HAYSVILLE, Kan.-Julian Smith grabbed the missed Campus shot with 9 seconds remaining and quickly got the outlet to Jax Heneha who drove the lane and dished to Taishaun Govain.
Govain's shot left his hand as a Campus played tried to block the last second shot, but goaltending was called with 1 second remaining to give the road weary Salthawks a 51-49 victory over Haysville-Campus Tuesday night.
GIRLS RECAP:
Hutch High gave up the first basket of the game to Campus sophomore guard Addison Wood, but that was all the Colts could muster as the Salthawks rolled to a 52-18 win in Haysville on Tuesday night.
The Salthawks juniord Grace Posch and Kaia Smith led the scoring with 19 and 12 points respectively. Lily Rodriquez scored 11 followed up with Azariah Dawes, Rachel Tomac and Ava Krone adding four points apiece allowing the Salthawks to go into the holiday break at 4-1.
Campus was led by Woods 6 points, Brooke Pfeiffer and Emezleigh Cooper with 4 each followed by Alia Sanchez and Abigail Araiza's 2 points to round out the scoring for the 0-4 Colts.
Hutch High travels to Maize South on January 5th of the new year. Maize South was defeated by Derby on Tuesday night 58-44 for their first loss of the season.
BOYS RECAP:
The boy's game was back and forth all night long with Campus taking the lead at half-time into the locker room at 25-21.
Campus extended that lead with a five point possession to lead by as many as 11 points at one time in the third quarter before Terrell King was able to get going by scoring six of his game high 17 points in the third frame.
Govain went 1 for 2 from the line late in the third quarter allowing Hutch High to close the gap to 36-35 going into the final quarter.
That set up a dramatic final eight minutes as Campus, saddled with foul trouble was able to force a Salthawk turnover to have possession of the ball and mid-court with 15 seconds remaining.
Landon Brown inbounded to Kaason Thomas who drove the ball right of the lane who took an guarded awkward shot that skipped off the rim allowing Hutch High's Smith to secure the rebound to get the outlet pass off into the forecourt for Govain's last second heroics.
The Salthawks were led in scoring by Terrell King's 17 points, who scored 12 of those 17 in the 2nd half. Govain added 13 followed up with Jax Heneka with 10. Julian Smith added nine and Daylee VanSyckle had two points.
Campus’ Andrell Burton Jr., a Drake University commit, led the Colts with 20 points followed by Thomas with 16. Landon Brown added six points along with Drake McPherson's five points. McPherson and Jacob Weber both fouled out for Campus. Hutch High's Devon Spiller fouled out for the Salthawks.
“The kids showed a lot of heart,” said Hutchinson boys basketball coach Bryan Miller. “We couldn’t get out of our own way in the first half. We were outrebounded by 15 (at halftime). Give credit to the kids for battling. We found a way. Taishaun was pretty good tonight.
Hutch High (5-0) have played four of their five games of the season on the road and will again be on the road January 5th at Maize South who also are 5-0 on the season with a 79-56 win over Derby on Tuesday night.