BLUE DRAGON WOMEN'S BASKETBALL |
No. 11 Hutchinson (10-0, 4-0) at Cloud County (6-4, 2-3) |
| When: Wednesday, December 6, 2023 Where: Arley Bryant Gym, Concordia, KS Time: 6 p.m. Radio: KHUT-FM (102.9); KWBW-AM/FM 91450/98.5), 5:45 p.m. - Sean Boston (PBP); Daren Dunn (Color) Video: Blue Dragon Sports Network, 5:45 p.m. X: @bluedragonsport BLUE DRAGON GAME NOTES (PDF Format) |
Hutchinson CC Sports Information
The Hutchinson Community College women's basketball team looks to close out the first semester strong this week.
The Blue Dragons have two more games before the holiday break starting Wednesday with a road trip to play Cloud County.
Tipoff at Arley Bryant Gym is at 6 p.m. 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 5:45 p.m. with Sean Boston (PBP) and Daren Dunn (color) calling the action. The Blue Dragon Sports Network will stream the game live beginning at 5:45 p.m.
Off to a 10-0 start and 4-0 in Jayhawk Conference play, the Blue Dragons climbed to No. 11 in this week's NJCAA rankings. The Blue Dragons face Cloud County on Wednesday and play host to Cowley at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday to close out the first semester.
The Blue Dragons earned their sixth 10-0 start to a season under head coach John Ontjes with a decisive 98-47 victory on Saturday over the Pratt Beavers.
Hitting eight 3-point goals in the first half, the Blue Dragons raced out to a 49-20 lead at halftime. Hailey Jackson led a balanced Blue Dragon offensive attack with 17 points. Kiki Smith had 14 points and Journey Armstead had 12 points.
The Blue Dragons posted their fourth 60-rebound game of the season in out-rebounding Pratt 66-31. Monae Duffy had 15 rebounds and Bree Horyna had 12 boards.
Cloud County started the season going 5-1 in the non-conference portion of the schedule and are 2-3 in KJCCC play with wins over Seward County and Garden City.
The Thunderbirds, who are 6-1 at the Thunderdome this season, enter Wednesday's game coming off a 75-55 loss at No. 15 Dodge City.
Maimouna Sissoko had 27 points and 18 rebounds in the loss to the Conquistadors. The Thunderbirds were held to 34.8 percent overall shooting and turned the ball over 23 times against Dodge City.
Sissoko is Cloud County's leading scorer at 17.8 points and is the second-leading rebounder in the KJCCC at 12.7 rebounds per game.
Last season, Sissoko had 22 points and 10 rebounds in Cloud's 76-65 win at Concordia. She was limited to two points and one rebound in nine minutes in the Dragons 75-56 win two months later at the Sports Arena.
The Blue Dragons are 7-3 in their last 10 trips to Concordia.