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Brotherly love: Reaves brothers to play championship game at same time

Wichita State freshman Austin Reaves and his brother Spencer to play in championships at the same time.

Wichita State’s John Robert Simon (14), Austin Reaves (12) and Brett Barney (4) pose in the locker room.

Freshman guard Austin Reaves is playing in his first collegiate championship game against the Illinois State Redbirds at 1 p.m. Sunday.

His older brother, Spencer, a junior guard at the University of Central Missouri, is competing in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) championship at the same time.

The brother are under 150 miles apart; Austin is in St.