Division II Bulletin named Fort Hays State senior guard Rob Davis as an All-America Honorable Mention selection for the 2016-17 season on Monday (Mar. 27). Davis, who earned all-region honors from the D2CCA and NABC and All-MIAA First Team, becomes the fourth player under head coach Mark Johnson to earn All-America honors.

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Fort Hays State has produced three All-America selections in the last seven years. Davis joins Craig Nicholson (2013-14) and Dominique Jones (2010-11) among that list. The first All-America selection under Johnson was Tyrone Shephard in 2005-06. Nicholson, the last to receive All-America honors for FHSU, was also an honorable mention selection by Division II Bulletin. Overall, Davis is the 26th All-America selection in program history and seventh in the program’s NCAA Division II history.

Davis joins Justin Pitts of Northwest Missouri State on the Division II Bulletin All-America list. Pitts, a junior point guard for the Bearcats, earned the Division II Bulletin and NABC National Player of the Year Awards. He was the MIAA Player of the Year for a second straight season. He helped the Bearcats win their first national title in basketball on Saturday (Mar. 25) and NWMSU became the first Division II school ever to win a football and men’s basketball national championship in the same calendar year.

Davis had a tremendous year for the Tigers, averaging 21.4 points per game. He became the first FHSU player to average at least 20 points per game since the 1995-96 season, when Alonzo Goldston averaged 20.4 helping lead the Tigers to an undefeated national championship. He is the first player under head coach Mark Johnson to average at least 20 per game. Davis finished the year scoring 30 or more points in a game eight times and 20 or more 17 times. He scored 1,140 points over two years with Fort Hays State, finishing 15th on the all-time scoring list.

Davis scored a career-high 42 points at Emporia State on February 1, 2017, matching the sixth-highest scoring game in Tiger history. Dennis Edwards owns the top five single-game scoring performances in Tiger history and was the last to break the 40-point barrier before Davis, doing it three times in 1995.

Davis finished the year shooting 49.9 percent from the field, making 207-of-415 attempts from the field. He shot 45.3 percent beyond the 3-point line (82-of-181) and 85.1 percent at the free-throw line (126-of-148). He added 3.4 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game.

For his career, Davis ranks fourth all-time in Tiger history for 3-point field goal percentage and free-throw percentage. He was very consistent in his rate of shooting from the field, hitting exactly at a .499 clip overall and .453 clip beyond the 3-point line both seasons at FHSU. His performance at the free-throw line this year improved as his career percentage settled at 82.2 percent.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Tyler Dorsey shot 6-for-10 from 3-point range and scored a game-high 27 points as the Ducks eliminated top seed Kansas, 74-60 in the Midwest Regional final at Kansas City. Dorsey was 9-for-13 from the field overall and finished with five rebounds as Oregon advanced to the Final Four for the first time since 1939.

Dillon Brooks chipped in 17 points for the Ducks, who began to fade midway through the second half before making the Jayhawks the second No. 1 seed to be ousted from the tournament. Jordan Bell added 11 points and 13 boards to the win.

The Jayhawks shot just 35 percent, including 5-of-25 from beyond the arc, and were unable to overcome an 11-point halftime deficit. Frank Mason III was the lone Jayhawk to score more than 10 points, finishing with 21.

Oregon will take on either Kentucky or North Carolina next Saturday.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Justin Pitts scored 23 points, Chris-Ebou Ndow had a double-double and Northwest Missouri State beat Fairmont State 71-61 Saturday in the NCAA Division II championship game.

Ndow finished with 17 points and 18 rebounds and Anthony Woods scored 13 with five rebounds and five assists for Northwest Missouri State (35-1). The Bearcats won their first men’s basketball national championship and became the first D-II school to win the title in football and basketball in the same academic year.

Pitts hit a 3-pointer to open the game, a layup by Woods made it 13-3 lead about 5½ minutes in and Northwest Missouri State took a 32-21 lead into the break. Another 3 by Pitts gave the Bearcats their biggest lead, 36-22, with 18 minutes to go and Fairmont State (34-3) trailed by at least eight the rest of the way.

Matt Bingaya had 24 points and seven rebounds and Thomas Winbush scored 17 with eight boards for the Falcons.

A layup by Shammgod Wells cut Fairmont’s deficit to 60-52 with 4:54 left, but Ndow answered with a layup eight seconds later and the Falcons missed their next eight shots, and two free throws by Ndow made it 68-54 with 1:12 remaining.

Fairmont, which came in averaging 95.4 points per game, shot just 31 percent (9 of 29) from the field in the first half. The Falcons set season lows for points in a half (21 in the first) and total points.

Both teams were appearing in their first D-II national championship game and each set school records for wins in a season.

PITTSBURG, Kan. — Pittsburg State University will formally introduce Kim Anderson as the Gorillas’ new men’s basketball coach Monday (Mar. 27).

A welcome ceremony and press conference will be held at 11 a.m. (CDT) at John Lance Arena/Whetzel Court. The public is invited and encouraged to attend the event.

Anderson served as head coach at the University of Missouri the past three seasons. Previously he coached 12 years at MIAA rival University of Central Missouri, leading the Mules to the 2014 NCAA Division II National Championship as well as two additional D2 Final Four appearances (2007, 2009) while compiling a 274-95 (.743) record at the school.

Anderson’s first day on the job at Pitt State will be April 10.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Player of the year front-runner Frank Mason III poured in 26 points, Kansas turned on the jets in the second half and the top-seeded Jayhawks soared to a 98-66 blowout of No. 4 seed Purdue on Thursday night in the Midwest Regional semifinals.

Devonte Graham also had 26 points and Josh Jackson had 15 points and 12 rebounds for the Jayhawks (31-4), who led by 7 at halftime before their up-and-down pace finally wore down the Boilermakers.

Kansas used two big runs, including an 11-0 charge highlighted by Lagerald Vicks’ 360-degree drunk, to coast into a matchup with No. 3 seed Oregon on Saturday for a spot in the Final Four.

The Ducks survived a nail-biter against Michigan earlier in the night.

Caleb Swanigan had 18 points and seven boards for the Boilermakers (27-8), but the 6-foot-9, 250-pound All-America candidate had to work for all of it.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Northwest Missouri used a 21-9 run early in the second half to earn a chance at the NCAA Division II National Championship with a 79-67 victory over Lincoln Memorial.

The Bearcats shot .654 from the field in the second half and .500 from the three-point line as they erased a six-point deficit to make the national title game.

The Bearcats were led by Justin Pitts who scored a game high 30 points and dished out six assists. Zach Schnieder was in double figures with 13 points going 4 of 6 from beyond the arch. Anthony Woods added 11 points while on the glass Chris-Ebou Ndow pulled down a team best seven rebounds.

The Bearcats will face off with Fairmont State on Saturday, March 25 at 2 p.m. in the national championship game from the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls and can be seen across the nation on CBS.