MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) – Thomas Gipson had 21 points and nine rebounds to help Kansas State beat Missouri-Kansas City 83-73 in the opening mainland round of the EA Sports Maui Invitational.

Marcus Foster made four 3-pointers and finished with 16 points as Kansas State (2-0) made 8 of 13 shots from behind the arc. Justin Edwards had 15, and Nigel Johnson added 12 for the Wildcats.

Martez Harrison had 21 points and Broderick Newbill had 11 to pace UMKC (1-1).

Trailing 45-39 early in the second half, Kansas State made three consecutive 3-pointers to take a 48-46 lead, which was its first since 2-1 in the opening minute.

UMKC’s biggest first half lead, 26-15, came off of a Newbill 3-pointer with 9:48 left before the break, but Kansas State answered with an 11-4 run. UMKC led 40-36 at the break.

MANHATTAN, Kan. – The Big 12 Conference and FOX Sports have announced that Kansas State’s Nov. 29, home contest against Kansas will be played at 3 p.m., andtelevised nationally by FOX Sports 1.

It marks the second-straight year the Dillons Sunflower Showdown will be televised by FOX Sports 1 after a 31-10 Wildcat victory in Lawrence in last year’s season finale.

Other Big 12 games on Nov. 29, are West Virginia at Iowa State at 11 a.m., on FOX Sports 1, while the Baylor vs. Texas Tech game played at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, will be played at 2:30 p.m., on ABC, ESPN, ESPN or an ABC/ESPN2 reverse mirror.

Scattered singles and standing-room only tickets remain for the contest against the Jayhawks. Those tickets may be purchased through the K-State Athletics Ticket office online at www.k-statesports.com/tickets, by phone at 1-800-221-CATS or at the main ticket office inside Bramlage Coliseum.

 

No. 12/11 Kansas State faces a road test on Thursday when the Wildcats travel to Morgantown to take on West Virginia. Kickoff is slated for 6 p.m. (CT), and the game will be aired nationally on FOX Sports 1.

K-State ( 1-0 ) continues its short two-game homestand to start the season Monday evening, as the Wildcats host UMKC ( 1-0 ) in the opening game of the EA Sports Maui Invitational at 7 p.m.

The matchup is one of seven opening games involving the eight “Island Teams” and the four “Mainland Teams” in the tournament. Each Island Team will host one home game against one Mainland Team prior to advancing to the Championship Round, Nov. 24-26, at Lahaina Civic Center in Maui.

UMKC is coming off a win over Missouri on Friday.

The No. 23 Kansas State volleyball team overcame a 2-0 set deficit for the second time this season on Saturday as the Wildcats came back to defeat Baylor 3-2 ( 22-25, 16-25, 25-18, 25-19, 15-9 ) in the Ferrell Center on Saturday in Waco to snap their three-match losing streak.

The win by the Wildcats ( 21-6, 8-5 Big 12 ) avenged their five-set loss to Baylor ( 14-4, 4-9  Big 12 ) earlier this season in Manhattan.

K-State, which is 22-2 in five-set matches since 2011, improved to 6-1 in five-set contests this season. The five-set win was also K-State’s first against Baylor since October 25,2008.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Kansas City Chiefs stopped the Seattle Seahawks on fourth down three times late in the fourth quarter Sunday, holding on for a tense 24-20 victory in a matchup of playoff contenders.

Jamaal Charles ran for 159 yards and two touchdowns, and Knile Davis also ran for a score, as the Chiefs (7-3) won their fifth straight game and moved into a tie for first in the AFC West.

Russell Wilson threw for 178 yards and two touchdowns, and Marshawn Lynch had 124 yards rushing for Seattle (6-4). But the Seahawks’ star running back, fresh off a four-touchdown game, was stuffed twice by the Kansas City defense with the outcome hanging in the balance.

The Seahawks’ last-chance drive ended when Wilson threw incomplete on fourth-and-18 at their 20-yard line with 1:13 left in the game.

Southern Utah tried to stick with Kansas State in Friday night’s season opener at Bramlage Coliseum, and managed to do so through the first ten minutes of the first half before the Wildcats pulled away in the second half for a 98-68 victory.

The ball screens by Southern Utah troubled the Wildcats in the first half according to Bruce Weber.

“They got us early. Their ball screen stuff is pretty good. They were getting Jevon (Thomas) and Nigel (Johnson) with some quick hitter ball screens and got us all kind of spread out. Obviously A.J. Hess is a pretty good player, made five three’s and put us in a little bit of a bind,” said Weber.

Kansas State was led in scoring by Nigel Johnson who came off the bench and went 4-6 from 3-point range and finished with 18 points. As a team the Wildcats shot 10-18 from beyond the arch, far better than any average from last season.

“We have more offensive weapons. The key will be figuring out roles, accepting the roles and then taking pride and executing their roles. Then as a staff I don’t know if the word is keeping them happy, but keeping them rotated where they’re all being productive and they’re feeling good about it.”

The Wildcats had six players finish in double figures scoring.

They will now have a quick turn around and play the University of Missouri-Kansas City on Monday night at Bramlage Coliseum. UMKC stunned Missouri Friday night 69-61 in their season opener in Columbia, Missouri.

Monday nights game is scheduled for a 7:00 p.m. tip off.

By The Associated Press

PREP FOOTBALL
Class 6A State Playoffs
Sectionals
Hutchinson 35, Derby 28
Lawrence Free State 37, Junction City 17
Olathe North 27, Blue Valley Stillwell 14
SM East 41, SM West 0

Class 5A State Playoffs
Sectionals
Salina South 49, Maize South 28
Shawnee Heights 34, Pittsburg 14
St. Thomas Aquinas 27, Leavenworth 7
Wichita Bishop Carroll 48, Wichita Heights 7

Class 4A Div-I State Playoffs
Sectionals
Bishop Miege 47, Fort Scott 0
Buhler 38, Andover Central 14
KC Piper 24, Paola 14
Topeka Hayden 34, Mulvane 12

Class 4A Div-II State Playoffs
Sectionals
Andale 47, Concordia 14
Columbus 22, Holton 21
Holcomb 49, Clearwater 14
Santa Fe Trail 14, Frontenac 13

Class 3A State Playoffs
Sectionals
Halstead 66, Minneapolis 14
Rossville 56, Pittsburg Colgan 19
Silver Lake 20, Wellsville 14, OT

Class 2-1A State Playoffs
Sectionals
Ell-Saline 28, LaCrosse 12
Olpe 33, Onaga 22
Phillipsburg 48, Oakley 12
Troy 23, Lyndon 0

8-Man, Division I State Playoffs
Sub-state
Central Plains 32, Ness City 0
Hanover 74, Osborne 44

8-Man, Division II State Playoffs
Sub-state
Attica/Argonia 70, Axtell 44
Victoria 28, Wallace County 12

Lawrence Free State rallied from a 10-7 deficit by recovering a kickoff and converting that possession into a field goal, and then intercepting a Blue Jay pass and returning it for a touchdown with 7:51 remaining in the second quarter to go in front of Junction City. The Firebirds would go on to lead at halftime 23-10, and defeat the Blue Jays in the Class 6A postseason playoffs 37-17 on a bitterly cold night at Al Simpler Stadium.

Junction City jumped on top early with a 27-yard field goal by Wayne Shirley, and led again late in the first quarter after Jovon Baldwin caught a pass from Ryan Hennington and rambled 76 yards for a touchdown.

Daniel Clarke hit three field goals in the ballgame for the Firebirds, who are now 8-3. They will advance into the Substate round of the 6A playoffs against Hutchinson next week.

The Blue Jays finished a solid season that included a district championship and an 8-3 final record.

The Kansas State Woman’s Basketball team ran away with their season opener Friday night at Bramlage Coliseum winning 81-55 over Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

The win marked the first for coach Jeff Mittie, who took over the program following 15 seasons at TCU. Mittie said that the win feels good.

“I think every year the first one, there’s always a lot of anxiety of just getting to that, but even when you take over a new program certainly,” said Mittie.

Kansas State had five players score in double figures, with three of those players coming in off of the bench. The bench added 41 points for the Wildcats. Coach Mittie mentioned that was good to see.

“You know we really could sub tonight, particularly on the front line and not have any drop off. That’s critical because we did have some foul trouble. We had some people who picked up two and three fouls early, and that was good to be able to go to the bench and have some quality production.”

The Wildcats will have two more home games next week against UMKC on Tuesday and Hampton next Friday, before finishing out the month in Puerto Vallerta, Mexico for the Hardwood for Hope tournament.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – A food safety manager says dirty conditions and poor food handling
endangered customers at Kauffman and Arrowhead stadiums in Kansas City. A city health inspection prompted by the allegations found dozens of critical health code violations at the stadiums.

ESPN first reported the allegations from Jon Costa, the food safety manager for Aramark, which runs concessions at the two stadiums and at sports venues across the country.

Costa said he found such things as cockroaches and mouse feces in food-service areas and foods kept at unsafe temperatures. The city health inspection on Nov. 3 found mold in ice machines and dirty equipment.

Aramark spokesman Tod MacKenzie said the claims come from a disgruntled employee, even though he was responsible for managing food safety at the stadiums.