Hutchinson CC Sports Information
Even 96 years into its history, the Hutchinson Community College Men's Basketball team can still come up with a program first.
Saturday night to close out the BSN Sports Tipoff Classic, the Blue Dragons defeated NOC-Enid 99-68 at the Sports Arena.
Now 3-0, the 2026-27 Blue Dragons are the first Hutchinson team to post three victories to start of the season with margins of victory of 30 points or more. Hutchinson defeated Metropolitan CC by 46 points on Monday, Northeastern Junior College by 33 points on Friday and NOC-Enid by 31 points to start this season.
The Blue Dragons play Labette at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday at the Sports Arena.
Isaiah Washington scored a game-high 28 points to lead the Blue Dragons against the Jets. Washington was 9 of 13 shooting, including 5 of 7 from 3-point range. Washington added three rebounds and three assists.
The Blue Dragons shot better than 50 percent for the third-straight game, shooting 53.0 percent (35 of 66) on Saturday. The Dragons hit a season-high 11 3-pointers on 24 attempts and went 18 of 20 from the free-throw line. The Dragons also outrebounded NOC-Enid 37-30 and turned the ball over a season-low seven times.
Mykel Jenkins scored a season-high 13 points. Evan Jackson had 12 points with a pair of 3-pointers. Zaire Lott had 11 points and Micah Young had 10 points with five assists.
The Blue Dragons held NOC-Enid to 38.6 percent shooting (22 of 57), including a 29.7 percent in the first half. The Jets hit an opponent-season-high 13 3-pointers on 26 attempts and were 11 of 18 from the free-throw line. The Jets had 14 turnovers.
Kuyae Noah hit 6 of 11 3-pointers and finished with a team-high 20 points for NOC-Enid.
The Blue Dragons jumped out to leads of 7-0 and 14-3 over the first 4 minutes, 26 seconds of the game. A Troy Bell field goal cut the Dragon lead to 24-17 with 9:37 remaining in the first half. The lead went back to 10 on a Jalihn Timmons pull-up 3-pointer for a 29-19 lead.
A Kordell Williams layoff of a Jet turnovers gave the Dragons a 38-23 lead with 4:06 left in the half. Enid's Jaylen Edwards sank two free throws and later scored on a layup to cut the Dragon lead to 39-27 with 3:06 to play.
The Blue Dragons held NOC-Enid scoreless over the final 3:06 and closed the half on an 8-0 run. Washington had all eight points of the run to give the Blue Dragons a 47-27 halftime lead.
A Washington 3-pointer with 13:38 to play in the second half gave the Dragons a 24-point led at 67-43. The closest the game got after that was 22 points.
Hutchinson 's lead grew to 30 points for the first time with two Washington free throws with 4:20 remaining for an 87-57 lead. The largest lead of the game was 32 points on a Lott transition dunk with 3 minutes to go for a 90-60 lead.
GAME NOTES – The closest the Blue Dragons ever came to three wins to open the season of 30 or more points was the 2016-17 season when the Dragons defeated the Tabor College JV by 28 points, Frank Phillips College by 30 points and NEO by 33 points. … The Dragons are now 13-1 all-time in the BSN Sports Tipoff Classic. … The Dragons are now 6-0 all-time against NOC-Enid. The 52-point second half against NOC-Enid was the second 50-point half of the season. The Dragons scored 50 points in the second half against Metropolitan CC.