OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Baylor is back in a familiar place.

Kalani Brown scored 23 points in 21 minutes, and the top-ranked Lady Bears breezed past Kansas State 88-60 in a Big 12 Tournament semifinal on Sunday. Baylor (30-1) will go for its ninth tournament title in 11 years on Monday night against No. 19 Iowa State.

“I’m pumped,” Brown said. “I’m excited playing for another championship. That never gets old.”

Juicy Landrum scored 19 points and Lauren Cox had 18 points, 15 rebounds and eight assists for the Lady Bears (30-1), who won their 22nd straight game. Baylor shot 45 percent from the floor and outrebounded the Wildcats 54-32.

“That’s a team that, I believe, has a chance to win the national championship,” Kansas State coach Jeff Mittie said. “It’s a team that has all the weapons.”

MANHATTAN, Kan. – Senior forward Dean Wade will be listed as questionable for this week’s Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship after experiencing discomfort in his foot, head coach Bruce Weber announced on Sunday.

 

Wade, who posted 11 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists in Saturday’s 68-53 win over Oklahoma, reported the discomfort to medical staff after the game. He will be treated and evaluated before Thursday’s game.

 

Earlier in the day, Wade became the first Wildcat since Jacob Pullen (2010, 2011) to earn All-Big 12 First Team honors in back-to-back seasons. He has averaged 12.9 points on 49.2 percent (122-of-248) shooting, including 41.8 percent (23-of-55) from 3-point range, and 78.9 percent (56-of-71) from the free throw line to go with a team-best 6.2 rebounds and 2.8 assists in 30.4 minutes per game this season.

 

No. 18/17 K-State (24-7, 14-4 Big 12) is the top seed at this week’s Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship at the Sprint Center in Kansas City and will play the winner of the first-round matchup between No. 8 seed TCU (19-12, 7-11 Big 12) and No. 9 seed Oklahoma State (12-19, 5-13 Big 12) at 1:30 p.m., CT on Thursday on ESPN or ESPN2.

 

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

 

 

Saturday’s Scores

MANHATTAN, Kan. – Senior Barry Brown, Jr., became the first K-State player to be named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year, while he and teammate Dean Wade became the first Wildcat duo to be named All-Big 12 First Team in the same season, as the league office announced its annual men’s basketball awards on Sunday.

 

Brown was one of three unanimous selections to the All-Big 12 First team, along with Kansas’ Dedric Lawson and Texas Tech’s Jarrett Culver, while Wade became just second Wildcat player to be named to league’s First Team in back-to-back seasons, joining Jacob Pullen (2010, 2011). The duo was joined on the All-Big 12 Teams by fellow senior Kamau Stokes and junior Xavier Sneed, who were both honorable mention selections.

 

The four overall selections for the Big 12 co-champion Wildcats (24-7, 14-4 Big 12) tied for the most in the Big 12 era, as four players were named honorable mention in 1999. It marks the first time K-State has had two First Team picks since the Big Seven/Eight/12 began designating various all-conference teams and the first time overall since Mike Evans and Curtis Redding were both honored as All-Big Eight selections in 1977.

 

Brown became the first Wildcat to be named the conference’s Defensive Player of the Year since Rolando Blackman earned the honor in consecutive seasons in the Big Eight in 1979 and 1980. He was also a Big 12 All-Defensive Team selection for the second straight season and one of just two unanimous picks. He is the sixth Wildcat to earn recognition to the All-Defensive Team and first repeat selection since Jacob Pullen (2010, 2011).

 

Brown and Wade (2018, 2019) join Michael Beasley (2008), Jacob Pullen (2010, 2011) and Rodney McGruder (2013) as the only First Team selections in the Big 12 era with only Pullen and Wade doing it twice. They are just the seventh tandem in the Big 12 era to earn spots on the 15-member All-Big 12 First, Second or Third Teams and the first to repeat since Bob Boozer and Jack Parr did it in 1957 and 1958.

 

Brown was All-Big 12 Second Team selection a season ago, while Stokes and Sneed earn all-conference honors for the first time in their respective careers.

 

Fellow co-Big 12 champion Texas Tech earned a pair of individual awards, as sophomore guard Jarrett Culver was named the Player of the Year, while head coach Chris Beard was the Coach of the Year for the second consecutive season. Kansas’ Dedric Lawson was the Newcomer of the Year, Texas’ Jaxon Hayeswas the Freshman of the Year and Iowa State’s Lindell Wigginton was the league’s Sixth Man Award winner. Oklahoma’s Kristian Doolittle became the first winner of the Most Improved Player Award.

 

The All-Big 12 awards are selected by league’s 10 head coaches, who are not allowed to vote for their own players.

 

The school’s all-time leader in both games played (136) and steals (252), Brown led the Wildcats in nearly every statistical category, including scoring (15.1 ppg.), double-digit scoring games (26), 20-point games (seven), field goals made (172) and attempted (386), free throws made (86) and attempted (122) and steals (63). He connected on 44.6 percent from the field, including 30.2 percent from 3-point range, and shot 70.5 percent from the line. With his 63 steals, he now ranks three times in the school’s Top 10 single season list.

 

Brown ranks among the all-time leaders in a number of categories, including third in field goals attempted (1,480), fourth in double-digit scoring games (89), fifth in scoring (1,751), field goals made (621) and 3-point field goals attempted (527), sixth in field goals made (621) and assists (341) and eighth in 3-point field goals (169), free throws made (340) and ninth in free throws attempted (486).

 

Wade, who missed 6 games due to injury, proved to one of the most valuable players in the Big 12, as the Wildcats went 20-5 in games in which he played, including 13-2 in league action. He averaged 12.9 points on 49.2 percent (122-of-248) shooting, including 41.8 percent (23-of-55) from 3-point range, and 78.9 percent (56-of-71) from the free throw line to go with a team-best 6.2 rebounds and 2.8 assists in 30.4 minutes per game. He ranked second on the team in scoring, double-digit scoring games (19) and 20-point games (four).

 

Wade became just the 10^th Wildcat to eclipse 1,500 career points, while he joined Boozer and McGruder, as the only players in school history to rank in the Top 10 in both career scoring (1,510/10^th) and rebounding (685/8^th). He also ranks among the career Top 10 in double-digit scoring games (81), field goals made (548) and starts (123).

 

The most unheralded of the senior class, Stokes played perhaps his best basketball of his career in the last month, averaging 13.1 points on 44.4 percent shooting (40-of-90), including 42.3 percent (22-of-52) from 3-point range, with 3.2 rebounds and 3.1 assists in the last 9 games. He was spectacular in his last home games, totaling a game-high 19 points to go with a game-high 6 assists and zero turnovers. For the season, he is averaging 10.8 points on 38.8 percent (107-of-276) shooting, including 36.8 percent (60-of-163) from 3-point range, with a team-high 102 assists. He has 100 or more assists in three consecutive seasons.

 

Stokes is just the third Wildcat to eclipse 400 career assists (407), while he became just the fourth player in school history to top 200 career 3-point field goals with his four triples in Saturday’s 68-53 win over Oklahoma.

 

One of four players to average double figures, Sneed averaged 10.3 points on 39.8 percent (104-of-261) shooting, including 35.3 percent (48-of-153) from 3-point range, to go with 5.4 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.4 steals in 30.6 minutes per game. He ranked second on the team in rebounding, steals and 3-point field goals.

 

Kansas State is the top seed at this week’s Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship at the Sprint Center in Kansas City and will play the winner of the first-round matchup between No. 8 seed TCU (19-12, 7-11 Big 12) and No. 9 seed Oklahoma State (12-19, 5-13 Big 12) at 1:30 p.m., CT on Thursday on ESPN or ESPN2.

 

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

 

 

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Peyton Williams scored 22 points, Rachel Ranke added 21 and fifth-seeded Kansas State won its sixth-straight, defending West Virginia 72-59 in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Conference tournament on Saturday.

Williams and Ranke both had critical 3-point plays in the fourth quarter, when Christianna Carr had two 3-pointers and the Wildcats’ defense limited the Mountaineers to 3-of-8 shooting and seven turnovers.

Kansas State faces top-seeded and top-ranked Baylor in Sunday’s semifinals.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Cutting through Baylor’s long zone defense, Kansas guard Ochai Agbaji came down with the ball in the low post double-teamed by a pair of Baylor defenders. The freshman quickly offloaded the ball to fellow freshman David McCormack, who slammed the ball home over the top of Baylor’s Freddie Gillespie.

The dunk was an early indication of the day McCormack would have, as the young forward continues to grow into Bill Self’s Kansas squad.

“He played terrific, I should have played him more. He was our best offensive player of the first half, and he made some good, strong moves,” Self said. “The first move he had he didn’t go to his left hand jump hook and ended up taking a good shot, but after that I thought he was really good.”

Dedric Lawson scored 23 points, including 11 of 12 from the free-throw line, to help No. 13 Kansas beat Baylor 78-70 Saturday and stay undefeated at home.

The performance came hours after Lawson was announced on the ballot for the John R. Wooden Award that goes to the nation’s outstanding college basketball player.

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Washburn Rural 45, Derby 40

Hays High School Athletic Director Lance Krannawitter confirmed Friday that varsity basketball coach Rick Keltner has resigned. Keltner informed his team on Friday afternoon of the decision.

Keltner has been the head coach for the Indians the past 34 years. He directed the team to a 453-291 record. Keltner started his career at St. John’s-Tipton and, including those seven seasons, amassed a 536-357 record.

The Indians had just seven seasons with a sub .500 record and only two since the 1999-2000 season. The team made six state tournaments under Keltner with a three fourth-place finishes and a one third.

Hays High will begin the search for a new coach immediately.

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