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  CMU's Black, Tillman Earn All-Americans Honors

  

  Posted 9:40 PM 3/20/2013

  KANSAS CITY - Central Methodist senior forward Elliott Black and junior guard Melvin Tillman have been named to the 2013 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Division I Men's Basketball honorable mention All-America Team.

  Black, a second team All-Heart of America Athletic (More)

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  CMU's Nuss Named NAIA WBB Honorable Mention All-American

  

  Posted 9:33 PM 3/20/2013

  KANSAS CITY -- Central Methodist senior guard Raylyn Nuss has been named to the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics 2013 Division I Women's Basketball honorable mention All-America Team.

  Nuss, a second team All-Heart of America Athletic Conference pick, started all 33 games in (More)

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  English, Abreu Pick Up All-American Honors

  

  Posted 7:49 PM 3/20/2013

  KANSAS CITY -- The Columbia Lady Cougar basketball team had two players selected to the NAIA Division I All-American team.

  Columbia was represented by junior Heather English on the second team, while senior transfer Lily Abreu was named to the honorable mention squad.English, a (More)

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  Three Cougars Earn NAIA All-American Honors

  

  Posted 7:30 PM 3/20/2013

  KANSAS CITY - The Cougar men's basketball team placed three players on the NAIA Division I All-American squad.

  Senior Jordan Dressler was one of 10 players selected to the First Team, while juniors Derrick Dilworth and Devin Griffin received Honorable Mention accolades. (More)

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  Oriakhi Making Single Season at Missouri Count

  

  Posted 12:43 AM 3/20/2013 by Associated Press

  ST. LOUIS (AP) - Missouri coach Frank Haith kept encouraging Alex Oriakhi, telling them he had more to give. The senior center has been playing like there's no tomorrow for a while now.

  "Every day I keep telling myself my days are numbered, so I keep reminding myself, 'How do you want to (More)

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  Five Columbia Players Named NAIA Scholar-Athletes

  

  Posted 10:56 PM 3/18/2013

  KANSAS CITY - A total of five Columbia basketball players were named NAIA Scholar-Athletes this week for the 2012-13 season. In order to be nominated by an institution's head coach or sports information director, a student-athlete must maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale (More)

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  Oriakhi Puts Up Dominate Numbers In SEC Tourney Loss

  

  Posted 6:30 PM 3/18/2013 by Chris Gervino

  NASHVILLE, TENN. - Mizzou lost in the quarterfinals of the S-E-C Tournament last week, but Oriakhi turned in a huge performance.

  In Missouri's two games in Nashville, Oriakhi made 13 of 14 shots. He scored a total of 29 points and hauled down 19 rebounds.

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  WWU Women Earn Four NAIA Scholar Athletes

  

  Posted 4:25 PM 3/18/2013

  FULTON - The William Woods women's basketball team had four players make the NAIA Scholar-
  Athlete team, as the Owls are being represented by Debra Boyd, Rachel Rutter, Katie Scherder and Olivia Storjohann.

  There were a total of 124 student-athletes honored by the NAIA and to be nominated, a student-athlete must maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale and must have achieved a junior academic status.

   

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  Three Tigers Earn All-SEC Recognition From League Media

  

  Posted 3:47 PM 3/18/2013

  COLUMBIA - Three Missouri Tigers were honored on the Associated Press All-SEC Team on Monday as junior Phil Pressey was named a Second Team selection and seniors Laurence Bowers and Alex Oriakhi earned Honorable Mention.

  The Tigers open NCAA Tournament play as a No. 9 seed vs. No. 8-seeded (More)

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  Rockhurst Beats DeSmet 73-59 In Class 5 Title

  

  Posted 3:26 PM 3/18/2013 by AP

  COLUMBIA (AP) - Kyle Wolf scored 30 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead Rockhurst to a 73-59 win Saturday over DeSmet in the Class 5 Boys Championship.

  Wolf's conventional three-point play with 4:16 remaining in the first quarter gave Rockhurst (26-5) a 7-5 lead, and it was one it would (More)

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  Rock Bridge Tops St. Joseph's Academy For Title

  

  Posted 3:18 PM 3/18/2013 by AP

  COLUMBIA (AP) - Sophie Cunningham scored 16 points and Cierra Porter grabbed 11 rebounds to help Rock Bridge defeat St. Joseph's Academy 45-38 for its second consecutive Class 5 girls championship.

  Rock Bridge (25-5) trailed 36-30 with 6:13 remaining but scored the next 12 points (More)

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  CMU Women's Basketball With Named Daktronics-NIAI Scholar Athletes

  

  Posted 2:35 PM 3/18/2013

  FRANKFORT, KY. - The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) announced Monday that five Central Methodist women's basketball student-athletes have been named 2012-13 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes.

  Seniors Raylyn Nuss and Brittney Hotsenpiller along with juniors (More)