Dodge City women's basketball improved to 4-0 on the season, picking up a pair of games at the Odessa Classic, beating Midland on a layup in the final seconds, 61-60, and topping Odessa, 81-74.
The wins keep the Conquistadors unbeaten to open the 2026-27 season and mark 12 straight non-conference regular-season wins for the program.
The non-conference slate will wrap up for the Conqs on Friday and Saturday, November 13
th and 14
th in Great Bend at the Barton CC Classic as they take on Redlands and #18 Murray State. Both games will tip off at 1:00 pm.
Won 61-60 vs Midland
After giving up the initial bucket of the ballgame, the Conqs went on a quick 8-0 run to take control early against Midland and worked their lead to as high as eight in the first quarter but led just 21-17 after the first 10 minutes. Midland found their way in front using a 12-0 run to led 29-23 with 3:27 left in the first half. The Conqs pushed back and
Jennifer Mailei banked in a three-pointer with 10 seconds remaining to put the Conqs up 32-31 but a foul in the final two seconds of the half gave Midland free throw and they made both to lead 33-32 at halftime.
In the third quarter, the Conqs grabbed a brief lead, but Midland extended the lead back out to six and led 51-44 entering the fourth. With just under six minutes remaining, the Midland lead grew to 10 at 60-50, and the Conqs' defense suffocated Midland the rest of the way, holding them scoreless while completing the comeback.
Chanel Enriquez-Paea drained a deep three-pointer to make it a three-point game then a
Shaliyah Forbes layup with one minute remaining pulled the Conqs to within one. With 16 seconds remaining, the Conqs had the ball back, and out of the timeout, a play saw a wide-open lane for Enriquez-Paea to drive, and she converted the game-winning layup for a 61-60 Conqs victory.
Conqs held Midland to 32.8% shooting in the contest and were led by a pair of 12-point scorers.
Jordi Perry tallied 12 points while adding eight rebounds, while Forbes scored 12 on 5-7 shooting. Enriquez-Paea tallied nine points, including the game-winning layup.
Victoire Mercier and Mailei each chipped in seven points off the bench.
Won 81-74 vs Odessa
The Conqs came out on fire to wrap up the road trip to Texas with a quick 6-0 start to the game and scoring 28 points in the first quarter against Odessa. Before Odessa could ever get going, the Conqs established a double-digit lead, going up 15-5 less than four minutes into the matchup, and led 28-15 at the end of the first quarter. The Conqs rode the hot start to the victory as Odessa pushed back to tighten up the ballgame multiple times but the Conqs answered each time taking the contest 81-74.
Conqs finished the contest shooting 44.1% from the field, hitting eight threes and going 21-27 from the free-throw line, while out-rebounding Odessa 56 to 33.
Enriquez-Paea led the Conqs off the bench with 16 points and five rebounds, while
Charlie Melksham had a strong game with 11 points and seven rebounds.
Mailey Cunningham added 11 points and eight rebounds, and Forbes scored 11 and grabbed six rebounds.
Jade Célérier chipped in nine points and six assists.
