9 (4) 5-12 27.

St. MArYS 56, ANDerSoN CoUNtY 32St. Marys 14 8 13 21 — 56Anderson County 8 4 7 13 — 32

St. Marys — Moylan 6 (4) 4-8 20, Thomas 5 (1) 0-0 11, Eakes 3 1-2 7, White 3 0-2 6, Robbins 2 1-2 5, Davis 2 0-0 4, Steele 1 (1) 0-0 3. Totals 22 (6) 6-14 56.

Anderson County — Adams 3 (2) 0-0 8, Mers-man 4 0-0 8, Porter 2 (1) 0-0 5, Steele 2 0-0 4, Moody 2 0-0 4, Rockers 1 0-0 2, Martin 0 1-2 1. Totals 14 (3) 1-2 32.

vALLeY FALLS 40, JeFFerSoN WeSt 32Valley Falls 11 10 8 11 — 40Jefferson West 10 7 11 4 — 32

Valley Falls — Miller 6 6-16 18, Herrig 4 (1) 4-4 13, Coleman 2 0-0 4, Frakes 1 1-2 3, Lane 1 0-0 2. Totals 14 (1) 11-22 40.

Jefferson West — Johnson 4 (1) 0-1 9, Mund-henke 1 4-6 6, Hothan 3 0-2 6, Siess 2 0-4 4, Brake 2 0-0 4, Essman 0 3-4 3. Totals 12 (1) 7-17 32.

WeLLSviLLe 43, kC-CHriStiAN 37Wellsville 11 9 11 12 — 43KC-Christian 9 11 7 10 — 37

Wellsville — Patton 5 9-12 19, Bonzo 2 9-9 13, Koehn 2 0-0 4, McTaggart 1 2-2 4, Hinman 1 1-3 3. Totals 11 (0) 21-30 43.

KC Christian — Hawthrone 4 (2) 3-5 13, Rog-ers 4 1-7 9, MacGregor 1 4-5 6, White 1 (1) 0-0 3, Sotello 0 2-2 2, Spencer 1 0-0 2, Fields 0 1-3 1, Kuchera 0 1-2 1. Totals 11 (3) 12-24 37.

WiCHitA NortHWeSt 65, eMPoriA 59, otEmporia 9 5 17 16 6 — 59Wichita Northwest 12 10 13 12 6 — 65

Emporia — Knight 8 13-17 29, Wilhite 3 8-11 14, Hastings 1 4-4 6, Guion 1 (1) 2-2 5, Sanchez 0 3-4 3, Burris 0 2-2 2. Totals 13 (1) 32-40 59.

Wichita Northwest — Harbert 7 (1) 9-15 24, McPherson 7 (3) 2-2 19, Simpkins 1 6-9 8, Taylor 3 (2) 0-1 8, Tre Nolen 1 1-4 3, Tran 1 0-0 2, Cot-man 0 1-3 1. Totals 20 (6) 19-36 65.

HockeyNAHLCeNtrAL

gP W L otL Pts gF gAx-Bismarck 40 33 6 1 67 168 99 x-Alexandria 38 26 10 2 54 136 101Aberdeen 41 21 15 5 47 128 119Austin 39 21 14 4 46 117 102Minot 43 4 36 2 10 74 187

MiDWeSt gP W L otL Pts gF gAJanesville 41 30 8 3 63 135 86 St. Louis 38 26 10 2 54 141 102 Springfield 39 17 20 2 36 119 129 Coulee Region 41 13 22 6 32 110 146 Chicago 40 7 29 4 18 116 195

NortH gP W L otL Pts gF gAPort Huron 44 29 12 3 61 147 117 Kalamazoo 39 24 13 2 50 140 115 Traverse City 38 19 14 5 43 117 112 Michigan 43 16 22 5 37 118 149 Jamestown 38 14 22 2 30 104 130

SoUtH gP W L otL Pts gF gAAmarillo 42 32 3 7 71 184 97Topeka 42 28 12 2 58 139 105Texas 43 26 11 6 58 153 114Corpus Christi 41 20 18 3 43 120 124 Odessa 40 15 20 5 35 95 122 Wichita Falls 42 14 24 4 32 105 141 New Mexico 42 13 27 2 28 120 192

WeSt gP W L otL Pts gF gAAlaska 44 28 13 3 59 140 121 Fairbanks 38 22 9 7 51 136 106 Wenatchee 37 21 12 4 46 99 61 Fresno 42 18 16 8 44 120 128 Kenai River 37 20 15 2 42 114 114 Dawson Creek 38 8 28 2 18 89 170

x-clinched playoff berthresults late Friday

Kenai River 2, Wenatchee 0Alaska 6, Fairbanks 5

results SaturdayTopeka 5, New Mexico 1Port Huron 4, Traverse City 1Amarillo 7, Fresno 1Janesville 4, Coulee Region 3Springfield 4, Michigan 3Bismarck 4, Austin 2Odessa 6, Corpus Christi 1Aberdeen 5, Minot 0St. Louis 4, Chicago 3, SOKenai River at Wenatchee, lateFairbanks at Alaska, late

GolfPgA Farmers insurance open

reSULtS SAtUrDAYAt San Diego

s-torrey Pines, 7,698 yards, par 72n-torrey Pines, 7,094 yards, par 72

third roundKyle Stanley 62n-68s-68s — 198John Huh 64n-71s-68s — 203John Rollins 70s-65n-68s — 203

Bill Haas 63n-71s-70s — 204Sang-Moon Bae 65n-67s-72s — 204Cameron Tringale 67n-72s-66s — 205Jonas Blixt 70s-70n-65s — 205Brandt Snedeker 67s-64n-74s — 205Scott Piercy 70n-68s-68s — 206Justin Leonard 65n-70s-71s — 206Rod Pampling 64n-75s-68s — 207D.A. Points 70s-70n-67s — 207Ryo Ishikawa 69s-69n-69s — 207Tim Herron 68n-70s-69s — 207Camilo Villegas 65n-72s-70s — 207Pat Perez 66n-70s-71s — 207James Driscoll 68s-69n-70s — 207Martin Flores 65n-67s-75s — 207Bubba Watson 69n-71s-68s — 208Dustin Johnson 66n-72s-70s — 208J.J. Killeen 72s-69n-67s — 208Jimmy Walker 73s-65n-70s — 208Robert Allenby 68n-67s-73s — 208Hunter Mahan 69s-65n-74s — 208Paul Goydos 68s-72n-69s — 209Brendon de Jonge 70s-70n-69s — 209Justin Rose 71s-68n-70s — 209Rickie Fowler 68n-70s-71s — 209Bryce Molder 71s-70n-68s — 209Stewart Cink 69s-68n-72s — 209Geoff Ogilvy 72s-70n-67s — 209Chris Riley 67n-70s-72s — 209Greg Chalmers 65n-72s-72s — 209Michael Bradley 69n-71s-70s — 210John Merrick 74s-66n-70s — 210Vijay Singh 64n-75s-71s — 210Bobby Gates 76s-64n-70s — 210Tom Pernice Jr. 69n-72s-69s — 210Charles Howell III 72n-69s-69s — 210Chris DiMarco 68n-70s-72s — 210Keegan Bradley 69n-68s-73s — 210Jhonattan Vegas 69s-68n-73s — 210Bill Lunde 74n-68s-68s — 210Harris English 67n-72s-72s — 211Spencer Levin 62n-76s-73s — 211Marc Leishman 72s-69n-70s — 211Kevin Chappell 73s-69n-69s — 211Aaron Baddeley 70n-72s-69s — 211Bud Cauley 69n-70s-73s — 212Marco Dawson 67s-73n-72s — 212Marc Turnesa 66s-72n-74s — 212Ricky Barnes 69s-70n-73s — 212Trevor Immelman 71s-70n-71s — 212Seung-Yul Noh 69n-72s-71s — 212Nick Watney 69s-68n-75s — 212Blake Adams 75s-67n-70s — 212Nick O’Hern 69s-70n-74s — 213Charley Hoffman 71s-68n-74s — 213Andres Romero 68n-73s-72s — 213Ernie Els 71s-70n-72s — 213Tommy Biershenk 70n-71s-72s — 213Josh Teater 64n-77s-72s — 213Greg Owen 75s-67n-71s — 213Roberto Castro 70n-72s-71s — 213Gary Christian 72n-70s-71s — 213Steve Marino 69n-71s-74s — 214Colt Knost 66n-74s-74s — 214Chez Reavie 72s-67n-75s — 214Cameron Beckman 68s-72n-74s — 214Duffy Waldorf 70n-69s-75s — 214Richard H. Lee 72s-69n-73s — 214Mark D. Anderson 73s-68n-73s — 214Chris Kirk 70s-72n-72s — 214

Made cut, didn’t finishMiguel Angel Carballo 70s-72n-73s — 215Jarrod Lyle 73s-69n-73s — 215Boo Weekley 71s-67n-78s — 216Brendon Todd 70n-71s-75s — 216gary Woodland 70n-72s-74s — 216Troy Kelly 68n-72s-78s — 218

european Abu Dhabi Champ.reSULtS SAtUrDAY

At Abu Dhabi, United Arab emiratesPurse: $2.7 million; Yardage: 7,600; Par: 72

third-round leadersTiger Woods, United States 70-69-66 — 205Robert Rock, England 69-70-66 — 205Peter Hanson, Sweden 74-69-64 — 207Francesco Molinari, Italy 74-67-66 — 207Rory McIlroy, Norther Ireland 67-72-68 — 207Paul Lawrie, Scotland 70-69-68 — 207George Coetzee, South Africa 71-72-65 — 208Thorbjorn Olesen, Denmark 70-67-71 — 208James Kingston, South Africa 69-72-67 — 208Jean-Baptiste Gonnet, France 68-71-69 — 208Thomas Bjorn, Denmark, 73-71-65 — 209Jamie Donaldson, Wales 74-68-67 — 209Graeme McDowell, No. Ireland 72-69-68 — 209Matteo Mannasero, Italy 73-65-71 — 209Keith Horne, South Africa 71-71-68 — 210Richard Finch, England 68-71-71 — 210Gareth Maybin, Northern Ireland 68-70-72 — 210Gonzalo, Fdez-Castano, Spain 72-74-65 — 211David Lynn, England 74-70-67 — 211Graeme Storm, England 74-69-68 — 211

TennisAustralian open

reSULtS SAtUrDAYAt Melbourne, Australia

WoMeN’S SiNgLeS CHAMPioNSHiPVictoria Azarenka (3), Belarus, def. Maria

Sharapova (4), Russia, 6-3, 6-0.MeN’S DoUBLeS CHAMPioNSHiP

Leander Paes, India, and Radek Stepanek, Czech Republic, def. Bob and Mike Bryan (1), United States, 7-6 (1), 6-2.

College womenPUrDUe 4, kANSAS StAte 1

DoublesNo. 1 — (28) Petra Niedermayerova/Marketa

Trousilova (KSU) vs. Jenny Rabot/Mara Schmidt (PU), 7-7 (dnf)

No. 2 — Imogen Golder/Gisella Pere (PU) def. Karla Bonacic/Carli Wischhoff (KSU), 8-4

No. 3 — Lynda Xepoleas/Daniela Vidal (PU) def. Amina St. Hill/Carmen Borau Ramos (KSU), 8-2

SinglesNo. 1 — (17) Petra Niedermayerova (KSU) vs.

Jenny Rabot (PU), 7-5, 7-5No. 2 — Lynda Xepoleas (PU) def. (94) Karla

Bonacic (KSU), 7-5, 4-6, 6-4No. 3 — Mara Schmidt (PU) def. Amina St.

Hill (KSU), 6-2, 6-4No. 4 — Daniela Vidal (PU) def. Marketa

Trousilova (KSU), 7-5, 7-5No. 5 — Carmen Borau Ramos (KSU) vs.

Anna Dushkina (PU), DNF No. 6 — Carli Wischhoff (KSU) vs. Imogen

Golder (PU), DNF

BowlingPBA USBC MastersStePLADDer FiNALS SUNDAY

11:30 a.m. at Henderson, Nevada (eSPN)No. 1 seed — Chris Barnes; No. 2 seed —

Mike Fagan; No. 3 seed — Dan MacLelland; No. 4 seed — Bryon Smith.

FootballCollege

SeNior BoWL: NortH 23, SoUtH 13North 3 10 7 3 — 23South 3 3 0 7 — 13

First quarterNorth—FG Wiggs 27, 9:27.South—FG Bullock 39, 3:37.

Second quarterNorth—M.Jones 8 pass from R.Wilson (Wiggs

kick), 14:53.South—FG Bullock 24, 7:35.North—FG Wiggs 32, 2:05.

third quarterNorth—Robinson 41 pass from Caousins

(Wiggs kick), 11:44.Fourth quarter

South—Criner 20 pass from Foles (Bullock kick), 12:55.

North—FG Wiggs 28, 4:11.A—40,646.

gAMe iN FigUreS Nor SouFirst downs 17 15Rushes-yards 33-69 20-36Passing 210 295Comp-Att-Int 15-30-2 26-45-3Return Yards 168 113Punts-Avg. 3-33 1-17Fumbles-Lost 2-0 1-1Penalties-Yards 2-15 7-63Time of Possession 30:10 29:50

iNDiviDUAL StAtiStiCSRUSHING—North, Pead 8-31, Martin 4-19,

Polk 6-15, Herron 6-14, Ewing 1-1, team 2-0, R.Wilson 4-(minus 3), Moore 2-(minus 8). South, Ballard 7-29, Ganaway 5-14, Creer 4-10, Rainey 1-5, Weeden 1-(minus 6), Lindley 1-(minus 7), Foles 1-(minus 9).

PASSING—North, Moore 6-12-0-50, Cousins 5-11-1-115, R.Wilson 4-7-1-45. South, Lindley 10-21-1-103, Foles 11-15-0-136, Weeden 5-9-2-56.

RECEIVING—North, Robinson 2-64, Graham 2-27, Quick 2-10, Herron 2-4, Posey 1-33, Ewing 1-23, Igwenagu 1-14, Egnew 1-14, Linthicum 1-9, M.Jones 1-8, Pead 1-4. South, Adams 8-133, Cri-ner 6-77, Fuller 3-19, Ganaway 2-8, Peterson 2-3, Jenkins 1-26, Smelley 1-24, D.Jones 1-7, Ballard 1-2, Creer 1-(minus 4)

WrestlingHigh school

FiNAL FLUrrY At AtCHiSoNJefferson West 134½, KC-Turner 121, Riley

County 103, Hiawatha 92, Shawnee Mission Northwest 83, Atchison 76, Horton 72½, Immac-ulata 56, KC-Wyandotte 53, KC-Ward 43, KC-Schlagle 30, Oskaloosa 28½.

BALDWiN iNvitAtioNALPrairie View 170½, Holton 166, Tonganoxie

155½, Oak Park 138½, Baldwin 125, Lansing 111½, Royal Valley 109, DeSoto 101½, Santa Fe Trail 101, Spring Hill 89, Basehor-Linwood 58, Louisburg 58, Paola 48½, Eudora 47½, Perry-Lecompton 40.

Radio/TV watchtime Sport event Channel8 a.m. Auto racing Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona SPEED11 a.m. Women’s BB Marshall at Tulane FSN11:30 a.m. Bowling PBA USBC Masters ESPNNoon Golf PGA Farmers Open TGCNoon Men’s BB Michigan at Ohio St. WIBW (13.1)1 p.m. Extreme Winter X Games ESPN1 p.m. Women’s BB Iowa St. at Texas A&M FSN2 p.m. Fig. skating U.S. Championships KSNT (27.1)2 p.m. Golf PGA Farmers Open WIBW (13.1)2 p.m. Women’s BB Penn St. at Michigan St. ESPN22:30 p.m. NBA Chicago at Miami KTKA (49.1)3 p.m. NHL All-Star game NBCSP3 p.m. Women’s BB UCLA at Colorado FSN4 p.m. Women’s BB Tennessee at Georgia ESPN25:30 p.m. Men’s BB Oregon St. at Oregon FSN5:30 p.m. NBA San Antonio at Dallas ESPN6 p.m. NFL Pro Bowl KSNT (27.1)7 p.m. Soccer Women’s Olympic qualifying NBCSP7:30 p.m. Men’s BB Stanford at California FSN8 p.m. Extreme Winter X Games ESPN1 a.m. Extreme Winter X Games ESPN2**Tape delayed

Today’s line

OUTDOORS SUNDAY

7DJANUARY 29, 2012

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PHOTOGRAPHS SUBMITTED

TOP: Austin Martin, 14, of Olathe, shot this deer on a hunting trip during deer season in western Kansas with his grandfather, Ron Sommers. BOTTOM: Rider Nettleton, 12, shot his first deer in his first year of deer hunting. The deer is a 10-point buck, shot from 210 yards with one shot, using a .243. Send us your photographs to [email protected].

PHOTOGRAPH BY MARC MURRELL

The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism will ask the Kansas Legislature to remove the exemptions that allow Kansas residents 65 years of age and older to fish and hunt for free. These free licenses were implemented in 1971 and the KDWPT is looking at broadening its funding base as a growing number of Kansas baby boomers, like Gene Brehm, are nearing this age.

SUBMITTED

A resolution currently in the Kansas Legislature may potentially lower personal property taxes on watercraft owned by Kansans. If approved by the Senate, the resolution would go to a public vote for approval in the November 2012 election.

NOTEBOOKGREAT OUTDOORS WITH MARC MURRELL

SPOTLIGHT PHOTOS

JANUARY29 — Pick Your Top 10 (throw out

one station), Ravenwood Lodge, 256-6444.

FEBRUARY4 — National Pheasant Forever

and Quail Forever field trial, $135 gift bags with each entry. Contact Jason Nelson, (660) 254-1862.

5 — 2 Person Ground Hog 100, Ravenwood Lodge, 256-6444.

10-11 — Kansas Bird Dog Championship at Muddy Creek. Contact Jacob Edwards 817-3937, BDC and BHU co-sanction.

11 — Small bore Shoot Off, 100 targets, Ravenwood Lodge, 256-6444.

12 — Valentine’s Couples Shoot, 50 targets each, Ravenwood Lodge, 256-6444.

19 — Presidents Day Open, Ravenwood Lodge, 256-6444.

17-18-19 — National Pheasant and Quail Forever Classic, Kansas City, Mo., Convention Center. Contact

Ed Holland (816) 810-9535.26 — Doubles Classic 100,

Ravenwood Lodge, 256-6444.

MARCH3 — Pump Gun 100 Team

Scramble Shoot, 2 person team, Ravenwood Lodge, 256-6444.

4 — Ladies Spring Warmup, 50 targets each, Ravenwood Lodge, 256-6444.

17 — St. Patrick’s Day Shoot Off, Ravenwood Lodge, 256-6444.

24 — 11th annual Spring Turkey Hunting Clinic at Camp Alexander, Emporia, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Anyone wanting to be better turkey hunter invited, especially youth. Contact Gib Rhodes at (620) 437-2012.

24 — European Driven Pheasant Hunt, reservations and deposit by March 17, Ravenwood Lodge, 256-6444.

To submit an item for the Outdoor calendar, contact The Capital-Journal by fax: (785) 295-1230 or sports@cjonline.

CALENDAR

Help wildlife: Check Checkoff box

Tax time often brings additional darkness to the post-holiday blues, but the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT) offers state taxpayers the opportunity to brighten the new year’s landscape by doing something good for wildlife.

The Kansas State Income Tax form provides everyone with the chance to feel good about filing when they check the Chickadee Checkoff box. Checking this box gives a portion of returns or any additional contribution to all wildlife, not just birds.

Since 1981, the Chickadee Checkoff Program has helped with endangered species protection, habitat protection, and wildlife appreciation projects in Kansas. The program has sponsored many popular programs, such as the Nursing Home Bird Feeder Program and Outdoor Wildlife Learning Sites (OWLS) at Kansas schools.

OWLS has allowed the develop-ment of outdoor laboratories at more than 200 schools across the state. Other programs sponsored by the Chickadee Checkoff include the Kansas Backyard Wildlife Habitat Improvement and Certification Program, the Bluebird Nest Box Project, the Songbird Bundle habitat planting, and surveying and protection of sensitive species.

Additionally, the Checkoff has

served to document bald eagle nesting success and winter roosts in Kansas.

More than $4.2 million has been contributed to Chickadee Checkoff since its inception. In recent years, about 10,000 taxpayers have donated to the program each year.

With the help of the Kansas Society of Certified Public Accoun-tants (KSCPA), the mean annual donations total $143,590. It’s a relatively small amount that goes a long way, especially when used to match federal funds.

For details, visit the KDWPT website, www.kdwpt.ks.us.

From KDWPT reports

Senior outdoorsmen might have to pay up

KDWPT wants to do away with ‘fish, hunt for free’Since 1971, Kansas residents who are 65

years of age or older haven’t had to purchase a Kansas hunting or fishing license. The Kansas

Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT) is asking the 2012 session of the Kansas Legislature to consider removing these license exemp-tions for people 65 years of age or older.

According to KDWPT officials there are

several reasons for this request. The KDWPT operates its fisheries and wildlife programs without the aid of Kansas state general fund tax money. These programs are paid for by licenses and permit fees charged for various hunting and fishing activities. In addition, for each license sold in Kansas the state receives federal money as a match from excise taxes on hunting and fishing equipment.

This money is allotted to each state based on the number of licenses sold and divided accordingly. Fifteen percent of the KDWPT budget for fisheries and wildlife programs comes from the federal funding matching money.

Fishing and hunting programs in Kansas are supported by license and permit sales. Accord-ing to the KDWPT, removing the senior exemptions will assist the agency to continue providing a variety of outdoor opportunities. One popular example includes the Kansas Walk-In Hunting Area program which has opened more than a million acres of private land for public access. Another is the Commu-nity Fisheries Assistance Program which has opened more than 200 community lakes for fishing.

Additionally, license money is used to pay for fisheries management and fish stockings in 24 federal reservoirs and 40 state fishing lakes. In addition, license fees aid wildlife-related law enforcement, wildlife management on 100 public wildlife areas, boating access, fish habitat programs, research, education and wildlife population and health monitoring.

The KDWPT recognizes the changing demographics of Kansas residents. More people in the Baby Boomer generation will be reaching their 65th birthdays in the coming years. For example, the number of deer hunters 65 years of age and older that purchased deer permits has increased 25 percent in the last five years. Concern is that without a broadened funding base when many of these users leave the system others still paying for annual licenses will have to carry a heavier burden for fish and wildlife programs. The KDWPT said the elimination of the senior license exemptions will spread the cost among those that use the resources, keeping them equal and affordable for all.

Individual hunting or fishing licenses cost $20.50 for the calendar year. A combination

hunting/fishing license is $38.50 which amounts to 11 cents per day. The KDWPT points out that the cost of a yearly license is a bargain compared to other forms of entertainment like dining in a restaurant, watching a movie or playing a round of golf. In addition, they point to the cost of the license as but a small percentage of the overall cost of other expenses relating to a hunting or fishing experience.

The KDWPT estimates the lost revenue from the senior license exemptions are considerable. Calculations used based on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (USFWS) 2006 National Survey of Hunting, Fishing and Wildlife-related Recreation in Kansas (survey results from the most recent USFWS survey will be available this summer) estimates that 20,000 Kansas residents 65 years of age and older hunted in Kansas that year.

The KDWPT receives $18 from each license (after vendor and convenience fees) which would amount to $360,000. Matching federal money for each hunting license is $16.15. Subtracting 7,696 (the number of seniors who purchased a deer or turkey permit which can be counted for federal aid matching funds) that amounts to $198,709 in federal matching money for hunting licenses for a total of $558,709.

Using similar formulas and information, the KDWPT estimates lost revenue from annual fishing license exemptions for seniors amounts to $847,289. This is based on 33,000 anglers 65 or older at $18 for a total of $594,000. Federal aid ($8.31 is available as a match for each fishing license) from the sales of these licenses would amount to $253,289 (subtracting 2,520 anglers who purchased third pole or trout permits which can be used for federal aid reimbursement).

The KDWPT says it doesn’t want to unfairly target seniors who enjoy hunting and fishing. However, more than $1.4 million in lost revenue is substantial. They believe the elimination of the exemptions will make the license fee structure more equitable for all hunters and anglers and help to continue programs and services they enjoy.

Individuals wishing to express their concerns or questions are encouraged to contact their elected officials, or they can contact the KDWPT Office of the Secretary, 1020 S. Kansas Ave., Ste. 200, Topeka, KS 66612, or call (785) 296-2281.

HEARING SET FOR WATERCRAFT TAxHouse Concurrent Resolution 5017 will have

a hearing at 10:30 a.m. on Feb. 2 in Room 152 S in the State Capital. This addresses the current rate of taxation on watercraft in Kansas.

Currently, watercraft are taxed at 30 percent of assessed value which is considerably higher than cars, trucks, recreational vehicles and motor homes. The House of Representatives passed HCR 5017 in 2011 by a vote of 121 yea, 2 nay. It now must be approved by the Senate before it can be voted on by the public as a change in the Constitution.

The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT) estimates as many as 10,000 boats and other watercraft are registered in other states to avoid paying Kansas property taxes. As a result, counties lose considerable revenue and the KDWPT loses revenue as well as federal aid reimbursable matching monies for improvements in boat ramps, safety markers and buoys, boating access, boater education and enforcement. The KDWPT supports this resolution.

If passed by the Senate, the resolution will go on the ballot to be voted on by the public as a change to the Constitution in the November 2012 election. If approved by the public, the 2013 session of the Kansas Legislature will determine how much to lower the current rate of taxation on watercraft personal property. This process already has been completed for vehicles, camping trailers and other recreation-al vehicles.

Anyone wishing to participate in the hearing and provide comments can contact Mary Jane Brueck, Committee Assistant at (785) 296-2713.

Marc Murrell can be reached at [email protected].

MARCMURRELL

PHOTO BY BOB GRESS

The snowy owl is just one of the many species of wildlife that will be helped when taxpayers check the Chickadee Checkoff box on their tax form.

8D www.cjonline.comTHE CAPITAL-JOURNAL SPORTS SUNDAY, JANUARY 29, 2012

mostly to one prominent sport.“Kansas basketball is our

cornerstone,’’ Zenger said. “It allows us to do all the other things we need to do. At the same time, I’ve warned all our coaches, and other athletes in other sports, don’t allow that to be our cover. You need to stand on your own and go out and compete.’’

Fallout from that directive was swift. In his first year on the job, Zenger changed football coaches.

The move was expensive. Turner Gill was paid the remaining amount on his contract, $6 million.

The move was also necessary. Gill’s program wasn’t improving or competitive. KU finished 0-9 in the Big 12 and surrendered the most points (43.7) and yards (516.4) on average of any team in the Bowl Subdivision.

Soon, Zenger was on the road. Whereabouts unknown. Search under way.

“I set out with 12 names. That doesn’t mean there weren’t others that were thrown in later,’’ he said.

A candidate who aroused no speculation, yet was highly recognizable, accepted the job.

“He was on the list and when I sat down with the chancellor before I took off,’’ Zenger said, “I said, ‘I don’t know if Charlie Weis will sit down with us or not. I don’t know if this is in his interest bucket.’’’

Turned out it was. The deal Zenger brokered makes him confident he won’t cringe so much next season watching mistakes unfold.

Nothing was more indicative of the Jayhawks’ struggles in 2011 than one sequence in the season-ending game against Missouri. Faced with fourth-and-short around midfield, KU called timeout rather than confidently executing a sneak to move the chains. When play resumed, the Jayhawks were tagged with a procedural penalty. Then they punted.

Kansas can do better. Yet Zenger finds himself reminding people it was just four years ago the Jayhawks won the Orange Bowl.

“B-C-S,’’ to quote Mark Mangino, a winning coach who was run out for allegedly being too hard on players.

Well, a kinder, gentler approach didn’t work either. And it’s been scrubbed.

Zenger first demonstrated a strong resolve by adopting a hard-line stance against scheduling archrival Missouri after the Tigers opted to move to the SEC.

Then, when Zenger set out to hire a new football coach, he was clear on what he wanted — tireless work ethic, sharp football acumen and disciplinary command. He is convinced Weis possesses those attributes.

“If you’d have told me last October, ‘Don’t worry, Sheahon, Charlie Weis and Dave Campo are going to come here and run your offense and defense,’ I’d have told you you were crazy. But that’s what we’ve got,’’ Zenger said.

“So as a former coach who’s been taught not to overpromise, all I can say is, we’re going to get better in the weight room right away, we’re going to get better in the classroom right away, we’re going to get better in our personal lives right away.

“And then we’re going to show up on game day and we’re going to get lined up correctly. I have ultimate faith in coach Weis, his coordinators, which he is one, and his position coaches. That’s about as much as you’re going to get out of me. But that’s the beginning.’’

* * * * * * *Oversight of Kansas athletics is

still beginning too for Zenger.

He is going to keep pushing ideals some find corny.

Yet with his Kansas background, Zenger is apt to shrug and call them wheat-y.

There is a distinct message. Last August, when gridders, cagers, rowers, netters, spikers and every other athlete representing KU assembled for another year on the sports calendar, Zenger addressed them all ... town hall style. Except he was the one doing the talking.

He read the Paul Harvey essay, “These Things I Wish For You,’’ after identifying who Paul Harvey was for his young audience. Eventually, Zenger delivered his punchline.

“We’ve got to shed our mentality of entitlement because we’re too soft,’’ he said.

Indeed, many sports at KU — too many — are faring poorly in the Big 12. Overall, the results are unacceptable to the now-second-year AD.

One coaching change was orchestrated already. As for other sports, well, stay tuned, though the money spent to facilitate the move in football could buy some time for other coaches.

Some strides are being made too. Track and field competes favorably, soccer qualified for the NCAA Tournament, and women’s basketball was improved at the halfway mark in its Big 12 schedule.

Kansas was recently cited for spending more on recruiting athletes for its men’s teams in 2010-11 ($206,723 per team and $3,731.47 per athlete) than any athletic department in the Big 12. Argue if you want that this falls under entitlements. But obviously, coaches were given the resources to bolster programs and they need to deliver.

Still, Zenger isn’t prone to making changes without careful deliberation. The administrative staff he inherited at KU was bloated, at least in some areas, yet Zenger didn’t make any extensive cuts.

“If you treat people the way you want to be treated,’’ Zenger said, “it continues to keep the morale up. Sure, a person can come in and just downsize. But at the same time, you’re trying to build an organiza-tion that has some kind of positive morale when you’re trying to compete (in athletics). That’s a delicate balance.’’

* * * * * * *Back out on the speaking circuit,

where the steaks are often salisbury, morale is improving.

People like what they hear. And they like that they hear it from an AD who loves reconnecting to his roots.

“Right now those are the signs that I’m reading — the fan base, the donor base, they’re feeling good about certain things,’’ Zenger said.

“Now, you drill that down to the athletes and the coaches, and I believe the culture is changing. They all understand what the expectations are. And our student-athletes are hungry for a challenge, and for discipline.’’

In today’s society, where virtually any feat can be replayed on SportsCenter, information is networked by four Gs, and showmanship is considered natural, the Kansas values Zenger emphasizes sometimes get lost. Even at Kansas.

So he repeats himself. One, be humble. Two, underpromise and overproduce. Three, just work hard.

“They need to learn Kansan,’’ Zenger says of the KU athletes and staff, “because that’s who they are.’’

Kevin Haskin can be reachedat (785) 295-1159

or [email protected].


Haskin: Zenger preaches Kansas

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Kansas athletic director Sheahon Zenger says he believes the culture is changing among KU’s coaches and athletes.

QBs power North to winThe Associated Press

MOBILE, Ala. — Isaiah Pead took a stutter step forward, then raced to the left sideline and traveled 60 yards up the field before finally get-ting tripped up by a leg tackle.

The former Cincinnati running back followed that nifty punt return with a 38-yarder a couple of minutes later, late in the first half, to play a starring role Saturday in the North’s 23-13 vic-tory over the South in the Senior Bowl.

The first one set up a field goal and helped Pead outshine bigger names to earn Most Valu-able Player honors.

“(Coach) told me what the punt return call was, left, right or in the middle, and told me to make sure I set my blocks up or the play would be dead,” said Pead, who set a Senior Bowl re-cord with 98 yards on punt returns. “I tried to do that the best that I could. The rest was just abil-ity.”

Michigan State’s Kirk Cousins and Wiscon-sin’s Russell Wilson threw touchdown passes for the North. Purdue kicker Carson Wiggs put it away with his third short field goal, a 28-yarder with 4:11 left in the showcase for senior NFL prospects.

Boise State’s Kellen Moore led that clinching 13-play drive that consumed 8:36 with the help of a running clock.

It snuffed out a spark provided by South quar-terback Nick Foles of Arizona, who started his

career with Cousins at Michigan State.Foles had gotten the South into the end zone

by firing a 20-yard touchdown pass to Arizona teammate Juron Criner with 12:55 left in the game.

It was an up-and-down day for a crew of quarterbacks with sparkling college credentials, but threw a combined five interceptions.

It was mostly up for Pead, who only had 74 yards on eight punt returns as a senior. The 5-foot-10, 193-pounder did rush for 1,338 yards and 12 touchdowns and gained a team-high 31 yards on eight carries in the Senior Bowl.

“I think he may have opened some eyes,” said Minnesota Vikings coach Leslie Frazier, who led the North. “Some people may have wondered if he can do certain things. I think he may have answered some questions today.

Cousins completed 5 of 11 passes for 115 yards but threw an interception. Moore, who won an college-record 50 games as a starting quarterback, was 6-of-12 passing for 50 yards, and had a 23-yarder to set up the final field goal that put the North up two scores.

Wilson completed 4 of 7 passes for 45 yards with an 8-yard touchdown pass to Marvin Jones in the second quarter. He also threw an inter-ception.

Arkansas receiver Joe Adams, the South’s Most Outstanding Player, had eight catches for 133 yards after losing a fumble on the opening drive.

Oklahoma State’s 28-year-old Brandon Weeden started for the South but was picked off twice on nine attempts, completing five passes for 56 yards.

Cousins, Wilson each toss TD passes in Senior Bowl

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The North’s Isaiah Pead runs away from the South’s DeQuan Menzie on Saturday.

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