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By RICK PETERSON

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Seaman senior star KaeVon Bonner reached the 1,000-point milestone for his career Wednesday night, leading the No. 5 ranked Vikings to a 60-57 non-league road win at St. James Academy.

Seaman senior KaeVon Bonner scored a game-high 27 points in Wednesday's 60-57 Viking win at St. James Academy, reaching the 1,000-point career scoring milestone. [File photo/TSN]

Bonner, a four-year starters and multi-time TopSports.news All-City and All-United Kansas Conference first-team pick, scored a game-high 27 points as Seaman improved to 5-1 on the season while making its 2026 debut.

The Vikings jumped out to a 17-10 first-quarter lead over the Thunder (5-2) and led 32-26 at the half.

Seaman used a 16-11 third quarter to boost its advantage to 48-37 and held on for the win despite St. James' 20-12 scoring edge over the final eight minutes.

Seniors Griffin Zuniga and Landon Wiltz added 12 and 11 points for the Vikings, who posted their third straight victory.

Grady Ogden scored 20 points and Emmitt Peters 16 for St. James.

Seaman will be back on the road Friday, traveling to Lansing for a United Kansas Conference matchup.

Thunder snaps Lady Vikes' winning streak

St. James Academy dominated the final three quarters of Wednesday's home non-league contest against No. 9-ranked Seaman, rolling to a 54-33 victory while snapping the Vikings' four-game win streak.

Seaman, now 4-2 on the season, led 15-11 at the end of the first quarter, but St. James used a 9-1 second quarter to take a 20-16 halftime advantage.

The Thunder then took control with a 20-9 third-quarter scoring edge and closed out the win with a 14-8 fourth quarter, improving to 5-3 on the season.

Seaman will return to UKC play on Friday, traveling to Lansing.

By RICK PETERSON

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Top-ranked Washburn University men's basketball, one of just five remaining undefeated teams in NCAA Division II, will begin a four-game MIAA road trip on Wednesday at Missouri Western (7:30 p.m. start).

Washburn junior Jeremiah Jones scored 20 points with four 3-pointers, 4 assists and 4 steals in last Saturday's 91-66 win over Emporia State. [File photo/TSN]

The Ichabods will continue their road trip at Northwest Missouri on Saturday. Washburn will then face Emporia State for the second time in 12 days and then travel to Wichita to take on Newman before returning to Lee Arena on Jan. 21, facing Northwest Missouri.

And while Washburn coach Brett Ballard knows the upcoming road stretch will be tough, he thinks the Ichabods are ready to embrace the challenge.

"I think the silver lining is we've played really well on the road so far this year for whatever reason,'' Ballard said. "I don't have all the answers for that other than we've got good players, but we've played really well on the road, so I think our guys can take some confidence from that, hopefully.''

Ichabod sophomore Marcus Glock, who has been a key contributor off the bench after transferring from Northwest Missouri, said he feels like WU will approach the upcoming stretch as business as usual.

"I think a big thing for us is we just go out there and play,'' said Glock, who had 10 points in Saturday's win over ESU. "We don't talk about our No. 1 ranking that much. It's a long season and we know things happen, so we just go out there and play as hard as we can every time out.''

Washburn moved to 14-0 overall and 4-0 in the MIAA after opening 2026 with a 91-66 win over Emporia State on Saturday in Lee Arena.

Junior Jeremiah Jones paced Washburn with a career-high 20 points on 8-of-10 shooting, including 4-of-5 from beyond the arc against Emporia State. He added four assists and four steals.

Sophomore Dillon Claussen scored 16 points with 4 steals and 3 blocks in Saturday's 91-66 win over Emporia State. [File photo/TSN]

Junior Jack Bachelor scored 16 points with four 3-pointers and nine assists in last Saturday's 91-66 win over Emporia State. [File photo/TSN]

Sophomore Dillon Claussen finished with 16 points, four steals and three blocks and junior Jack Bachelor also scored 16 points, hitting four 3-pointers, while dishing out nine assists with just one turnover. Senior Brady Christiansen led the Ichabods with eight rebounds.

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A four-game road trip gets underway for Washburn University women's basketball on Wednesday with a 5:30 p.m. MIAA contest against Missouri Western in St. Joseph, Mo.

Senior Payton Sterk scored 21 points and hit 5 of 7 3-pointers in last Saturday's 86-59 MIAA win over Emporia State. [File photo/TSN]

Senior Yibari Nwidadah recorded a double-double with 20 points and 12 rebounds in last Saturday's win over Emporia State. [File photo/TSN]

Washburn, 10-3 overall and 3-1 in the conference, will take a four-game winning streak into the Missouri Western game after rolling to an 86-59 win over Emporia State on Saturday in Lee Arena.

"I think we're definitely up for the challenge,'' said sophomore point guard Brooke Gomez, who leads the Ichabods with 3.3 assists per game, ranking sixth in the MIAA in assists per game and seventh in assist to turnover ratio. "I think us playing at home and getting good wins at home has really put us in a good spot to start these away trips very good.

"Our starting five is mostly veterans, so I think we're all prepared and ready to go play hard.''

Buoyed by its current winning streak, Lora Westling feels like the Ichabods are getting to the point where they are confident they can win every time out.

"I think we've been a long time for this feeling and I don't know if we're there yet, where everybody's like, 'Oh yeah, it's automatic,' but we're certainly close and I feel like our leadership is getting there with consistency,'' Westling said. "And our new players are kind of figuring out where they're going to thrive and get a lot of credit and praise and really add value for us.

"It's kind of a calming competitiveness around our program right now, which is exactly what you want as a coach.''

Senior Payton Sterk scored a game-high 21 points with five 3-pointers against the Hornets while senior Yibari Nwidadah had a double-double with 20 points and 12 rebounds.

Senior Gabi Giovannetti added nine points on three 3-pointers shooting with seven rebounds, a steal and block while senior Aniah Wayne also had nine points off the bench.

Missouri Western enters the matchup 4-9 on the year and 0-4 in the MIAA after falling 87-56 on the road to No. 6 Fort Hays State last time out.

Sterk is leading the Ichabods with a 13.2 scoring average while drilling a team-high 27 3-pointers. Sterk ranks third in the MIAA in 3-point percentage and is sixth in the conference in 3-pointers made.

Nwidadah is averaging 12.6 points and a team-high 6.8 rebounds while also shooting a team-high 57.4 percent from the floor. Nwidadah leads the MIAA and ranks 18th nationally in field goal percentage.

Giovannetti scored 12.1 points and is second on the team with 25 3-pointers while also recording a team-high 1.8 steals per game.

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