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Third quarter woes doom Blue Jays against Emporia

A shaky third quarter proved to be too much for the Junction City Blue Jays ( 10-10 ) to overcome in their 61-55 loss to the Emporia Spartans in Emporia Friday evening.

Junction City led 29-26 at halftime but in the third quarter the Spartans outscored Junction City 19-6 enroute to the win. Blue Jay coach Nick Perez referred to the play in that period. “We act like we haven’t seen a half court trap before. It’s just frustrating because you’ve got guys that have got to step up in the third quarter and we didn’t. ” Perez added it was frustrating for both him and the players, and the team played hard the entire game.

Junction City played without their leading scorer A.J. Dickerson, who was held out due to a knee injury. he has been averaging 20.5 points per game. It’s unknown if he will be able to play when the Blue Jays meet Lawrence Free State in the Class 6A Substate Tournament on Wednesday in Lawrence.

The Junction City Lady Jays had a tough time in Emporia Friday night, falling to the Spartans 52-13.

Junction City ( 0-20 ) will meet Wichita West in a Class 6A Substate Tournament play-in game at 6 p.m. Monday in Wichita.

High School basketball results

BOYS PREP BASKETBALL=

Abilene 51, Hays 43

BV Northwest 72, St. James Academy 36

Bishop Miege 58, BV West 33

Cornerstone Family 52, Faith Christian, Mo. 27

DeSoto 55, KC Turner 27

Emporia 61, Junction City 55

Erie 59, Neodesha 30

Fort Scott 75, Chanute 73

Hugoton 75, Ulysses 71

Jayhawk Linn 40, Uniontown 36

Jefferson North 68, Pleasant Ridge 61, OT

KC Piper 67, Eudora 44

Lansing 55, Shawnee Heights 47

Larned 67, Southwestern Hts. 51

Leavenworth 66, Basehor-Linwood 55

McLouth 40, Maur Hill – Mount Academy 34

Newton 70, Salina South 62

Northeast-Arma 67, Metro Academy 62

Olathe East 65, SM North 53

Paola 51, Louisburg 33

Parsons 64, Labette County 40

Spring Hill 51, Ottawa 21

Topeka Seaman 71, Topeka Hayden 46

Wabaunsee 69, Herington 24

Washburn Rural 52, Topeka West 41

Wellsville 77, Iola 62

Yates Center 49, Pleasanton 39

Class 1A Regional=

Semifinal=

Attica 60, Ashland 51

BV Randolph 59, Washington County 55

Berean Academy 57, Chase County 39

Burlingame 38, Centre 31

Caldwell 51, Norwich 23

Cedar Vale/Dexter Co-op 52, Burden Central 20

Central Plains 63, Victoria 18

Centralia 64, Axtell 55

Hanover 79, Clifton-Clyde 48

Hodgeman County 59, Pawnee Heights 48

Lebo 44, Rural Vista 41

Little River 65, Stafford 48

Macksville 69, Deerfield 46

Minneola 55, Moscow 46

Moundridge 42, Elyria Christian 41

Northern Valley 64, Rawlins County 55

Olpe 69, Southern Coffey 24

Osborne 71, Logan 52

Quinter 57, Dighton 44

Rock Hills 44, Glasco/Miltonvale-Southern Cloud 39

South Central 65, Kiowa County 50

South Gray 84, Fowler 36

St. Francis 52, Triplains-Brewster 41

St. John 58, Hutchinson Central Christian 25

St. John’s Beloit-Tipton 62, Solomon 43

St. Paul 49, Sedan 41

Stockton 71, Lakeside 47

Sylvan-Lucas 50, Wilson 43

Valley Falls 62, Wetmore 32

Wallace County 66, Greeley County 54

Waverly 47, Madison/Hamilton Co-op 38

Wichita Classical 53, Udall 41

GIRLS PREP BASKETBALL=

Abilene 52, Hays 40

BV North 45, St. Thomas Aquinas 43

Baldwin 60, Bonner Springs 30

Chanute 49, Fort Scott 32

DeSoto 45, KC Turner 14

DeSoto 45, KC Turner 14

Emporia 52, Junction City 13

Horton 51, Oskaloosa 43

KC Piper 48, Eudora 34

Larned 43, Southwestern Hts. 24

Leavenworth 66, Basehor-Linwood 55

Louisburg 54, Paola 48

McLouth 40, Maur Hill – Mount Academy 34

Newton 48, Salina South 9

Olathe East 54, SM North 23

Parsons 50, Labette County 33

Pleasant Ridge 43, Jefferson North 41, OT

Shawnee Heights 51, Lansing 49

St. Thomas Aquinas 54, BV North 48

Topeka Seaman 65, Topeka Hayden 38

Ulysses 63, Hugoton 33

Uniontown 55, Jayhawk Linn 44

Wabaunsee 70, Herington 33

Washburn Rural 66, Topeka West 32

Yates Center 48, Pleasanton 33

K-State to host Oklahoma State on Saturday

GAME 27

23/21 KANSAS STATE (20-6, 10-3 Big 12) vs. OKLAHOMA STATE (10-16, 3-10 Big 12)

Saturday, February 23, 2019 >> 3:05 p.m. CT >> Bramlage Coliseum (12,528) >> Manhattan, Kan.

 

PROMOTION

Throwback Game

The Wildcats will wear special lavender throwback uniforms, which were worn from 1973 to 1982 with the first 1,500 students receiving a purple Hipster Fanny Pack.

 

TICKETS

www.kstatesports.com/tickets

(800) 221.CATS [2287]

Single Game: $35 (bench & GA)/$75 (chairback)

 

COACHES

Kansas State: Bruce Weber (Wis.-Milwaukee ’78)

Overall: 458-241/21st season

At K-State: 145-86/7th season

  1. Oklahoma State: 10-5 (5-1 at home)

 

Oklahoma State: Mike Boynton, Jr. (South Carolina ’03)

Overall: 31-31/2nd Year

At Oklahoma State: 31-31/2nd Year

  1. Kansas State: 0-3 (0-1 on the road)

 

PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP

Kansas State (20-6, 10-3 Big 12)

G: #3 Kamau Stokes

G: #5 Barry Brown, Jr.

G/F: #20 Xavier Sneed

F: #32 Dean Wade

F: #14 Makol Mawien

 

Oklahoma State (10-16, 3-10 Big 12)

G: #4 Thomas Dziagwa

G: #13 Isaac Likekele

G: #21 Lindy Waters III

F: #12 Cameron McGriff

F: #14 Yor Anei

 

SERIES HISTORY

Overall: K-State leads 81-53

Current Streak: K-State, 3

In Manhattan: K-State leads 40-16

At Bramlage Coliseum: K-State leads 12-10

Last Meeting: W, 75-57, 2/2/19

Weber vs. Boynton, Jr.: 3-0 (1-0 at home)

 

OPENING TIP

  • No. 23/21 Kansas State (20-6, 10-3 Big 12) returns home this weekend, as the Wildcats host Oklahoma State (10-16, 3-10 Big 12) at Bramlage Coliseum. K-State used a near school-record 16 3-point field goals to down OSU, 75-57, in the first meeting on Feb. 2 at Gallagher-Iba Arena. The game will tip at 3:05 p.m., CT on ESPN2 with Chuckie Kempf (play-by-play) and Bryndon Manzer (analyst) on the call.
  • K-State enters Saturday’s game in first place in the Big 12, one game ahead of the second-place duo of No. 14/14 Texas Tech (21-5, 9-4 Big 12) and No. 12/12 Kansas (20-6, 9-4 Big 12) and two games ahead of the fourth-place tandem of No. 19/20 Iowa State (19-7, 8-5 Big 12) and Baylor (17-9, 8-5 Big 12). Seven Big 12 schools have at least 5 league wins with 5 games left in the regular season.
  • Saturday’s contest will be Throwback Day at Bramlage Coliseum, as K-State will wear special two-tone lavender throwback uniforms, which were worn from 1973 to 1982 and made famous by the Purple Pop-Gun tandem of Mike Evans and Chuckie Williams during the 1974-75 and 1975-76 seasons and commemorated by Rolando Blackman on the cover of Sports Illustrated after the 1981 upset of No. 1 Oregon State in the NCAA Tournament. Overall, the Wildcats posted an 186-81 (.697) record during the period of the uniform (1973-82), including an 85-41 mark in Big Eight play, winning the 1977 Big Eight regular-season title and the 1977 and 1980 Big Eight Tournament crowns to go with five NCAA Tournament appearances.
  • K-State bounced back from its first Big 12 loss in more than a month on Monday, as the Wildcats broke open a 42-all tie with a 19-2 run midway through the second half to extend their Big 12 road winning streak to 6 games with a 65-51 win at West Virginia. The victory gave K-State 20 wins for the fifth time in head coach Bruce Weber’s 7 seasons, including 10 in Big 12 play for the fourth time under Weber and in back-to-back seasons. The 6-game Big 12 road winning streak is the longest since also winning 6 from Jan. 16 to Feb. 23, 2010. Senior Barry Brown, Jr., paced three Wildcats in double figures with a game-high 21 points to go with game-highs in both assists (4) and steals (4) to help the Wildcats snap a 5-game skid at the WVU Coliseum and sweep the series from the Mountaineers for the first time since 2013.
  • Oklahoma State enters Saturday’s game with a momentum after ending a 5-game losing streak with a 68-61 win over TCU at home on Monday. The Big 12’s best 3-point shooting team knocked down 11 triples against the Horned Frogs and have 2 players among the league’s Top 5 in 3-point field goals made (Thomas Dziagwa [3.3 3FGM/1st] and Lindy Waters III [2.1 3FGM/5th]). Junior Cameron McGriff paces the Cowboys in both scoring (12.9 ppg.) and rebounding (7.5 rpg.).
  • K-State got back to its defensive ways against West Virginia on Monday, holding the Mountaineers to 51 points on 34.6 percent shooting, including 21.7 percent from 3-point range. The Wildcats have been one of the better defensive teams in the nation, allowing 59.8 points on 41.5 percent shooting, including 31.8 percent from 3-point range, and forcing opponents into 15.0 turnovers per game.

 

NOTES ON OKLAHOMA STATE

  • Oklahoma State (10-16, 3-10 Big 12) snapped a 5-game losing streak on Monday with a 68-61 win over TCU at Gallagher-Iba Arena. The Cowboys hit on 11 3-point field goals, including 6 from Big 12 leader Thomas Dziagwa, to even the season series with the Horned Frogs. Dziagwa paced 3 players in double figures with a game-high 23 points.
  • Oklahoma State is averaging 67.8 points on 42.5 percent shooting, including a Big 12-best 38.2 percent from 3-point range, to go with 34.6 rebounds, 13.3 assists, 5.8 steals and 4.1 blocks per game, while allowing 70.5 points on 42.4 percent shooting, including 34.9 percent from 3-point range. The team is connecting on 68.6 percent from the free throw line.
  • Oklahoma State averaging 64.2 points in Big 12 play on 40.2 percent shooting, including 37.6 percent from 3-point range, while allowing 71.5 points on 43.9 percent shooting, including 35.9 percent from 3-point range.
  • The Cowboys have 3 players averaging in double figures, including junior Cameron McGriff, who leads in both scoring (12.9 ppg.) and rebounding (7.5 rpg.). Juniors Lindy Waters III (12.0 ppg.) and Thomas Dziagwa (11.3 ppg.) also average double digits and have combined for 62 percent (139 of 224) of the team’s 3-point field goals. Dziagwa ranks first in the Big 12 with 3.3 3-point field goals per game, while Waters is fifth with 2.1 per contest. Freshman Isaac Likelele is averaging a team-best 3.7 assists per game to go with 8.3 points on 47 percent shooting and 4.6 rebounds per game.
  • Oklahoma State is led by head coach Mike Boynton, Jr., who has posted a 31-31 (.500) record in his second season, which includes a 21-win season and trip to the NIT quarterfinals in his inaugural season. Boynton has been an assistant coach at Coastal Carolina (2005-07), Wofford (2007-08), South Carolina (2008-13), Stephen F. Austin (2013-16) and OSU (2016-17).

 

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

Lady Jay bowling qualifies for state

The Junction City Lady Jay bowling team has qualified for the Class 6A State Tournament. They finished third in the Class 6A Regionals.

The top three teams at regional advance into the Class 6A State Tournament, which is scheduled at the North Rock Lanes in Wichita on March 1st.

According to Athletic Director Matt Westerhaus Savannah Adams placed sixth and Olivia Oliver tenth for Junction City at regional.

 

Blue Jay wrestling team headed to state

SIx Junction City Blue Jay wrestlers will compete in the Class 6A State Tournament on Friday and Saturday at Hartman Arena in Park City.

The opening ceremonies involving the Parade of Athletes begin at 9:45 a.m. Competition begins at 10 a.m.The tournament will resume Saturday morning at 9 a.m.

Wrestling at state for the Blue Jays are Terrance Adeleye at 195 pounds, C.J. Neuman at 152, Matthew Whitton 138 pounds, Zane Thornton 126, Sadiki Smith at 170 pounds and Blayne Danford at 120 pounds.

For Blue Jay head coach Bob Laster this will be his final tournament in the capacity. He is retiring at the end of the school year. Laster missed the regional tournament last week due to illness, but has returned and will be coaching this week.

High School basketball results

BOYS PREP BASKETBALL=

DeSoto 48, Lansing 42

Emporia 62, Manhattan 45

Hays 56, Dodge City 49

Lawrence 74, Olathe South 45

Seaman 67 Junction City 54

GIRLS PREP BASKETBALL=

Andale 70, Wellington 47

Andover 58, Arkansas City 55

BV North 65, Mill Valley 34

Burlington 57, Anderson County 38

Cheney 47, Wichita Independent 27

Conway Springs 44, Chaparral 28

DeSoto 53, Lansing 44

Hays 56, Dodge City 49

Hutchinson Trinity 59, Hays-TMP-Marian 37

Iola 46, Santa Fe Trail 39

Maize South 38, Goddard 36

Manhattan 34, Emporia 23

Medicine Lodge 55, Belle Plaine 41

Nickerson 69, Hillsboro 50

Olathe South 50, Lawrence 38

Pittsburg 52, Coffeyville 38

Salina Central 63, Andover Central 51

Salina Sacred Heart 51, Ellsworth 48

Scott City 49, Goodland 30

Wabaunsee 62, Silver Lake 30

Seaman 58 Junction City 20

Class 1A Regionals=

Semifinal=

Caldwell 40, South Haven 37

Central Plains 91, Victoria 31

Cunningham 46, Bucklin 34

Doniphan West 53, Troy 23

Frankfort 65, BV Randolph 47

Glasco/Miltonvale-Southern Cloud 43, Lincoln 37

Hutchinson Central Christian 41, St. John 32

Ingalls 59, Kinsley 46

Minneola 68, Satanta 47

Osborne 37, Lakeside 35

Quinter 45, Weskan 39

St. Paul 60, Cedar Vale/Dexter Co-op 28

Class 6A District 3=

Quarterfinal=

Waverly 57, Hartford 45

POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS=

Girard vs. Oswego, ccd.

Brown named semifinalist for Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Award

 

MANHATTAN, Kan. – Senior guard Barry Brown, Jr., has been named one of 10 semifinalists for the 2019 Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Award presented by Bona, as announced by the Atlanta Tipoff Club (Feb. 21).

 

Brown was one of two Big 12 players named as semifinalists, joining Texas Tech graduate transfer Tariq Owens. The other semifinalists include Gonzaga’s Brandon Clarke, Kentucky’s Ashton Hagans, Virginia’s De’Andre Hunter, Duke’s Tre Jones and Zion Williamson, Michigan’s Zavier Simpson, Washington’s Matisse Thybulle and Tennessee’s Grant Williams.

 

A 6-foot-3, 195-pound three-year lettermen from St. Petersburg, Florida, Brown currently captains the nation’s fourth-best scoring defense (59.8 ppg.). The Wildcats rank among the national leaders in several defensive categories and have held 14 of 26 opponents to 60 points or less this season.

 

The school’s all-time steals leader, Brown currently ranks seventh in Big 12 history with 240 steals, just seven behind Kansas’ Russell Robinson (2004-08) for sixth place. He needs 25 more steals to crack the Top 5.

 

Brown leads the Wildcats in a number of categories, including scoring (15.9 ppg.), 20-point games (7), double-figure scoring games (22), field goals made (154) and steals (51). He ranks among the career Top 10 in 14 different categories, including points (1,696/5th), double-digit scoring games (85, 6th), field goals made (603, 6th), field goals attempted (1,429, 5th), 3-point field goals made (167, 8th), 3-point field goals attempted (512, 6th), free throws attempts (464, 10th), assists (326, 7th), steals (240, 1st), consecutive games played (131/1st), consecutive starts (109, 2nd), games played (131, t-7th), starts (109, 7th) and minutes played (4,190/2nd).

 

The all-time leader in consecutive games played, Brown is one of just two Wildcats (Steve Henson) to eclipse 4,000 career minutes played, while his 4,190 career minutes rank eighth in Big 12 history.

 

No. 23/21 K-State (20-6, 10-3 Big 12) returns to Bramlage Coliseum on Saturday when the Wildcats host Oklahoma State (10-16, 3-10 Big 12) at 3 p.m., CT on ESPN2.

 

–www.kstatesports.com–

 

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

 

 

JCHS-Seaman basketball games re-scheduled

The Junction City High School girl’s and boy’s basketball games with Seaman High postponed last night due to hazardous winter weather have been rescheduled for tomorrow (Thursday) night, according to JCHS Athletic Director Matt Westerhaus.

Only the varsity games were rescheduled with the girl’s game tipping off at 6:30 p.m. and the boy’s game at 8 p.m.  Senior Night will be observed as part of the game festivities.

Both teams will turn around quickly making a road trip Friday night to play Emporia High School with the regular 6 p.m. girl’s start and the boy’s game following.

Basketball Substate Tournament pairings released

The Junction City Blue Jay boys basketball team ( 10-8 ) will play at Lawrence Free State ( 13-6 ) in round one of their Class 6A Substate Basketball Tournament Wednesday, February 27th. The other half of the bracket finds top seeded Topeka High ( 18-2 ) hosting the winner of a Saturday February 23rd play-in game between Derby and Wichita North.

The championship game will be Friday, March 1st on the court of the higher seeded team.

The Junction City Lady Jays ( 0-18 ) will play at Wichita West ( 3-17 ) on Monday February 25th at 6 p.m. in a play-in game for their Class 6A substate. The winner will advance into the four-team substate bracket against the top seed, Liberal on Thursday, February 28th in Liberal. The other side of the bracket finds Garden City playing Lawrence State. The tournament championship game will be Saturday, March 2nd on the court of the higher seeded team.

High School basketball results

^BOYS PREP BASKETBALL=

Abilene 46, Chapman 45

Anderson County 58, Santa Fe Trail 55

Andover Central 84, Andover 62

BV Southwest 51, Mill Valley 43

Baxter Springs 54, Riverton 50

Beloit 75, Smith Center 54

Bishop Miege 67, St. Thomas Aquinas 46

Central Heights 37, Lyndon 28

Cherryvale 75, Humboldt 74

DeSoto 58, Leavenworth 56

Ellis 42, Oakley 37

Eudora 66, Baldwin 50

Frontenac 65, Columbus 59

Galena 45, Southeast 42

Garden City 63, Liberal 58

Gardner-Edgerton 77, SM East 56

Goddard-Eisenhower 64, Maize South 60

Goessel 59, Canton-Galva 44

Hiawatha 60, Riverside 48

Holton 51, Jefferson West 49

Hugoton 64, Lakin 46

Independence 58, Labette County 36

Independence Home School 52, Kansas Deaf 27

Jackson Heights 50, Oskaloosa 47

KC Washington 51, Ottawa 46

Lansing 70, KC Turner 38

Lawrence 57, Olathe Northwest 40

Lawrence Free State 69, SM Northwest 63

Maur Hill – Mount Academy 69, Atchison County 26

McLouth 57, Pleasant Ridge 45

Metro Academy 63, Louisburg 60

Mulvane 63, Clearwater 57

Osawatomie 57, Prairie View 53

Pembroke Hill, Mo. 68, KC Bishop Ward 63

Perry-Lecompton 40, Osage City 37

Pittsburg Colgan 35, Girard 34

SM South 63, SM West 45

Sabetha 37, Nemaha Central 28

Silver Lake 69, Royal Valley 47

Southwestern Hts. 60, Cimarron 53

St. James Academy 43, Blue Valley 36

St. Mary’s 50, Wabaunsee 48

Stanton County 66, Sublette 36

Tonganoxie 83, Atchison 60

Topeka 60, Highland Park 39

Topeka Hayden 70, Topeka West 68

Washburn Rural 61, SM North 43

Wichita Bishop Carroll 62, Wichita Heights 42

Wichita Campus 66, Goddard 57

Wichita County 52, Syracuse 40

Wichita East 63, Wichita North 35

Wichita South 75, Wichita Southeast 71

^Class 1A Regional=

^Quarterfinal=

Ashland 61, Bucklin 42

Axtell 68, Doniphan West 20

BV Randolph 56, Wakefield 18

Centralia 43, Onaga 30

Centre 66, St. Xavier 44

Clifton-Clyde 68, Frankfort 39

Deerfield 58, Spearville 56, OT

Dighton 54, Western Plains-Healy 22

Fowler 77, Satanta 71

Glasco/Miltonvale-Southern Cloud 54, Tescott 16

Greeley County 45, Weskan 44

Hodgeman County 65, Ingalls 41

Lakeside 56, Palco 20

Logan 59, Thunder Ridge 44

Madison/Hamilton Co-op 70, Hartford 41

Moscow 64, Rolla 53

Moundridge 81, Flinthills 55

Pawnee Heights 56, Kinsley 50

Quinter 46, Wheatland-Grinnell 36

Rawlins County 60, Cheylin 42

Rock Hills 63, Lincoln 38

Solomon 47, Pike Valley 46

Southern Coffey 46, Crest 33

St. Paul 72, Altoona-Midway 53

Stockton 53, Hill City 50

Triplains-Brewster 63, Golden Plains 52

Victoria 61, Otis-Bison 47

Washington County 55, Linn 33

Waverly 70, Marmaton Valley 15

^POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS=

Attica vs. Cunningham, ppd.

Chanute vs. Paola, ccd.

Concordia vs. Clay Center, ccd.

Douglass vs. Garden Plain, ppd.

El Dorado vs. Buhler, ccd.

Emporia vs. Manhattan, ccd.

Haven vs. Smoky Valley, ccd.

Herington vs. Inman, ccd.

Hesston vs. Pratt, ccd.

Junction City vs. Topeka Seaman, ppd.

Marysville vs. Wamego, ccd.

Oswego vs. Pleasanton, ccd.

Rose Hill vs. Andale, ccd.

Southeast Saline vs. Republic County, ccd.

Wellsville vs. Iola, ppd.

West Franklin vs. Northern Heights, ppd.

Wichita Trinity vs. Kingman, ppd.

Winfield vs. Circle, ccd.

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