Saturday, November 9, 2019

Kickoff: 2:30 p.m.

Location: Austin, Texas

Stadium: Texas Memorial Stadium (100,119)

Series: K-State leads, 10-9

TV: ESPN

A LOOK AT K-STATE

• K-State has won three games in a row following its 38-10 win over rival Kansas in Lawrence and is bowl-eligible under first-year head coach Chris Klieman.
• K-State has rushed for 1,738 yards this year on 361 carries which includes 555 yards over the Wildcats’ last two contests (277.5 ypg).
• The Wildcats also have 25 rushing touchdowns – including 11 over the last two weeks – after tallying only 20 rushing scores a year ago.
• The Wildcats’ 11 rushing scores the last two weeks are the most in the nation. Quarterback Skylar Thompson has seven of those scores, also the best in the nation the last two weeks.
• Thompson’s seven rushing scores in the last two weeks are the most over a two-game stretch by a K-State quarterback since Collin Klein in 2012.
• Thompson – who has four career game-winning drives in the fourth quarter or later – has thrown for 1,336 yards and seven touchdowns with one interception, while three receivers – Dalton Schoen, Phillip Brooks and Malik Knowles – each have at least 15 catches and 125 yards.
• The K-State defense enters the week ranked highly in many statistical categories, including third down defense (2nd; 25.0%), first downs allowed (12th; 128), passing yards allowed (18th; 186.3), scoring defense (26th; 20.4) and pass efficiency defense (27th; 117.5).
• K-State has given up just four passing touchdowns through eight games this season, which are tied for the fewest nationally this season with Ohio State, Kentucky and Penn State.
• The Cats have surrendered only 21 total third down conversions this season, which are the fewest in the FBS.
• Safeties Denzel Goolsby and Wayne Jones lead the team with 36 tackles apiece.
• Eight different Wildcats have at least 2.0 TFLs – led by Wyatt Hubert’s 6.5 – and Hubert leads the team with 4.0 sacks.
• Cornerback AJ Parker has a team-high three interceptions to rank fourth in the Big 12.
• The Wildcats possess a great kicker/punter duo as Blake Lynch ranks 12th nationally in field goal percentage (90.9%), while Devin Anctil ranks 17th in the nation with a 45.0-yard punting average.

A LOOK AT TEXAS

• Coming off its second and final bye week of the 2019 season, Texas holds a 5-3 overall record, including a 3-2 mark in Big 12 play.
• The Longhorns started the season 4-1 with a narrow defeat at the hands of LSU – now the No. 1 team in the Associated Press Top 25 – but UT has dropped two of its last three games.
• Quarterback Sam Ehlinger has thrown for 2,378 yards and 23 touchdowns on 199-of-303 aim, while he is also the team’s third-leading rusher with 361 yards and has a team-high five rushing touchdowns.
• Keaontay Ingram leads the Longhorns in rushing with 494 yards and four touchdowns, while Roschon Johnson is close behind with 418 yards and four scores himself.
• Devin Duvernay has 33% of the team’s receptions, hauling in 69 passes for 800 yards and seven touchdowns. Jake Smith and Brennan Eagles each have five receiving scores.
• Defensively, Brandon Jones and Joseph Ossai lead the team with 55 tackles apiece, the latter tying for team-high honors with 7.0 tackles for loss.
• Juwan Mitchell has a team-best 3.0 sacks, while three Longhorns are tied for team-high honors with two interceptions.A LOOK AT THE SERIES
• The Wildcats lead the all-time series, 10-9, including a 9-6 margin since the two became Big 12 foes.
• Among current Big 12 teams that were original members of the league, K-State (.600) and Oklahoma (13-7; .650) are the only two schools to have winning percentages over .500 against the Longhorns in regular-season play.
• Texas has won each of the last two games as the Wildcats will be looking to avoid their first three-game losing streak in the series.
• K-State’s last win over the Longhorns was a 24-21 victory in Manhattan in 2016, while its last win in Austin was a 17-13 triumph in 2011.
• Each of the last three games have been closely contested as the average margin of victory is 4.0 points, which includes a 40-34 overtime victory by the Longhorns the last times the two teams met in Austin.CATS ARE BOWL BOUND
• With the win over Kansas, K-State moved to 6-2 and became bowl eligible for the 22nd time in school history.
• Since 1990, K-State has qualified for the postseason 21 times, including this season.
• Chris Klieman became the second coach in school history to take the Wildcats to a bowl in their first year as coach and the fourth overall to do so.

BACK INTO THE POLLS

• K-State went from not receiving any votes in either the Associated Press Top 25 or the Amway Coaches Poll to ranked twice this season, the latest being on October 27.
• This week, the Wildcats check in at No. 20 in the AP poll, while they are 22nd the Coaches Poll. Following its win at Mississippi State on September 14, K-State also went from zero votes to the first team of “others receiving votes” in the AP poll, while it was 25th in the coaches.

 

 

RYAN LACKEY

Director of Football Communications

K-State Athletics

 

 

 

Taylor Briggs, Chapman has captured Class 4A State Cross Country championship in a time of 19:00.05. She competed on Saturday at the Wamego Country Club.

For Briggs, a junior at Chapman High School, it was her third consecutive state title in cross country.

The Big 12 Conference has listed the kickoff for the Kansas State – Texas football game at 2:30 p.m. Saturday Nov. 9th in Austin.

The Wildcats are 6-2 overall and 3-2 in the conference, while Texas is 3-2 in the conference and 5-3 overall.

PREP FOOTBALL=

Class 6A=

BV West 46, SM West 20

Blue Valley 45, SM East 14

Derby 69, Wichita North 7

Dodge City 34, Wichita Campus 13

Junction City 48, Wichita Southeast 21

Lawrence 38, Washburn Rural 21

Lawrence Free State 34, Wichita South 12

Manhattan 38, Hutchinson 21

Olathe East 37, Olathe South 20

Gardner -Edgerton 42 Shawnee Mission North 7

Topeka 48, Garden City 14

Class 8-Man Division I=

Clifton-Clyde 66, Hoxie 20

Hill City 64, Trego 40

Class 8-Man Division II=

Wheatland-Grinnell 49, Northern Valley 30

Class 5A=

Andover 28, Salina Central 7

BV Southwest 31, KC Washington 6

Emporia 41, Newton 29

Great Bend 42, Wichita Heights 35

Hays 31, Goddard-Eisenhower 6

Maize 49, Liberal 14

Maize South 31, Salina South 0

Mill Valley 52, Topeka West 0

Shawnee Heights 7, Lansing 0

St. James Academy 27, Leavenworth 14

St. Thomas Aquinas 63, Highland Park 0

Wichita Bishop Carroll 49, Valley Center 7

Wichita Northwest 55, Kapaun Mount Carmel 14

Class 4A=

Andover Central 42, Circle 7

Arkansas City 55, Ulysses 17

Augusta 29, Coffeyville 26, 2OT

Bishop Miege 67, Labette County 13

Bonner Springs 49, Eudora 12

Buhler 19, Wellington 7

Chanute 28, Fort Scott 7

Louisburg 14, Atchison 7

McPherson 63, Abilene 7

Mulvane 47, Independence 14

Paola 56, Ottawa 9

Spring Hill 17, Pittsburg 13

Tonganoxie 49, Baldwin 0

Winfield 37, El Dorado 0

Class 3A=

Andale 68, Clay Center 7

Beloit 44, Larned 6

Cheney 51, Rock Creek 18

Clearwater 35, Hesston 28

Colby 42, Nickerson 0

Concordia 43, Hugoton 18

Holton 34, Santa Fe Trail 27

Jefferson West 20, Marysville 14

Perry-Lecompton 38, Wamego 21

Prairie View 34, Caney Valley 7

Scott City 35, Holcomb 18

Topeka Hayden 35, Sabetha 0

Wichita Collegiate 35, Halstead 14

Class 2A=

Belle Plaine 17, Chaparral 14

Cimarron 36, Minneapolis 0

Conway Springs 42, Cherryvale 13

Eureka 31, Hutchinson Trinity 6

Hoisington 47, Southwestern Hts. 0

Lakin 21, Ellsworth 14

Nemaha Central 49, St. Mary’s 20

Riley County 38, Pleasant Ridge 20

Rossville 42, Maur Hill – Mount Academy 7

Southeast Saline 47, Riverside 16

First Round=

Class 1A=

Centralia 50, Troy 0

Ell-Saline 27, Oakley 14

Hillsboro 49, Pleasanton 0

Inman 49, Stanton County 6

Lyndon 34, Northern Heights 24

Maranatha Academy 74, Bennington 46

Meade 42, Syracuse 6

Plainville 56, Salina Sacred Heart 7

Republic County 54, Ellis 16

Uniontown 33, Marion 8

Non-Playoff Games=

Atchison 38, Council Grove 7

Christ Preparatory Academy 41, NOAH, Okla. 14

Douglass 16, Wichita Independent 12

Erie 30, West Franklin 8

Haven 38, Chapman 26

Hays-TMP-Marian 54, Ellinwood 0

Kingman 40, Goodland 6

McLouth 22, Northeast-Arma 18

Mission Valley 56, Horton 8

Phillipsburg 44, Lyons 7

Smoky Valley 48, Wichita Trinity 0

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IRVING, Texas (AP) — The Big 12 Conference has issued public reprimands and fines of $25,000 against Kansas State and TCU for how the schools handled fans storming the field to celebrate after home victories over ranked teams.

Kansas also received a reprimand, but wasn’t fined after the Jayhawks beat Texas Tech on Saturday.

Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby said conference schools have a duty to provide a safe game environment.

The league doesn’t have a policy prohibiting spectators on the field for postgame celebrations, but Bowlsby said home teams have to provide adequate security measures for student-athletes, coaches, game officials and spectators. That includes safe passage from the playing field to the locker room, and protection of the visiting team bench area.

Kansas State upset then-No. 5 Oklahoma 48-41 last Saturday, and TCU won 37-27 over then-No. 15 Texas.

The Friday night high school football lineup finds the Junction City Blue Jays opening postseason play by hosting the Wichita Southeast Golden Buffaloes at Al Simpler Stadium. It will be a first-round game in the Class 6A postseason playoffs.

Kickoff is slated for 7 p.m. You can hear the game on 107.9 FM and 1420 KJCK.

Other games include:

–Manhattan hosting Hutchinson in a first round playoff game

–Topeka High hosting Garden City

–Washburn Rural at Lawrence

–Clay Center is at Andale

–Concordia goes to Hugoton

–Marysville hosts Jefferson West

–Emporia hosts Newton

–Riley County hosts Pleasant Ridge

–Rock Creek goes to Cheney

–Highland Park at St. Thomas Aquinas

–Topeka West travels to Mill Valley

–Wamego visits Perry Lecompton

In non-playoff games Friday night:

–Council Grove travels to Atchison County

–Chapman hosts Haven

–Herington is at Valley Falls

–Rural Vista travels to Chetopa

–Blue Valley Randolph hosts Southern Cloud

–Wakefield goes to Southern Coffey County

 

MANHATTAN, Kan. – Seniors Makol Mawien and Xavier Sneed combined for 26 points and 18 rebounds, as Kansas State overcame a 3-point barrage by Washburn, 66-56, in the team’s final exhibition game on Wednesday night before 7,239 fans at Bramlage Coliseum.

 

With the win, K-State extends its winning streak in exhibition play at Bramlage Coliseum to 26 games, which dates to the second exhibition game of the 2003-04 season on November 15, 2003. The Wildcats are now a perfect 16-0 at home in exhibition play under head coach Bruce Weber, who is entering his eighth season in 2019-20.

 

Mawien led the Wildcats with team-high 16 points on 6-of-11 field goals and a perfect 4-for-4 effort from the free throw line, while Sneed collected a solid stat line with 10 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals in nearly 36 minutes. Freshman Montavious Murphy also notched double figures with 11 points on 4-of-6 shooting.

 

The streak stood a solid challenge from a Washburn team that has won 20 or more games in back-to-back seasons, including 24 wins and a trip to the NCAA Division II Tournament a season ago. The Ichabods return nine lettermen, including two starters, and were picked to finish third in the preseason MIAA poll.

 

Washburn tied an opponent exhibition high with 14 made 3-point field goals, matching the previous highs of the NBC Thunder on November 11, 1999 and the EA Sports All-Stars on November 7, 2002. The team’s 45 attempts were the most-ever by an opponent in a home exhibition, surpassing the 40 by the NBC Thunder in 1999.

 

With the score knotted at 39-all with 13:46 to play, the Wildcats put together a key 9-0 run over a more than 3-minute span to take control of the contest, which they built into a game-high 15-point lead (64-49) with 3:38 to play. The Ichabods could get no closer than 8 points the rest of the way.

 

K-State connected on 45.1 percent (23-of-51) from the field, but just 15.4 percent (2-of-13) from 3-point range, and made just 18 of 30 attempts (60 percent) from the free throw line. In addition, the squad turned it over 21 times, which Washburn converted into 23 points. Despite the hot shooting, the Ichabods were just 29.4 percent (20-of-68) from the field, including 31.1 percent (14-of-45) from 3-point range.

 

Washburn had three players in double figures, including a game-high 17 points from senior Keven Biggs, who finished 6-of-14 from the field, including 5-of-10 from 3-point range. Sophomore Jalen Lewis scored 13 points on 5-of-13 field goals, while junior Tyler Geiman added 12 points, all on makes from long range.

 

HOW IT HAPPENED

Turnovers and poor shooting plagued both teams in the early going, as Washburn led just 10-9 nearly halfway through the first half. The Wildcats had just 6 field goal attempts and 9 turnovers in the first 10 minutes of the game, while the Ichabods connected on 5 of their first 17 field goal attempts with 3 turnovers.

 

Both offenses seemed to get back on track after the second media timeout of the first half, as the teams traded buckets over the next few minutes, as a pair of 3-pointers by the Ichabods gave them an 18-15 lead with 8:36 before halftime. However, the Wildcats responded with a 10-3 run over the next five minutes to take a 25-21 at the 3:25 mark, as back-to-back jumpers by senior Makol Mawien keyed the spurt.

 

Washburn got hot from beyond the arc in the waning minutes of the half, as three triples, including one at the halftime buzzer by senior transfer Keven Biggs, cut the deficit to 32-30 at the break.

K-State connected on 50 percent (11-of-22) from the field, but just 20 percent (2-of-10) from 3-point range, in the first half, while turning the ball over 11 times. Washburn hit on just 33.3 percent (11-of-33) of its field goals, but 8 of those 11 came from 3-point range on 24 attempts.

 

Mawien led the Wildcats with 10 points on 4-of-5 field goals to go with 4 rebounds in the first half, while freshman Montavious Murphy added 6 points on 3-of-4 shooting. Biggs paced the Ichabods with a game-high 11 points on 4-of-7 field goals, including 3-of-5 from 3-point range.

 

Much like the first half, the two teams traded shots in the early moments of the second half, as a 3-pointer by Tyler Geiman gave Washburn a 36-35 lead heading into the first media timeout at the 15:59 mark. A pair of free throws by Mawien and a jumper by freshman DaJuan Gordon helped K-State regain the lead, but yet another Geiman trey tied the game at 39-all with 13:46 to play.

 

A lay-up by freshman Antonio Gordon ignited a 9-0 run by the Wildcats over the next 3 minutes, which extended the advantage to 48-39 with 10:18 left. During this key run, junior Levi Stockard III added 4 points on a pair of jumpers, while fellow junior Cartier Diarra ended a long drought with a long 3-pointer in which he was fouled.

 

The Ichabods closed to within 50-45 on another Biggs’ 3-pointer at the 9-minute mark before an 8-0 run by the Wildcats pushed back out to double figures at 58-45 with 6:22 remaining. During the 8-0 spurt, Sneed and Murphy made 3 consecutive free throws sandwiched between a Mawien jumper.

 

The lead stood at 15 (64-49) after a Murphy layup before Washburn scored 7 of the game’s final 9 points in the final 66-56 decision.

 

Sneed scored 8 of his 10 points in the second half, while Diarra had 7 of his 8 points after halftime. The Wildcats connected on 41.4 percent (12-of-29), including 12.5 percent (1-of-8) from 3-point range, in the second half.

 

PLAYER(S) OF THE GAME

Senior Xavier Sneed was impressive across the board despite an off-night shooting the ball (2-of-7), as he posted 10 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals in nearly 36 minutes.

 

Senior Makol Mawien led all Wildcats with 16 points on 6-of-11 field goals and 4-of-4 free throws and narrowly missed a double-double with 9 rebounds.

 

STAT OF THE GAME

14/45 – Washburn tied an opponent exhibition-high with 14 3-point field goals on 45 attempts… The 14 makes tied two others for the most by an opponent in a home exhibition, while the 45 attempts surpassed the previous high of 40 by the NBC Thunder on November 11, 1999.

 

IN THEIR WORDS

K-State Head Coach Bruce Weber

On the game…

“They just played harder than we did and you’ve got to give them credit. They just had more energy and our play hard chart shows, the other night we have 51, tonight they’re winning 20-10 at halftime and they still win it at the end. Now we hold them to 29 percent shooting, including 31 percent from three. We would go down when they did (miss) and we’d get 2-3 shutouts in a row but we would never capitalize on the other end. We would take a quick shot, we would turn it over and then it just kept taking the wind out of our sail. And then you miss your free throws (18-of-30). We weren’t sharp and it is what it is, it’s disappointing. I talked on Monday, I got after them pretty hard about enthusiasm and passion and we just didn’t have it, but now you learn from it, you move forward and hopefully next time we’re ready to play.”

 

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE

• K-State is now 69-20 all-time in exhibition play, including 54-9 in home exhibition games… The Wildcats are now 48-9 in exhibition games at Bramlage Coliseum with 26 consecutive wins dating back to 2003… Overall, the team has now won 9 straight in exhibition play since 2016.
• Washburn’s 14 3-point field goals tied for the most allowed by K-State in a home exhibition game, match the 14 by the NBC Thunder on November 11, 1999 and the EA Sports All-Stars on November 7, 2002… The 45 attempts from 3-point range were the most-ever by an opponent in an exhibition, surpassing the 40 by the NBC Thunder in that 1999 contest.
• K-State connected on 45.1 percent (23-of-51) of its field goals, including 55.3 percent (21-of-38) inside the 3-point arc… The Wildcats scored nearly half their points in the paint (30).
• K-State’s 23 made field goals came on 13 assists with 21 turnovers.
• The Wildcats held the Icabods to 56 points on 29.4 percent shooting (20-of-68), including 31.1 percent (14-of-45) from 3-point range, while forcing 14 turnovers.
• Washburn’s 14 steals nearly eclipsed the exhibition high of 16 by the California All-Stars on November 5, 1999… The 7 steals by Keven Biggs were the most by a single player in a home exhibition, surpassing the 6 by two other players, most recently, Robbie Reid of the California All-Stars on November 5, 1999.
• Senior Makol Mawien led the Wildcats with a game-high 16 points on 6-of-11 field goals, while fellow senior Xavier Sneed collected a near double-double with 10 points and 9 rebounds… Freshman Montavious Murphy was also in double figures with 11 points on 4-of-6 shooting.
• K-State used a starting lineup of juniors Cartier Diarra and Mike McGuirl, senior Xavier Sneed, junior Levi Stockard III and senior Makol Mawien.
• Junior James Love III and sophomore Nigel Shadd did not play for the second straight game due to injury.
• Seven Wildcats recorded at least two field goals.

 

WHAT’S NEXT

K-State officially opens the 2019-20 season at 7 p.m., CT on Tuesday, November 3, as the Wildcats play host to North Dakota State at Bramlage Coliseum. Tickets start at just $5 before gameday ($10 on gameday). The game will air on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.

 

–www.kstatesports.com–

 
TOM GILBERT
Director for Men’s Basketball Communications | K-State Athletics

 

 

HOUSTON (AP) _ Washington has a World Series championship for the first time since the 1924 Senators beat the New York Giants.

Anthony Rendon (rehn-DOHN’) and Howie Kendrick belted huge home runs in the seventh inning as the Nationals rallied to take Game 7, 6-2 over the Astros in Houston. Winning pitcher Patrick Corbin gave the Nats three solid innings of shutout relief to close out a series in which the road team won every game.

Astros starter Zack Greinke (GREHN’-kee) cruised through the first 6 1/3 innings, allowing just one hit and one walk until the dam burst. Rendon belted a solo homer got the Nationals within 2-1 before Howie Kendrick slammed a two-run blast off reliever Will Harris two batters later.

MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State junior quarterback Skylar Thompson added to his awards following the Wildcats’ win over No. 5 Oklahoma as he was named the Maxwell Award Player of the Week, the Maxwell Football Club announced Wednesday.

 

It was Thompson’s third honor this week as he was named a “Star of the Week” by the Manning Award and was on the Davey O’Brien Award’s “Great 8” list.

 

Thompson rushed for four touchdowns in K-State’s 48-41 victory over the Sooners, the second most single-game rushing touchdowns in the nation this season and tied for third in school history. He also threw for 213 yards on 18-of-28 aim as he helped K-State earn National Team of the Week honors. Three of his completions went for third-down conversions of over 10 yards, while he had a 13-yard completion on 4^th and 6 in the second quarter to help fuel a touchdown drive.

 

The 22^nd-ranked Wildcats travel to Lawrence to face Kansas in the 117^th edition of the Dillons Sunflower Showdown on Saturday. The game kicks off at 2:30 p.m., and will air on FS1.

 

Following a road trip to Texas on November 9, the Wildcats return home to face West Virginia on November 16. Tickets to the game can be purchased online at www.kstatesports.com/tickets, by phone at 1-800-221-CATS or at the main ticket office inside Bramlage Coliseum.

 

– k-statesports.com –

 

RYAN LACKEY

Director of Football Communications

K-State Athletics