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By KYLE MANTHE
The Washburn Review
Topeka West and Seaman girls basketball were in action Friday night in both teams' final game before tournament week.
It will be the Vikings who head into the week with momentum as they captured a 49-18 road win over the Chargers thanks to a relentless defensive effort.
“Our effort was great, defensively the girls were flying around,” said Seaman coach Matt Tinsley. “We played great defensively and I thought we executed our offense better in the second half.”
The win moved Seaman to 6-3 on the year while Topeka West fell to 1-11.
Freshman Anna Becker scored a game-high 19 points in Seaman's 49-18 Centennial League win at Topeka West Friday night. [File photo/TSN]
The Vikings took control of the game from the start, with five quick points by freshman Anna Becker in the first four minutes to take a 9-2 lead. The full-court press of Seaman held the Chargers in check, resulting in a 14-4 lead after eight minutes.
The beginning of the second quarter was promising for Topeka West as they outscored the Vikings 2-0 over the first two minutes. In the final five minutes two starting sophomores, Siani Sanchez and Zoe Clark, exited due to injury and did not return.
In that time Seaman’s press intensified, leading to turnovers and easy baskets. Becker again led the charge with eight of the 11 points for the Vikings in the quarter, building a 25-6 halftime lead.
“We were real active on our press. I told them you got to exert all of your effort on the defensive end and our defense can lead to our offense, we got some runouts,” Tinsley said.
Each team had its highest scoring quarter in the third. The Chargers had mixed success against Seaman’s press, as it resulted in some easy baskets along with turnovers going the other way.
Junior Jazmyn Ford led Topeka West with seven points in the quarter, doing all of her work around the basket. On the other side, it was a balanced offensive attack, with five players scoring for the Vikings.
Becker knocked down two 3-pointers to give her a game-high 19 points while both junior Carstyn Anderson and sophomore Taylin Stallbaumer scored two baskets each in the quarter, to boost Seaman's lead to 29 entering the fourth period.
Three early points in the fourth by Seaman freshman Maegan Mills made it a running clock as only eight combined points in the quarter were scored and the Vikings left with a 49-18 road win.
Seaman was led by Becker’s 19 points, Stallbaumer was also in double figures with 11 and Mills added seven from the forward position.
The Chargers got nine points from Ford and had four others score two points.
“We love the opportunity to play and I told the girls at halftime, at this point in the season, midway through the season, teams can go one of two ways. A lot of teams may be ready to pack it in but we've got to be the team that says hungry, and continue to get better,” Tinsley said.
The Chargers will be heading to Lawrence Free State High School beginning Thursday, Jan. 27 to begin the three-day tournament while Seaman will be at Topeka High beginning the same day.
SEAMAN GIRLS 49, TOPEKA WEST 18
Seaman 14 11 19 5 -- 49
Topeka West 4 2 9 3 -- 18
Topeka West (1-11, 1-9) – Hopper 0-0 0-0 0, Valenzuela 0-0 1-3 1, Sanchez 0-2 2-2 2, Mays 1-4 0-0 2, Foster 0-0 0-0 0, Duncan 0-1 0-2 0, Benson 1-3 0-0 1, Clark 0-1 0-0 0, Ford 4-5 1-1 9, Bearman 1-4 0-0 2. Totals 7-18 4-8 18.
Seaman (6-3, 6-3) – Anderson 2-5 0-1 5, Schullman 0-1 0-0 0, J. Stallbaumer 0-0 0-0 0, Spurlock 1-1 0-0 2, E. Stallbaumer 0-0 0-0 0, Smith 0-0 0-0 0, T. Stallbaumer 5-13 0-2 11, Becker 7-13 3-4 19, Wilhelm 0-3 0-0 0, Gormley 1-5 0-3 2, Mills 3-7 1-6 7, Esser 0-3 1-2 1, Stuewe 1-3 0-0 0. Totals 20-54 5-18 49.
3-point goals – Topeka West 0, Seaman 4 (Becker 2, T. Stallbaumer 1, Anderson 1). Total fouls – Topeka West 14, Seaman 12. Fouled out – None. Technical fouls – None.
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By RICK PETERSON
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Washburn University's women's basketball team will be looking to extend its three-game home winning streak when the Ichabods host Emporia State at 1 p.m. Saturday at Lee Arena in an MIAA contest between the two longstanding rivals.
Washburn is 6-9 overall and 4-5 in the MIAA after taking a home 58-52 MIAA win over Northwest Missouri on Monday.
The Ichabods have not won its last three home games and is now 3-5 when playing in Lee Arena this season.
Emporia State is 9-7 overall and 4-6 in the MIAA.
Saturday's game will be the 108th all-time meeting between WU and Emporia State, with ESU leading the series, 59-48.
Senior Hunter Bentley averages a team-high 12.7 points for Washburn, which will host Emporia State in a 1 p.m. contest Saturday at Lee Arena. [File photo/TSN]
Hunter Bentley leads Washburn with a 12.7 scoring average, which ranks 13th in the MIAA. Bentley has led the team in scoring in 10 games this season.
Abby Oliver has cracked double figures in scoring in five of her last seven games and averages 8.0 points and 4.3 rebounds. She was six of nine from the field against Northwest Missouri.
Macy Doebele contributes 7.4 points and 4.3 rebounds per game for the Ichabods. Doebele is tied with Bentley with an 83.3 shooting percentage from the free throw line.
Nuria Barrientos is Washburn's leading rebounder with 4.9 boards per game and she has registered a team-high 20 blocks.
Bentley is No. 8 on Washburn's all-time scoring list with 1,391 career points and needs 77 more to pass former teammate Reagan Phelan.
Emporia State leads the conference at the free throw line, shooting 80.9 percent.
Tre'Zure Jobe leads the ESU offense with a 19.0-point scoring average and has made a team-high 38 3-pointers while shooting 34.2 percent from beyond the arc, which ranks third in the MIAA.
Jobe is also second in the MIAA with 2.4 steals per game and adds 3.4 assists.
Fredricka Sheats averages 10.6 points and is shooting 43.6 percent from the floor.
Karsen Schultz and Ehlaina Hartman both contribute 10.5 points for the Lady Hornets and Schultz leads the team with a 5.4 rebounding average.
Washburn will continue its homestand and play three home games in seven days starting next Wednesday against Newman.
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By RICK PETERSON
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Washburn University's men's basketball team will continue its four-game home stand against rival Emporia State at 3 p.m. Saturday in Lee Arena.
The Ichabods, 10-7 overall, 7-4 in the MIAA, have won four of their last five games, with three wins coming on the road. Washburn fell on Monday night to No. 2-ranked Northwest Missouri, 71-63.
Washburn will be facing an Emporia State team (14-3, 9-2) that has won its last seven games, including an 85-72 win at Missouri Southern last Saturday.
The Ichabods lead the all-time series with Emporia State 110-104 in the most-played series in Washburn's program history.
Washburn is 7-3 in the last 10 meetings with Emporia State and has gone 63-44 all-time in games played in Topeka. The Ichabods have won nine straight games over the Hornets played in Lee Arena. ESU's last win in Lee Arena was on Feb. 23, 2011 in a 73-68 victory over the Ichabods.
Junior Jalen Lewis leads Washburn with a 13.5 scoring average entering Saturday's MIAA game against Emporia State at Lee Arena. [File photo]
Junior Jalen Lewis leads the Ichabods in scoring with a 13.5-point scoring average while hitting 38 of 94 3-pointers (.402).
Senior Tyler Geiman is averaging 12.7 points, 6.4 rebounds and 6.1 assists in 10 games this season and he is averaging 13.9 points and 6.9 rebounds in conference play.
Freshman Michael Keegan is scoring 9.8 points with 6.2 rebounds, 1.3 blocks and 1.7 steals per game.
Sophomore Connor Deffebaugh is scoring 9.6 points per game and has averaged 18.5 points in is last two games, scoring 20 against Missouri Southern and 17 against Northwest Missouri.
Red-hot Emporia State is led by the scoring tandem of Tray Buchanan and Jumah'Ri Turner, who rank No. 1 and No. 5 in the MIAA in scoring.
Buchanan is averaging a conference-best 27.8 points while Turner averages 18.4 points. Buchanan scored 40 points against Graceland earlier in the season.
Emporia State coach Craig Doty is 49-49 in his fourth season with the Hornets.
The Hornets are second in the MIAA in scoring at 80.8 points per game and fifth in scoring defense at 69.8 points per outing.
Washburn will be back in Lee Arena to host Newman next Wednesday and Central Oklahoma next Saturday.
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By Rick Peterson
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Sophomore Zoe Canfield hit six 3-pointers and finished with a game-high 20 points Friday night as No. 7-ranked Washburn Rural rolled to a decisive 58-32 Centennial League win at Emporia.
The Junior Blues, who improved to 9-1 overall and 8-1 in the league, capped a 3-0 week in impressive fashion, putting the No. 6-ranked (Class 5A) Spartans away by halftime on the way to their fourth straight victory.
Washburn Rural sophomore Zoe Canfield hit six 3-pointers and led all scorers with 20 points as Rural improved to 9-1 with a 58-32 win at Emporia Friday night. [FIle photo/TSN]
Washburn Rural bolted out to a 17-7 first-quarter advantage behind Canfield's four 3-pointers and the Junior Blues took a 32-15 lead to the locker room at halftime.
Rural's lead grew to 42-19 by the end of the third quarter and the Junior Blues outscored the Spartans 16-13 down the stretch.
Canfield was one of three Junior Blues in double figures, with junior Brooklyn DeLeye adding 14 points with a pair of 3-pointers and senior Emma Krueger finishing with 10 points.
Gracie Gilpin led Emporia (7-3, 6-3) with 13 points and three 3s while Rebecca Snyder added 10 points as the Spartans had their five-game winning streak snapped.
Friday's Rural win followed a win over 2021 Class 6A state champion Shawnee Mission Northwest on Wednesday and a win over Topeka West on Tuesday.
JUNCTION CITY BOYS 61, WASHBURN RURAL 57 (OT) -- The battle between the two Centennial League rivals went down to the wire, with Junction City outscoring Washburn Rural 9-5 in overtime to take the victory in Friday's semifinals of the Basehor-Linwood Invitational.
Junction City, ranked ninth in 6A, led 16-13 at the end of the opening quarter but Rural responded with a 20-12 second quarter to take a 33-28 halftime lead.
The Blue Jays outscored the Junior Blues 17-8 in the third quarter to take a 45-41 lead into the fourth but Rural came back to force overtime with an 11-7 fourth quarter.
Brock Howard led Washburn Rural (5-4) with 15 points while Griffin Durst added 11 points and Quincey Kidd nine. Rural had a three-game win streak snapped.
Howard Johnson paced Junction City (8-1) with 21 points, including three 3-pointers.
SHAWNEE MISSION NORTHWEST BOYS 71, SHAWNEE HEIGHTS 34 -- Shawnee Mission Northwest spoiled Shawnee Heights shot at the Viking Classic championship with a 30-4 first-quarter onslaught and never looked back, rolling to a 71-34 win in Friday's tournament championship game and improving to 9-2 on the season.
Senior Carter Olson led Shawnee Heights (9-2) with 10 points and 10 rebounds while senior Jarin Sanders also scored 10 points.
Northwest, ranked 10th in 6A, led 46-14 at halftime and 63-30 at the start of the fourth quarter.
Friday's loss was Shawnee Heights' first of 2022 and snapped the T-Birds' six-game winning streak.
ST. JAMES ACADEMY BOYS 70, SEAMAN 63 -- St. James Academy took control early in Friday's McPherson Invitational semifinal and held off the Vikings the rest of the way.
The Thunder, who improved to 7-3, outscored the Vikings 22-10 in the first quarter and led 43-27 at the half, but Seaman used an 18-8 third quarter to get back in the game before St. James held off the Vikes down the stretch.
Senior Ty Henry led Seaman (6-3) with 16 points and three 3-pointers while junior Aron Davis scored 15 points and Kaeden Bonner 12.
ROCK CREEK BOYS 54, SILVER LAKE 43 -- Troy Heiman and Kamryn Kaniper combined for 29 points for Silver Lake, but it wasn't enough for the Eagles to keep pace with the Mustangs in a consolation game of the Burlington Invitational on Friday.
Heiman scored 15 points and Kaniper added 14 but Rock Creek (3-8) jumped out to a 10-7 first-quarter lead and then outscored the Eagles 27-18 over the second and third quarters to take control.
Silver Lake, which fell to 4-5, played for seventh place on Saturday afternoon.
CAIR PARAVEL LATIN GIRLS 46, MARANATHA ACADEMY 32 -- Senior Jaley Barkley led Cair Paravel with 15 points, including three 3-pointers, as the Lions posted a 46-32 victory in the McLouth Invitational.
Cair Paravel put itself in command with a 9-0 opening quarter and led 20-12 at the half before outscoring Maranatha 12-2 in the third quarter to take a 32-14 lead into the fourth stanza.
Freshman Gracie Babbitt backed Barkley with 10 points and sophomore Allison Schwarz added nine for the Lions, who improved to 4-5 with their second straight win.
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The question, in the wake of Topeka West's 50-point first half against St. Marys Friday night, wasn't that surprising, but neither was Charger coach Rick Bloomquist's answer
After West put on a clinic in the first half of its Topeka Invitational Tournament semifinal en route to opening up a commanding 50-25 lead, Bloomquist was asked if the Chargers' could play any better.
"I hope so,'' Bloomquist said with a big smile. "I'm planning on playing better every game, but we played very well. We moved the ball well and we guarded against the David-Goliath syndrome that a lot of people suffer from.
"We talked about playing against the game itself and not against the team that we're playing against and I thought our kids did a very good job of that.''
The pace slowed somewhat after the break, but the 9-1 Chargers were never seriously threatened, forcing a running clock late in the game en route to an 85-55 victory over the 9-2 Bears.
Topeka West senior Elijah Brooks soars in for one of his four dunks in Friday night's 85-55 Topeka Invitational semifinal win over St. Marys. Brooks scored 30 points and grabbed 11 rebounds. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Senior Elijah Brooks led Topeka West, ranked No. 4 in Class 5A, with 30 points, 11 rebounds and four dunks while junior Xavier Alexander had 16 points with four 3-pointers and senior Zander Putthoff and junior Malachi Berg added 11 points apiece.
Topeka West junior Xavier Alexander (right) had 16 points with four 3-pointers in Friday's 85-55 semifinal win over St. Marys in the Topeka Invitational Tournament. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
With the victory, Topeka West advanced to its third Topeka Invitational final in the last five years and will face Wichita Northwest, a 66-60 winner over Highland Park, in the 2:15 p.m. championship game at Highland Park. The Chargers will be looking for their first Topeka Invitational title since 2004.
St. Marys and Topeka West were tied at 8-8 before the Chargers ended the first quarter with a 16-8 run to build a 24-16 advantage.
Things got worse for the Bears, No. 2 in 2A, in the second quarter, with Topeka West putting St. Marys away with a 26-9 second-quarter blitz.
St. Marys cut its deficit to 19 points (64-45) by the end of the third quarter but Topeka West ended its big night with a 21-10 scoring edge over the final eight minutes.
St. Marys was led by junior Keller Hurla with 16 points and three 3-pointers while 6-foot-4 senior Fred Criqui added 14 points and seven rebounds.
St. Marys will face Highland Park in the third-place game at 12:30 p.m.
WICHITA NORTHWEST 66, HIGHLAND PARK 60 -- In the midst of an outstanding season, Wichita Northwest, No. 8-ranked in 6A, scaled a new height in Friday's Topeka Invitational Tournament semifinal, knocking off Highland Park, No. 2-ranked in 5A, 66-60 on the Scots' home floor.
"I think without question this is our biggest win to this point in the season,'' Northwest coach Andy Hill said. "We have had a nice year, but when we've played the teams that are the best of the best we've come up short, so to get this one done in this environment I was real proud of them.''
Northwest, which improved to 9-1, jumped out to a 20-9 lead over Highland Park (9-2) with two minutes left in the opening quarter, but Highland Park battled all the way back to knot the game at 46-46 on a 3-point play from junior Ketraleus Aldridge at the 7:51 mark of the fourth quarter and the Scots went up 48-46 on a basket by senior Juan'Tario Roberts with 7:21 remaining.
Northwest quickly regained control, however, scoring six straight points and Highland Park got no closer than two points the rest of the way while the Grizzlies led by as many as nine points twice down the stretch.
Junior Ketraleus Aldridge scored a game-high 21 points in Highland Park's 66-60 semifinal loss to Wichita Northwest in the Topeka Invitational Tournament. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Aldridge scored a game-high 21 points for Highland Park and Roberts added 15, but Northwest countered with five players scoring between eight and 17 points.
Senior Kevin Brown led Northwest with 17 points while senior Kee'on Hutton added 16 points and 11 rebounds, sophomore TaSean Williams 13 points, senior Geremiah Moore 10 points and senior Demarcus Hoover eight.
SHAWNEE MISSION NORTH 63, HAYDEN 49 -- Shawnee Mission North, which improved to 2-9 on the season, led Hayden by just three points (41-38) at the end of the third quarter before taking control with a 22-11 fourth quarter.
The Bison looked to be on the verge of blowing the Wildcats out when they built a 25-8 advantage with 7:40 left in the first half but Hayden battled back to within four points and trailed 35-27 at the half.
Hayden, which fell to 1-8, never led in the game but got within three points three times in the third quarter and was still within three with less than six minutes remaining before North ended the game with a 20-9 run.
Junior Joe Otting led Hayden with a game-high 22 points and seven rebounds while junior Jake Muller added 11 points.
Senior James Shepherd led Shawnee Mission North with 21 points while senior Vincent Rolls added 14 points and 10 rebounds and senior Jaylen Gray 10 points.
Shawnee Mission North advanced to Saturday's 10:45 a.m. fifth-place game to face Lawrence, which posted a 73-62 win over Topeka High.
Hayden will play Topeka High in the seventh-place game at 9 a.m.
LAWRENCE 73, TOPEKA HIGH 62 -- Looking for its second win of the season, Topeka High led Lawrence 29-26 at halftime and was still in front 36-34 midway through the third quarter before Lawrence took control with a 15-3 run to end the third quarter.
Topeka High (1-9) battled back to get as close as four points four times in the fourth quarter, but the Lions (8-3) ended the game with an 11-4 run.
Sophomore BJ Canady had another big game for Topeka High, finishing with 21 points and 10 rebounds while sophomore Bryson Thrasher added 11 points and Germane Mays and Mason Gomez scored nine points apiece. All nine of Gomez's points came on 3-pointers.
Sophomore Zaxton King led Lawrence with a game-high 25 points while senior Pearse Long added 20 points and senior Truman Juelsgaard 11 points.
TOPEKA WEST 85, ST. MARYS 55
Topeka West 24 26 14 21 -- 85
St. Marys 16 9 20 10 -- 55
Topeka West (9-1) -- Austin 2 2-3 6, Brooks 14 2-3 30, Alexander 5 2-4 16, Berg 4 3-6 11, Putthoff 4 0-0 11, Robinson 3 0-0 6, Foy 0 0-0 0, Sowell 0 0-0 0, Noonoo 0 0-0 0, Reimer 1 0-0 2, Wilkerson 0 0-0 0, Bearman 1 1-4 3. Totals 34 10-20 85.
St. Marys (9-2) -- Jacobson 2 0-1 6, J. Hurla 2 0-0 6, K. Hurla 6 1-2 16, Homan 2 0-0 6, Criqui 6 2-3 14, DeDonder 1 0-0 2, B. Hurla 0 0-0 0, Ewing 2 1-2 5. Totals 21 4-8 55.
3-point goals -- Topeka West 7 (Alexander 4, Putthoff 3), St. Marys 9 (K. Hurla 3, Jacobson 2, J. Hurla 2, Homan 2). Total fouls -- Topeka West 13, St. Marys 15. Fouled out -- J. Hurla.
WICHITA NORTHWEST 66, HIGHLAND PARK 60
Wichita Northwest 22 15 9 20 -- 66
Highland Park 14 16 13 17 -- 60
Wichita Northwest (9-1) -- Hoover 3 1-2 8, Williams 4 2-2 13, Moore 2 4-6 10, Hutton 7 1-3 16, K. Brown 5 4-6 15, James 0-0 2-2 2, T. Brown 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 23 13-20 66.
Highland Park (9-2) -- Adams 2 1-1 6, Aldridge 9 2-2 21, Richardson 4 0-1 8, Kingcannon 2 0-0 6, Roberts 5 4-6 15, Martin 0 0-0 0, Robinson 2 0-0 4. Totals 24 7-10 60.
3-point goals -- Wichita Northwest 7 (Williams 3, Moore 2, Hoover, Hutton), Highland Park 5 (Kingcannon 2, Adams, Aldridge, Roberts). Total fouls -- Wichita Northwest 11, Highland Park 15. Fouled out -- none.
SHAWNEE MISSION NORTH 63, HAYDEN 49
Hayden 8 19 11 11 -- 49
SM North 22 13 6 22 -- 63
Hayden (1-8) -- Muller 4 1-2 11, Duffey 2 2-2 7, Ham 1 0-0 2, Alfonsi 1 0-0 2, Otting 10 2-3 22, Bartlett 0 0-0 0, Gorman 1 0-0 2, Rice 0 0-0 0, Ridley 1 0-0 3. Totals 20 5-7 49.
Shawnee Mission North (2-9) --Hines 4 0-0 8, Shepherd 8 1-3 21, Gray 4 0-0 10, Rolls 5 4-4 14, Oberle 1 0-0 2, White 0 0-0 0, Schneider 1 1-2 3, Boldridge 2 1-1 5. Totals 25 7-10 63.
3-point goals -- Hayden 4 (Muller 2, Duffey, Ridley), Shawnee Mission North 6 (Shepherd 4, Gray 2). Total fouls -- Hayden 13, Shawnee Mission North 11. Fouled out -- none. Technical foul -- Gray.
LAWRENCE 73, TOPEKA HIGH 62
Lawrence 14 12 23 24 -- 73
Topeka High 12 17 10 23 -- 62
Lawrence (8-3) -- Nelson 2 0-0 4, Juelsgaard 2 7-8 11, King 9 6-8 25, Watson 1 1-1 3, Long 5 9-10 20, Bowen 2 0-0 5, Herlihy 0 3-6 3, Bassett 0 0-0 0, Cleavinger 0 2-2 2. Totals 21 28-35 73.
Topeka High (1-10) -- Lyons 2 0-0 6, Mays 4 1-3 9, Cameron 2 0-0 4, Thrasher 3 5-6 11, Canady 6 9-10 21, Brown 0 0-0 0, Norman 0 0-0 0, Gomez 3 0-0 9, Morales 1 0-0 2. Totals 21 15-19 62.
3-point goals -- Lawrence 3 (Bowen, King, Long), Topeka High 5 (Gomez 3, Lyons 2). Total fouls -- Lawrence 18, Topeka High 25. Fouled out -- Bowen, Mays. Technical foul -- Mays.
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