Author: Mitch Fortner

From K-State Kansas State’s Ayoka Lee, Peyton Williams and Angela Harris were recognized by the Big 12 coaches for their performances this season, as the league office announced the 2019-20 Phillips 66 All-Big 12 Women’s Basketball Awards on Monday. Lee collected Big 12 Freshman of the Year honors, All-Big 12 First Team and unanimous Big 12 All-Freshman Team honors. Williams was named to her second All-Big 12 First Team. Harris was chosen as an All-Big 12 Honorable Mention recipient. For the second time in program history and the first time since Nicole Ohlde in the 2000-01 season, a K-State student-athlete…

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From K-State K-State trailed by five at the half, but used 38 points in the second half and lockdown defense in the fourth quarter to register a 62-52 win on Tuesday night in Gallagher-Iba Arena over Oklahoma State. This was K-State’s third win in the last four meetings in Stillwater. K-State (15-13, 9-8 Big 12) trailed by five, 29-24, at the half but dashed out of the locker room by shooting 7-of-8 from the field and take a 41-35 lead with 5:14 remaining. Christianna Carr scored eight points during a 13-2 K-State run. With a 45-44 lead entering the fourth…

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0:00 – DC Scottie Hazelton leaving for Michigan State 16:22 – K-State BINGO 24:40 – Mitch the mascot/Bruce Weber is a big Doritos fan 35:12 – Mitch’s high school crush retires 0:00 – Waco was brutal, realistic expectations for KU game 13:13 – Signs, chants and stools 25:48 – Mitch’s AEW experience 33:03 – Ask Us Anything

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From K-State Sports Second-ranked Baylor jumped out to a double-digit lead midway through the first half en route to 50 points by halftime as the Bears took down Kansas State, 85-66, Tuesday at the Ferrell Center. The 85 points scored by the Bears were the most against the Wildcats since Arizona State netted 92 points in November 2017, while the 50 first-half points were the most given up since Iowa State scored 50 on December 29, 2017. The Bears had 5 double-digit scorers in the game, led by Matthew Mayer’s 19 points on 6-of-7 shooting – including a pair of…

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0:00 – Bruce Weber reprimand 10:35 – Cats hit a low Saturday 22:17 – Interview with KSU baseball Coach Pete Hughes 28:01 – Mitch never said “no-hitter) on Sunday 0:00 – “Voice of the Wildcats” Wyatt Thompson 10:34 – Who is going to score next year for KSU hoops? 21:02 – Flo Baseball guy wild during KSU games 31:28 – Ask Us Anything

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From K-State Sophomore Courtney Ramey scored 21 of his game-high 26 points in the first half, as Texas rode a red-hot first-half shooting performance to a 70-59 win over Kansas State on Saturday afternoon at 9,700 fans at Bramlage Coliseum. Buoyed by Ramey’s career-best day, Texas (16-11, 6-8 Big 12) connected on an opponent-high 52.3 percent (23-of-44) from the field, including 62.5 percent (15-of-24) in the first half, to build a 42-23 lead at halftime. The 19-point lead was the largest by an opponent at Bramlage Coliseum in more than 15 years since Kansas held a 21-point advantage at the…

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For the fourth straight game, Kansas State trailed in the fourth quarter of a game and for the third time in that stretch the Wildcats completed the comeback with a 60-54 win at Texas on Saturday afternoon at the Erwin Center. K-State has won nine of its last 11 Big 12 road games including three straight. K-State (13-12, 7-7 Big 12) trailed by two entering the fourth quarter and Texas improved its lead to 50-45 early in the fourth quarter. However, K-State answered with a 7-2 run highlighted by Angela Harris’s third 3-pointer of the afternoon to tie the game…

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0:00 – Cats need to adapt to a more productive offense 14:04 – Where in the World is Baylor in Newell’s Ballot? 21:54 – K-State basketball bingo 29:12 – Jabroni of the Week

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From K-State Sports K-State starter Kasey Ford struck out seven over 5 1/3 innings while Dylan Phillips had a three-night, helping the Wildcats earn a series split with a 9-2 victory over UT Rio Grande Valley Monday night at UTRGV Baseball Stadium. Ford, a senior, turned in his highest strikeout total since striking out 10 during the 2018 season. In earning the win, the 6-foot-6 righty did not surrender a base hit until the fourth inning, as he scattered just two hits in his outing and allowed one earned run. “No one wants to have success in a Kansas State…

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From K-State Jordan Wicks tossed seven shutout innings while Dylan Phillips launched a two-run home run to propel K-State to its first win of the 2020 season, a 4-0 victory over UT Rio Grande Valley Sunday afternoon at UTRGV Baseball Stadium. Wicks, the reigning Big 12 Freshman of the Year, struck out seven and did not issue a walk in holding UTRGV scoreless. The left-hander from Conway, Arkansas, scattered four hits and retired the Vaqueros in order in four separate innings in turning in the ninth quality start of his career. “He was awesome,” head coach Pete Hughes said of…

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