Thursday’s high school basketball scores (Jan. 22, 2026)

By Joanna Chadwick

Boys

Andover Central 47, Louisburg 39

Andover 43, Wichita East 38 — Andover was led by Walker McClellan, who had 14 point, 10 rebounds. Griffin Hand had 12 points and Drew Hutchinson had nine rebounds.East’s Luke Henderson scored 18 points and Jaylen Philips-Grey had 12, and Aiden Butler had 18 rebounds.

Buhler 63, Abilene 47

Circle 72, Belle Plaine 43

Derby 70, Lawrence Free State 58 — With Free State leading 33-32 at the half, Derby’s defense showed out, holding the Firebirds to six third-quarter points. Derby hit 10 three-pointers, with Avant Riley and Greg Stiger each hitting 3 of 7 from three. Riley finished with 17 points, seven assists, Stiger had 13 points, three steals and Clingan had 18 points, five rebounds. Free State’s Brendan Barrett scored 23 points, making 5 of 8 from three. Brayden DeBruin had 14 points, Ethan Prescott seven rebounds.

Elyria 50, Hutchinson Central Christian 39

Goessel 42, Wakefield 15

Hutchinson 53, Topeka Seaman 51 — Top-seeded Topeka Seaman’s three-point attempt in the final seconds was short as Hutchinson got the win. Lamar Govain scored a game-high 21 points, hitting 8 of 12 from the field, and finishing with six rebounds, five steals. Draydon Hippen had 15 points, going 3 of 3 from three. Topeka Seaman’s Kaevon Bonner had 16 points and five rebounds, four assists and three steals. Landon Wiltz scored 14, with three threes, and had four steals.

Little River 78, Larned 35

Maize South 55, BV West 50 OT

SM South 87, Newton 46 — SM South’s Ben Allen scored 19 points, Kaiden Davis 12 and Thomas Burns 10 in the win. Davis also had five steals and five assists. Newton’s Christian Henderson had seven rebounds and Camden Hessman four assists.

Smoky Valley 59, SE-Saline 55

Wellington 60, Clearwater 52

Wichita Collegiate 80, Goddard 32 — Collegiate had a three-point first quarter lead, then outscored Goddard 61-16 over the next three periods. AJ Batiste scored 20 to lead Collegiate.

Wichita Warriors 55, Mulvane 53

Winfield 49, Halstead 39

Girls

Inman 56, Larned 43

Kingman 39, Lyons 30

Louisburg 50, Clearwater 44

Smoky Valley 48, Hutchinson Trinity 17

Wellington 57, Ulysses 31

Wichita East 76, Abilene 23