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Kansas HC Bill Self Previews Upcoming Road Trip to Stillwater
Ahead of Kansas basketball’s upcoming matchup at Oklahoma State, head coach Bill Self met with the media on Monday to discuss several topics. He previewed his team’s next contest as it prepares for a road trip to Stillwater.
The Jayhawks, who are coming off a loss to Iowa State after an eight-game winning streak, are looking to get back into the W column tomorrow night. Self talked about what he has seen from the Cowboys in his early film sessions and claimed their speed has stood out to him so far.
“Their two guards, [Kanye] Clary and [Jaylen] Curry, they’re good and they’re fast,” Self said. “And their other players are quick and athletic, but I’d say the biggest thing that stands out is their speed and their ability to make plays when nothing is there. They are really good at getting downhill.”
Oklahoma State’s leading scorer is Anthony Roy, a transfer from Green Bay who is averaging 17.6 points and 3.9 rebounds. Self praised his outstanding shooting ability — Roy is shooting 42.3% from beyond the arc on 8.0 attempts per night, which is a huge reason why the Pokes rank third in the Big 12 in 3-point shooting percentage.
“I think he’s one of the league’s top players and certainly one of the league’s top shooters and scorers,” Self proclaimed about the Cowboys’ star guard. “You look at Momcilovic and we’ve seen him, Roy has that same type range and same type touch. So that’s something we’re gonna certainly have to contend with.”
Steve Lutz’s group started off the season with a perfect 9-0 record that featured solid wins over Texas A&M and Northwestern. But since conference play, OSU has played to a mediocre 4-8 record, including losses in its past three contests.
The Jayhawks are fighting for a share of the regular-season conference title, currently sitting fourth in the standings after Iowa State’s huge win over Houston last night. There is still a path where Kansas ties Arizona and/or UH for a partial Big 12 crown, but it will need to be flawless in its final six games.
“Every game this late in the season means more and more as you go, without question,” he added. “When we can see the finish line, things that happen close to the finish line are more important… I think they all take on added importance once you get into mid-to-late February.”
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Gage Workman came off the bench and hit his first major league homer, a two-run shot that sent the Detroit Tigers past the Kansas City Royals 6-3 on Sunday night to snap a five-game losing streak.
Matt Vierling had a two-run double and Riley Greene reached safely four times as the Tigers prevented a three-game sweep.
Called up hours earlier from Triple-A Toledo when Kerry Carpenter was placed on the 10-day injured list with a left shoulder sprain, Workman entered as a pinch hitter in the sixth inning.
Workman drove a 1-1 slider from Nick Mears (2-2) to right field to give Detroit a 5-3 lead.
Wenceel Pérez added an RBI single in the seventh.
Enmanuel De Jesus (2-0), the fourth of six Tigers pitchers, retired all seven batters he faced. Kenley Jansen struck out two in a perfect ninth for his 483rd career save and seventh this season.
Kansas City lost for only the third time in 10 games.
Hao-Yu Lee’s two-out RBI triple off the outstretched glove of Royals right fielder Jac Caglianone opened the scoring in the second. Zack Short walked and Vierling delivered a two-run double off the left-field wall to give the Tigers a 3-0 lead.
In the third, Kansas City greeted reliever Drew Anderson with three straight hits, scoring their first run on a hit-and-run, opposite-field single by Vinnie Pasquantino, and another on Carter Jensen’s sacrifice fly.
In the fourth, Caglianone doubled to left-center and scored the tying run on Maikel Garcia’s third hit, a two-out single to center.
Royals starter Noah Cameron exited after allowing a leadoff hit in the fifth on his 95th pitch. He allowed three runs and five hits with three walks and four strikeouts.
The top three Kansas City batters combined for seven of the team’s eight hits.
Greene has reached base safely in a career-best 21 consecutive games. In 27 games since April 11, he is batting .384 with 13 extra-base hits.
Up next
Tigers RHP Jack Flaherty (0-3, 5.56 ERA) faces Mets RHP Freddy Peralta (2-3, 3.12) on Tuesday night in New York.
Royals RHP Stephen Kolek (1-0, 4.50 ERA) pitches Tuesday in Chicago against White Sox RHP Erick Fedde (0-4, 3.79).
Four teens hurt in southeast Kansas rollover
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Four teenagers are hurt after being in a rollover crash on Sunday.
The Kansas Highway Patrol said a 16-year-old girl was behind the wheel of a Jeep. She went off the road, hit a culvert and rolled.
The crash happened just after midnight near the intersection of North 150th and North streets, northeast of Girard.
Man dead after downtown Wichita shooting
Two 15-year-olds and a 13-year-old were passengers in the Jeep. All four teens were hurt and taken to the hospital after the crash.
The driver received suspected serious injuries, and the rest received suspected minor injuries.
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The Detroit Tigers were beaten by the Kansas City Royals 5-1 on Saturday night.
Michael Wacha pitched seven scoreless innings, Bobby Witt Jr. hit an inside-the-park home run on a grounder and Michael Massey had a three-run homer for the Royals, who will go for the series sweep on Sunday night.
Witt hit the ball down the right-field line in the first inning that bounced off the wall and eluded right fielder Kerry Carpenter. Witt motored around the bases and beat the relay throw to the plate for a two-run homer.
It was the Royals’ first inside-the-park home run since Witt did it in August 2023.
Carpenter left the game later with left shoulder soreness.
Wacha (4-2) gave up two hits, walked two and struck out six. It was his longest scoreless outing since throwing eight scoreless innings against the Chicago White Sox on April 11.
Burch Smith (0-2) took the loss. He retired only one of the four batters he faced, allowing two runs on three hits in one-third of an inning.
Massey’s homer in the fourth inning came with runners on first and third with two outs. He lined the ball over the right-center field fence for his third homer of the season.
Wacha had at least one strikeout in each of his first four innings. The Tigers loaded the bases in the fifth on a double, a walk and a hit batter, but Wacha got Matt Vierling to ground out to end the inning.
The Tigers scored in the eighth on a two-out double by Riley Greene.
Up next
The teams conclude the three-game series Sunday. The Tigers have not announced a starter, though manager AJ Hinch said it will be a bullpen game. Kansas City will send LHP Noah Cameron (2-2, 5.40 ERA) to the mound.
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