Hutchinson CC Sports Information

Riding a four-game winning streak, the Hutchinson Community College women's basketball team opens the second half of conference play on Wednesday against Independence.

The Blue Dragons (14-4, 8-4 KJCCC) and the Pirates (9-9, 5-7) will tip off at 5:30 p.m. at the ICC Fieldhouse in Independence. The game will be streamed live on the Blue Dragon Sports Network and 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.

The Blue Dragons start the second time through the Jayhawk Conference season tied for fourth with Coffeyville. The Dragons are single game behind both Butler and Barton for second place and three games behind KJCCC leader Dodge City with 12 games remaining in the regular season.

The Blue Dragons enter play on Wednesday after a 71-53 road victory on Saturday at Garden City. Sophomore Mya Williams scored a season-high 28 points and freshman Monae Duffy posted her second-straight double-double with a career-high 20 points and 11 rebounds as the Blue Dragons used a late 17-5 run to pull away from the Bronc- busters.

Independence battled Butler down to the wire on Saturday at the ICC Fieldhouse, but lost 72-63. The Pirates had a four-points lead midway through the fourth quarter, but scored only five points in the final 6 minutes, 32 seconds of the game.

The Blue Dragons won the first meeting with the Pirates 61-53 on November 16 in the Sports Arena. Hutchinson hit only 2 of 18 3-point goals and shot only 29.5 percent overall, but got 21 points from Williams, 12 points from Kali Howard and 7 points and 21 rebounds from Duffy in the victory. D'yanna Maxey had 18 points and four assists to pace the Pirates. Independence's leading scorer, Valentina Ojeda played with foul through and was held to 10 points.

Saturday's win at Garden City gave the Blue Dragons a 3-4 road record for the season. The Blue Dragons have lost two in a row at the ICC Fieldhouse.

Williams is now just 44 points from becoming just the sixth Blue Dragon player to score 1,000 career points. Williams is currently ninth on the Hutchinson career scoring list.