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After having its Thursday night MIAA game against Northwest Missouri postponed, Washburn University's men's basketball team will tip off the 2022 portion of its schedule at 3 p.m. Saturday against Missouri Western in Lee Arena.
The Ichabods are 7-6 overall and 4-3 in the MIAA after rallying for a 67-65 road win at Central Missouri last Friday.
Washburn got the win on a tip-in by Connor Deffebaugh with 1.9 seconds remaining.
Missouri Western is 8-7, 4-3 after dropping a 74-64 MIAA decision at Emporia State on Thursday night.
The Griffons enter the Washburn game having lost their last three games, falling 101-63 at Northwest Missouri on Dec. 18 and to Pittsburg State, 72-64, on Jan. 1 in St. Joseph, Mo. Western did mix in a 78-50 exhibition win over Friends on Dec. 29.
The Ichabods lead the all-time series with the Griffons 57-42 and have won the last two games, posting a 101-72 win over the Griffons last season in the MIAA Tournament semifinals and a 72-46 win in the NCAA Regional quarterfinals.
Junior guard Jalen Lewis leads Washburn with a 14.2 scoring average entering Saturday's MIAA game against Missouri Western at Lee Arena. [File photograph]
Brett Ballard's Washburn Ichabods will be looking to climb two games above .500 for the first time this season when they host Missouri Western on Saturday in Lee Arena. [File photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Junior Jalen Lewis leads Washburn with a 14.2 point scoring average while hitting 28 of 72 3-pointers.
Senior Tyler Geiman is averaging 11 points, 5.3 rebounds and 6.0 rebounds in six games this season.
Tyler Nelson made his season debut against Central Missouri and scored 11 points with four rebounds and three assists in 30 minutes of action.
Michael Keegan is averaging 10.6 points along with team-highs averages of 6.4 rebounds, 1.3 blocks and 1.5 steals. Keegan leads the MIAA in blocked shots.
Geiman is the ninth-leading scorer in WU history with 1,458 points in 121 career games and needs 26 points to catch No. 8 Dan Buie, who scored 1,484 in two seasons from 1995-97.
Geiman's 212 career 3-pointers is tied for third all-time at Washburn with Javion Blake and Todd Alexander.
Lewis has drained 225 3-pointers, which ranks second behind all-time leader Shannon Kruger, who hit 242 in 122 games.
Missouri Western's JaQuaylon Mays is third in the MIAA in scoring and assists while Will Earnes is second in rebounding.
Washburn will hit the road for games at Missouri Southern next Thursday and Pittsburg State next Saturday.
The Washburn-Missouri Western women's game scheduled for Saturday has been postponed.
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Despite playing without senior standout Mateo Hyman, Seaman's boys basketball team rolled to a 68-47 Centennial League road win at Topeka High Friday night.
Seaman, now 5-2 overall and 5-2 in the league, built a 31-25 halftime advantage and then pulled away in the second half, outscoring the Trojans 37-22 to win going away.
Seaman shot just under 50 percent from the floor (24 of 49), connected on eight 3-pointers and hit all 11 free throw attempts.
Senior Ty Henry scored a game-high 29 points in Seaman's 68-47 Centennial League win at Topeka High Friday night. [File photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Junior Kaeden Bonner scored 20 points as Seaman improved to 5-2 with a 68-47 win over Topeka High Friday night. [File photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Senior Ty Henry scored a game-high 29 points with four 3-pointers to lead Seaman while junior Kaeden Bonner added 20 points and senior Drayton Griess 11 points.
Topeka High was without several players, including leading scorer Matt Flenoy. The Trojans shot 32 percent from the field and hit seven 3-pointers.
Sophomore Bryson Thrasher and junior Mason Gomez scored 13 points each to lead Topeka High (1-7, 1-6) while sophomore BJ Canady added 11 points.
SILVER LAKE BOYS 52, ROCK CREEK 39 -- Junior Kamryn Kaniper and senior Carson Johnson combined for 30 points as Silver Lake improved to 4-2 on the season with a decisive 52-39 victory over Rock Creek.
Kaniper led the Eagles with 17 points while Johnson added 13 points.
Silver Lake jumped out in front 16-9 and used a 16-8 second quarter to open up a commanding 32-17 advantage.
Rock Creek (1-6) cut its deficit to 42-32 at the end of the third quarter, but Silver Lake closed out the win with a 10-7 scoring edge over the final eight minutes.
CAIR PARAVEL LATIN BOYS 62, KANSAS CiTY CHRISTIAN 42 -- Cair Paravel Latin ran its win streak to five games with a 62-42 romp plast Kansas City Christian.
Senior Noah Hastert led Cair Paravel 16 points, 7 rebounds and nine assists to lead Cair Paravel while senior Zach Clark added 13 points and senior Ethan Everhart and Evan Will added 10 points.
Senior Carter Brian added eight rebounds as Cair Paravel improved to 5-1 on the season.
RILEY COUNTY BOYS 61, ROSSVILLE 52 -- Rossville put up a good fight, but couldn't get over the hump in Friday night's 61-52 loss to Riley County.
Rossville fell to 1-6 while Riley County improved to 2-4.
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Seaman's girls basketball team gave undefeated and state-ranked Topeka High all it wanted Friday night, but the Trojans took control down the stretch for a 43-38 Centennial League win at High.
Friday's game was tight throughout, with the Trojans holding a slim 14-13 lead at the end of the first quarter and a 21-19 advantage at the half.
The game was tied 28-28 at at the start of the fourth quarter before Topeka High outscored the Vikings 15-10 down the stretch to improve to 7-0 overall and 7-0 in the league.
Junior Kiki Smith scored 12 points for Topeka High in Friday's 43-38 Centennial League win over Seaman. [File photo/TSN]
Topeka High, which struggled to a 32-percent shooting night from the field, got 12 points apiece from senior Tae Thomas and junior Kiki Smith while junior Adisyn Caryl added seven points.
Smith left the game with an ankle injury with 3:25 left in the third quarter but returned to play in the fouth quarter.
Seaman, which fell to 4-3, 4-3, suffered through a 19-percent shooting night from the field although the Vikings did can five 3-pointers. Seaman also turned the ball over 24 times.
Anna Becker continued her outstanding freshman season with 18 points for the Vikings while sophomore Taylin Stallbaumer added seven points.
Seaman was just one of 13 from the field in the decisive fourth quarter, getting a 3-pointer from Stallbaumer.
HAYDEN GIRLS 65, TOPEKA WEST 46 -- Hayden took control with an 18-6 opening quarter and was in command 36-21 at halfttime before cruising the rest of the way for a 65-46 Centennial League road win at Topeka West, improving to 4-2 overall and 4-2 in the Centennial League.
Sophomore Lauren Sandstrom led all scorers with 18 points, including four 3-pointers, while senior Carly Stuke added 16 points.
Topeka West, which fell to 0-7, 0-6, was led by sophomore Siana Sanchez with 15 points while Whitley Benson added nine points on three 3-pointers and sophomore Rebecca Bearman also scored nine points.
CAIR PARAVEL LATIN GIRLS 32, KANSAS CITY CHRISTIAN 16 -- Cair Paravel rode a strong defensive effort throughout Friday's game to a 32-16 home win over Kansas City Christian, with the Lions not allowing more than seven points in a quarter and limiting the visitors to seven points in the second half.
Senior Jaley Barkley led Cair Paravel with a game-high 11 points while senior Lauren Drum added eight as the Lions improved to 2-4 on the season with their second straight victory.
Kansas City Christian did not have a player with more than five points.
SILVER LAKE GIRLS 53, ROCK CREEK 49 -- Silver Lake remained undefeated on the season with a hard-earned 53-49 win over previously-unbeaten Rock Creek.
Silver Lake improved to 6-0 while Rock Creek fell to 6-1.
Sophomore Makenzie McDaniel paced Silver Lake with 22 points and 10 rebounds while sophomoe McKinley Kruger added 14 points.
RILEY COUNTY GIRLS 48, ROSSVILLE 40 -- Rossville dropped a close 48-40 decision to Riley County Friday night, falling to 4-3 on the season.
Sophomores Kinsey Perine and Emma Mitchell scored 13 points apiece to lead the Bulldawgs.
Riley County improved to 2-4 on the season.
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Topeka West's 70-54 Centennial League win Friday night at Hayden is going to look like to anybody who wasn't at the Bueltel Activities Complex like a relatively easy 2022 debut for Rick Bloomquist's Chargers.
But for more than three quarters it was anything but easy for the Chargers, with nine ties and seven lead changes before senior Elijah Brooks and Topeka West finally put the Wildcats away with a 10-0 run to open the fourth quarter, improving to 5-1 overall and 4-1 in the Centennial League.
Brooks, a 6-foot-4 senior, continued his red-hot start to the 2021-2022 season with a game-high 32 points while junior Xavier Alexander added 16 points and senior Zander Putthoff 10.
Topeka West senior star Elijah Brooks scored 32 points as the Chargers opened 2022 with a 70-54 win over a stubborn Hayden team. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Topeka West had been scheduled to open the '22 portion of its schedule on Tuesday against Junction City but that game was postponed due to delays in repairing the gym floor in West's main gym.
"I'm not making excuses, but we haven't played in a month,'' Bloomquist said. "We were a step behind defensively and credit Hayden. They did a great job of exposing our weaknesses. Our weakness was not accelerating our feet like we normally do and getting our hands in motion.
"But it was a good opener for us, just from the fact of playing in this enviorment and those Hayden kids play hard and they're well-coached. They made us work but credit our kids because we didn't panic. We didn't panic and we stayed the course.''
Topeka West coach Rick Bloomquist signals his Chargers during Friday's 70-54 win at Hayden. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Alexander and Putthoff both canned a pair of 3-pointers while Brooks led the Chargers with eight rebounds and junior Malachi Berg added seven boards as Topeka West improved to 5-1 overall and 4-1 in the league.
Hayden, which fell to 1-5, 1-5, trailed by just a 16-14 margin at the end of the opening quarter and just 33-31 at the half and 50-47 at the start of the fourth quarter before the Chargers took control with a 20-7 finish.
Hayden senior Trent Duffey goes to the floor to get the ball to teammate Jake Muller in Friday's 70-54 loss to Topeka West at Hayden. Duffey led the Wildcats with 23 points. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Hayden junior Joe Otting (33) had a double-double with 15 points and 13 rebounds in Friday's loss to Topeka West. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Senior Trent Duffey led the Wildcats with 23 points while 6-5 junior Joe Otting notched a double-double with 15 points and 13 rebounds.
Sophomore Jacob Padilla added nine points on three 3-pointers.
Hayden first-year coach Dwayne Paul praised the Wildcats for their play Friday night and said Hayden just ran out of gas down the stretch.
"We got gassed in the fourth and they took control the first three minutes of the fourth,'' Paul said in a text. 'We lost that game in the first two and a half minutes of the fourth.
"But if we play that way the rest of the year we will be where we want come February.''
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After opening the 2021-2022 season with a 53-45 loss to Burlingame High School, Cair Paravel's boys basketball team has responded in impressive fashion with four straight wins.
“We usually put some points on the board, but the first game was a bit more difficult for us,'' Cair Paravel coach Mike Malloy said. "Lately, we’ve done well and have beaten some good competition. We have a bunch of good solid individuals.
"These guys want to be good. They want to put in the effort. This year, so far, has been fun. Having fun is helping our guys this year.''
Senior Zach Clark (5) leads 4-1 Cair Paravel Latin with a 14.6 scoring average entering Friday's home game against Kansas City Christian. [File photo/TSN]
Senior Noah Hastert (4) is a top returning player for Cair Paravel Latin, which is 4-1 on the season with four straight victories. [File photo/TSN]
At this point in the 2020-2021 season, the Lions sat at 3-2. That wasn’t a bad place to be for the Lions. At the end of the season, Cair Paravel Latin School finished with a 10-8 record, falling in the playoffs against Burlingame. The trajectory for this year is much higher than it was last year.
One game sticks out more than the rest during the current four-game win streak, with Cair Paravel defeating Christ Prep Academy, 91-37. The Lions shot the ball 70 times and converted 42 of those shots. That was the most amount of points the Lions have scored since February 14th, 2020, when Cair Paravel put up 100 points against Whitefield Academy in a 100-30 victory.
The victories Cair Paravel has put together have been convincing. When the Lions win, they’ve outscored opponents, 275-163. Cair Paravel has shot at a 49-percent mark.
Cair Paravel’s success isn’t by luck or accident, with nearly half of the team comprised of seniors. Zach Clark, Noah Hastert, Carter Brian, Ethan Everhart and Levi Will have had a significant impact on the young season.
Clark is averaging a team-high 14.6 points and has been on the floor for 119 minutes this season. Clark scored a season-high in points of 22 against Christ Prep Academy back on December 7th.
Seniors Hastert, Brian, Everhart and Will are averaging a combined 32 points, 12.4 assists, and 23.2 rebounds per game.
“The best thing I can say about (the seniors) is that these guys help each other out and they are great teammates for each other and the underclassmen,'' Malloy said. "They work together, they play together well, and they are always there to help each other out. As far as this season, they have been great with their roles and it has given us some success.
“We have to keep up the hard work and be the best we can be every day.''
Cair Paravel will host Kansas City Christian School (2-3) on Friday, trying to extend its undefeated record at home.
