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Shawnee Heights' girls basketball team was able to stay within striking distance of top-ranked and undefeated Topeka High through the first half Thursday night before the Trojans pulled away for a 71-28 win at Shawnee Heights with a dominating second half.
Shawnee Heights was within 3 points early in the second quarter and was down by a 30-20 margin at the half before the Trojans outscored the T-Birds 41-8 in the second half to improve to 9-0 on the season.
Junior NiJaree Canady scored 16 of her game-high 28 points in the first half while senior Lilly Smith added 16 points and 4 3-pointers and sophomore Kiki Smith 11 points and 3 3s.
Senior Tatum Brown and freshman Breezy Canady scored 7 points apiece for Shawnee Heights (3-5) while senior Taylor Hawkins added 6 points on a pair of 3-pointers.
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The No. 13-ranked Washburn men's basketball team bounced back from last Saturday's loss to Emporia State with a decisive 95-69 road victory at Newman Thursday night, improving to 11-2 on the season overall and in the MIAA.
Newman scored the first 3 points of the game, but Washburn scored 11 straight to go up 11-3 with 14:23 left in the half and later added a 10-0 run to take a commanding 44-25 advantage at the break.
"I loved the mindset that we played with the first 15 minutes of the game,'' Washburn coach Brett Ballard told KTPK radio. "I thought we came out and really imposed our will on them on both ends.
"I thought it was going to be important when you come on the road to try to throw that first punch and we got a nice lead built up there and I really thought it set the tone.''
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Washburn’s women’s basketball team avenged a home loss to Newman earlier in the season, posting a 65-49 MIAA win on the Jets’ home floor to improve to 6-6 on the season.
Junior Nuria Barrientos recorded her fifth double-double of the season, finishing the night with 11 points, 13 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 blocks.
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Hayden got a big bounce-back win Thursday in Wellsville’s Top Gun Tournament, rolling to a 54-30 consolation win over the host Eagles behind senior Rhen Calhoon’s game-high 24 points.
Calhoon was joined in double figures by freshman Lauren Sandstrom, who had 10 points and 2 3-pointers, as the Wildcats improved to 6-5 on the season.
The Wildcats doubled up the Eagles in a 10-5 first quarter and led 26-15 at the half. Hayden then put the game away with a 21-6 third quarter, opening up a commanding 26-point lead entering the fourth.
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Washburn Rural girls basketball coach Kevin Bordewick wasn't real happy with the way his team started Thursday's game against Great Bend and shared that information with his Junior Blues during an early time out.
The Junior Blues got the message, outscoring the Panthers 58-25 over the final three quarters to take a 75-37 victory at Rural and improve to 9-1 on the season.
Washburn Rural, ranked No. 4 in Class 6A by the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association, never trailed in the game, but the 4-6 Panthers were still within a point late in the opening quarter.
"(Great Bend) coach (Cindy) Beck did a lot more with her kids than what we were doing with ours,'' Bordewick said of the opening minutes. "I thought defensively we just came out slow. We were standing up, we weren't in a stance, we weren't ready, we weren't talking, things that I thought we were getting better at that we weren't doing.
"That's why we were a little upset in the first quarter.''
Washburn Rural sophomore Brooklyn DeLeye scored 26 points and grabbed 7 rebounds in Thursday's 75-37 win over Great Bend.
