Hutchinson CC Sports Information
Thanks to the weekend winter storm and the postponement of last Saturday's game against Butler, the Hutchinson Community College women's basketball team faces a 48-hour turnaround for a Wednesday Jayhawk Conference contest.
Now ranked No. 20 in the NJCAA national rankings, the Blue Dragons (15-5, 10-4 KJCCC) plays host to the Independence Pirates (4-16, 1-13 KJCCC) at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday at the Hutchinson Sports Arena.
The game will be broadcast live on Blue Dragon flagship station KHUT-FM (102.9) and on sister stations KWBW-AM/FM (1450/98.5) beginning at 5:15 p.m. with Sean Boston (PBP) and Dan Naccarato (color) calling the action. The game will be streamed for free on the Blue Dragon Sports Network beginning at 5:15 p.m.
Hutchinson's short turnaround includes rebounding from a tough 56-52 loss to now No. 4 Butler. Since, John Ontjes has been the head coach at Hutchinson, the Blue Dragons are 67-6 following a loss.
Noelle Anthon, Whitney Brown and Delora Precop led the Blue Dragons against Butler on Monday with 11 points each.
Sophomore Jaden Wilson had a team- and career-high nine rebound. Over her last three games, Wilson has averaged 9.3 points and 7.7 rebounds. In her 10 games as a starter, Wilson has averaged 4.3 points and 5.8 rebounds per game.
Independence has lost its last nine games after earning its only conference victory, a 61-55 win over Fort Hays Tech Northwest on December 3 in Goodland.
The Pirates also had the same 48-hour window to prepare for Hutchinson. Independence lost 70-33 to Coffeyville on Monday night. Mimi White and Phillipa Ferguson had nine points lead to lead the Pirates against the Red Ravens.
Hutchinson earned its eighth-straight win over Independence on November 25 when the Blue Dragons defeated the Pirates 83-46 at Independence.
The Blue Dragons shot 45.7 percent and had four players score in double figures led by Katie Duncan's 21 points. Whitney Brown had a double-double with 16 points and 10 assists. White had 11 points and Nyah Chandler had 10 points for Independence.