BLUE DRAGON MEN'S BASKETBALL |
Hutchinson (17-6, 8-6) at Northwest Tech (3-18, 1-13)When: Wednesday, February 5, 2020 |
Hutchinson CC Sports Information
The Hutchinson Community College men's basketball team finally had a late-game scenario go its way Saturday night in a 68-67 victory at Seward County.
The Blue Dragons hope that one-point road victory is the spark they need to make a strong stretch run, which starts on Wednesday night at Northwest Tech.
Tipoff for the second meeting of the season between Hutchinson and Northwest Tech is 8:30 p.m. (CT) at Max Jones Fieldhouse in Goodland, Kansas.
The game will be broadcast live on Blue Dragon flagship station KHUT-FM (102.9) and sister stations KWBW-AM/FM (1450/98.5) at 8:20 p.m. with Glen Grunwald (play-by-play) and Steve Carpenter (color) calling the action. The game will also be streamed live on the Blue Dragon Sports Network at 8:20 p.m.
Hutchinson starts the second time through the Jayhawk West with the Mavericks. The Blue Dragons won an 88-79 decision over Northwest Tech on January 15 at the Sports Arena.
Josh Baker was huge down the stretch on Saturday against Seward County. Scoring a game-high 19 points, Baker nailed a 3-pointer with 1:19 remaining to give Hutch a 68-67 lead. Baker then had a blocked shot and a deflected pass out of bounds with 0.3 seconds to play. Clarence King stepped up as well with a career-high 14 points.
Northwest Tech snapped a 13-game losing streak and earned its first Jayhawk West victory of the season on Saturday after a 106-103 win in overtime against Dodge City to improve to 3-18. Six Mavericks scored in double figures led by Pierles Brown's 22 points. Joshua Robinson added 19 as Northwest Tech nailed a season-high-tying 12 3-pointers and shot just shy of 50 percent against the Conquistadors for the game.
The Mavericks had a big shooting game against Hutchinson in the first meeting of the season. Northwest Tech shot 45.7 percent with nine 3-pointers in Hutchinson's nine-point win. Bryan Phillips had 20 points and C.J. Rosser had 17 points with four 3-pointers for Tech in the first meeting with Hutchinson.
Majok Kuath made his first career start in that game and scored 28 points on 9 of 9 shooting from the field to lead the Blue Dragons.
The Blue Dragons (17-6) are tied for third place with Pratt in the Jayhawk West standings at 8-6. Both the Dragons and Beavers have a two-game lead on fifth place Seward County for the third and fourth spots in the Jayhawk West, which would receive home games for the opening round of the Region VI Tournament.
Wednesday's meeting is just the sixth between the Blue Dragons and Mavericks. Hutchinson is 5-0 all-time, 3-0 since the Mavericks joined the Jayhawk Conference last season.