Dodge City women's basketball rolled to their eighth straight win and a 10-1 record along with a 5-0 mark in the KJCCC behind a 106-40 rout of Pratt on the road.
The win marks the largest margin of victory in a KJCCC contest under Head Coach,
Landon Steele as the Conquistadors recorded the 66-point win besting the previous margin by 20 points (46 points vs Colby and Northwest Kansas Tech).
The Conqs snagged the lead early and were up 14-2 five minutes into the contest. Pratt would make it 16-7 but the Conqs would score the remaining 14 points of the first quarter to lead 30-7 after the first 10 minutes of action. In the second quarter the Beavers of Pratt would get a layup with just under nine minutes left in the first half to make it 34-9 and the Conqs would finish the first half on a 17-0 run to lead 51-9 at intermission. The Conqs continued to dominate in the second half extending the lead out and working to a 106-40 marking the third highest scoring game under Coach Steele at Dodge City.
Offensively the Conqs continue to share the ball well and it leads to another great shooting night as the Conqs shot over 50% for the game for the sixth time this season shooting 52.5%. The Conqs made a season-best 42 field goals and had 24 assists. Defensively the Conqs held the Beavers to just 25.9% shooting and forced 29 turnovers, while only having 10 of their own.
Tayah Morgan was on fire finishing with a career-high 28 points on 10-15 shooting including 8-12 from three-point range.
Konstantina Mantziori had her best scoring performance finishing with 15 points on 6-9 shooting and 2-2 from the free throw line while dishing out eight assists.
Layla-J Cameron continued her strong season chipping in 16 points, while
Shorna Preston finished with nine points, 11 rebounds, five steals, and five rebounds. The bench added 32 points on the night.
The Conqs return home on Saturday, December 7th to host Seward County for a 1:00 pm tip and then will have a week off before taking on Barton on Saturday, December 14th at home.
