(BY STEVE CARPENTER)(HUTCHINSON CC SPORTS INFORMATION)HUTCHINSON, Kan. - Minus its leading scorer because of injury and with its two main post players strapped in foul trouble just 6 ½ minutes into the game, the No. 9-ranked Hutchinson Community College women's basketball team depended on defense to earn a victory in the 2019-20 Jayhawk Conference opener.The Blue Dragons held Coffeyville without a field goal for 11 minutes, 18 seconds of the first half and limited the Red Ravens to 33 percent shooting as Hutchinson earned a 71-53 on Wednesday at the Sports Arena.The Blue Dragons improve to 8-1 overall and 1-0 in the Jayhawk West. Hutchinson won its fifth-consecutive game over Coffeyville and takes a 13-12 all-time series lead. Coffeyville suffered its first loss of the season after 10-straight wins. The Blue Dragons travel to Independence on Saturday.The Dragons were in immediate foul trouble with post players&nbsp;<a href="http://bluedragonsports.com/sports/wbkb/2019-20/bios/betham_brooklyn_e4z1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(204, 45, 55);">Brooklyn Betham</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="http://bluedragonsports.com/sports/wbkb/2019-20/bios/haidara_nafatoumata_szn7" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(204, 45, 55);">Nafatoumata Haidara</a>&nbsp;and guard&nbsp;<a href="http://bluedragonsports.com/sports/wbkb/2019-20/bios/vannett_makayla_q30y" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(204, 45, 55);">Makayla Vannett</a>&nbsp;all strapped with two fouls in the first 7 minutes, 15 seconds of the opening quarter. The Blue Dragon defense was up to the challenge, holding Coffeyville to 1 of 10 shooting and forcing eight turnovers.After trailing 4-3, the Blue Dragons closed the first quarter on a 12-1 run to lead 16-5 after one period. The closest the Red Ravens got after that was nine points at 20-11 with 5:46 remaining in the second quarter.All nine Blue Dragons to suit up scored for Hutchinson. Vannett knocked down 4 of 9 3-pointers to finish with a game-high 18 points. Vannett moved into a tie for eighth place on the Hutchinson career 3-point list with Wendy Fehrenbach (2003-05) with 118.Betham, who actually had three first-half fouls, had a huge second half to post her second double-double of the season with 12 points and 10 rebounds. Betham had 10 points and 10 rebounds in the second half.Sophomore&nbsp;<a href="http://bluedragonsports.com/sports/wbkb/2019-20/bios/mapusua_lauryn_0xtt" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(204, 45, 55);">Lauryn Mapusua</a>&nbsp;also had a big second half, scoring seven of her 11 points in the second half. Mapusua also had eight rebounds.<a href="http://bluedragonsports.com/sports/wbkb/2019-20/bios/francis_sasha_nod4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(204, 45, 55);">Sasha Francis</a>&nbsp;had eight points, while&nbsp;<a href="http://bluedragonsports.com/sports/wbkb/2019-20/bios/alford_tor-e_vqep" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(204, 45, 55);">Tor'e Alford</a>&nbsp;had seven points and four assists and Haidara had six points.The Blue Dragons finished shooting 24 of 52 (46.2 percent, hitting 8 of 23 from 3-point range. The Dragons struggled at the line, hitting just 15 of 31 from the stripe, including 9 of 20 in the final two quarters. The Dragons out-rebounded Coffeyville 45-34. Each team had 19 turnovers.The Ravens finished 19 of 57 shooting overall (33.3 percent, going 7 of 20 from 3-point range and 8 of 17 from the foul line.Julia Calafell came off the bench to score a team-high 16 points on 4 of 6 3-point shooting. Alana Kramer had 10.Coffeyville hit four 3-pointers in the second half after its cold shooting start. Twice in the second quarter, the Dragons matched Raven threes. First Vannett hit with 5:32 to play in the quarter, and then freshman&nbsp;<a href="http://bluedragonsports.com/sports/wbkb/2019-20/bios/barton_presley_t2j0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(204, 45, 55);">Presley Barton</a>&nbsp;drilled a three to match the Ravens and give the Blue Dragons a 26-11 lead with 5:08 remaining in the second period.The Dragons hit a dagger 3-pointer at the end of the first half when Francis drilled a 3-pointer from the right corner off an end-line inbounds pass from Alford to give Hutch a 32-19 lead at halftime.Hutchinson started the second half on a 7-2 run to lead 39-21 after two Vannett free throws with 7:06 to play in the third quarter. The lead grew to a game-high 20 points on a Betham bucket with 3:19 remaining in the period. Coffeyville then scored seven in a row before Betham battled a Coffeyville player for her own miss and put it back to snap the Raven run and lead 49-34 with 1:23 remaining in the third.Hutch led 53-39 after three quarters.GAME LEADERSCOFFEYVILLE COMMUNITY COLLEGEPts:&nbsp;Julia Calafell&nbsp;- 16Reb:&nbsp;2 Players (#34,&nbsp;#TM) - 5Ast:&nbsp;Alana Kramer&nbsp;- 3HUTCHINSON COMMUNITY COLLEGEPts:&nbsp;<a href="http://bluedragonsports.com/sports/wbkb/2019-20/players?id=8lmsql8xfe1yvlyx" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(204, 45, 55);">Makayla Vannett</a>&nbsp;- 18Reb:&nbsp;<a href="http://bluedragonsports.com/sports/wbkb/2019-20/players?id=a9tmyxvgg4pg1doe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(204, 45, 55);">Brooklyn Betham</a>&nbsp;- 10Ast:&nbsp;<a href="http://bluedragonsports.com/sports/wbkb/2019-20/players?id=94r6gh0jj7vpuekk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(204, 45, 55);">Tor'e Alford</a>&nbsp;- 4<a href="http://bluedragonsports.com/sports/wbkb/2019-20/boxscores/20191127_ooxu.xml" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">FULL STATS</a>

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