LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Devon Dotson drove through a crowd of West Virginia players, stopped in his tracks and passed the ball across the key, finding K.J. Lawson alone in the corner. Without hesitation, Lawson sunk his third 3-pointer of the game before running down the court celebrating with his brother, Dedric.

K.J. Lawson scored a season-high 15 points in 24 minutes, the first time he’s played more than 20 minutes since transferring from Memphis, and No. 14 Kansas beat the Mountaineers 78-53 on Saturday.

“I’m real happy for him, and it’s nice to see guys hang in there, and when their number is called they’re ready, and he’s been ready,” Kansas coach Bill Self said.

Dotson also scored 15 points and Dedric Lawson had 14 for the Jayhawks (20-6, 9-4 Big 12), who won their third straight as they continue to start four freshmen.

Lamont West and Chase Harler scored 11 points apiece for West Virginia (10-15, 2-10), which struggled without former starters Esa Ahmed and Wesley Harris, who were dismissed from the team earlier in the week for violating athletic department policies.

“One of the biggest things is those two guys rebounded it for us,” West Virginia coach Bob Huggins said.

Ahmed was averaging 12 points and 5.8 rebounds per game, while Harris was putting up 7.9 points and 4.5 rebounds. With the early-season injury to Sagaba Konate, the Mountaineers are now without three of their top four rebounders.

Kansas held West Virginia to a season-low 16 points at halftime, and the Mountaineers shot 33.9 percent for the game, including 3 of 23 from 3-point range. West Virginia didn’t reach double-digit scoring until 5:52 remained in the first half.

The Mountaineers finished with 24 turnovers. In West Virginia’s 65-64 win over Kansas in Morgantown on Jan. 19, the Mountaineers turned it over just 13 times.

“Just keeping a man in front, pressuring the ball, making it hard for making entry passes, make them pass the ball side to side,” Dotson said. “We put the pressure on them and I thought the bigs did a great job on cover today.”

Kansas held an opponent to 53 points or fewer for just the third time this season, and it was the first time the Jayhawks have kept a Big 12 opponent under 60 points.

The Jayhawks got the crowd excited with several flashy plays in the second half, including a fierce one-handed dunk by Ochai Agbaji. Fans at Allen Fieldhouse were also pleased to learn of No. 18 Kansas State’s 78-64 loss to No. 23 Iowa State as Kansas cruised through the final minutes.

Abilene 65, Clay Center 32

Anderson County 65, Iola 60

Ashland 56, Moscow 48

BV Randolph 49, Valley Heights 48

Bishop Miege 63, BV Southwest 43

Bishop Seabury Academy 64, Cornerstone Family 36

Centralia 62, Axtell 57

Chapman 57, Marysville 43

Frankfort 50, Linn 31

Humboldt 71, Fredonia 53

Jackson Heights 58, Pleasant Ridge 46

KC Harmon 81, KC Bishop Ward 58

Lawrence Free State 71, SM North 59

Maur Hill – Mount Academy 66, Jefferson North 46

Olathe South 63, Olathe East 59

Parsons 56, Independence 35

Pittsburg 59, Fort Scott 55

Pleasanton 69, Bronaugh, Mo. 33

Rock Hills 53, Thunder Ridge 47

Sylvan-Lucas 50, Lakeside 39

GIRLS PREP BASKETBALL=

Abilene 48, Clay Center 32

Ashland 39, Moscow 33

Centralia 51, Axtell 22

Doniphan West 60, Troy 21

Frankfort 60, Linn 26

Humboldt 54, Fredonia 24

Independence 53, Parsons 34

Iola 64, Anderson County 59

Jefferson North 64, Maur Hill – Mount Academy 17

KC Schlagle def. KC Washington, forfeit

Lawrence Free State 44, SM North 15

Lebo 36, Southern Coffey 33

Marysville 57, Chapman 46

Olathe East 52, Olathe South 45

Phillipsburg 59, Stockton 35

Pittsburg 49, Fort Scott 19

Pleasant Ridge 43, Jackson Heights 41

Pleasanton 50, Bronaugh, Mo. 35

Sylvan-Lucas 51, Lakeside 49, OT

Thunder Ridge 73, Rock Hills 16

Valley Heights 59, BV Randolph 31

The St. Xavier Rams ( 12-5 ) rolled to a 50-20 win over Flint Hills Christian on Senior Night at the Bradley Gym.

Coach A.J. Vinent noted the win sent the seniors out on the right note. “Some of them have been here since middle school, been playing here. So to get a win on their last night on their home floor is really nice.”

The seniors on the team include Jacob Keating, Damon Smith, Cameron Augustine, Jacob Berry and M. Park.

The Rams were in scoring by Damon Smith with 25 points.

Saint Xavier will now prepare to host a Class 1A Regional Tournament game Tuesday night against Lost Springs – Centre.

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — When top ranked Baylor is shooting well, they are hard for any team in the country to beat.

On Wednesday night, the Lady Bears shot 58 percent in a 71-48 win over Kansas State behind a double-double by Kalani Brown who had 12 points and 10 rebounds.

Chloe Jackson scored 16 points and No. 1 Baylor used a good shooting night and solid defense to rout Kansas State 71-48 on Wednesday night.

Juicy Landrum added 15 points, Lauren Cox 14 and Kalani Brown had 10 and 12 rebounds for the Lady Bears (22-1, 12-0 Big 12 Conference), who beat Kansas State for the 31st straight time. Baylor has also won 35 in a row in the regular season against Big 12 foes and 33 consecutive conference games on the road.

“My teammates made some good screens for me and got me open to help me score,” Landrum said.

Baylor dominated in almost all facets of the contest outrebounding the Wildcats 40-29, outscoring them 28-22 in the paint and had 15 more assists than K-State.

“We are big and long at a lot of positions, which helps us alter the shot by our presence,” Mulkey said. “I also thought we were really good at finding the open player. They decided they’d double team Kalani which left other’s open like Juicy and Chloe and they don’t know but we have others who can score, too.”

K-State shot 24 three-point shots, but only made four on the night after hitting 14 on Sunday in a win over Oklahoma.

“Defend the three,” Mulkey said about their game plan. “We knew they would shot it about 30 times and they almost did. We told our team to stay on the floor and don’t give up open looks. I thought we were outstanding to start the game and throughout defending the three ball.”

The Lady Bears jumped all over the Wildcats in the first quarter, outscoring them 21-9. They led 40-22 at the half as Baylor shot 17-for-28 from the field in the opening 20 minutes. Landrum had 12 of her points in the first half, making all five of her shots.

“Baylor did a lot of good things against us and we struggled all night,” Jeff Mittie said. “There just weren’t very good shots us available and we couldn’t spread the well enough. They had a good awareness of the players who were coming off good games so give them the credit.”

Baylor scored 19 points off turnovers and had six fast break points in the winning effort. The Lady Bears fast paced play is something that Mulkey does intentionally.

“We want to wear them down by running up and down the floor as much as we can,” she said. “We might not score every fast break opportunity we get, but they are going to get tired and hopefully miss shots later in the game because of it.”

Peyton Williams scored 11 points and Kayla Goth had 10 for Kansas State (15-10, 6-7).

Due to the forecast that includes possible snow and freezing rain on Friday the basketball games involving Marysville at Chapman are being moved up to Thursday night.

Chapman Athletic Director Clint Merritt reported that the junior varsity boys game will begin at 5:45 p.m. followed by the junior varsity girls.  The varsity girls game will be played at 6 p.m. followed by the varsity boys.

The C team boys and girls games have been cancelled.

The Stone Cold Foxes red vs. black interleague bout is scheduled Saturday at 7 p.m. at Spin City just off South Washington Street in Junction City.

Doors open at 6:15 p.m. Advance tickets are $10, at the door $12 and children’s tickets are $5.

BOYS PREP BASKETBALL=

Abilene 62, Hays 48

Altoona-Midway 73, Uniontown 64

Andale 41, Wichita Collegiate 31

Andover 63, Valley Center 52

Ashland 80, Rolla 33

Attica 44, Stafford 41

Augusta 68, Circle 57

BV North 59, St. James Academy 49

BV Northwest 77, Mill Valley 52

BV Randolph 70, Centralia 65

BV West 48, BV Southwest 43

Basehor-Linwood 58, DeSoto 29

Baxter Springs 65, Columbus 43

Belle Plaine 74, Chaparral 48

Beloit 62, Salina Sacred Heart 40

Berean Academy 70, Bennington 32

Bishop Miege 56, Blue Valley 47

Bonner Springs 67, KC Piper 60

Burlingame 51, Mission Valley 26

Burlington 60, Santa Fe Trail 57

Caldwell 68, Udall 35

Cedar Vale/Dexter 45, West Elk 32

Central Heights 60, Anderson County 53

Central Plains 62, Ness City 45

Chapman 62, Rock Creek 55

Cheney 49, Kingman 32

Cherryvale 72, Fredonia 56

Chetopa 62, Marmaton Valley 31

Colby 70, Goodland 45

Conway Springs 46, Douglass 33

Cornerstone Family 57, Manhattan CHIEF 52

El Dorado 56, Winfield 39

Ellsworth 55, Southeast Saline 34

Erie 67, Eureka 62

Flinthills 40, Oxford 37

Frankfort 59, Onaga 22

Galena 58, Riverton 51

Garden City 63, Dodge City 62

Garden Plain 68, Wichita Independent 61

Gardner-Edgerton 47, Olathe Northwest 36

Girard 60, Frontenac 57, 4OT

Goddard 57, Arkansas City 54

Goessel 57, Wichita Classical 51, 2OT

Great Bend 60, Hays-TMP-Marian 40

Halstead 57, Pratt 21

Haven 60, Lyons 31

Highland Park 52, Topeka Hayden 47

Hill City 76, Logan 47

Hillsboro 62, Hoisington 52

Hodgeman County 61, Ingalls 47

Holton 51, Hiawatha 45

Hoxie 54, Norton 53

Hugoton 74, Holcomb 36

Humboldt 68, Bluestem 47

Hutchinson Central Christian 55, Pretty Prairie 36

Hutchinson Trinity 49, Sedgwick 26

Iola 77, Osawatomie 53

KC Harmon 54, KC Washington 43

KC Wyandotte 67, KC Sumner 63

Lakeside 63, Wilson 56

Lakin 71, Elkhart 47

Larned 64, Hesston 57

Lawrence 89, SM Northwest 56

Leavenworth 56, Olathe South 51

Liberal 63, Cimarron 49

Little River 74, Pawnee Heights 46

Louisburg 49, Eudora 39

Macksville 71, Otis-Bison 52

Madison/Hamilton 43, Chase County 30

Maize 62, Hutchinson 45

Maize South 70, Andover Central 66

Marion 60, Remington 56, OT

McLouth 68, Atchison County 44

McPherson 53, Buhler 34

Minneapolis 59, Republic County 23

Moundridge 77, Ell-Saline 49

Mulvane 74, Wellington 71

Natoma 72, St. Xavier 48

Nemaha Central 51, Jefferson West 36

Nickerson 63, Smoky Valley 30

Oakley 67, Quinter 37

Olathe North 63, Olathe East 60

Olathe West 66, Lawrence Free State 58

Olpe 67, Northern Heights 54

Osborne 56, Sylvan-Lucas 38

Ottawa 61, Paola 38

Perry-Lecompton 46, Sabetha 44

Phillipsburg 56, Concordia 54

Pittsburg Colgan 57, Maranatha Academy 41

Pleasanton 40, Jayhawk Linn 33

Pratt Skyline 83, Burrton 46

Rawlins County 67, Golden Plains 53

Riley County 55, Council Grove 27

Rockhurst, Mo. 49, St. Thomas Aquinas 37

Rose Hill 55, Clearwater 27

Rural Vista 64, Hartford 32

SM East 59, SM West 55, OT

SM South 75, SM North 54

Salina Central 61, Derby 40

Salina South 67, Goddard-Eisenhower 63

Sedan 55, Burden Central 27

Shawnee Heights 65, KC Turner 23

Silver Lake 73, Pleasant Ridge 50

Smith Center 79, Russell 57

Solomon 49, Herington 36

Southeast 44, Crest 39

Southwestern Hts. 62, Meade 41

Spearville 52, Minneola 39

St. Francis 61, Cheylin 47

St. John 57, South Central 51

St. John’s Beloit-Tipton 68, Pike Valley 44

St. Mary’s Academy 45, St. John’s Military 32

St. Paul 64, Oswego 42

Stockton 66, La Crosse 49

Sublette 73, South Gray 37

Topeka 75, Emporia 66

Topeka Seaman 61, Topeka West 58, 2OT

Ulysses 51, Scott City 43

Valley Heights 68, Clifton-Clyde 65

Victoria 62, Kinsley 41

Wabaunsee 54, Rossville 45

Wallace County 50, Syracuse 31

Wamego 59, Clay Center 52, OT

Washburn Rural 54, Manhattan 34

Wellsville 80, Baldwin 52

West Franklin 60, Marais des Cygnes Valley 45

Wetmore 48, Doniphan West 39

Wichita Bishop Carroll 52, Kapaun Mount Carmel 40

Wichita Campus 61, Newton 45

Wichita East 81, Wichita Northwest 59

Wichita South 75, Wichita North 54

Wichita Southeast 72, Wichita Heights 64

Wichita Trinity 71, Medicine Lodge 49

Yates Center 65, Northeast-Arma 53

POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS=

Royal Valley vs. Riverside, ppd.

Troy vs. Axtell, ppd.

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Abilene 62, Hays 48

Anderson County 55, Central Heights 25

Andover 40, Valley Center 32

Atchison County 34, McLouth 26

Attica/Argonia 55, Stafford 34

BV Northwest 49, Mill Valley 38

Baldwin 59, Wellsville 37

Baxter Springs 53, Columbus 52, OT

Belle Plaine 47, Chaparral 45

Beloit 46, Salina Sacred Heart 44

Berean Academy 42, Bennington 32

Burlingame 48, Mission Valley 40

Burlington 51, Santa Fe Trail 30

Caldwell 55, Udall 39

Caney Valley 71, Dewey, Okla. 53

Central Plains 91, Ness City 9

Centralia 69, BV Randolph 50

Centre 60, Canton-Galva 48

Chase County 57, Madison/Hamilton 28

Cheney 56, Kingman 16

Cherryvale 54, Fredonia 44

Chetopa 40, Marmaton Valley 28

Circle 36, Augusta 28

Clay Center 43, Wamego 37

Colby 32, Goodland 30

Conway Springs 46, Douglass 35

Cornerstone Family 37, Manhattan CHIEF 31

Crest 54, Southeast 52, OT

Cristo Rey, Mo. 19, KC Washington 10

DeSoto 52, Basehor-Linwood 49

Derby 64, Salina Central 30

Doniphan West 57, Wetmore 43

Ellsworth 43, Southeast Saline 39

Eureka 52, Erie 37

Fairfield 48, South Barber 44

Flinthills 39, Oxford 22

Frankfort 48, Onaga 12

Frontenac 56, Girard 45

Galena 42, Riverton 24

Garden City 46, Dodge City 40

Garden Plain 43, Wichita Independent 23

Goddard 63, Arkansas City 30

Goddard-Eisenhower 63, Salina South 35

Golden Plains 45, Rawlins County 14

Hanover 64, Washington County 33

Haven 58, Lyons 33

Hays-TMP-Marian 59, Great Bend 49

Herington 48, Solomon 41, OT

Hesston 39, Larned 32

Hill City 50, Logan 42

Hillsboro 43, Hoisington 31

Holton 34, Hiawatha 20

Hugoton 61, Holcomb 43

Humboldt 55, Bluestem 45

Hutchinson Central Christian 48, Pretty Prairie 29

Hutchinson Trinity 47, Sedgwick 32

Iola 43, Osawatomie 20

Jefferson West 57, Nemaha Central 42

KC Bishop Ward 46, Tonganoxie 32

KC Piper 75, Bonner Springs 20

KC Schlagle 69, Atchison 28

Kinsley 56, Victoria 39

Lakeside 50, Wilson 31

Lakin 54, Elkhart 53

Lawrence Free State 63, Olathe West 53

Liberal 60, Cimarron, Okla. 35

Little River 61, Pawnee Heights 39

Lutheran (Kansas City), Mo. 48, Heritage Christian 36

Maize 47, Hutchinson 25

Maize South 55, Andover Central 44

McPherson 62, Buhler 27

Minneapolis 54, Republic County 48

Moundridge 54, Ell-Saline 38

Newton 47, Wichita Campus 44

Nickerson 68, Smoky Valley 44

Norton 59, Hoxie 20

Oakley 53, Quinter 29

Oberlin-Decatur 40, Wheatland-Grinnell 39

Olathe East 37, Olathe North 33

Olathe South 59, Leavenworth 50

Olpe 64, Northern Heights 55

Otis-Bison 55, Macksville 23

Paola 52, Ottawa 37

Phillipsburg 55, Concordia 46

Plainville 67, Ellinwood 55

Pleasant Ridge 61, Silver Lake 57

Pratt 44, Halstead 36

Pratt Skyline 46, Burrton 28

Remington 50, Marion 39

Riley County 52, Council Grove 36

Rock Creek 52, Chapman 47

Rose Hill 46, Clearwater 8

Rural Vista 47, Hartford 14

Russell 49, Smith Center 45

SM Northwest 35, Lawrence 25

Sabetha 40, Perry-Lecompton 25

Sedan 40, Burden Central 36

Shawnee Heights 61, KC Turner 28

South Central 53, St. John 31

South Gray 50, Sublette 30

Spearville 54, Minneola 32

St. Francis 47, Cheylin 38

St. John’s Beloit-Tipton 54, Pike Valley 32

St. Paul 39, Oswego 32

St. Thomas Aquinas 55, St. Teresa’s Academy, Mo. 22

Stanton County 54, Wichita County 29

Sterling 37, Inman 30

Stockton 56, La Crosse 24

Sylvan-Lucas 57, Osborne 44

Syracuse 49, Wallace County 43

Thunder Ridge 56, Lincoln 13

Topeka 62, Emporia 33

Topeka Hayden 75, Highland Park 70

Topeka Seaman 58, Topeka West 28

Trego 51, Ellis 48

Ulysses 51, Scott City 34

Uniontown 65, Altoona-Midway 20

Valley Heights 47, Clifton-Clyde 30

Wabaunsee 58, Rossville 36

Washburn Rural 54, Manhattan 51

Waverly 49, Lyndon 29

Wellington 54, Mulvane 41

West Elk 63, Cedar Vale/Dexter 24

West Franklin 55, Marais des Cygnes Valley 32

Wichita Bishop Carroll 54, Kapaun Mount Carmel 34

Wichita Classical 37, Goessel 29

Wichita Collegiate 39, Andale 34

Wichita Northwest 49, Wichita East 40

Wichita South 55, Wichita North 17

Wichita Sunrise 53, Wichita Home School 38

Wichita Trinity 71, Medicine Lodge 56

Winfield 52, El Dorado 37

Yates Center 67, Northeast-Arma 43

POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS=

Horton vs. Jefferson North, ppd.

Royal Valley vs. Riverside, ppd.

Troy vs. Axtell, ppd.

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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Kansas State ranks among the best in college basketball on defense, so the Wildcats’ are not generally cited for lack of toughness.

But that’s what their coach, Bruce Weber, did after a 67-47 loss to Texas in the Big 12 opener on Jan. 2. Nevermind that two Kansas State starters, Dean Wade and Kamau Stokes, missed the game with injuries.

“The first game we were so soft,” Weber said. “I don’t care who’s in the game. it obviously makes a difference offensively, but it shouldn’t defensively.”

Weber didn’t question his Wildcats’ grit after the rematch.

Barry Brown and Xavier Sneed each scored 16 points, and No. 18 Kansas State beat Texas 71-64 Tuesday night for its ninth straight Big 12 victory.

Three other Wildcats scored in double figures, Wade with 12 points, and Stokes and Makol Mawien with 11 apiece.

“A lot of positive things,” Weber said. “No doubt.”

Kerwin Roach led Texas with 17 points – and six turnovers — and Courtney Ramey added 10.

Kansas State (19-5, 9-2 in Big 12) converted nearly 55 percent of its field goal attempts, including 56.5 in the second half. The Wildcats limited Texas to 30 percent shooting in the second half after the Longhorns hit 55.6 in the first half.

The Wildcats accomplished that by shifting from their staple, man-to-man defense, to a zone for parts of the second half.

The Longhorns (14-11, 6-6), who scored 24 points in the paint in the first, had just eight after the break, the zone defense making it more difficult for them to access the basket. Instead, Texas launched 11 3-pointers, hitting two. Roach scored only three in the second half after hard drives to the basket produced 14 points on layups and free throws in the first half.

“Our guys have been pretty good against zone of late,” Texas coach Shaka Smart said. “But it got our guys on their heels.”

The Wildcats made runs of 8-0 and 9-0 in the second half before seven minutes were gone, the latter giving them a seven-point lead. Even so, they could not shake Texas. A long 3-pointer by Stokes with 4:30 left gave them their second seven-point lead of the half.

Texas, trying to cut the deficit to two with 3:02 left, used too much of the 30-second shot clock, Jaxson Hayes’ basket ruled to be too late after the officials went to replay.

Sneed, a junior, and Brown, a senior, combined to make four free throws during the final 1:26.

“We’re an experienced team,” Brown said. “Experience allowed us to stay poised.”

BIG PICTURE

Kansas State: The Wildcats maintained their hold on first place in the Big 12 standings. One reason is a 5-1 record on the road in conference games, an area in which they have improved the last three seasons. They are 13-11 in Big 12 road games since the beginning of 2016-17. In the previous two seasons they were 2-16 in Big 12 road games. Kansas State did get a break when Baylor was missing two starting guards, including leading scorer Makai Mason, on Saturday.

Texas: The Longhorns, a really poor 3-point shooting team earlier in the season, have recently improved, but they still ranked only 227th nationally before Tuesday with 33.4 percent accuracy. They made 17 of 43 (39.5 percent) in two games before facing Kansas State, so perhaps they were due for a bad game. They had one, hitting 4 of 19 against the Wildcats.

MISSING WILDCAT

Kansas State played without guard Cartier Diarra, its top reserve who recently suffered a broken finger on his shooting hand that will require surgery. He’s out indefinitely.

“A freak accident,” Weber said without elaborating.

MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State running back Mike McCoy announced today that he is medically retiring from football due to lingering injury issues. Despite his retirement, McCoy will remain on scholarship and will be involved with the Wildcat football program in a capacity to be determined.

 

“I want to thank God, my family, my teammates and fans for all the support throughout my sports career. I love my teammates and all the people I met throughout this journey,” McCoy said. “I also want to thank Coach Klieman and his staff for giving me the opportunity for my next journey. It hurts not being able to play anymore, but I’m going to trust God’s plan that He’ll be with me every step of the way in my new path!”

 

A product of Topeka, Kansas, McCoy played in three games during his redshirt freshman campaign of 2017, totaling 55 yards on 10 carries. He notched a season-high 33 yards with a 15-yard touchdown against Charlotte, a run in which he ran over a 49er safety on his way to the end zone. He also rushed four times for 14 yards against Central Arkansas and twice for eight yards in the Cactus Bowl win over UCLA.

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AUSTIN, Texas – Sophomore guard Cartier Diarra sustained a hand injury that will require surgery and will be out for an undetermined period of time, head coachBruce Weber announced today (February 12).

 

Diarra did not make the trip to Austin, Texas, where the Wildcats face Texas (14-10, 6-5 Big 12) tonight at 8 p.m., CT at the Frank Erwin Center.

 

“Obviously I’m disappointed for Cartier and his family,” said head coach Bruce Weber. “He has worked hard on the court this year and I know he will work equally hard to come back strong. Our team has faced adversity many times this season and this is just another hurdle they must climb.”

 

A reserve in all 23 games with 7 starts, Diarra has averaged 6.3 points on 39.5 percent shooting (45-of-114), including 32.8 percent (20-of-61) from 3-point range, to go with 3.2 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.0 steals in 25.0 minutes per game.

 

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