by Bill Pollock | Oct 14, 2014 | Sports Features
According to UMKC athletics, it’s only happened four times, and for the first time since 1994, the Kangaroo volleyball squad knocked off the Missouri Tigers 3-1 on Monday night in front of a record crowd on the UMKC campus. For the ‘Roos it is their 12th...
by Bill Pollock | Mar 14, 2014 | Sports Features
The UMKC men’s basketball team suffered a heartbreaking loss in the quarterfinals of the WAC Tournament on Thursday at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, NV., falling to the Idaho Vandals, 83-80. Kansas City finished its season with a better record than each of the last two...
by Bill Pollock | Jan 30, 2014 | Sports Features
Tyler Stone tossed in 22 points and pulled down 10 rebounds to lead Southeast Missouri State to a 91-81 non-conference win over Missouri-Kansas City Wednesday night. The Redhawks (12-10) shot 58% from the field, connecting on 36 of 62 field goal attempts. Lucas Nutt,...
by Bill Pollock | Mar 12, 2013 | Sports Features
Matt Brown was fired today as the head basketball coach at UMKC. Brown went 64-122 in six seasons, including this season’s 8-24 record that ended with a Summit League Tournament quarterfinal loss to North Dakota State. Brown was hired as the program’s eighth head...
by Bill Pollock | Feb 8, 2013 | Sports Features
The Western Athletic Conference announced that the University of Missouri-Kansas City has accepted an invitation for membership to join the conference effective July 1, 2013. UMKC becomes the ninth member of the conference in 2013-14, joining California State...