Dodge City women's basketball for the second time in the last three years closed out the regular season home portion of the schedule undefeated at home beating #18 Coffeyville 74-50. The victory also gives the Conquistadors a share of the KJCCC title only the fourth in school history.
The Conquistadors improved to 26-3 on the season with the win and 21-2 in KJCCC action, while moving to 13-0 at home this season and have won 25 straight games at home.
Just a few seconds into the contest the Conqs tallied the first bucket in the game, but Coffeyville would score the next seven points to lead 7-2 as the Conqs would go scoreless until the 3:30 mark. Trailing 7-2 the Conqs would score seven unanswered to take the 9-7 lead but at the end of the first quarter, Coffeyville held the 11-9 advantage. After going up 13-9 early in the second stanza Coffeyville would go cold as the Conqs started to heat up after starting the game 1-10 from the field. With a 17-0 run the Conqs changed the game as the Conqs established control going up 30-13 and didn't look back outscoring Coffeyville 30-10 in the second quarter to lead 39-21 at intermission. The Coqns continued to fend off the Red Ravens of Coffeyville throughout the second half and went on to secure the 74-50 victory.
While the Conqs only shot 39.4% from the field they hit 14 three-pointers and held Coffeyville to 34.8% shooting with 21 turnovers. Conqs finished with 21 assists for 26 made field goals and had a season-low seven turnovers.
Shorna Preston stuffed the stat sheet yet again as she finished with a game-high 20 points on 7-10 shooting adding seven rebounds, five assists, four blocks, and two steals.
Tayah Morgan had a strong performance with 18 points on 7-14 shooting adding five rebounds, while
Layla-J Cameron chipped in 13 points with five rebounds and six assists.
The Conqs will wrap up the regular season on the road against #11 Hutchinson at 5:30 pm on Wednesday, March 5th as they will look to win the KJCCC title outright with a victory.