Dodge City women's basketball team hit the road for KJCCC action and stretched their win streak to 19-straight behind a 81-56 win over Colby which secured the Conquistadors the out-right KJCCC Championship.
The win moves the Conqs to 26-2 on the season and 21-1 in KJCCC action, giving the Conqs the out-right KJCCC title and #1 seed for the Region VI tournament.
Conqs wasted no time taking control of the contest racing out to a 7-0 lead over the first minute and a half leading to a Colby timeout. The lead continued to grow as the Conqs opened the game 12-0 before Colby scored and would lead 17-1 in the first quarter as Colby would not get their first field goal until 2:36 left in the quarter. Colby however finished the first quarter on a 5-0 run to make it 18-10 after the first 10 minutes. Colby managed to trim the Conqs lead to just five early in the second quarter but an 8-0 Conqs run ballooned the lead back out as the Conqs went up 28-15 and ultimately matched their largest lead of the contest going into halftime up 39-23. To open the second half the Conqs saw Colby put together an 11-4 run to cut the lead to just nine points at 43-34 but the Conqs would answer. Conqs strung a 14-0 run together highlighted by four-straight three-pointers and the Conqs led 65-42 after three quarters. Conqs finish out the game and secure the 81-56 road win over the Trojans of Colby.
The Conqs would shoot just 37.9% from the field while holding Colby to 35.5% shooting but forced 21 Trojan turnovers and control the boards, outrebounding Colby 50-35.
A trio of double-figure scorers led the Conqs on the night while 11 different Conqs scored on the night.
Bree Stephens tallied 14 points on 7-14 shooting, while
Jenna Rose Mafua chipped in 12 points and
Kianna Lemons added 10 points.
Leah Mafua and
Paris Santacaterina each posted eight and seven points, while
Shakara Anderson grabbed 10 rebounds and had seven points.
The season rolls on for the Conqs on Saturday, February 25th as the Conqs will travel to Pratt for a 2:00 pm tipoff.
