by Bill Pollock | Jul 9, 2016 | Sports Features
What a year it’s been for Nixa, Missouri’s Courtney Frerichs. After graduating from UMKC, she just completed her first year of graduate studies at New Mexico. She led the Lady Lobos to the NCAA DI cross country title in the fall, and then won the 3,000...
by Bill Pollock | May 31, 2016 | Sports Features
UMKC men’s golfer Antoine Rozner tied for eighth in the NCAA Men’s Golf Championship at the Eugene Country Club in Eugene, Oregon. Rozner had rounds of 70-72-70-70 70 to finish at 2-over for the tournament. “I hope to leave a strong legacy at our school,”...
by Bill Pollock | Feb 19, 2016 | Sports Features
Wichita State (20-7, 13-2 MVC) used pressure defense and solid inside play to pull away from visiting Missouri State early and never looked back in a 99-68 win over the Bears before a sellout crowd of 10,506 at Koch Arena Thursday. Twelve different WSU players...
by Bill Pollock | Dec 29, 2015 | Sports Features
UMKC was within six points of Oklahoma State with eight minutes to play, but went cold from the field and dropped a 61-43 decision on Tuesday night at Gallagher-Iba Arena. The Roos head to USC-Upstate in Spartanburg, SC. on Saturday. K-State went on a 12-1 to open a...
by Bill Pollock | Dec 2, 2015 | Sports Features
UMKC made it four straight wins on Tuesday night at Municipal Auditorium, and did it with defense down the stretch, getting two huge stops with under a minute to play to take a 74-70 victory. Junior Martez Harrison hit a huge step-back 18-foot jumper with 13.8 seconds...