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No. 16 Wichita State dominates in 78-35 win over Missouri St

Shockers.jpgWICHITA, Kan. — Fred VanVleet had No. 16 Wichita State’s first triple-double in 43 years andRon Baker scored 17 for the Shockers, who pounded Missouri State 78-35 on Saturday night.

VanVleet finished with 10 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds in just 24 minutes for Wichita State (21-3, 11-1 Missouri Valley Conference). Shaquille Morris and Darius Carter added 10 points each.

Missouri State (9-15, 3-9) has lost nine of its last 10 and suited up just seven scholarship players due to injuries, illness and departures. Gavin Thurman led the Bears with nine points.

Starting point guard Dorrian Williams did not play due to symptoms from a concussion suffered Wednesday. Christian Kirk, scheduled to start at forward, also did not play due to “health issues,” according to coach Paul Lusk.

Taylor scores 23, No. 25 Texas beats Kansas State

Kansas State head coach Bruce Weber instructs his players during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Texas Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015, in Manhattan, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Kansas State head coach Bruce Weber instructs his players during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Texas Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015, in Manhattan, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

MANHATTAN, Kan. — Isaiah Taylor scored 23 points, including two foul shots with one second left that sent No. 25 Texas over Kansas State 61-57 Saturday.

Connor Lammert had 12 points and nine rebounds for the Longhorns (15-8, 4-6 Big 12).

Nino Williams had 13 points for the Wildcats (12-12, 5-6), who once again were minus Marcus Foster and Malek Harris because of indefinite suspensions. No word has been given on their future status.

Thomas Gipson missed a layup with under five seconds left that would’ve tied it. Taylor sealed the win with his free throws.

Le’Bryan Nash, Oklahoma State upset No. 8 Kansas

aaaaaaaaaaaaSTILLWATER, Okla. — Storming the court after beating Kansas is becoming routine forOklahoma State students.

Le’Bryan Nash scored 18 points to help the Cowboys upset the eighth-ranked Jayhawks 67-62 on Saturday.

Cowboys fans stormed the floor for the second straight year, and Oklahoma State has now beaten Kansas in four of the past six meetings in Stillwater.

The Cowboys trailed this one by 11 at halftime, but their pressure defense held the Jayhawks to 27 percent shooting in the second half.

“We just became more aggressive, our whole mentality,” Oklahoma State coach Travis Ford said. “I think it was more about us than them. We did make them turn it over a bit more, we did speed them up a little bit, but it got us being aggressive, it got us in attack mode.”

Phil Forte, Oklahoma State’s leading scorer for the season, had the flu and was limited to 29 minutes. He finished with 13 points after throwing up before the game.

“Just the fact that my teammates kept coming up to me and wanting me to play — I just tried to mentally push through it,” Forte said. “I didn’t want to let my teammates down, and I just wanted to go out there and give it all I had.”

Anthony Hickey added 15 points for the Cowboys (16-7, 6-5 Big 12), who were coming off a road win at No. 25 Texas on Wednesday.

“We got to keep our kids’ heads out of the clouds and get back down to earth,” Ford said. “It was a big win, because of the respect we have for Kansas, period.”

Wayne Selden Jr. scored 15 points, and Perry Ellis, Frank Mason III and Brannen Greene each added 10 points for the Jayhawks (19-4, 8-2), who had won five straight.

“We just didn’t play very well,” Kansas coach Bill Self said. “You can’t look at any individual on our team and say they had a good game. We had a couple guys make some shots, but we didn’t play very well. We didn’t coach them very well. We didn’t do anything very well today.”

Nash’s spinning left-handed layup put the Cowboys up 59-52 with 7:21 to play. Kansas rallied back, but a steal by Jeff Newberry led to a fast-break layup by Hickey that gave Oklahoma State a 65-61 lead with 2:32 remaining.

Nash missed the front end of a one-and-one with 53 seconds left to give Kansas a chance, but the Jayhawks couldn’t score, and Hickey made a layup at the other end to make it a 67-62 game with 20 seconds to play.

Kansas led 16-13 when Nash was called for a charge, his second foul, with 10:52 left in the first half. With Nash on the bench, Kansas went on a 10-1 run to take a 26-14 lead. Kansas boosted its edge to 30-17 before the Cowboys rallied. Mitchell Solomon’s baseline jam on a nice find by Newberry cut Kansas’ lead to 30-24, forced a timeout and brought the crowd back into the game.

A 3-pointer by Greene in the final minute of the half put the Jayhawks up 41-30 at the break. Kansas shot 57 percent in the first half to overcome 11 turnovers.

Oklahoma State opened the second half with a flurry. A dunk by Michael Cobbins cut Kansas’ lead to 42-38 two minutes in. A 3-pointer by Hickey cut Oklahoma State’s deficit to a point, Forte’s 3-pointer put the Cowboys ahead, and it was a game the rest of the way.

“I feel like we just didn’t execute like we needed to on the offensive end,” Ellis said. “That was it, really.”

TIP-INS

Kansas: Mason was issued a technical foul with 2:40 left in the first half after a scramble for the ball near the Oklahoma State bench. … Self played for Oklahoma State from 1981-1985 and is from Okmulgee, Oklahoma. … Kansas made just 11 of 20 free throws.

Oklahoma State: Nash has scored in double figures every game this season. … The Cowboys shot 36 percent in the first half. … Forte took just six shots from the field.

COURTSIDE

Members of the school’s 1995 Final Four team and businessman T. Boone Pickens were on hand. Pickens, an Oklahoma State graduate, has donated more than $500 million to his alma mater. … Coach Eddie Sutton and former star post player Bryant Reeves were among those in attendance.

UP NEXT

Kansas: At Texas Tech on Tuesday.

Oklahoma State: At Baylor on Monday.

25-year-old man charged in Kansas shooting death

courtKANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A 25-year-old man has been charged in the shooting death of a man in Kansas City, Kansas.

The Wyandotte County prosecutor’s office announced Saturday in a news release that Andrew M. Farish, of the Johnson County town of Westwood, faces one count of second-degree murder in the death of Gerardo Jimenez. Police found the body of the 35-year-old Kansas City, Kansas, man on Friday in a home in the Rosedale area of the city.

Farish was arrested later Friday in Kansas City, Missouri, and is jailed there on $1 million bond pending extradition. It’s not immediately clear if he has an attorney.

Farish also was charged Saturday with being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. He pleaded guilty in 2008 in Wyandotte County to a felony robbery charge.

Kansas man dies in ATV accident

Fatal crashFORT SCOTT – A Kansas man died in an accident just after 10:30 a.m. on Saturday in Bourbon County

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2007 Honda ATV driven by Billy Gale Minor, 25, Bronson, was eastbound on Maple Road four miles west of Fort Scott.

For an unknown reason the ATV rear-ended another ATV, flipped and ejected the driver.

Minor was transported to Freeman Hospital in Joplin where he died.

The other ATV rider Jeremiah Nevada Dawson, 23, Bronson, was not injured.

University of Kansas data helps map Greenland’s ice sheet

Prasad Gogineni- University of Kansas photo
Prasad Gogineni- University of Kansas photo

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Data and equipment developed by University of Kansas researchers helped scientists create the first comprehensive map of the Greenland ice sheet.

Prasad Gogineni, the director of a Kansas-based foundation, says the map is important because Greenland’s ice sheet has been losing mass in the last two decades and the losses are expected to continue.

Gogineni is a Kansas engineering professor and director of the National Science Foundation Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets. He says the data and ultra-sensitive radar equipment developed by the center documented deep and ancient channels of ice for the map.

The Lawrence Journal-World reports  an accurate history can help determine how fast the sea level will rise so coastlines and cities can anticipate higher water.

Kansas’ budget problems touching cherished highway system

highwayJOHN HANNA, AP Political Writer

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas voters who re-elected a Republican governor known for aggressive tax cutting are learning that the state won’t solve its budget problems without putting its cherished highway system in the crosshairs.

Gov. Sam Brownback and the Legislature this past week worked out plans for closing a $344 million budget deficit by cutting education spending and siphoning money away from highway projects, along with other measures.

Brownback argued throughout his successful re-election campaign that Kansas could have the income cuts he’s championed without sacrificing essential services, including good highways.

Even a few of the Legislature’s most austerity minded members were taken aback by plans to delay some yet-unidentified road and bridge projects.

Gary Wayne Fletcher

obit photoDateline: Great Bend, Kansas
Name of Deceased: Gary Wayne Fletcher Age: 61
Date of Death: February 6, 2015 Place of Death: Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas
Date of Birth: December 28, 1953 at Great Bend, Kansas
Parents Name: Bernie E. and Dorothy (McKnight) Fletcher

OBITUARY INFORMATION
Mr. Fletcher was a longtime Great Bend resident, living in Newton, Kansas, for the past two years.
He was a carpenter and roughneck.
Gary was a member of the Fraternal Order of the Eagles, Great Bend. He enjoyed traveling, and playing pool. He also enjoyed singing and playing his guitar, sharing his gift of music with his family and friends.

SURVIVORS
Wife: Gina (McElroy) Fletcher, of the home
Mother: Dorothy Fletcher, Great Bend, KS
two sons: Clinton Shea Fletcher and wife Jennifer of Ellsworth, KS
Dakota Wayne Fletcher of Great Bend, KS
one daughter: Jadin Jo Fletcher of the home
step daughter: Christina Marie Bybee and her husband Darrell L. of Walton, KS
four brothers: Richard Fletcher and his wife Martha of Great Bend, KS
Danny Fletcher and his wife Glenda of Great Bend, KS
Joe Fletcher of Great Bend, KS
Steven Fletcher and his wife Alexis of Wichita, KS
five sisters: Sharon Mitchell and her husband Norman of Tucumcari, NM
Lois Kimberlin of Great Bend, KS
Betty Ward and her husband Ronnie of Great Bend, KS
Candy Robison and her husband Rick of Great Bend, KS
Two grandchildren: Cameron and Jimmie Urbanek
One step grandson: Jared Bybee
He was preceded in death by his father and by an infant daughter, Clancy Jo Fletcher.

SERVICE INFORMATION
Funeral Service: Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Time of Service: 1:00 pm Place of Service: Bryant Funeral Home, with cremation to follow services
Officiant: Pastor Don Paden
Visitation: 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., with the family receiving friends from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm, Tuesday, February 10, 2015, and 9:00 a.m. until service time Wednesday, all at Bryant Funeral Home.
Memorial Fund: Gary Wayne Fletcher Expense Fund, in care of Bryant Funeral Home

Condolences may be sent and notice viewed at www.bryantfh.net
Arrangements by Bryant Funeral Home 1425 Patton Road Great Bend, Kansas 67530

Kansas man dies in trench collapse

fatal crash accidentMANHATTAN – A Kansas man died in an accident on Friday evening in Manhattan.

The Riley County police reported in a media release that just before 7 p.m. on Friday they received an emergency call for service requesting a rescue.

A man was entrapped in dirt and mud near the intersection of Scenic Drive and Fossilridge in Manhattan following a trench collapse.

The victim William Albert Wiske, 30, Wamego, was a City of Manhattan employee who had been repairing a water main when the trench collapsed upon him. Effort to free him was immediate.

Upon arrival, the first rescue unit found that the victim was buried up to his waist in dirt and mud. Fire crews were able to free the victim in approximately 20 minutes and transferred care to Riley County EMS.

Wiske was transported to Mercy Regional where he died.

“We are deeply saddened about the loss of William Wiske, an employee of our Water Services Division”, said City Manager Ron Fehr.

“Our thoughts and prayers are extended to William’s family during this very difficult time.”

Kan. woman hospitalized after car enters incorrect on-ramp

Kansas Highway Patrol KHPWICHITA- A Kansas woman was injured in an accident just before 8:30 a.m. on Saturday in Sedgwick County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2004 Ford Truck driven by Linus Paul Skinkis, 66, Andover, was eastbound on the ramp of Kansas 96 just east of 127th Street in Wichita. The vehicle struck a 1999 Saturn that entered westbound on the eastbound ramp.

The driver of the Saturn Mary R. Epley, 85, Wichita, was transported to Wesley Medical Center. Skinkis was not injured.

Both drivers were properly restrained at the time of the accident according to the KHP.

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