Sports in Brief – Oct. 24
Men’s golf wins
another title
The Wichita State men’s golf team won the Herb Wimberly Intercollegiate on Tuesday for its third team title in five fall tournaments.
The Shockers shot an 11-under 841 to finish nine shots ahead of second place UNLV. Both Kansas (5th) and Kansas State (11th) were in the 12-team field.
WSU’s Hunter Sparks led the Shockers with a 6-under 207 to finish in third place. Louis Cohen Boyer took fifth with a 4-under 209.
Boyer, a sophomore, is the only WSU golfer to have finished in the top 10 in each of the fall tournaments.
KU’s Chris Gilbert finished tied for first with UNLV’s Blake Biddle. Both golfers shot an 8-under 205.
The tournament wrapped up fall play for the Shockers. They will return in February with the UTSA Oak Hills Invitational.
—Austin Colbert
Basketball media day is today
The men’s and women’s basketball teams will hold their media day today in Koch Arena.
The men’s basketball team opens its season with an exhibition against Pittsburg State on Monday, Nov. 5, at 7 p.m. The regular season gets underway on Nov. 10 against North Carolina Central.
The men’s team finished 27-6 last year, going 16-2 in Missouri Valley play en route to a regular-season conference title, its first since 2006.
The women’s team opens its season on Sunday with an exhibition against Harding University. The game begins at 2:05 p.m. The women will play a second exhibition against Central Oklahoma on Nov. 4 before opening their regular season at LSU on Nov. 11.
The women finished 20-13 overall, 12-6 in MVC play.
The Sunflower will publish its annual Basketball Guide on Nov. 14.
—Austin Colbert
