{"id":5965,"date":"2020-02-25T15:01:36","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T21:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/?p=5965"},"modified":"2020-02-25T15:01:36","modified_gmt":"2020-02-25T21:01:36","slug":"athletic-news-february-25-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/2020\/02\/25\/athletic-news-february-25-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Athletic News February 25, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Men’s Basketball
\n<\/strong>The Griffon men remained perfect at home (11-0) with a upset win over #17-ranked Missouri Southern on Saturday, Feb. 22. They stand at 16-12 overall and 12-5 in the conference after three wins in their last four games. They beat Pittsburg State 95-79 in Pittsburg and 94-76 at home. They played Missouri Southern on Feb. 15 and lost 97-87, so the Feb. 22 89-85 will was a sweet redemption.<\/p>\n

The Feb. 22 win over Southern was a nail-biter that featured 16 lead changes and 15 ties.<\/p>\n

Next up, the men play at 7:30 p.m. tonight (Tuesday) at home against Northwest Missouri State and at 3:30 p.m. at home against Washburn to close out their season.\u00a0 They have also earned a spot in the MIAA postseason tournament that begins March 4 at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City.<\/p>\n

Baseball
\n<\/strong>Missouri Western Baseball closed out their first home series of the season on Saturday, Feb. 22. The Griffons (4-11) split the doubleheader with Minot State (6-4) 0-11 and 12-7.\u00a0
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Since Feb. 14, the Griffons have won two and lost two, all at the MIAA\/GLVC Crossover in Joplin, Missouri.<\/p>\n

The team is in Topeka, Kansas to play three games against Washburn University on Feb. 28-March 1. They return home on March 6.<\/p>\n

Softball<\/strong>
\nThree-run rallies by Sioux Falls and Wayne State (Nebraska) against Griffon softball last Sunday left \"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/89\/2020\/02\/Softball-2-25-20.jpg\"Missouri Western with two losses on its final day in Topeka at the Washburn University softball complex.<\/p>\n

Sioux Falls scored three in the fifth of the first game of the day to take down the Griffons, 3-2. Wayne State scored three in the top of the sixth and held on for a 4-3 win over MWSU.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, the women split with a win against Maryville University and a loss to Minnesota State University-Mankato. The women, coached by Jen Trotter, stand at 3-7. The team plays Missouri Southern at noon on Friday, Feb. 28, Missouri S & T at 10 a.m. and noon on Saturday, and Northern State University at 9 and 11 a.m. on Sunday. All the games will be held in Joplin, Missouri.<\/p>\n

Track
\n<\/strong>The Missouri Western women’s 4×400-meter relay team hit a provisional qualifying time at the Nebraska Tune-Up Feb. 21 in Lincoln. Griffon Track also finished with many personal bests on Friday. The Tune-Up was the last event for the Griffons heading into the MIAA Championships on Feb. 28 in Pittsburg, Kansas.<\/p>\n

Women’s Basketball<\/strong>
\nThe women’s basketball team handily beat Missouri Southern 76-47 on Feb. 22 to advance its record to 19-7 overall and 11-6 in the conference. The women lost to Pittsburg State on Feb. 12 and Feb. 19, once in Pittsburg and once at home. They also beat Missouri Southern 65-61 on Feb. 15 in Joplin.<\/p>\n

Next up is Northwest Missouri State Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. at home. They play Washburn at home at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 29 to close out the regular season.<\/p>\n

The women have also earned a spot in the MIAA postseason tournament that begins March 4 at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City.<\/p>\n

Women’s Tennis\u00a0<\/strong>
\nGriffon tennis (3-4) jumped back into action last Sunday at Southwest Baptist. Missouri Western fell 7-0 in the nonconference match.<\/p>\n

The Griffons host Northwest Missouri State on Feb. 29 at Genesis Health Club in St. Joseph.<\/p>\n

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Men’s Basketball The Griffon men remained perfect at home (11-0) with a upset win over #17-ranked Missouri Southern on Saturday, Feb. 22. They stand at 16-12 overall and 12-5 in the conference after three wins in their last four games. They beat Pittsburg State 95-79 in Pittsburg and 94-76 at home. They played Missouri Southern […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5965"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5965"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5968,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5965\/revisions\/5968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}