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TCU's Boykin and Dawson lead AP All-Big 12 teams
STEPHEN HAWKINS Associated Press
FORT WORTH, Texas — Trevone Boykin and sixthranked TCU finished the regular season as Big 12 cochamps. There is no sharing for the Horned Frogs of the top two player awards on the AP All-Big 12 team.
Kansas senior linebacker Ben Heeney joins TCU's Trevone Boykin and Paul Dawson on the AP All-Big 12 team. Heeney was second in the Big 12 for tackles with 127.
Boykin, the quarterback who has also caught touchdown passes and was almost a running back for the Horned Frogs, was a unanimous pick Monday as The Associated Press Big 12 offensive player of the year. TCU linebacker Paul Dawson was the top defensive player.
Fourth-ranked Baylor had a league-high five first-team picks, including Spencer Drango as a unanimous pick on offensive line. Oklahoma joined TCU with four selections.
The Horned Frogs, in only their third Big 12 season, became the first team since Texas in 2008 to sweep the top two individual awards that have been named annually since the league's inaugural 1996 season. Oklahoma was the only other team to do that, in 2000 and 2003.
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In his first full season as TCU's quarterback, Boykin leads the Big 12 and ranks third nationally with 363 total yards per game. The dual-threat junior has thrown for 3,714 yards with 30 touchdowns and seven interceptions, along with 642 yards rushing and eight more scores.
"The difference between 4-8 and 11-1," coach Gary Patterson said of Boykin, referring to the improvement in TCU's record from last year to now. "The guy has been able to make things happen. ... You have to have people step up to change things, and Trevone has been one of those who's done that."
Dawson, the only unanimous selection on the firstteam defense, got nine of the 20 votes for top defensive player. Texas defensive tackle Malcom Brown, a first-team pick on defense, got six votes.
Oklahoma freshman running back Samaje Perine, who joined Boykin and Drango as only unanimous first-team picks on offense, was named the Big 12 offensive newcomer of the year with 18 votes in balloting by 20 media members who cover the league on a regular basis. Baylor freshman linebacker Taylor Young was the top defensive newcomer.
son surpassed his father as Kansas State's career leader in receptions, yards and touchdown catches, is a repeat first-team selection. The other first-team receivers, also who averaged more than 100 yards receiving per game, are West Virginia senior Kevin White and Baylor sophomore Corey Coleman. Coleman matched the league lead with 10 TD catches while playing only
Tyler Lockett, who this sea-
nine games.
Perine leads the Big 12 with 131.6 yards rushing per game and 21 touchdowns. He set the NCAA single-game record with 427 yards against Kansas on Nov. 22, a week after Wisconsin's Melvin Gordon had 408 to break what had been a 15-year-old record held by TCU's LaDainian Tomlinson against UTEP.
Texas Tech junior left tackle Le'Raven Clark was also a first-team pick last season. The other first-teamers up front are Kansas State center B.J. Finney and offensive linemen Drango, West Virginia senior Mark Glowinski and Oklahoma senior Daryl Williams. Iowa State's E.J. Bibbs was the first-team tight end.
Dawson was the league's
leading tackler with 128 and tied with 18 1/2 tackles for loss. His 41-yard interception return for a touchdown put the Frogs ahead to stay in a 37-33 win over then-No. 4 Oklahoma in their Big 12 opener.
The other first-team linebackers are Kansas' Ben Heeney, Big 12 sack leader Pete Robertson from Texas Tech and Oklahoma's Eric Striker.
Brown is on the defensive line with Baylor teammates Andrew Billings and Shawn Oakman, and Oklahoma State's Emmanuel Ogbah.
TCU's Chris Hackett and Oklahoma's Zack Sanchez, who tied for the league lead with six interceptions, were first-team defensive backs, joined by TCU's Sam Carter and Baylor's Orion Stewart.
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Kansas State's Thomas Gipson shoots under pressure from Bradley's Jermaine Morgan on Tuesday. Kansas State shot 23 percent from the field and had 11 turnovers in the win.
Williams, Foster raise Kansas State above Bradley, 50-47
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MANHATTAN — Nino Williams had 14 points and 12 rebounds and Marcus Foster had 13 points as Kansas State (5-4) defeated Bradley 50-47 on Tuesday night at Bramlage Coliseum.
Foster kick-started a 20-10 run in the opening 9 minutes of the second half, providing a much-needed edge after scoring only two points off of free throws in the first half.
Auston Barnes scored a career-high 21 points to pace the Braves (3-6).
It was Williams' second-career double-double, with the last coming against Baylor on March 8.
The sophomore knocked
The third make gave Kansas State a 38-27 lead with 12:40 remaining, which was also its largest lead of the game.
in three-straight 3-pointers, giving him 10 makes from behind the arc in the last two games.
Barnes, who came in averaging 10.7 points per game, answered the Kansas State run by scoring five-straight points and tying the game at 39 apiece with 7:55 left.
Free-throw shooting gave the Wildcats the edge, finishing 21 of 30 for the game as well as 11 of 12 in the opening half.
After taking a 6-4 lead with 16:59 left in the first half, Kansas State went scoreless from the field until Nigel
The Wildcats shot 3 of 13 from the field (23 percent) and turned the ball over 11 times in their second-straight game of less than 20 points in the first half.
The Braves pestered Kansas State defensively, forcing 11 first-half turnovers and 16 for the game.
Johnson sank a 3-pointer just before halftime.
Two 3-pointers from Barnes in the final 1:11 of the opening half gave the Braves a 19-18 edge at the break. The combined 37 points were the fewest points in a half in Bramlage history, beating a combined 42 points between Kansas State and Arkansas Pine-Bluff on Nov. 29, 2004.
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Wichita State's Ron Baker shoots between Seton Hall's Angel Delgado (31) and Isaiah Whitehead (15) on Tuesday.
No.11 Wichita State takes down Seton Hall, 77-68
I DAVE SKRETTA
Associated Press
WICHITA — Every time Wichita State's Ron Baker picked the pocket of his player, or cruised to the basket for an easy layup. Seton Hall coach Kevin Willard stood in front of his bench and cringed.
He said it was hard to believe that Baker was once a walk-on.
"I might go back and start looking for some guys in my gym. My rec gym," Willard said with a sly grin. "He's a special guy, fun to watch."
Baker scored 22 points, Fred VanVleet added 18 points and eight assists to help the No. 11 Shockers beat the Pirates 77-68 on Tuesday night.
Darius Carter finished with 16 points and 12 rebounds, and Tekele Cotton had 11 points as the Shockers (6-1) extended their home winning streak to 22 games dating to the 2012-13 season.
"We knew they were going to be very athletic. They've got some good players," said Baker, who was 9 of 11 from the field and perfect on three-3-point attempts. "They weren't going to come in shy, we knew that. We made some big shots and big plays."
Isaiah Whitehead had 23 points and Sterling Gibbs
Turning up the pressure, the Shockers forced turn-overs on four straight possessions, most of them turning into easy run-outs. Rashard Kelly began the run with back-to-back baskets, but it was Baker who shook the entire building when he slammed home a one-handed dunk on a fast break.
The Shockers started off poorly, missing eight of their first 11 shots. That allowed Seton Hall to build a 13-8 lead, along with some confidence.
"Our turnovers really hurt us, and that's a credit to their defense and the way they got after us," Willard said. "And the crowd was terrific. This was our first true road game for six of our guys, their first time experiencing a true road game."
By the time Baker curled in a 3-pointer, the Shockers forced another turnover and Shaquille Morris made a pair of foul shots, a 13-0 run had produced a 21-13 lead.
scored 19 for the Pirates (7-1), who defeated another Missouri Valley team in Illinois State earlier this season, but had not played anybody as deep, talented and filled with seasoned veterans as the Shockers.
Everything turned around the final 12 minutes of the first half.
Whitehead eventually returned with about 15 minutes to go.
By that point, Baker had knocked down a 3-pointer off a nifty feed from VanVleet, and then converted an open layup to lift Wichita State to a 53-32 advantage. The Shockers cruised from there, with Seton Hall hitting a series of late shots to make the final score respectable.
Whitehead hurt his right shoulder early in the second half when he got tied up jumping for a rebound. While he lay on the court, Willard walked onto the floor — apparently trying to stop the game — and was whistled for Seton Hall's second technical foul.
Wichita State stretched its run to 26-5 near the end of the first half, with each of the Pirates' points coming from Whitehead, who had 18 at the break. But even his virtuoso performance had a noticeable blemish -- after knocking down a 3-pointer in front of Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall, Whitehead was whistled for a technical foul for celebrating.
"It was a good win. I like Kevin's team," Marshall said. "I would hope his team continues to play well and goes to postseason play and this is a quality win at the end."
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