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The Washburn Ichabod men allowed Rogers State to score the final six points of regulation to tie the score at 69 and send the game to overtime Thursday night.
Junior Andrew Orr scored 21 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in Washburn's 80-74 overtime win at Rogers State Thursday night. [Photo courtesy of Washburn Athletics]
But Washburn scored the final five in the extra period, leading to an 80-74 win over the Hillcats in Claremore, Okla.
With 8:52 to go in regulation, the Ichabods (14-6 overall, 10-4 MIAA) trailed 59-49, but answered with nine straight points, with five coming from freshman Brayden Shorter and four from sophomore Sam Ungashick as the Ichabods cut the lead to one at 59-58.
Rogers State (11-9, 8-6) rallied to take a 63-60 lead with 4:51 to go before the Ichabods went on a 9-0 run to lead 69-63 with 1:14 left.
A four-point play by Rogers State's Isaac Johnson with 33 seconds left and a fadeaway jumper by Rodney Battle with nine seconds to play knotted the score at 69, sending the game to overtime.
In the extra five minutes, the Ichabods scored the first six points taking a 75-69 lead with 3:14 left after a pair of free throws by Ungashick.
Rogers State scored the next five points to trim the lead to one at 75-74 before the Ichabods closed with five-straight points from the free throw line to take the six-point win.
Junior Andrew Orr led the Ichabods with 21 points while adding 10 rebounds with eight on the defensive end.
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Seaman freshman bowler Dylan Hunt and Hayden junior basketball standout Brylee Meier have been selected by the Dan Key Farmers Insurance Agency as the Rising Stars of the Week.
The Dan Key Agency will recognize top Shawnee County underclassmen throughout the bulk of the 2023-2024 school year.
Here’s a brief look at the accomplishments of Hunt and Meier over the past week:
Seaman freshman Dylan Hunt is the Dan Key Farmers Insurance Agency boys Rising Star of the Week after winning the individual title, including a 279 game, in Tuesday's Seaman bowling quadrangular. [File photo/TSN]
DYLAN HUNT, Seaman
A freshman bowler, Hunt earned the individual title in Tuesday's Seaman quadrangular at West Ridge Lanes, helping the Vikings win the team title.
Hunt bowled a 639 three-game series, highlighted by a final-game 279.
After an open frame in the first frame of his third game Hunt reeled off 11 straight strikes to finish off his 279, helping the Vikings win the team championship by a 164-pin margin over Lansing (2,365-2,201).
Hayden junior Brylee Meier is the Dan Key Farmers Insurance Agency girls Rising Star of the Week after helping lead the Wildcats to the championship in last week's Hiawatha Invitational. [File photo/TSN]
BRYLEE MEIER, Hayden
A 6-foot junior, Meier helped No. 2-ranked (Class 3A) Hayden post three straight double-figure victories en route to the tournament championship in last week's Hiawatha Invitational.
An All-Tournament selection, Meier led the Wildcats in scoring in two of the three tournament games, including 17 points in Saturday's 55-45 win over Lafayette, Mo. in the tournament championship game.
Meier also led Hayden with 14 points in a 58-25 first-round win over Jackson Heights.
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Highland Park's No. 3-ranked (Class 5A) boys basketball team played Kansas City-Wyandotte at Topeka West Thursday night, which for the Scots, was about as close to a home game as Mike Williams' Scots are going to get for a while, maybe for the rest of the 2023-2024 season due to flooding in the Highland Park gym.
Highland Park junior Ja'Corey Robinson scored 18 points and grabbed nine rebounds in Tuesday's 85-36 win over KC-Wyandotte. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
And the Scots certainly looked at home at West, scoring the first 17 points of the night on the way to an 85-36 Meadowlark Conference rout over the Bulldawgs.
"I'm super familiar with where we're at, we're over here a lot,'' Williams said. "The (Topeka Invitational Tournament) was here last year and we're here throughout the summer and stuff. And it's my alma mater so it's always good to come back here and get a win.''
Highland Park improved to 12-1 overall and a perfect 6-0 in the conference as all 10 Scots that saw action cracked the scoring column, including five double-figure scorers.
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The Washburn Ichabod men will start the final leg of their four-game road trip at 7:30 p.m. Thursday night as they will head to the Sooner State to face Rogers State on in Claremore, Okla. before finishing off the week with Northeastern State on Saturday in Tahlequah.
Washburn's men will put their 13-6 record on the line Thursday night at Rogers State. [File photo/TSN]
The Ichabods will return home Feb. 7 to face Missouri Western.
Washburn, 13-6 overall, 9-4 in the MIAA, is coming off a 21-point win last time out with an 89-68 win over Nebraska-Kearney last Saturday.
Rogers State (11-8, 8-5) is coming off a 75-53 loss at Missouri Southern on last Saturday.
The Ichabods won the first meeting this season with the Hillcats, 93-71 on Dec. 9 in Lee Arena.
Washburn is first in the MIAA in scoring, averaging 79.3 points while Rogers State is 12th in scoring defense, allowing 77.1 ppg.
Junior Andrew Orr is averaging a team-high 13.7 points for the Ichabods this season while shooting 56 percent from the field (104 of 181 attempts).
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Seaman girls bowler Paige Snyder has been solid through the early going of her freshman season but stepped things up a few notches in Wednesday's Topeka West quadrangular at West Ridge Lanes.
Seaman freshman Paige Snyder bowled a 652 series on Wednesday at West Ridge Lanes to take individual honors in the Topeka West quadrangular. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Seaman freshman Paige Snyder picks up a spare in Wednesday's Topeka West quadrangular at West Ridge Lanes. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Snyder rolled a 652 series to take the individual title by 76 pins as Seaman rolled to a huge 2,347-2,017 win over Junction City in the team standings.
"This was definitely one of my higher series,'' Snyder said. "I was just hitting that mark every single time.''
Snyder said she continues to gain confidence with city, league, regional and state competition on the near horizon.
"I'm getting a lot more comfortable with the people I'm bowling with and the environment, defnitely,'' Snyder said.
