DODGE CITY, Kan. - Three Dodge City Community College sophomores (Josh Boutte, Trevon Evans, Harris Brown) all had 16 points in a 93-83 home loss to Coffeyville Community College at the Student Activities Center on Saturday, November 19th. 

DC3 has now dropped two straight home Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference games to fall to 4-2 overall and 1-2 in the KJCCC while the Red Ravens remain perfect at 7-0 and 3-0 in the KJCCC. 

Dodge City would jump out to a quick 8-3 lead before Coffeyville would come storming back with five of their first 10 field goals in the game coming from three-point range. The Red Ravens would use a 10-0 run to take a 15-8 run and lead by a score of 25-18 at the media timeout with the Conqs 0-6 from beyond the arc. DC3 would be unable to close the gap any more in the final nine minutes of the first half, finishing the half just 1-9 (11.1%) from three-point land and trail 43-36 at the break. 

The Red Raven lead would hover around eight points for the first six minutes of the second half before Dodge City would start to close the gap and get within a point following a Brandon Miller layup with 10:34 to go. DC3 would tie the game at 67 apiece on a Dayton McGroarty jumper with 7:19 left in the game before foul trouble would finally catch up with the Conqs. A 12-1 Coffeyville run that was capped off by four consecutive free throws following a personal and technical foul on Nick Noskowiak would see the lead balloon back out to 12 with just 3:47 left in the game. The Conqs would never get any closer than seven points down the stretch as two starters would foul out and two other Conqs would finish the game with four fouls. 

"Just one of those games today, and it has been the story of our season so far" said head coach Kyle Campbell in a post-game interview with Damon Post. "We have a group of guys that aren't buying into the system yet and it's affecting our team." "The guys that finished the game and played a majority of the game are the ones that are buying into the system and we're gonna find a way to win with those guys."

Dodge City shot 46.3 percent (31-67) from the field, but would finish the game with only five three's on 25 attempts (20%) and 16-28 (57.1%) from the free-throw line. Coffeyville would score 17 second chance points and 21 points off of 18 Conquistadors compared to only 13 points off of 20 Red Raven turnovers. 

In addition to Boutte scoring 16 points, the New Iberia, La. Native pulled down 15 rebounds (7 offensive, 8 defensive) and had one steal. Brown would have five assists to go with his 16 points while Evans had four assists and one steal in addition to his 16 points. Trey Grundy III would just miss out on double-figures, finishing with nine points and seven rebounds. 

Due to Thanksgiving on Thursday, the Conquistadors will play on Tuesday instead of Wednesday next week. Dodge City travels to Neosho to take on the Panthers who are 4-2 overall and 1-1 in the KJCCC heading into a Saturday evening game at Independence.