DRAGONS AIM TO FINISH LONG ROAD TRIP WITH WIN SATURDAY
BLUE DRAGON MEN'S BASKETBALL |
Hutchinson (7-3, 6-3) at Seward County (2-5, 2-5) |
| When: Saturday, February 27, 2021 Where: The Green House, Liberal, KS Time: 6 p.m. Radio: KHUT-FM (102.9); KWBW-AM/FM (1450/98.5), 5:45 p.m. – Glen Grunwald (PBP); Daren Dunn (Color) Video: Seward County video, 5:55 p.m. Twitter: @bluedragonsport CLICK FOR GAME NOTES (PDF Format) |
Hutchinson CC Sports Information
The Hutchinson Community College men's basketball team will have logged 922 miles between Wednesday's road trip to Northwest Tech and Saturday's battle at Seward County in Liberal.
The Blue Dragons hope to go 2-0 on their two longest road trips of the season.
The Blue Dragons (7-3, 6-3) take on the Saints (2-5, 2-5) at 6 p.m. on Saturday at the Green House. The game time was moved up because the women's game was postponed until March 8.
The first half of the two-game road trip was highly successful as the Blue Dragons defeated Northwest Tech 94-61. The Blue Dragons dominated the second half, outscoring the Mavericks 56-32 and held Tech to an opponent-low 29.4 percent shooting.
Five players scored in double figures for Hutchinson, led by sophomore Stephen Gabriel's 18 points. Donovan Taylor has season highs of 18 points and three 3-point goals and Matt Mayers posted his sixth double-double of the season with 16 points and 13 rebounds.
Seward County has lost three games in a row, the latest was a 92-67 setback to Dodge City, the team Hutchinson is tied for first with in the Jayhawk West.
The Saints allowed 55.9 percent shooting to the Conqs. The Saints shot 42.2 percent but committed 24 turnovers.
The Blue Dragons will go up against the fourth-best scoring defense in the Jayhawk Conference. Seward County is allowing 74.6 points per game with opponents shooting 30.7 percent.
Over its last five games, the Blue Dragons have been much better offensively. Averaging 83.0 points for the season, the Dragons have averaged 90.8 points - scoring 90 or more points in the last three games - and have shot 52.2 percent from the field.
Hutchinson also started to find the range from beyond the 3-point line again. Since hitting 10 3-pointers in the season opener vs. Seminole State, Hutch has averaged only 2.0 3-pointers per game. The Dragons sank eight 3-pointers against Northwest Tech on Wednesday.
Hutch swept the series last season with Seward, winning 68-67 at the Green House and 67-47 at the Sports Arena.