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Washburn University's men's basketball team will be back in action Saturday, hosting Missouri Western in a 3 p.m MIAA game at Lee Arena.
The Ichabods are 3-6 and 0-3 in the MIAA after falling 88-81 at Rogers State last Saturday while the Griffons are 5-2 and 2-0 in the MIAA and have not played since a 79-65 win at Missouri Southern on Dec. 3.
Washburn sophomore Andrew Orr is averaging a team-high 15.1 points for the Ichabods while also grabbing 6.3 rebounds per game. [File photo/TSN]
Western postponed games with Nebraska-Kearney and Fort Hays State due to COVID-19 protocols.
The Ichabods lead the all-time series with Missouri Western 59-42 and have won the last four overall.
Sophomore Andrew Orr leads the Ichabods in scoring at 15.1 points per game and is averaging 21.7 points in three MIAA contests. He has reached double figures in eight of nine games this season and is second on the team in rebounds at 6.3 per game.
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Washburn University's women's basketball team, coming off its first MIAA win, will host Missouri Western on Saturday in a 1 p.m. conference contest at Lee Arena.
The Ichabods earned their first MIAA victory of the young season with a 55-45 decision at Rogers State last Saturday.
Junior point guard Aubree Dewey leads Washburn with 10.3 points and 3.4 assists per game entering Saturday's 1 p.m. MIAA game against Missouri Western at Lee Arena. [Photo courtesy of Washburn Athletics]
With the Rogers State win, Washburn improved to 4-4 overall and 1-2 in the MIAA.
Junior point guard Aubree Dewey has started all eight games and leads Washburn in scoring with a 10.3 average and is 11th in the league in assists with 3.4 per game.
Freshman Natalia Figueroa is the only other Ichabod who has started every game and is averaging 9.1 points with 17 3-pointers on the year.
Senior Emma Chapman started her second consecutive game last Saturday and scored a career-high 13 points against the Hillcats, with 11 of those coming in the second half.
Chapman is averaging 7.8 points and 5.8 rebounds, with 22 of her 46 rebounds coming on the offensive end.
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Topeka HIgh's girls and Topeka West's boys basketball teams continued their early-season rolls Thursday night, with the Trojans taking a 64-51 non-league win at Bonner Springs while the Chargers took a 58-54 non-league win at Junction City.
Topeka High's boys dropped an 86-78 decision at Bonner Springs while Topeka West's girls lost a tight game at Junction City, 41-36.
Senior Kiki Smith scored 26 points Thursday night as Topeka High improved to 6-1 with a 64-51 win at Bonner Springs. [File photo/TSN]
TOPEKA HIGH GIRLS 64, BONNER SPRINGS 51 -- Seniors Kiki Smith and Adisyn Caryl combined for 42 points to lead 10th-ranked (Class 6A) Topeka High to its sixth straight victory, 64-51 at Bonner Springs.
Smith scored 26 points and Caryl 16 for the 6-1 Trojans, combining for 14 points in the final quarter.
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Highland Park and Washburn University graduate Billie Jean Moore, a women's basketball coaching legend and coach of the United States' women's Olympic team, passed away Thursday at her home in Fullerton, Calif. at the age of 79.
A member of Highland Park's Wall of Honor, the Washburn Athletic Hall of Fame and the Topeka Shawnee County Hall of Fame along with numerous other honors, Moore was the first coach in women's basketball history to coach two different colleges to national championships.
She coached at California State-Fullerton from 1969 to 1977 where she won the AIAW national title in 1970 in her first year with the team.
Moore went on to coach at UCLA from 1977 to 1993 and claimed the AIAW national title in 1978. Moore became the eighth coach in women’s basketball history to reach the 400-win mark and her overall college coaching record was 436-196.
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DE SOTO (3-1, 2-0) at SEAMAN (1-2, 1-2)
Senior Kaeden Bonner (right) and the Seaman boys basketball team will try to get back on track Friday night against De Soto, a rematch of last season's state championship game. [File photo/TSN]
Friday's game is a rematch of last season's Class 5A state championship game, which Seaman won, 66-47. De Soto is currently ranked No. 4 in the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association state rankings. Seaman is coming off a 61-48 United Kansas Conference loss to Piper Tuesday night. Freshman KaeVon Bonner led Seaman with 18 points against Piper. The Vikings have played their first three games without senior standout Aron Davis, who has been on the mend from a summer knee injury.
KC-BISHOP WARD (4-0) at HAYDEN (2-1)
Hayden, ranked No. 3 in Class 4A by the KBCA, went 2-1 in last week's Paul Terry Classic at Emporia, including a 59-45 win over Spring Hill on Saturday. KC-Ward went unbeaten in the Irish Classic, improving to 4-0 on the season with a 61-56 win over Salina Sacred Heart. The Cyclones are ranked No. 10 in 3A.
Topeka West senior Malachi Berg led the way with 20 points Thursday night as the Chargers improved to 4-1 with a 58-54 road win at Junction City. [File photo/TSN]
KC-TURNER (0-3, 0-2) at TOPEKA WEST (4-1, 3-1)
Topeka West, ranked No. 8 in Class 5A by the KWCA, will be looking for its third win of the week Friday night. The Chargers, who have won four straight games, rallied in the second half to take a 65-49 United Kansas Conference win at Lansing on Tuesday and posted a 58-54 non-league win at Junction City Thursday night. Senior Xavier Alexander scored a game-high 25 points for the Chargers in the win over Lansing while senior Malachi Berg led West with 20 points againt Junction City and senior Sincere Austin and junior Caleb Noonoo added 12 points apiece.
