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At full strength Shawnee Heights' boys basketball team was going to face a tough challenge against state-ranked Basehor-Linwood Tuesday night.
Without 6-foot-6 senior standout Carter Olson that hill was too steep for the T-Birds to climb.
Olson, Heights' second-leading scorer and leading rebounder, suffered a knee injury in last Friday's loss to De Soto and the T-Birds got the bad news Tuesday that Olson, who missed his entire junior season with an ACL tear, is likely done for the season.
"It's just awful,'' Shawnee Heights coach Ken Darting said of Olson's injury. "I feel awful for us, but I feel worse for him.''
Even without Olson Shawnee Heights turned in a game effort, particularly on the defensive end, but Basehor-Linwood went wire to wire for a 53-31 United Kansas Conference win at Heights.
"He's done for the year, so we've got to keep working,'' Darting said. "We played zone (defense) for the first time ever probably and did a great job. And we ran some pretty good offense, we just don't have much offense right now. We're offensively challenged.''
Injured Shawnee Heights standout Carter Olson (back left) look on as T-Bird coach Ken Darting talks to his team during Tuesday's 53-31 United Kansas Conference loss to Basehor-Linwood. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
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Shawnee Heights girls basketball coach Bob Wells was proud of the way his T-Birds fought back against Basehor-Linwood Tuesday night.
The problem is that the hole Heights dug itself was too deep to dig out of in a home 51-43 United Kansas Conference loss to the Bobcats.
"I love our heart,'' Wells said. "These girls just do not give up Their effort is just through the roof and they keep going and going and they'll climb back into games.
"We just need to play with that sense of urgency the first four minutes of the game and continue it throughout the game.''
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Shawnee Heights girls basketball coach Bob Wells talks to his T-Birds during Tuesday's 51-43 UKC loss to Basehor-Linwood. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Basehor-Linwood, which improved to 9-6 overall and 4-1 in the UKC, opened up a 26-13 lead with two minutes left in the first half before the T-Birds ended the half with a 6-0 run to cut its deficit to 26-19.
The Bobcat opened up a 39-24 advantage in the third quarter and began the fourth period with a 43-29 cushion before Heights fought back once again, getting as close as five points (48-43) with 50 seconds left before Basehor-Linwood ended the game with three straight free throws.
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By RICK PETERSON
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Seven Shawnee County basketball teams earned spots in the latest Kansas Basketball Coaches Association state rankings, with Cair Paravel Latin's boys the latest county addition to the rankings.
Cair Paravel, 10-3 on the season entering Tuesday night's game, garnered the No. 8 position in the Class 1A Division I rankings, released Tuesday.
Silver Lake continues to hold down the No. 1 spot in the 3A girls rankings..
Topeka West, which has won 12 straight games to improve to 13-1, remained No. 2 in the 5A boys rankings while Highland Park (13-2) is No. 4.
Topeka High and Washburn Rural are ranked No. 2 and No. 3 in the 6A girls rankings and will face off on Friday at Topeka High.
Topeka High was 14-0 and Rural 14-1 entering Tuesday's games.
Seaman (10-4) moved up to the No. 8 spot in the 5A girls rankings.
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The Washburn women's basketball team outscored Rogers State 36-20 in the second half of Monday's MIAA makeup game, but a cold-shooting second quarter proved costly as the Ichabods dropped a 55-54 road game to fall to 10-11 overall and 8-7 in the conference.
Rogers State (10-13 overall, 6-11 MIAA) broke a five-all tie with a 3-pointer midway through the opening quarter to begin a 14-2 run to push its lead to 19-7 with 2:01 on the clock.
Abby Oliver made a layup and Hunter Bentley followed with a 3-pointer to cut the deficit to single digits, but Rogers State remained in front, 20-12, at the end of the first quarter.
Hunter Bentley
Washburn's offense went cold in the second quarter as it hit just two of 10 shots from the field and made those two baskets in the final 90 seconds of the frame while Rogers State took a 35-18 advantage into the break.
The Ichabods came out firing to start the second half and outscored the Hillcats 20-9 to trim the deficit to 44-38 at the end of the third quarter.
Bentley started the fourth with a bang with another 3-pointer as the Ichabods kept the game within reach throughout the quarter.
Washburn pulled within a point with 2:29 left and then again with 48 seconds left when Bentley hit a pair of free throws, but the Ichabods were unable to complete the comeback as their last-second shot fell short of the basket.
Bentley made all six of Washburn's 3-pointers and was one point shy of tying her career-high with a 28-point game and also added five rebounds, four assists, and three steals.
Nuria Barrientos and Oliver both added 10 points.
Three players from Rogers State finished in double figures, led by Vanessa Gajdosova's 13 points and 11 rebounds.
Washburn will travel to Lincoln on Thursday for a 5:30 p.m. game.
COLD SPELLS DOOM WASHBURN MEN
The end of the first half and the end of the game cost Washburn University's men in a 77-60 loss at Rogers State on Monday.
The Ichabods (13-9, 10-6 MIAA) led 32-26 with 4:36 to play in the first half, but the Hillcats (14-8, 8-8 MIAA) finished the half on a 15-2 run to take a 41-34 lead into halftime.
Jalen Lewis
Starting the second half, Washburn went on a 10-2 run of its own to take a 44-43 lead after a 3-pointer by Jalen Lewis, who hit his Washburn record-breaking 243rd career 3-pointer to break Shannon Kruger's career mark of 243 in the first half.
Rogers State came back with a 6-0 run of its own, but Washburn tied the score at 49 with 10:37 to play in the game.
From that point on the Ichabods were outscored 28-11, including a 16-3 run to end the game over final 5:28.
Washburn had four double-figure scorers, led by Tyler Geiman's 15 points, and Geiman added seven assists and three steals.
Jeremy Harrell had 11 points and led the team with six rebounds while Lewis and Michael Keegan both added 10 points for the Ichabods.
David Pullum led the Hillcats with a game-high 23 points, pacing four Roger State players in double figures.
Washburn will be back in action on Thursday at Lincoln (7:30 p.m. start).
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Silver Lake's girls basketball team, top-ranked in Class 3A by the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association, improved to 14-1 Monday night with a 75-36 romp at Pleasant Ridge.
Eagle sophomores McKinley Kruger and Makenzie McDaniel scored 17 points apiece for Silver Lake, with McDaniel also grabbing 10 rebounds and Kruger recoring five assists and three steals.
Junior Taylor Ross scored nine points and grabbed seven rebounds while junior Mariah Farmer had nine points and four steals.
Silver Lake's boys dropped a 60-54 decision to the Rams, with Pleasant Ridge using a 13-0 run in the second quarter and an 11-2 run in the third quarter to hold off the Eagles, who fell to 5-10.
Senior Troy Heiman led Silver Lake with 18 points while Kamryn Kaniper added 13 points and Isaac Mountain 12.
Silver Lake's girls and boys will play at Riley County on Thursday before traveling to Rossville on Friday.
