MEN'S REGION VI TOURNAMENT - FIRST ROUND
No. 4 Dodge City (22-8) vs. No. 13 Cowley (14-16)
7 p.m. Wednesday
Dodge City Civic Center
DC3 ATHLETICSDODGE CITY, Kan. -- Though the Dodge City Community College men's basketball team opens the Region VI Tournament 7 p.m. Wednesday as the No. 4 seed playing at home and having won 12 of its last 15, don't expect the Conquistadors to take a No. 13 Cowley team that has lost 10 of its last 11 games lightly as DC3 lost to the Tigers in overtime on the road earlier this season.
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TICKETS
- $6 for general admission, $4 for children
- No passes will be accepted, however DC3 employees and students with a valid DC3 I.D. will be allowed in for free.
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RADIO & LIVE STREAM INFO
NO. 4Â DODGE CITY BREAKDOWN (22-8)
FG% 47.2 (2nd KJCCC) | 3FG% 35.9Â (6th) | FT% 62.4Â (14th) | PPG 82.3Â (7th) | PPG Allowed 70.3 (4th)
STATS LINK
- While the Conqs lost an 81-78 overtime decision to Cowley on Jan. 2 on the road, DC3 has gone 12-3 since that loss with two of those losses by four points or less.
- In the loss at Cowley, the Conqs struggled from 3-point range (1-for-13) and from the free-throw line (19-for-40) as well as with turnovers (18 - tied for the third most committed this season).
- In DC3's regular-season finale Monday, the Conqs beat Cloud County 63-48. It's the second-lowest point total DC3 has allowed this season.
- While the Conqs are fourth overall in points allowed per game, DC3 is second in that category in just KJCCC games at 70.9.
- The Conqs' Josh Boutte finished the regular season first in the KJCCC in rebounding (10.4) and field goal percentage (62.4), fifth in blocks (1.4) and 13th in scoring (15.9).
- DC3's Lorenzo Dillard finished fourth in the KJCCC in assists (4.9) and ninth in scoring (16.9).
- DC3 has secured its second-consecutive 20-win season and sixth in the last 11 seasons. The 22 wins is the most for the program since winning 26 games during the 2006-07 season. The 13 KJCCC victories is the most in a season since at least 2000.
- The Conqs finished plus-.500 season in KJCCC play for the first time since 2006-07 when the Conqs went 12-4 and won the West Division (there are no divisions anymore).
- Coach Kyle Campbell (fourth season) is 71-55 overall and has secured his second-straight 20-win season after guiding the Conqs to the Region VI Tournament championship game a year ago.Â
COWLEY BREAKDOWN (14-16)
FG% 41.2Â (14th) | 3FG% 32.9Â (13th) | FT% 72.6Â (2nd) | PPG 77.4Â (12th) | PPG Allowed 75.2 (12th)
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- Cowley's Jan. 2 win over Dodge City started a four-game winning streak for the Tigers that included victories at Hutchinson and at home against Garden City. However, since then Cowley has dropped 10 of its last 11 games. It's only win over that stretch was against Allen County in a 41-point victory over a team it had lost to three weeks earlier.
- The Tigers have a pair of players averaging double figures in 6-foot-6 Soufiyane Diakite (13.4) and 6-foot-1 Baron Smith (12.2).
- Cowley leads the KJCCC in 3-point attempts per game (26.4), is third in 3-pointers made (8.7) and is 13th in 3-point percentage (32.9).
- Cowley is coming off a 72-63 road loss to Butler on Monday - a game it shot just 32.4 percent in, including 19.2 percent from beyond the arc (5-for-26). Smith led the Tigers with 16 points while Kyrece Mills (13 points) and Jamon Fulton (11 points) came off the bench to reach double figures.
