Red Demons roll past Panther boys
BY JIM MISUNAS
jmisunas@gbtribune.com
DODGE CITY – For one of the rare times this season, little went right for the Great Bend boys basketball team.
Dodge City was firing in 3-pointers. No one besides Sage Koelsch made a first-half field goal. Most of the block-charge calls generally went Dodge City’s way with Panther Joseph Moeder finding a tough time getting a call.
Dodge City coasted to a 69-42 Western Athletic Conference basketball victory over the cold-shooting Panthers. After a Panther was bumped on an apparent shooting foul, Great Bend coach Kyle Kreigh had seen enough, drawing a technical foul trying to back his team.
There wasn’t Kriegh could do on a night with 30 percent shooting plagued by 20 turnovers. Koelsch scored 11 points with Carter Coombs (9) and Stefan Spray (8) chipping in. The Panthers made 3 of 14 first-half field goals, all by Koelsch. Coombs converted his final two 3-pointers. Spray worked for nine free throws, and made four of them.
“Our focus and execution wasn’t there,” Kreigh said. “Outside of our Kapaun-Mt. Carmel game, we hadn’t had a game like this. Dodge City has good athletes who do a good job. It was a tough night.”
Dodge City's Dawson Taylor (17) and Isaiah Taylor (12) scored in double figures as the Red Demons (16-2, 5-1) secured the runner-up spot in the WAC. The Red Demons converted 8 of 20 3-pointers to outscore the Panthers 24-9 from long range. The Red Demons made 19 free throws and 21 of 45 field goals.
Koelsch started the second half with a 3-pointr and Stefan Spray followed with back-to-back baskets for a 33-23 deficit. Dodge City responded with 3-pointers by Cooper Scheck and Dan Sanchez and 10 third-quarter points by Dawson Taylor for a 52-31 lead after three quarters.
Great Bend 6 10 15 11 – 42
Dodge City 10 18 24 17 – 69
GREAT BEND (6-12, 2-4)–Koelsch 5-7 0-0 11, Coombs 3-6 1-1 9, Stefan Spray 2-4 4-9 8, Maddox Spray 0-4 6-8 6, Council 0-3 6-6 6, Stuhlsatz 0-1 2-2 2, Joseph Moeder 0-2 0-0 0, Mathew Moeder 0-3 0-0 0, Dicks 0-3 0-0 0, Totals 10-33 19-26 42.
DODGE CITY (16-2, 5-1)–Dawson Taylor 7-10 1-1 17, Isaiah Taylor 3-6 6-9 12, Smith 2-3 2-4 6, Sanchez 1-3 0-0 3, Scheck 2-5 2-2 8, Unzuela 2-7 0-0 6, Cox 0-0 0-2 0, Vontress 0-1 0-0 0, Okoro 1-3 1-3 3, Buller 1-1 4-4 6, Totals 21-45 19-29 69.
3-pointers–GB 3-8 (Coombs 2-3, Koelsch 1-1, Council 0-1, Dicks 0-1, M. Spray 0-2), DC 8-20 (Unzuela 2-3, Scheck 2-4, D. Taylor 2-5, Sowers 1-3, Sanchez 1-2, I. Taylor 0-2, Vontress 0-1). Rebounds–GB 31 (Koelsch 7), DC 28 (Sowers 7). Assists–GB 5 (five with 1), DC (Scheck 3). Steals–GB 4 (Council 2), DC 12 (Sowers 3, Scheck 3).
