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Lawrence High boys basketball

City basketball teams move up in Class 6A ranks
February 12, 2013
The city’s top two high school basketball teams — the Lawrence High boys and the Free State girls — both moved up a spot in the latest Kansas Basketball Coaches Association Class 6A rankings, released Monday.
Ottawa hoops signs LHS grad
February 12, 2013
Lawrence High graduate Chance Riley has signed a basketball letter of intent with Ottawa University.
Justin time: LHS boys ride Roberts’ fourth-quarter flurry to victory
February 9, 2013
Lawrence High freshman Justin Roberts scored 11 fourth-quarter points to push the Lions boys to a 54-48 victory on Friday at Olathe North. By Benton Smith
Lawrence High boys step up without starter; LHS girls lose to SM West
February 6, 2013
Playing without one of its top scorers and most dynamic players on Tuesday night at Shawnee Mission West, the Lawrence High boys basketball team got a little extra from everybody in the lineup and used a second-half surge to race to a 61-50 victory over the Vikings. By Matt Tait
Lions swept by Lancers late
February 2, 2013
It’s not often that two teams outplay, outhustle and outperform their opponents in several areas on the stat sheet and lose, but that’s exactly what happened to the Lawrence High boys and girls basketball teams Friday night at LHS. By Matt Tait
LHS boys avoid third-quarter slump, top Leavenworth
January 30, 2013
Jake Mosiman scored Lawrence High’s first 11 points of the third quarter, sending the Lions boys to a 63-48 victory against Leavenworth on Tuesday at LHS. By Benton Smith
LHS boys to put first ranking on line tonight
January 29, 2013
Lawrence High’s boys basketball team hasn’t played in 10 days, but when the Lions return to the court tonight, they will do so as a ranked team for the first time this season. By Benton Smith
Scots too much for Lions, 69-47
January 19, 2013
Showing off an elite combination of speed, size, depth and offensive efficiency, Highland Park remained undefeated by crushing Lawrence, 69-47, in the Topeka Invitational Tournament championship game Saturday night at Topeka West High. By Benton Smith
All’s well: Lions advance to title game
January 19, 2013
Lawrence High boys basketball senior Drake Hofer didn’t freak out after making a potentially critical mistake against Olathe South in the final seconds of a Topeka Invitational Tournament semifinal Friday night at Topeka West. By Benton Smith
Great escape: Lions open tourney with narrow win
January 18, 2013
Although the fourth quarter turned out to be the least successful eight-minute stretch of the night for Lawrence High’s boys basketball team Thursday, the Lions forced enough defensive stops in the final minutes to overcome a series of late mistakes and knock off Wichita East, 63-57, in the first round of the Topeka Invitational Tournament. By Benton Smith
Lawrence High boys confident in face of tough competition at tourney
January 17, 2013
Lawrence High’s boys basketball team begins playing tonight at the three-day Topeka Invitational Tournament against some of the top competition in the state. By Benton Smith
LHS boys survive stars’ struggles, upend No. 2 Olathe South
January 12, 2013
Despite getting just two points from one of their top options, the Lawrence High boys basketball team used an all-hands-on-deck offensive approach to pick up their most impressive victory of the season to date, a 48-44 victory against Olathe South on Friday at LHS. By Matt Tait
Mosiman beats buzzer to give LHS boys a win at SMNW
January 9, 2013
Jake Mosiman drilled a cold-blooded three-pointer just before time expired Tuesday night at Shawnee Mission Northwest, giving the Lawrence High boys basketball team a 55-54 win. By Benton Smith
LHS boys basketball loses back-to-back
January 6, 2013
Lawrence High’s boys basketball team needed a vigorous fourth quarter Saturday afternoon at Rockhurst. What the Lions got was a feeble final eight minutes and a 73-51 road loss. By Benton Smith
End-game defense vexes LHS boys in loss at ONW
January 5, 2013
Olathe Northwest’s Trey Bales torched the Lawrence High boys basketball team’s defense in the fourth quarter as the Lions lost, 70-60, on Friday in Olathe. By Benton Smith