K-State got on the board in the bottom of the first inning when Tanner Witt scored on a fielder’s choice. The Wildcats added two more runs in the bottom of the sixth when the Sooners committed an error while trying to complete a double play and finished out their scoring on a two-run single by Mitch Meyer in the bottom of the seventh.

Oklahoma scored two runs in the top of the ninth against closer Jake Matthys before he closed the door allowing KSU to tie their regular season record for most wins.

Flattery, making his first start since April 19 was perfect through the first four innings of the game and allowed just three hits while striking out four batters. Shane Conlon went three for four and scored a run while Meyer went two for four with the two RBI’s.

Kansas State (39-15, 16-7) will wrap up the regular season on Sunday as they try for the sweep of the Sooner. Please note that due to anticipated severe weather later in the day first pitch has been moved up to 11 a.m.

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Trailing Oklahoma 4-0 in the bottom of the sixth inning and held to just two hits at that point by the ace of the Sooner staff, the Wildcats got off the mat and rallied to take a 5-4 lead into the ninth inning. After the Sooners tied the game in the top of the frame with a solo home run, K-State produced another magical moment in the bottom of the inning when Tanner Witt scored the winning run on a passed ball to give K-State an incredible 6-5 victory and the outright 2013 Big 12 Conference Baseball Championship before a raucous crowd of 3,589 Friday Night at Tointon Family Stadium.

Oklahoma built up its lead against starting pitcher Levi Mavorhis with three runs in the top of the fourth inning and another in the top of the sixth. The Bat Cats came roaring back with three runs in the bottom of the sixth on Austin Fisher’s RBI single and a two-run single by Mitch Meyer. The game was tied in the bottom of the seventh inning on a Tanner Witt RBI single. Jon Davis led off the eighth inning with a triple into the right field corner….what’s more remarkable about that hit is that just two innings earlier, Davis was lying on the field writhing in pain after appeared to hyper-extend his knee in a collision with OU first baseman Matt Oberste. However, Davis managed to loosen the knee up and stayed the game. He would score on Lance Miles’ single to right to give K-State a 5-4 lead heading into the ninth.

Closer Jake Matthys who has been nearly automatic out of the bullpen showed he’s human when he gave up a one-out solo home run to Jack Mayfield tying the score once again at 5-5. Matthys settled down to get the final two outs and keep the score knotted up. Witt led off the bottom of the ninth with a walk and was sacrificed to second by Shane Conlon. After Jared King was intentionally walked, Fisher was hit by a pitch loading the bases. Davis came up to the plate once again and with a 2-1 count, the ball got away from Oklahoma catcher Anthony Hermelyn and Witt slid head first across home plate with the run that gave Kansas State its first regular season conference Baseball championship since the 1933 season touching off a wild celebration on the field and in the stands.

K-State had won an outright Missouri Valley Conference Championship in 1928 and shared titles in the Big Six Conference in 1930 and 1933. Since then there were a couple of second place finishes in the old Big 8 Conference in 1974 and in 1990 plus a third place finish in the Big 12 as recently as 2010 but no championship until Friday night.
Kansas State becomes the second Big 12 School (Texas in 2005-06) and just the third in the BCS era dating back to 1998 ( also joined by Stanford in 1999-2000) to win championships in Football, Men’s Basketball and Baseball in the same academic year.

With the title now locked down, Kansas State (38-15, 15-7) will head into next week’s Big 12 Tournament in Oklahoma City as the #1 seed. Meanwhile, there are still two games left in the regular season and the Wildcats will continue to need as many wins as possible if they wish to host and NCAA Regional for the first time ever in two weeks. The first of those games is on Saturday when Joe Flattery takes the hill for the Bat Cats. First pitch at Tointon Family Stadium is set for 6:30 p.m.
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Kansas State head coach Bruce Weber announced today the addition of sophomore forward Brandon Bolden (Sumter, S.C./Quality Education (N.C.) Academy/Georgetown University) to the Wildcat men’s basketball program.

A transfer from Georgetown, Bolden will receive a scholarship to attend the university and will have three years of eligibility after he sits out the 2013-14 season due to NCAA transfer rules. He is the second Division I transfer to be added to the Wildcat roster, joining junior guard Justin Edwards (Whitby, Ontario/Anderson CVI/University of Maine), who announced his intention to transfer to K-State on May 9 after two seasons at Maine.

“We are very excited to add Brandon to our program,” said Weber. “With such a large incoming freshmen class, we really wanted to add a more experienced player to our team plus we needed someone with his kind of size and length. I think the year off will be great for Brandon to not only develop and improve his game, but also to get stronger in the weight room. He will be a great asset next season just as a practice player to make our guys better.”

A 6-foot-10, 210-pound forward from Sumter, S.C., Bolden transfers to K-State after playing one season at Georgetown in 2012-13 for head coach John Thompson III. He helped the Hoyas to a 25-7 overall record this past season and a share of the Big East title with a 14-4 record. He played in just four games as a true freshman, registering just five minutes of playing time with no statistics.

A 2012 graduate of Quality Education Academy in Winston-Salem, N.C., Bolden led the Fighting Pharoahs to a 23-6 overall record and 10-1 mark in league play as a senior in 2011-12, playing alongside incoming Wildcat freshman Jevon Thomas. As a senior, he was rated as the No. 14 center prospect in the country and the No. 81 overall player in the Class of 2012 by Rivals.com. He chose Georgetown over offers from a number of schools, including Baylor, Florida, Georgia, Virginia, VCU and Virginia Tech.

Bolden is the seventh player to sign with the Wildcats this season, joining Edwards and incoming freshmen Neville Fincher (Teaneck, N.J./Hargrave Military Academy), Marcus Foster (Wichita Falls, Texas/Hirschi), Wesley Iwundu (Houston, Texas/Westfield), Nigel Johnson (Ashburn, Va./Riverdale Baptist School)and Jevon Thomas (Queens, N.Y./St. John’s [Wis.] Northwest Military Academy). Foster and Iwundu signed in the early signing period in the Fall, while Johnson, Fincher and Thomas joined the squad during the current Spring signing period.

Led by 2013 Big 12 Coach of the Year Bruce Weber, Kansas State enjoyed one of its best men’s basketball seasons in 2012-13, posting a 27-8 overall record and 14-4 mark in league play en route to its first-ever Big 12 regular season championship and a fourth consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament. The 27 wins were the second-most in school history, while the 14 in league play tied the school record held by the 1958-59 team. The league championship was the 18th in school history and the first since the 1976-77 season.

Season tickets for the 2013-14 season go on sale Monday, June 24 online at www.kstatesports.com or by calling the K-State Athletics Ticket Office at (800) 221.CATS. Fans interested in being contacted with additional information when season tickets are available may join the season ticket waiting list by calling the ticket office before the on-sale date.

The Wildcats will return eight lettermen in 2013-14, including two starters, highlighted by All-Big 12 honorable mention honoree Shane Southwell.

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Wilson was a sixth round draft pick of the Chiefs and is now the fourth pick to sign with the team. He started 27 games in his K-State career and appeared in 51 games.

“I thought he was the best blocking fullback in the draft,” Chiefs head coach Andy Reid told KC Chiefs.com.

Wilson joins Meshak Williams, who signed with Baltimore on Tuesday, as one of two Wildcats to sign with NFL teams this week.

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Before joining the Royals White served as the play-by-play voice of Kansas State Football and Basketball from 1967-73 and then went on to broadcast Royals games for 25 years from 1973-98 before becoming the Director of Broadcast Services and Royals Alumni until this week when he announced his retirement.

White also worked for many other networks over the years and in more recent years broadcast Big 12 Basketball games on television.

Funeral arrangements for White are pending at this time.

Ole Miss Guard Marshall Henderson

K-State will host Mississippi on December 5th this season as part of the Big 12/SEC challenge. This will be the first challenge for the Big 12 since a four-year series with the Pac-10 from 2007-10.

The Rebels went 27-9 last year while winning the SEC tournament and advancing to the third round of the NCAA tournament. They return leading scorer Marshall Henderson, one of the most polarizing figures in college basketball, who averaged 20.1 points per game last season.

“I’m excited about this new partnership between the Big 12 and SEC,” said head coach Bruce Weber in a statement. “Scheduling is one of the more difficult parts of my job and to get a home game against an outstanding opponent as Ole Miss, is a real coup for our program. They had a tremendous year in 2012-13 and return one of the best scorers in college basketball in Marshall Henderson, so this will be another great test for our team.”

K-State also announced yesterday that they will make a trip to the Barclays Center in Brooklyn to play Tulane on December 28th.

The full slate of Big 12/SEC challenge games can be found here.

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Ole Miss Guard Marshall Henderson

K-State will host Mississippi on December 5th this season as part of the Big 12/SEC challenge. This will be the first challenge for the Big 12 since a four-year series with the Pac-10 from 2007-10.

The Rebels went 27-9 last year while winning the SEC tournament and advancing to the third round of the NCAA tournament. They return leading scorer Marshall Henderson, one of the most polarizing figures in college basketball, who averaged 20.1 points per game last season.

K-State also announced yesterday that they will make a trip to the Barclays Center in Brooklyn to play Tulane on December 28th.

The full slate of Big 12/SEC challenge games can be found here.
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The Baltimore Ravens official website lists Williams as one of four undrafted rookies to sign with the team after this past weekend’s rookie camp. Williams played defensive end at K-State, but is listed as an outside linebacker for the Ravens. He was second in the Big 12 last year with eight and a half sacks during his senior season.

Williams will join his former teammate Arthur Brown in the Ravens front seven. Brown was Baltimore’s second round pick in last month’s draft.

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K-State is ranked 18th by Collegiate Baseball, 19th by Baseball America, 21st in the USA Today Coaches Poll, 22nd by the NCBWA and 26th by Perfect Game. This marks the seventh straight week that K-State has at least received votes in the various top 25 polls. Last week the Wildcats found themselves ranked for the first time since May 24th, 2010 by coming in at 28 in the NCBWA poll and 29th in the Collegiate Baseball poll.

With a two game lead in the Big 12 standings, K-State welcomes in the Oklahoma Sooners this weekend at Tointon Family Stadium for a three game series. The Wildcats can clinch a share of the Big 12 title with one win this weekend, and they would clinch an outright league title with two wins. First pitch on Friday is set for 6:30. All three games this weekend can be heard on Sports Radio 1350 KMAN.

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