Interservice military sports rivalry events have been played for more than a century.

That tradition continues at Fort Riley this Saturday with the Army – Air Force Flag Football Game.   The game will be played at 3 p.m. Saturday at Fort Riley. It pits Fort Riley soldiers against McConnell Air Force base airmen in their 7th annual matchup.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Chiefs have placed rookie tight end James O’Shaughnessy on injured reserve and claimed defensive tackle David King off waivers from the Seattle Seahawks.

The Chiefs announced the moves Tuesday.

O’Shaughnessy, their fifth-round pick this year, has missed Kansas City’s past two games with a fractured foot. He caught six passes for 87 yards during his rookie season.

The Chiefs have used Demetrius Harris and Brian Parker in his place during wins over Detroit and Denver. They will continue to share duties alongside starting tight end Travis Kelce.

King was a seventh-round pick of the Philadelphia Eagles in 2013. He’s played in seven games over the past two seasons with Sea

The Kansas State women’s basketball team cruised past Abilene Christian 76-45 Monday evening at Bramlage Coliseum. Megan Deines led K-State with 20 points, while Breanna Lewis had 19.

Kansas State is now 2-0 on the season.

The Kansas State Men’s Basketball remains a perfect 3-0 all-time against Ivy League schools with Monday night’s 81-71 win over Columbia.

There are still plenty of questions surrounding the Wildcat’s, who were unanimously picked to finish tied for 8th place in the Big 12 preseason poll. But there were signs of promise Monday night starting with the Wildcats starting five all finishing in double figure scoring.

That group was led by Justin Edwards who finished with 19 points, a team-high 6 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 steals. Not far behind Edwards was true freshman Dean Wade who finished with 17 points in just his second college game.

Big plays proved to be the difference for Kansas State as they never surrendered their lead but did let it slip to within three with 5:45 to play in the game, but an 11-0 run kicked off by a DJ Johnson dunk took Kansas States lead back to double digits.

“You win at home when you make plays. We had some guys step up,” said Bruce Weber after the game. “The first thing I wrote on the board is, ‘Be a player, don’t watch the play, make plays.’ I hope they took it to heart, but they did a good job at making plays and passing. 17 assists on 30 baskets. We have to get better on some things but there are a lot of positives.”

The Wildcats will now face their first major test of the season as they will play three games within five days starting Friday at home against South Dakota. They then travel to Kansas City Monday to take on Missouri and then North Carolina or North Western Tuesday night in the CBE Hall-of-Fame Classic at the Sprint Center.

Release from K-State Athletics

MANHATTAN, Kan. – Junior Wesley Iwundu was named the Phillips 66 co-Big 12 Player of the Week for the first time in his career on Monday after his impressive performance in Friday’s season opener.

Iwundu, who shared the weekly honor with Baylor’s Rico Gathers, becomes the first Wildcat to win the weekly accolade in its first week since Michael Beasley earned the distinction on Nov. 12, 2007. Iwundu is the ninth different player to be selected for the honor since 2007. Overall, it marks the school’s 25th Player of the Week honor since the inception of the Big 12 in 1997, including ninth under head coach Bruce Weber.

Iwundu set or tied career highs in seven categories, as he collected his fourth career double-double in the Wildcats’ 80-53 season-opening win over Maryland-Eastern Shore on Friday night. He scored a career-high 23 points on 7-of-13 field goals with a career-tying 10 rebounds, four assists and three steals in 31 minutes. He led the team in points, field goals made, free throws made and attempted, rebounds, assists, steals and minutes played.

It marked Iwundu’s first career 20-point game and was his most points since having 14 in his first career game against Northern Colorado on Nov. 8, 2013. It was his first double-double since having 10 points and 10 rebounds as a true freshman at Oklahoma State on March 3, 2014. He set or tied career highs in points, field goals made and attempted, free throws made (9) and attempted (14), rebounds and steals. He has now scored in double figures in 15 career games.

K-State (1-0) continues its homestand to start the season tonight, as the Wildcats host Ivy League member Columbia (1-0) at 8 p.m. CT in the second game of a doubleheader at Bramlage Coliseum. Men’s basketball ticket holders can watch the women’s basketball team (1-0) in its home opener against Abilene Christian at 5:30 p.m. for free in general admission seating. Tickets are available starting at $10, while fans can take advantage of the new Bramlage Bundle for just $20, which includes a general admission/bench ticket, $10 concessions voucher and a souvenir from the K-State Super Store. The contest will be televised on FOX Sports Kansas City (state of Kansas, Kansas City area), K-StateHD.TV and ESPN3 (outside of state of Kansas).

North Carolina is No. 1 in the first regular-season men’s college basketball poll by The Associated Press after opening with victories over Temple and Fairfield.

The Tar Heels were the preseason No. 1 for a record ninth time. They received 37 first-place votes Monday from the 65-member national media panel – 29 more than second-place Kentucky. Maryland is third with 14 first-place votes and Kansas is fourth with five first-place votes.

Defending national champion Duke is fifth and followed by Virginia, which had the other first-place vote.

Iowa State, Oklahoma, Wichita State and Gonzaga round out the top 10.

Oregon won its opener and joined the poll at No. 25. Wisconsin dropped out from 17th after losing to Western Illinois and beating Siena.

Release from K-State Athletics

MANHATTAN, Kan. – Following a school-record breaking performance last week at Texas Tech, senior kick returner Morgan Burns was named the Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week, the conference office announced Monday.

The honor was the first in Burns’ career, while it was the second for the Wildcats this season after place kicker Jack Cantele was honored following the Louisiana Tech game. K-State has had 17 special teams player-of-the-week honors since 2011, while the Wildcats have had at least two accolades on special teams over the last eight seasons.

Burns recorded a school-record 221 kickoff-return yards against the Red Raiders, breaking the previous record held by Aubrey Quarles, who had 197 yards at North Texas in 2010. Burns took the first Texas Tech kickoff 93 yards for a touchdown, his second kickoff-return score this year after returning the season-opening kickoff 100 yards for a score against South Dakota.

Burns’ yardage total was the most by a Big 12 player since Texas’Fozzy Whittaker went for 252 yards against Oklahoma State in 2010, while it is the third-highest total in the nation this season.

With his effort against the Red Raiders, Burns moved into fifth place in school history in career kickoff-return yards (1,112), while he entered the top-10 list for kickoff-return yards for a season as he is now fourth (678). He also moved into a tie for second place in school history in season kickoff-return touchdowns and into sole possession of third place for a career.

Kansas State takes on Iowa State this Saturday in an 11 a.m., contest at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. The game can be seen nationally on FS1. A limited number of general admission seating, in addition to standing-room only seats, are available through the K-State Athletics Ticket office online at www.k-statesports.com/ticket, by phone at 1-800-221-CATS or at the main athletics ticket office at Bramlage Coliseum.

MANHATTAN, Kan. – The Big 12 Conference and FOX Sports announced Monday morning that Kansas State’s Nov. 28, game at Kansas will kick off at 3 p.m., and be shown nationally by FS1.

 

K-State will play on FS1 eight times this year, including its final six regular-season games, while it marks the second-straight year FS1 will broadcast the Dillons Sunflower Showdown. The Wildcats will be in search of their seventh-straight win over the Jayhawks, including their fourth-straight in Lawrence.

 

K-State hosts Iowa State this Saturday at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. The game, which kicks off at 11 a.m., will be shown nationally on FS1. Scattered single seats and standing-room only tickets are available for the game. Fans wishing to purchase tickets can do so through the K-State Athletics Ticket Office online atwww.k-statesports.com/tickets, by phone at 1-800-221-CATS or at the main ticket office inside Bramlage Coliseum.

 

Big 12 TV Selections for Saturday, November 28

Iowa State at West Virginia    11 a.m.                              FS1

K-State at Kansas                    3 p.m.                                FS1

Oklahoma at Oklahoma St.    11 a.m., 2:30 or 7 p.m.     ABC, ESPN or ESPN2

 

– k-statesports.com –

RYAN LACKEY

Assistant Athletic Director / Athletics Communications

 

Game 10
Iowa State at Kansas State

Date: Saturday, November 21, 2015

Kickoff: 11 a.m.

Location: Manhattan, Kan.

Stadium: Bill Snyder Family Stadium (50,000)

Series: Iowa State leads, 49-45-4

TV: FS1

 

 

K-STATE RETURNS HOME TO HOST IOWA STATE
Following a 59-44 setback at Texas Tech last week, K-State will return home on Saturday and welcome the Iowa State Cyclones to Bill Snyder Family Stadium. The game will kick at 11 a.m., and be broadcast nationally on FS1 with Justin Kutcher (play-by-play) and Steve Hutchinson (analyst) on the call. The contest can also be heard across the K-State Sports Network with Wyatt Thompson (play-by-play), Stan Weber (analyst) and Matt Walters (sideline) calling the action.
A LOOK AT K-STATE

• K-State has three games remaining, two of which are at home, and still remain in contention for bowl eligibility.
• The Cats, guided by 2015 College Football Hall of Fame inductee Bill Snyder, are 3-6 this year, which includes close losses to No. 19 OSU, No. 2 TCU and No. 2 Baylor.
• K-State took the Horned Frogs down to the wire behind four rushing touchdowns by Joe Hubener and two more from running back Charles Jones. The Cats tied the game at 45 with 1:47 left, but TCU scored a late TD for the win.
• That came a week after K-State took a 34-33 lead over OSU in Stillwater with 3:01 left, but the Cowboys kicked a field goal with less than a minute left for a two-point win.
• Hubener then ran for a career-best 153 yards against the second-ranked Bears as the Cats had the ball with less than a minute to play in the game with a chance to tie the game.
• Jones has been fantastic of late, rushing for 390 yards in the last five games. The junior had a career-best 122-yard effort at Texas, the most by a K-State running back since the final regular-season game of 2013.
• Defensively, the Cats are paced by linebackers Elijah Lee and Will Davis with 58 and 47 tackles, respectively. The two have also combined for all three Wildcat interceptions this year, including two by Lee against TCU.
• Defensive tackles Travis Britz and Will Geary have also been a force, combining for 65 tackles (7.22 per game), 14.5 tackles for loss and 6.5 sacks.

A LOOK AT IOWA STATE

• Iowa State enters Saturday’s game at 3-7 and 2-5 in the Big 12 after a tough 35-31 loss to undefeated OSU.
• ISU is 0-4 on the road this season and 3-3 at home.
• The Cyclones are led by a trio of young players as freshman running back Mike Warren has rushed for 1,070 yards, sophomore quarterback Joel Lanning has emerged late in the season and sophomore wide receiver Allen Lazard leads the team with 46 catches for 647 yards.
• On defense, Brian Peavy has a team-best 71 tackles and two interceptions, while Dale Pierson has 12.5 tackles for loss and 8.5 sacks.

A LOOK AT THE SERIES

• Iowa State leads the all-time series, 49-45-4, but K-State is 26-21-1 in games played in Manhattan and is 21-4 against the Cyclones since 1990.
• Kansas State has won seven straight in the series and four straight in games played in Manhattan.
• Bill Snyder is 19-4 against Iowa State and has won six in a row since returning to the sidelines in 2009.

  RYAN LACKEY

• Assistant Director / Athletics Communications