The Kansas City men’s basketball program set multiple records Monday night in a 119-19 blowout win over Calvary University.
And yes, you read that right: 119-19. A 100-point win.
The win for the Roos came against a Calvary University program that is formerly a Bible College and competes in the National Christian College Athletic Association. Calvary is a Div. II school at the NCCAA level — not the NCAA level, to be clear, but the NCCAA level — and has a roster comprised of non-scholarship athletes.
“I want to pay a compliment to my guys for staying within themselves and not getting caught up in the score,” said Kansas City’s coach Marvin Menzies, somehow with a straight face, after the game. “Once the game was obviously out of control, then we wanted to do some specific things and work on some things. But also, I wanted to make sure the guys didn’t take them lightly, in the sense of approaching the game in a way where it’s not an honor and a privilege to be able to play. …
“Yes, you keep score, and you play for wins,” Menzies continued. “But once that is decided, then you have to play for the respect of the game.”
The 100-point win gave Kansas City its second win of 85 points or more on the season after defeating Kansas Christian by 88 points on Nov. 8, becoming the first Div. I school to do that in a single season.
Among the records set by Kansas City, per the program’s postgame notes, were:
- 37 first-half rebounds
- 100-point win marked the largest margin of victory in school history, eclipsing its previous record set two weeks ago of 88 vs. Kansas Christian
- Calvary’s 19 total points marked the fewest points allowed by a Kansas City opponent, setting a new record that was previously 23 points held when it faced Rockhurst in 1983
- Kansas City’s 30 steals in the win is the most in a game in school history and eight more than the previous record set in 2014
- With 18 made 3-pointers, the Roos set a new record for made 3s in a game, besting their previous record of 17 made vs. Southern Utah in 2003
It’s not the first time Kansas City has bullied up on Calvary, either. Kansas City defeated Calvary, 113-54, on Nov. 14, 2022 under Marvin Menzies, and defeated Calvary the previous year under then-head coach Billy Donlon, 94-32.
The Roos snap back to reality against Div. I competition this week vs. American on Friday and Albany on Saturday in a pair of games slated to be played in Puerto Rico.
