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Washburn University's men's basketball team scored 47 points in the second half to top Newman, 72-61, Saturday in Wichita.
The Ichabods improved to 5-5 overall and 2-2 in the MIAA while the Jets fell to 3-6, 0-4.
Michael Keegan
Tyler Geiman
Levi Braun
It was a low-scoring first half with a combined 47 points for both teams.
Freshman Michael Keegan was the offense for Washburn in the first five minutes, scoring six of the offense's eight points while going a perfect three of three from the field.
The Ichabods led 11-5 at the 14:22 mark before letting up an 11-2 run in five minutes.
Washburn slowly chipped away and then Levi Braun hit a 3-pointer to take the lead back with 5:35 remaining in the half.
Keegan scored four more in the waning minutes to give the Ichabods a 25-22 halftime lead.
Washburn got its offense cranked up in the second half, starting with a Jalen Lewis 3 to make it a 30-25 game. Lewis went on the score his first eight points in the next two minutes.
Newman was able to make it a one-point game with 13:40 remaining in the game before the Ichabods went on a 10-0 run to take an insurmountable 51-40 lead.
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Washburn University's women's basketball team notched its first MIAA win on Saturday at Newman, with the Ichabods notching a six-game losing streak with a 51-40 win over the Jets.
Hunter Bentley
Abby Oliver
Washburn, 2-7 overall, 1-3 in the MIAA, got things started with back-to-back shots made from Abby Oliver and a 3-pointer from Hunter Bentley.
The Ichabods led 7-3 before getting into foul trouble. The Jets made four free throws to tie the game.
Bentley later would hit back-to-back 3s to give Washburn a 15-11 lead, but a Laura Bello last-second layup tied the game again heading into the second quarter.
Once again Oliver got the Ichabods started in the second to take the 17-15 lead.
The Ichabods would not score again in the quarter until the 1:37 mark. It took the Jets almost three minutes before they made a free throw to draw within one then eventually take the 22-17 lead over Washburn. Sanchez ended the Ichabods drought with a three. The Jets hit a three of their own to end the half to head into the break with the 25-22 lead.
In the third, Washburn got off to a hot start with a 12-2 run as Nuria Burrientos had six points in that span.
Oliver scored and Bentley hit her fourth triple to go into the fourth quarter with a 39-31 lead.
The Ichabods kept their momentum going as they took a double-digit lead four minutes into the fourth quarter. Washburn would hold onto that lead for the rest of the game.
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Rossville's girls basketball team capped a 3-0 week in Chapman's Irish Classic tournament with a 52-46 victory over the host team Saturday at Chapman.
Rossville's girls basketball team posed for a team picture after finishing off a 3-0 week in the Chapman tournament. [Twitter]
Rossville trailed 23-20 at halftime but the Bulldawgs outscored the Irish 32-23 in the second half to improve to 3-0 on the season.
Senior Caylee Douglas led Rossville with 16 points, including a pair of 3-pointers, while sophomores Kinsey Perine and Emma Mitchell added 12 points and nine points, respectively.
Senior Briar Gillum, Perine and Mitchell all earned all-tournament honors.
Rossville's Kinsey Perine, Briar Gillum and Amy Mitchell were named to the Chapman all-tournament team. [Twitter]
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The end wasn't what Washburn University's volleyball team had hoped and dreamed for.
But it's the journey that the Ichabods will remember.
Striving for the first NCAA Division II volleyball championship in school history, Washburn came up just short in Saturday's title match at the Bob Martinez Athetics Center, with Tampa earning its fourth title with a 25-21, 26-24, 25-21 sweep on the Spartans' home court.
"We just talked about this in the locker room, 10 years from now they're going to come back for reunions and they're going talk about the year and they're going to talk about this, that and the other, but most of the time what they're going to do is they're going to enjoy the time they've had with each other,'' Washburn coach Chris Herron said. "It's extemely rewarding for me to see how tight knit this group is.''
Super senior Kelsey Gordon, an Emporia native, agreed.
"Ths most memorable thing that we will be taking away from this year is the friendships,'' Gordon said. "Volleyball, and any team sport, brings us together. It brings everybody together and it creates an inseparable bond and I think that is above all the best thing that comes from sports.''
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Washburn's volleyball team finished a history-making 31-6 season with a runner-up finish in the NCAA Division II tournament Saturday in Tampa, Fla. [Photo courtesy of Joy Smith/Washburn Athletics]
After making it to the national championship match for the first time in program history, Washburn finished the season and its third trip to the Elite Eight with a 31-6 record.
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After dropping a tough decision in its season-opener to Spring Hill, Shawnee Heights' girls basketball team picked up its first victory on Friday, riding its balance to a 49-45 road win at Ottawa.
"A hard fought battle and a great win,'' Shawnee Heights coach Bob Wells said. "We had to overcome adversity and did a great job of maintaining our composure to get the win against a solid Ottawa team.''
Shawnee Heights had six players with between six and nine points and rallied from 17-13 first-quarter and 28-27 halftime deficits to pull out the win, outscoring the Cyclones 22-17 in the second half.
After allowing 17 points in the first quarter the T-Birds gave up no more than 11 points in any of the last three quarters and limited the Cyclones to 17 points in the second half.
Junior Riley Showalter led Shawnee Heights with nine points, while juniors Emari Doby and Taylor Rantz scored eight points apiece, senior Zoe Oczko and junior Haydin Hill seven each and sophomore Breezy Canady six points.
Shawnee Heights will host Topeka West in a non-league girls/boys doubleheader on Tuesday.
Brennon Dodge scored 29 points with seven 3-pointers as Shawnee Heights improved to 3-0 with a 62-27 road win at Ottawa Friday night. [File photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
SHAWNEE HEIGHTS BOYS 62, OTTAWA 27 -- T-Bird sophomore Brennon Dodge scored 29 points to outscore Ottawa by himself as Shawnee Heights improved to 3-0 with a 62-27 non-league road romp past the Cyclones.
