Hutchinson CC Sports Information
The No. 11-ranked Hutchinson Community College women's basketball team plays the first of two weekend classics beginning Friday with the BSN Sports Tipoff Classic at the Sports Arena.
Hutchinson (1-0) will play South Plains on Friday and Connors State (1-0) on Saturday. Both games begin at 1 p.m. each day. Cloud County is the fourth team in the classic.
Hutchinson games will be broadcast live on Blue Dragon flagship station KHUT-FM (102.9) and sister stations KWBW-AM/FM (1450/98.5) beginning at 5:15 p.m. with Brice Kesler (PBP) and Dan Naccarato (color) on the call. All Classic games will be streamed on the Blue Dragon Sports Network.
Hutchinson opened the season on Monday with an 87-47 victory over Neosho County at the Sports Arena.
Leading 17-15 after one quarter, Hutchinson shot 51.2 percent and outscored Neosho County 70-32 over the final three quarters.
The Blue Dragons held Neosho County to 20.8 percent shooting and forced 25 Panther turnovers.
Sophomore point guard Whitney Brown led a balanced Hutchinson scoring attack with 16 points. Brown tied a career high with three 3-point goals. She added six assists and three rebounds. Forwards Kaia Smith and Jaslene Garcia-Howell had 13 points each.
South Plains opened its season last Friday with a 72-50 loss to Weatherford in Levelland, TX. Daniela Gongo led South Plains with 11 points. SPC struggled shooting, hitting only 30.2 percent from the floor and turned the ball over 28 times.
Connors State opened its season with a 77-48 win over the Oklahoma Wesleyan JV on Monday. Mataya Hall led the Cowgirls with 23 points.
Cloud County enters play over the weekend 1-2.