STEVE CARPENTER - Hutchinson CC Sports InformationARKANSAS CITY, Kan. – Abby Ogle’s basket with 1.4 seconds to play 
in regulation was the 13th lead change of the Hutchinson Community College 
Women’s Basketball team’s Jayhawk Conference matchup with the Cowley 
Tigers.Unfortunately for the No. 4-ranked Blue Dragons, there was 
one more lead change to occur.Shontrice Austin’s 27-foot 3-pointer at the buzzer gave the 
Tigers a 72-70 victory over Hutchinson on Saturday night at Scott 
Auditorium.Hutchinson falls to 14-2 overall and 6-1 in the Jayhawk 
West. The Blue Dragons had an eight-game winning streak for the season and a 
12-game winning streak against Cowley snapped. The Tigers (15-3, 5-3 Jayhawk 
East) defeated Hutchinson for the first time since 2004.The Blue Dragons trailed 40-33 at halftime and by a 
game-worst 10 points when Torri Vang’s 3-pointer with 8:13 to play in the fourth 
quarter gave Cowley a 62-52 lead. Hutchinson answered with an 8-0 run capped by 
a Lauryn Mapusua 3-pointer with 5:57 left that cut the Cowley lead to 
62-60.The Dragons tied the game at 66 on two Ogle free throws with 
1:51 to play. Trailing 67-66 after a Teagan Brouwer free throw, the Blue Dragons 
took a 68-67 lead on two Makayla Vannett free throws with 1:16 to go. Cowley 
regained the lead at 69-68 on two Jayden Marlnee free throws with 6.0 seconds to 
play.Hutchinson advanced the ball to the front court after a 
timeout. Ogle drove into the lane, spun right and hit a 10-foot jumper to give 
the Blue Dragons a 70-69 lead with 1.4 seconds left. Cowley then advanced the 
ball to the front court after a Tiger timeout. Austin fired away from 27 feet 
and hit the game winner as the buzzer sounded.Cowley became the first time to shoot 50 percent or better 
against Hutchinson since San Jacinto in the opening game of the 2018 NJCAA 
Tournament. The Tigers are only the fourth team to shoot 50 percent against 
Hutchinson in the John Ontjes era and only the seventh team to do so since 
2003.The Tigers shot right at 50 percent (26 of 52). Cowley shot 
69.2 percent in the first quarter and 60.7 percent overall in the first half in 
scoring an opponent-high 40 points in the opening half.The Blue Dragons shot 45.6 percent (26 of 57) for the game, 
shooting 50 percent in the second half.Brooklyn Betham scored a career-high 18 points on 8 of 12 
shooting to lead the Blue Dragons. Betham added six rebounds.Ogle finished with 14 points, five rebounds, three assists 
and three steals. Mapusua hit a career-high-tying three 3-pointers and closed 
with 12 points, a career-high eight assists and seven rebounds. The Blue Dragons were 6 of 20 from 3-point range and 12 of 
15 from the free-throw line. Hutchinson was out-rebounded 32-28, but had 
conference season-low 14 turnovers.Austin had 13 of her game-high 19 points in the first half 
to lead Cowley. Austin also had an opponent-high nine assists as well as the 
game-winning shot. Seanna Boltz nailed four 3-pointers and finished with 14 
points. Marlnee is the second opponent to post a double-double against the Blue 
Dragons with 13 points and 10 rebounds.The Tigers hit 8 of 22 from 3-point range and 12 of 18 from 
the free-throw line. The Tigers had a Hutchinson opponent-high 18 
assists.The Blue Dragons will play third game of a stretch of five 
games in 11 days at 5:30 p.m. on Monday against Northwest Tech top open Jayhawk 
West play.GAME NOTES 
– Hutch has a 25-23 all-time series lead over Cowley. … Makayla Vannett’s only 
3-pointer of the game tied Tessa Morrow for fifth on the Hutchinson career 
3-point list (148). … Hutch’s 28 rebounds were a season low. … Hutch is 0-2 when 
trailing at halftime. &nbsp;

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