Box Score 1 After picking up the first win of the season earlier in the week at home in conference play the Dodge City men's basketball team travel west to Garden City to compete in a classic taking on North Platte and Ranger and split the two games. 
 
The Conquistadors earned an 84-70 victory over North Platte and then suffered a tough 95-87 loss to Ranger. The Conqs are now 2-3 on the season. 
 
Non-conference play will wrap up on Tuesday, November 10^th at home against #6 South Plains at 6:00 pm. 
 
Won 84-70 vs North Platte 
The weekend started with both teams working to settle in, going back-and-forth with the lead changing hands multiple times. The Conqs went up 33-28 with five and a half minutes remaining in the first half but were outscored 14-7 the rest of the way, leading to a 42-39 deficit at halftime. The first three minutes of the second half, the game remained tight, much like the first half, but then the Conqs mounted a 12-0 run covering six and a half minutes, with a scoreless drought for both teams, and the Conqs worked to the largest lead of the game and took control, going on to win 84-70. 
 
Conqs were hot from the floor shooting 58.2% hitting 32 shots with 19 assists, while defensively they held North Platte to 36.8% shooting. 
 
A quartet of Conqs finished with double figures, led by Brad Johnson Jr who tallied 16 points along with five rebounds, four assists, and four steals. Ashton Park chipped in 15 points on 5-8 shooting, while Andrew Mabry added 12 points, five assists, and three rebounds. Matias Haliseva also posted 12 points, while DJ Brown contributed nine off the bench. 
 
Lost 95-87 vs Ranger
Wrapping up the week the Conqs were locked in another tough non-conference battle as it was back-and-forth yet again throughout nearly the first 10 minutes of action. Leading 15-14 the Conqs saw Ranger put together a 9-0 run to lead 23-15 with just over 11 minutes remaining in the first half. The lead grew to double figures for Ranger behind the three-point bucket as they led 55-44 at halftime. In the second half the Conqs continued to show resiliency fighting back all the way to make it a one-point game with 4:10 remaining and then at 86-85 with 2:20 left in the contest, but Ranger held on to snag the 95-87 decision. 
 
Conqs in the loss shot a solid 41.3% from the field, while going 28-36 from the free throw line. 
 
Johnson paced the Conqs once again, recording 24 points on 9-17 shooting and 6-8 from the charity stripe while grabbing seven rebounds and adding two assists and three steals. Parker tallied 22 points, going 11-13 from the free-throw line, and dished out four assists. Brown contributed 13 points off the bench, along with four rebounds, two assists, and two steals.