After missing a pair of free throws with 59 seconds remaining in the championship game of Saturday’s 42nd annual Bluestem Classic basketball tournament, Great Bend’s Jordan Basye received one final opportunity to redeem himself.
Basye then stepped to the charity stripe and calmly drilled a pair of free throws with 3-seconds left, securing a 58-53 win and wrecking Wichita Collegiate’s 37-game winning streak.
"I was down on myself a little bit for missing them, but I got my confidence back up," Basye told the Great Bend Tribune in reference to his earlier miscues at the charity stripe. "We just needed to get the ball in and get fouled and go down and hit some free throws."
Basye and Great Bend looked to be in control early in the second half when the 5-foot-8 senior opened the third quarter with a pull-up jumper to extend the sixth-seeded Panthers’ 13-point halftime advantage to 35-20. But the Class 3A top-ranked Spartans rallied by outscoring Great Bend 19-5 over the rest of the third quarter to get back to within 40-39 going into the final eight minutes.
With 5 minutes, 50 seconds remaining in the final quarter, Wichita Collegiate earned its first lead of the contest. However, Dakota Ellis scored on a reverse lay-up and buried a pair of free throws to give Great Bend the lead for good, at 53-49, with 2:08 left.
Logan Marshall, the tournament’s Most Valuable Player, scored eight of his game-high 17 points in the final quarter. The 6-1 senior connected on all six of his attempts at the free-throw line in the final eight minutes, and didn’t miss a charity toss in the tournament.
"That group deserved to be tournament champions tonight," Wichita Collegiate coach Mitch Fiegel told the Wichita Eagle. "I thought against most teams we could claw our way out of that hole. But that’s a disciplined team with an athlete who can get open and handle the ball. How many Logan Marshalls are we going to see this year? That’s a heck of a player who had a heck of a performance."
With the win, Great Bend improved to 9-4 on the season and is ranked ninth in the latest Kansas Class 5A boys basketball rankings. The five-point loss isn’t enough to drop the defending Class 3A champion Spartans, now 12-1 on the season, out of the top spot.
Below is a look at the latest Kansas boys and girls basketball rankings. Team records, in parenthesis, include games through Tuesday.
Last weekend's leading scorers
Boys
Kansas City-Washington’s Tre’Vaughn White ripped the cords for 38 points in a 91-71 win over Olathe Christian…Logan Longwell of Immaculata scored 36 points in a 91-89 double overtime win over Elwood…Burrton’s Alex Santiago poured in 34 points in a 60-53 win over Fairfield…Bubba Kreutzer of Bucklin ripped the cords for 34 points in a 67-52 win over Greensburg…Gardner-Edgerton’s Conner Langrehr scored 32 points in a 78-73 win over Wichita East…Evan Allen of Maize South poured in 31 points in a 57-43 win over Garden City…Sedgwick’s Bryce Douvier ripped the cords for 31 points in a 55-43 loss to Douglass…Bubba Starling of Gardner-Edgerton scored 30 points in a 78-73 win over Wichita East…Cheney’s Sean Osler poured in 30 points in a 60-58 win over Moundridge…Will Spradling of Shawnee Mission South ripped the cords for 30 points in a 74-68 triple overtime win over Wichita East.
Girls
Nichelle Erskine of Brewster scored 34 points in a 54-40 win over Golden Plains…South Haven’s Breanna Bryant poured in 34 points in a 73-63 win over Sedan…Jenna Farris of Lincoln ripped the cords for 33 points in a 71-53 win over Natoma…Clearwater’s Tricia Vogel scored 31 points in a 55-46 win over Mulvane…Shelbi Petty of DeSoto poured in 28 points in a 61-56 win over Jefferson West…Axtell’s April Gee ripped the cords for 28 points in a 53-32 loss to Wetmore…Jordan Kramer of Jefferson County North scored 28 points in a 48-35 win over Atchison County…St. Paul’s Allison O’Brien poured in 27 points in a 62-50 win over Riverton…Hannah Williams of Haviland ripped the cords for 26 points in a 43-31 loss to Greensburg…Sedan’s Georgia Ann Tucker scored 26 points in a 73-63 loss to South Haven…Jordan Krohn of Onaga poured in 25 points in a 47-46 loss to Hanover.
Kansas boys basketball rankings
Top 10
1. Wichita Heights (10-2)
2. Bishop Miege (11-0)
3. Leavenworth (9-1)
4. Topeka Highland Park (9-2)
5. Olathe South (9-1)
6. McPherson (11-1)
7. Olathe East (8-2)
8. Kansas City-Sumner Academy (10-1)
9. Derby (8-2)
10. Kansas City-Harmon (9-2)
Class 6A
1. Wichita Heights (10-2)
2. Leavenworth (9-1)
3. Olathe South (9-1)
4. Olathe East (8-2)
5. Derby (8-2)
6. Blue Valley North (9-3)
7. Blue Valley Northwest (8-3)
8. Shawnee Mission Northwest (8-3)
9. Dodge City (9-2)
10. Wichita East (8-4)
Class 5A
1. Bishop Miege (11-0)
2. Topeka Highland Park (9-2)
3. McPherson (11-1)
4. Kansas City-Harmon (9-2)
5. Andover Central (10-2)
6. Gardner-Edgerton (8-4)
7. Pittsburg (8-2)
8. Kansas City-Washington (8-4)
9. Great Bend (9-4)
10. Salina Central (7-4)
Class 4A
1. Kansas City-Sumner Academy (10-1)
2. Topeka Hayden (10-1)
3. Ottawa (9-2)
4. Basehor-Linwood (10-2)
5. Clay Center (10-1)
6. Pratt (12-1)
7. Coffeyville-Field Kindley (9-1)
8. Pleasant Ridge (10-1)
9. Abilene (9-3)
10. Wamego (7-3)
Class 3A
1. Wichita Collegiate (12-1)
2. Halstead (12-1)
3. Rossville (10-2)
4. Douglass (12-1)
5. Galena (10-1)
6. St. Marys (8-3)
7. Southwestern Heights (9-2)
8. Central Heights (9-2)
9. Beloit (9-4)
10. Osage City (9-4)
Class 2A
1. Olpe (9-0)
2. Spearville (12-0)
3. Moundridge (12-1)
4. Berean Academy (11-1)
5. Pittsburg-Colgan (9-1)
6. Peabody-Burns (11-2)
7. Herington (12-1)
8. Oswego (11-2)
9. Salina Sacred Heart (11-3)
10. Leoti (9-4)
Class 1A
1. Quinter (13-0)
2. Hanover (11-1)
3. South Gray (11-1)
4. Quivira Heights (13-0)
5. Tribune-Greeley County (12-1)
6. Baileyville B&B (12-1)
7. Macksville (11-3)
8. Pretty Prairie (12-2)
9. Frankfort (12-3)
10. Centralia (10-3)
Kansas girls basketball rankings
Top 10
1. Olathe South (10-0)
2. Wichita Heights (11-1)
3. Bishop Miege (9-2)
4. Shawnee Mission East (8-3)
5. Shawnee Mission West (9-2)
6. Andover Central (10-0)
7. Topeka Washburn Rural (7-3)
8. St. Thomas Aquinas (9-1)
9. Concordia (10-0)
10. Bishop Carroll (12-1)
Class 6A
1. Olathe South (10-0)
2. Wichita Heights (11-1)
3. Shawnee Mission East (8-3)
4. Shawnee Mission West (9-2)
5. Topeka Washburn Rural (7-3)
6. Manhattan (7-1)
7. Blue Valley (8-3)
8. Dodge City (7-2)
9. Topeka (6-2)
10. Wichita Southeast (9-3)
Class 5A
1. Bishop Miege (9-2)
2. Andover Central (10-0)
3. St. Thomas Aquinas (9-1)
4. Wichita Bishop Carroll (12-1)
5. Emporia (7-1)
6. McPherson (9-1)
7. Salina South (7-2)
8. Andover (9-2)
9. Topeka Seaman (8-2)
10. Lansing (9-2)
Class 4A
1. Concordia (10-0)
2. Holton (12-0)
3. Cheney (10-0)
4. Ottawa (10-1)
5. Girard (12-1)
6. Towanda Circle (9-1)
7. Rose Hill (7-3)
8. Hesston (10-3)
9. Altamont-Labette County (8-3)
10. Buhler (7-3)
Class 3A
1. Southwestern Heights (11-0)
2. Wichita Collegiate (8-1)
3. Rock Creek (12-0)
4. Thomas More Prep Marian (11-1)
5. Marion (10-2)
6. Burlington (10-1)
7. Smith Center (10-1)
8. Beloit (8-2)
9. Minneapolis (11-1)
10. Holcomb (9-3)
Class 2A
1. Olpe (10-0)
2. Moundridge (8-2)
3. Hill City (9-1)
4. Pittsburg-Colgan (8-1)
5. Osborne (11-2)
6. Oakley (10-2)
7. Berean Academy (10-2)
8. Valley Heights (8-3)
9. Dexter (9-2)
10. Wabaunsee (7-3)
Class 1A
1. South Gray (12-0)
2. Argonia (13-0)
3. Pratt Skyline (11-0)
4. Hutchinson Central Christian (12-0)
5. South Barber (10-1)
6. St. John (9-1)
7. St. Paul (11-0)
8. Frankfort (13-2)
9. Little River (8-3)
10. Weskan (11-2)
