Saturday Boys Scores

Liberal 54 Great Bend 42

Friday Boys Scores

Dodge City 45 Great Bend 33

Hoisington 38 Hutch Trinity 37

Ell-Saline 50 Ellinwood 32

Larned 72 Ellsworth 65

Macksville 56 St. John 55

Central Plains 60 Kinsley 46

Attica 73 Stafford 61

SE Saline 51 Russell 32

Wilson 66 Southern Cloud 42

Garden City 55 Hays 49

TMP 63 Cimarron 55

Inman 36 Little River 33

Newton 55 Salina Central 53

Goddard Eisenhower 76 McPherson 60

Pratt 49 Hesston 33

Smoky Valley 56 Sterling 53

Nickerson 46 Lyons 44

Saturday Girls Scores

Great Bend 52 Liberal 41

Friday Girls Scores

Dodge City 47 Great Bend 35

Hoisington 26 Hutch Trinity 21

Ell-Salina 52 Ellinwood 42

Ellsworth 42 Larned 33

St. John 59 Macksville 26

Central Plains 55 Kinsley 54

Russell 60 SE Saline 58

Victoria 42 Ness City 40

Hays 48 Garden City 43

TMP 43 Cimarron 36

Salina Central 48 Newton 45

Hesston 44 Pratt 40

Sterling 51 Smoky Valley 44

The Hutchinson Blue Dragons started the second half on a 23-4 run and went on to beat 19^th ranked Barton Saturday night 71-60 at the Sports Arena.  With the loss, Barton (22-5 8-5) dropped into 3^rd place in the Jayhawk West behind the Blue Dragons who won their 7^th straight game and improved to 8-4 in the West.

Hutchinson’s (21-5 8-4) big second half run came after a strange halftime that included a 20 minute halftime ceremony and then an additional 20 minute delay after a malfunction with the shot clock.  Workers changed out the shot clock, but after the work was done the two teams had waited 40 minutes since the first half ended. That was the end for the Cougars.

Tied at 29-29, Hutch scored 9 straight points to take a 38-29 lead.  They would increase the lead to 52-33 and that was just too much for Barton to overcome.  The Cougars did cut the lead to 7 at 67-60 but the Blue Dragons were never seriously threatened.

Dwayne Brunson led Barton with 23 points and 17 rebounds.  Alex Davis had 18 points and 9 rebounds for Hutch who avenged a 22 point loss to the Cougars in Great Bend back in January.

Barton will now fall out of the top 20 for the first time since early in the season after going 2-3 over their last 5 games.  They now get a week off before hosting Colby Saturday.

#2 Hutchinson 59 Lady Cougars 44

Barton fell behind early 13-2, then played the number 2 ranked team in the country almost even the rest of the way in losing 59-44.

Unbeaten Hutch (25-0 12-0) struggled all night to solve the Lady Cougars zone defense, but Barton didn’t have enough offense to pull off the upset.  Barton (16-11 6-7) shot just 23% from the field and turned the ball over 18 times compared to just 7 for the Blue Dragons but still found a way to stay in the game throughout.

Sophomore Netanya Jackson scored 14 points with 11 rebounds for her second straight double-double to lead the Lady Cougars.  Laura Patrick paced Hutch with 17.

Barton hosts Colby on Saturday.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP)—Kansas had built such a big lead and was playing so well, Bill Self had no qualms about using only a few seconds of a timeout before sending his guys back onto the floor.

Then the coach caught Thomas Robinson giggling with his teammates while watching as a humorous clip starring the junior forward played on the video screens. Even the referees were smiling as they watched, and Self knew his team had lost its focus.

“I think it’s human nature,” Self said, “and we’ve shown over time that we’re not the most mature team or handle maturity that well.”

They still managed to handle Texas Tech just fine.

Robinson finished with 16 points and eight rebounds to lead a balanced attack, and the No. 4 Jayhawks emptied their bench early in an 83-50 victory Saturday night.

Travis Releford added 12 points and six others scored at least nine for the Jayhawks (22-5, 12-2), who built a 44-22 lead by halftime and then cruised over the final 20 minutes as they moved back into a tie with Missouri for first place in the Big 12.

“It’s more difficult when you’re up by a lot more. We had an issue with that today and with Oklahoma State,” said Connor Teahan, who had 11 points for the Jayhawks. “When it comes down to it, you have to respect your opponent, and I think toward the end we did that.”

Kansas shot 56 percent from the field, including a 9-for-15 clip from beyond the arc, while forcing 20 turnovers and turning them into 24 points.

Javarez Willis had 17 points to lead the Red Raiders (8-18, 1-13). Freshman forward Jordan Tolbert added 12 points and Ty Nurse finished with 11.

“Just a good performance by Kansas, and a good whipping we took by a very, very good team,” Red Raiders coach Billy Gillispie said. “We had a few good moments, we just made too many mistakes offensively and defensively to be in the game with them.”

Texas Tech still has not won a Big 12 road game this season, although losing at Allen Fieldhouse is hardly shameful. Kansas has won 20 straight in its venerable gym, the sixth-best streak in the nation. The Red Raiders are winless in 12 tries there.

The Jayhawks cruised to an 81-46 victory over Texas Tech when the two teams met Jan. 11 in Lubbock, their most lopsided Big 12 road win under Self.

They had just as easy of a time at home.

From the moment Elijah Johnson made a scooping reverse layup in the opening minute, to the back-to-back baskets by Robinson and Tyshawn Taylor that gave the Jayhawks a 14-7 lead just after the first media timeout, the outcome of the game was never really in doubt.

Gillispie may have sensed it, too.

Texas Tech’s coach was hit with a technical foul with 12:42 remaining in the half, and Jeff Withey made both free throws as the lead grew to 19-7. Reserve guard Naadir Tharpe even got into the act, burying a 3-pointer as the shot clock wound down to push the lead to 15.

It was all part of an 18-2 run by the Jayhawks, the only bucket for the Red Raiders over a span of nearly nine minutes coming from Nurse, who had all of his points in the first half.

“They’re a physical team and we just weren’t physical enough,” he said. “We didn’t pursue the ball hard enough. The person that wants it more is going to get it. They just played harder.”

The Red Raiders only made seven field goals in the first stanza, were outrebounded 20-9 by the bigger, stronger Jayhawks, and failed to score a single second-chance point.

Kansas had built a 30-9 lead by the time Self started to substitute liberally midway through the first half, trying to build some confidence in his bench for the stretch run. He often relies on seven regulars, but eight different players scored in the first half alone.

Just about the only thing that didn’t go right was a power surge that knocked out juice to a couple of concessions stands and prevented school officials from playing the historic montage on the big screen during player introductions. But even that was resolved in the first half, and the fixture was played prior to the start of the second half, working the crowd into frenzy.

“That was kind of a downer to me,” Self said. “I look forward to that every time.”

Kansas struggled early in the second half before finally getting back to speed, spending the final 20 minutes tuning up for what should be a critical week.

Missouri (25-2) hosts Kansas State on Tuesday, while the Jayhawks travel to Texas A&M on Wednesday, and then the bitter rivals collide at Allen Fieldhouse next Saturday in what should ultimately decide the regular-season conference champion.

The Jayhawks have won four straight since falling at Missouri on Feb. 4.

“If you work your tail off all year long to put yourself in good position, how can you look past anybody when you can see the light at the end of the tunnel?” Self said. “Everybody will talk about that game, but I guarantee we won’t even mention it until Thursday or Wednesday night.”

WACO, Texas (AP)—Angel Rodriguez is still making plenty of mistakes at Kansas State. The freshman guard is obviously learning and doing a lot to make up for them.

Despite a potentially costly turnover in the final seconds, Rodriguez had 15 points, six assists and a key steal for the Wildcats in their 57-56 win at No. 9 Baylor on Saturday.

“He’s continued to learn, continued to battle. You came here because you’re about the things we’re about,” coach Frank Martin said. “Continue to have confidence. Understand that we have confidence in you. Your teammates love you. It’s going to be all right.”

Rodriguez was coming off a game with seven turnovers and no points in a loss to No. 4 Kansas. And in a home game against Baylor last month, he had two turnovers in a 13-second span late that led to consecutive fastbreak baskets by the Bears that put them ahead to stay.

“Of course, (I) needed to bounce back after that game,” Rodriguez said. “Focused and ready to play. … Always try to stay positive.”

Pierre Jackson drove around Rodriguez to open Saturday’s game with a layup for Baylor, then had two of his four turnovers in the opening minute.

With 5 1/2 minutes left, Rodriguez missed a shot. Quincy Miller grabbed the rebound, but Rodriguez reached around and tied up the ball, getting credit for a steal with the possession arrow pointing to Kansas State (18-8, 7-7 Big 12).

Rodriguez then had an assist with a lob pass to Jordan Henriquez, who grabbed the ball in the air between defenders and flipped it in while being fouled. Henriquez added the free throw to put the Wildcats ahead 52-51.

Kansas State trailed only one more time, but for only 15 seconds before Henriquez had a dunk with 1:55 left.

Rodriguez had an apparent breakaway layup with 13 seconds left after a turnover by Jackson. But Rodriguez was called for traveling, wiping out the basket and giving the Bears one more chance.

Rodney McGruder also had 15 points for the Wildcats, who had lost their previous two games and play Tuesday at No. 3 Missouri. Henriquez finished with nine points and seven rebounds.

Quincy Acy led Baylor (22-5, 9-5) with 14 points while Brady Heslip had 13. Miller had 12 points and 11 rebounds.

After Rodriguez traveled, Jackson worked the ball up the court for Baylor and got it inside to Miller, who was surrounded as he tried to get off a game-winning shot. Henriquez was credited with a blocked shot as time expired.

“Pierre all year long has created at the end,” Baylor coach Scott Drew said. “He found Miller, and Miller’s usually efficient from down there. So it was a good pass, a good play, and normally you like your chances with the ball right there at the end of the game.”

The Wildcats held on to win after a wild closing sequence.

“Oh, it’s awesome. These guys, they come in and don’t let things get them down,” Martin said. “Somebody said to me the other day, you don’t seem as animated on the sideline. What should I be animated about? These guys are trying their hearts out.”

After Jamar Samuels missed a 3-pointer for Kansas State, Jackson was scrambling for the rebound and falling out of bounds when he threw the ball off Henriquez to keep possession for Baylor with 2:25 left.

Jackson hit a 3-pointer to put Baylor up 56-55, but the Wildcats quickly regained the lead on the dunk by Henriquez.

On the next Baylor possession, Acy was driving for a layup when he was apparently hit from behind and knocked to the ground. Even though Acy and a defender were sprawled on the court, no foul was called and K-State had the ball.

Acy said he felt like he was pushed by two defenders on the play.

Kansas State came up empty on its next chance, and Jackson got the ball before throwing it to McGruder. He passed ahead to Rodriguez, who took an extra step before going up for his layup.

Kansas State didn’t lead until Rodriguez had a layup and two assists in a 7-0 spurt in a 65-second span by the Wildcats late in the first half.

“I think he controlled the tempo,” Drew said. “He got the ball where it needed to be.”

Baylor’s only other losses this season were to Kansas and Missouri, the Big 12 co-leaders going into Saturday’s games.

The Bears opened the second half with Heslip making three 3-pointers in the first 2:32—the Bears had none in the first half—to go up 39-35.

Kansas State regained the lead when Acy inadvertently knocked the ball in while he and Samuels were going for a rebound. That put the Wildcats up 41-40 with 14 minutes left and was among 12 lead changes after halftime.

DAVIDSON, N.C. (AP)—Joe Ragland wasn’t perfect. The Wichita State guard, however, was pretty close.

Ragland turned in one of the best games of his college career Saturday, scoring 30 points on 11 of 14 shooting and No. 24 Wichita State shot 80 percent in the second half to break open a tight game and beat Davidson 91-74.

Ragland hit all but one of his four 3-point attempts and made all five free throws. The senior finished one point shy of his career high set earlier this season against UNLV.

“How about 30 points on 14 shots?” Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall said. “You talk about efficiency. That was one of our keys—being efficient on offense. I guess the only thing he could do better was be absolutely perfect. But 30 points? I should have played him more, I guess.”

Ragland said he was feeding off his teammates’ talents.

“Those guys demand a lot of attention from the defense and I’m able to get open,” he said. “I’ve worked on my game enough to make the defense pay every time I’m wide open. I had a lot of wide open opportunities tonight. I was able to get into the lane.”

Said Davidson coach Bob McKillop: “He didn’t miss too many shots. He threatened you from 3-point land. He threatened you from the drive. He threatened you in transition and in half court. He did a nice job of controlling the offense. He was sensational.”

It was Marshall’s 300th career victory as a coach. He won 194 of those about 35 miles down the road at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, S.C., so the victory was extra special. But Marshall didn’t want to talk about that milestone, instead wanting to focus on what the win meant for his team.

Wichita State came into the game ranked in the top 25 this week for the first time since 2006. The school will likely to move up in the polls with a few teams in the lower half of the top 25 losing this week.

“This gives us a quality win and will enable us to move up… if not the top 15, then the top 20,” Williams said. “Hopefully this gets us into the (NCAA) tournament.”

Toure’ Murry scored 16 points and Carl Hall added 13 points off the bench for the Shockers (24-4), who’ve won 22 of 24. Seven-foot Center Garrett Stutz, the Shockers’ leader scorer this season, had eight points.

Despite persistent foul trouble that allowed him to play only 19 minutes, Jake Cohen scored 25 points on 10-of-14 shooting to lead Davidson (20-7). Chris Czerapowicz had 17 points and Nic Cochran finished with 16 for the Wildcats.

Wichita State led 39-38 at the break, but hit 20 of 25 shots in the second half, many of those on easy transition baskets and drives to the lane.

The turning point came six minutes into the second half. With Wichita State leading 51-50, Hall hit a shot in the lane and the Wildcats seemed to fall apart on offense. The Shockers got three easy transition baskets by Murry, David Kyles and Demetric Williams, allowing the Shockers to open a nine-point lead.

About a minute later Cohen, who played only seven minutes in the first half, picked up his fourth foul. The Shockers soon stretched their wings—and their lead—opening a 23-point margin. Davidson made a run to get it down to 11, but it was too late.

“We got out of sync and we took some bad shots and that leads to easy run-outs and bad defense during about that eight-minute stretch,” said Cohen. “So that is something we have to look at going forward. Our consistency in that eight-minute stretch. They are a good transition team.”

Ragland said the Shockers’ goal was to step up their defensive intensity in the second half, and they did just that.

“We didn’t play our best basketball in the first half,” Ragland said. “We wanted to put the pressure on them as well as protect the rim and clog up their offense.”

Earlier this year Davidson toppled then No. 12 Kansas on the road and was competitive with Duke before falling at Cameron Indoor Stadium.

Cohen, who came in averaging 13.5 points, scored Davidson’s first 12 points of the game to keep the Wildcats close early on.

But he was forced to sit most of the first half after picking up his second foul with 12:12 left and Davidson trailing 16-14. However, Cochran picked up the slack scoring 13 points first-half points and Czerapowicz hit a pair of 3-pointers to keep the Wildcats within one at the break.