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Even though her Topeka West girls basketball team opened the 2023-2024 season with three straight losses, West coach Angie Ketterman has been pleased with her team's overall effort.
And the Chargers were able to turn their hard work into a positive outcome Tuesday night, with Topeka West rolling to a 54-34 United Kansas Conference win over Lansing at West.
Angie Ketterman (center) picked up her first win as Topeka West's girls basketball coach Tuesday night, a 54-34 UKC romp past Lansing. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
"I'm happy for the girls,'' Ketterman said. "They've been working hard. Our first two games of the season were against top teams (Basehor-Linwood and Seaman) and they played hard.
"Against Shawnee Heights we did not play hard. We kind of went back to our old ways, so our challenge tonight was to stick with the game plan and I felt like they did that tonight. We still had some errors, which that's going to happen. That's part of it, but they stuck with it.''
Topeka West, which had lost its first three games by an average of 32.3 points, trailed just once on the night en route to its first victory as five Chargers scored eight or more points.
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Washburn University women's basketball travels east for a mid-week MIAA matchup against Northwest Missouri State on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. in Bearcat Arena.
Sophomore Yibari Nwidadah is averaging a double-double for Washburn, which is off to a 6-2 start on the season. [File photo/TSN]
Washburn is coming off a 56-44 home win over Rogers State last Saturday and is now 6-2 overall and 1-1 in the MIAA.
The Bearcats are off to an 8-1 start and are 3-1 in the MIAA, with the only loss coming to No. 18 Fort Hays State.
Sophomore Yibari Nwidadah is averaging a double-double for the Ichabods, averaging 13.1 points while also pulling down a team and MIAA-best 11.1 rebounds per game. Nwidadah is shooting 60.3 percent from the floor.
Senior Aubree Dewey is averaging 13.0 points on 47.1 percent shooting while playing a team high 31.9 minutes per game.
Dewey is also averaging an MIAA-best 6.5 assists and is second on the team with 5.5 rebounds per game from the point guard position and has come away with 2.0 steals per contest as well.
Sophomore Gabi Giovannetti is averaging 11.0 points in just 19.8 minutes per game off the bench. She is shoot 52.6 percent from the floor and is shooting a team-high 48.1 percent from behind the 3-point arc.
Aniah Wayne is averaging double figures, scoring 11.0 points per game this season in 26.1 minutes per game with seven starts. She also pulls down 3.5 rebounds per game and is shooting 41.3 percent from behind the 3-point arc, leading the Ichabods with 19 triples.
WU is ninth in the nation in scoring margin as the Ichabods have outscored teams by an average of 22.5 points per game.
On the defensive end the Ichabods are fifth in the nation in field goal percentage defense with opponents shooting a 32.2 percent. That ranks first in the MIAA.
Molly Hartnett leads the Bearcats scoring attack at 12.3 this season. She also leads the squad in assists at 3.4 per game and swipes 1.8 steals per contest.
The Ichabods stay in Missouri to take on Missouri Western State at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday.
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The Washburn University men's basketball team will be back in action on Wednesday, going on the road to face Northwest Missouri in a 7:30 p.m. contest.
Sophomore Sam Ungashick is Washburn's leading scorer at 15.4 points per game entering Wednesday's game at Northwest Missouri. [File photo/TSN]
Freshman Jack Bachelor is coming off a career-high 17-point game in last Saturday's 93-71 MIAA win over Rogers State. [File photo/TSN]
Washburn, 5-3 overall, 1-1 in the MIAA, evened its conference record with a 93-71 home win over Rogers State last Saturday, hitting 17 3-pointers in the win, one shy of the school record.
The Bearcats are 6-3 overall and 3-1 in the MIAA after topping Nebraska-Kearney 83-53 on the road Saturday, rebounding from a 57-49 loss at Fort Hays State last Thursday.
Washburn leads the all-time series with Northwest 63-55 and will be looking to snap a four-game losing streak against the Bearcats.
Sophomore Sam Ungashick leads the Ichabods with a 15.4 scoring average while adding 3.9 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 1.3 steals per game. Ungashick has reached double figures in each of the last seven game and has hit at least one 3-pointer in each game this season.
Junior Andrew Orr is averaging 14.6 points this season while going 27 of 28 from the free throw line, which ranks second in the nation in percentage at 96.4. Orr is shooting 60 percent from the field, hitting 45 of 75 attempts.
Washburn Rural product Jack Bachelor is scoring 9.4 points per game off the bench as a freshman, adding 2.3 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game. Bachelor is coming off a career-high 17 points against Rogers State last time out.
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Jack Bachelor
JACK BACHELOR, Washburn University
A 6-foot-2 freshman, Bachelor came off the bench to score a career-high 17 points in Saturday's 93-71 MIAA win over Rogers State at Lee Arena. Bachelor, a former star at Washburn Rural, hit six of nine field goal attempts and three of five 3-point shots and two of two free throws against Rogers State as the 5-3 Ichbods picked up their first conference victory of the season. Bachelor also contributed three assists and two blocked shots for the Ichabods.
Cooper Colboch
COOPER COLBOCH, Hayden
Colboch, a 5-foot-11 senior, scored 51 points with 11 3-pointers in three Paul Terry Classic games at Emporia's White Auditorium, helping lead the Wildcats to a 2-1 tournament record to open their 2023-2024 season. Colboch scored 22 points and hit six 3-pointers in Thursday's 69-53 win over Wichita Trinity and ended the tournament with 23 points and five 3s in Saturday's 66-47 win over Spring Hill. Colboch scored six points in Friday's 50-44 loss to tournament champion Emporia.
Rylee Dick
RYLEE DICK, Rossville
A sophomore, Dick was named the tournament's most valuable player in Chapman's Irish Classic after helping lead Rossville to three straight wins and the championship. Dick scored 23 points with three 3-pointers and a six of six performance at the free throw line in Saturday's 83-40 win over Chapman after scoring 16 points in Friday's 60-45 win over Salina Sacred Heart and 23 points with three 3s in Tuesday's 105-16 first-round victory over Kansas City-Bishop Ward.
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Topeka High swept the team championships in Saturday's Melvin Douglas Invitational wrestling tournament at Highland Park, with the Trojan boys and girls combining to claim nine individual titles.
Topeka High won the boys title by a 198-167 margin over Gardner-Edgerton while the Trojan girls won by a 120-59 margin over Highland Park.
Topeka High senior Raul Arriola won the 144-pound title to help the Trojans win the team title in the Melvin Douglas Invitational. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Topeka High sophomore Rehabiah Williamson celebrates his win in the 150-pound final in Saturday's Melvin Douglas Invitational. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
The Trojans got boys individual titles from sophomore Luis Morones (113), senior Raul Arriola (144), sophomore Rehabiah Williamson (150) and junior Detrick Johnson (190) while Jesus Morales (106), Jordan Stiner (138) and Nick Davis (165) finished second.
Seaman freshman Isaac Thompson won the 126-pound title in overtime in Saturday's Melvin Douglas Invitational. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Seaman freshman Isaac Thompson (126) and Highland Park junior Adrian Burney (175) also captured individual tournament titles.
Senior Zazie Haddou won the 130-pound title for team champion Topeka High in the Melvin Douglas Invitational. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
The High girls got individual championships from freshman Abigail Culbertson (105), senior Neveah Martin (115), junior Zoe Dawkins (120), sophomore Addison Pinto (125) and senior Zazie Haddou (130) while Ingrid Cabrera (100), Kiley Ehmpke (110), Olivia Tatum (120), Jena Bratton (135) and Abigail Lojewski (145) all posted runnerup finishes.
Highland Park junior 100-pounder Kimberly Rodriguez gains the upper hand over Topeka High's Ashley Castro in the Melvin Douglas Invitational. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Other city girls individual champions included Highland Park junior Kimberly Rodriguez (100), senior Mercedes Garcia (145) and sophomore Makayla Cadet (190) and Topeka West's Ziona Jackson (135) and Dadriona Anderson (140).
