Nov 21, 2024

🏀 MBB: Dragons force No. 1 Cougars to OT

Posted Nov 21, 2024 5:55 AM
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GREAT BEND, Kan. — Hutchinson (4-3, 0-1) scored its least amount of points in the first half of play this season and gave up the most en route to a 10-point halftime deficit to No. 1 Barton (6-0, 1-0).

Hutchinson made just 1-of-7 three-point attempts in the first 20 minutes, while Barton shot 45.7% from the floor and made five more buckets.

The Dragons only hit 11-of-16 free throws (68.8%) in the first half, while the Cougars hit 10-of-11 (90.9%).

Hutchinson responded in the second half by knocking down 6-of-7 triples and 8-of-8 free throws to force overtime.

A 9-0 Dragon run with 3:39 left in regulation was capped by a Bobby Cannon triple that put Hutchinson up 75-74.

Aris Rodriguez quickly answered on the other end with a basket of his own to take back the Barton lead.

The teams traded scores over the final two minutes when Barton took the final shot of regulation.

Keandre Kindell had his buzzer-three rattle out with the game deadlocked at 82.

Bo Aldridge scored 16 of his team-high 21 in the second half and overtime, including a triple that knotted things up in the extra frame with 2:24 to play.

DJ Dudley hit one-of-two free-throw attempts with 1:19 left in overtime to tie things up at 89.

With 46 seconds left, Sebastian Muchitsch nailed just his third three-pointer of the season to put Barton up 92-89.

A Cannon three-pointer with 18 seconds left was well off the mark and Rodriguez iced the game at the free-throw line.

FINAL: Barton 94 Hutchinson 89

Five Dragons scored in double figures, led by Aldridge (21). Cannon finished with 17 off the bench, Kobe Smith added 15 (including a career-high four three-pointers), while Dudley finished with 16 and Quez Thornton 10.

Seven Cougars scored in double figures, led by Kindell's 19.

Hutchinson travels to Goodland Saturday to face Fort Hays Tech Northwest (formerly Northwest Kansas Tech).