Red Demons down Panthers
BY JIM MISUNAS
Once the Dodge City Red Demons started drilling 3-pointers, Great Bend’s girls had little chance of pulling a basketball upset.
Dodge City converted eight 3-pointers to roll past the Panthers 69-27 in Friday’s Western Athletic Conference basketball game.
Dodge City’s Kisa Unruh scored 18 points with 4-of-4 3-pointers. Camree Johnson added 14 points and 13 rebounds. Dodge City dominated the shorter Panther 37-22. The Red Demons outscored the Panthers 24-3 on 3-pointers.
Panther Candice Smith scored the game’s first basket for a 2-0 lead. Unruh and Johnson each scored seven first-quarter points for a 21-4 lead behind a trio of 3-pointers.
Smith added a second-rebound basket in the second period. That was the only two baskets until halftime for the Panthers, who combined to miss a combined 25 field goal attempts to trail 34-9 at halftime.
“When they’re shooting the 3-pointer, there’s not a lot you can do,” said Great Bend coach Carrie Minton. “They’re a hard team to defend. They’re a physical team.”
Sparkplug Sydney Unruh scored all four second-half field goals for a team high 15 points. Other than Unruh and Smith, the Panthers made all 18 field goals.
Great Bend (1-18, 0-7 WAC) dropped its 15th consecutive basketball game. It’s been 73 days since the Panthers beat Junction City 60-25 Dec. 4 at Great Bend.
Dodge City 21 13 24 11 – 69
Great Bend 4 5 7 11 – 27
DODGE CITY (11-7, 4-3)–Kisa Unruh 7-8 0-1 18, Johnson 6-13 2-2 16, Gutierrez 3-5 0-2 6, Perez 3-5 0-2 7, Gleason 2-4 0-0 4, Solis 1-4 0-0 3,Gonzalez 0-2 0-0 0, Clark 1-1 0-0 2, Totals 26-46
GREAT BEND (1-18, 0-7) –Sydney Unruh 4-14 6-8 14, Smith 2-5 1-3 5, Schroeder 0-2 3-6 3, Mauler 0-7 0-0 0, Kaylee Unruh 0-2 0-0 0, Warren 0-1 2-4 2, Harbaugh 0-3 0-0 0, Herter 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 6-37 14-23 27
3-pointers–DC 8-14 (Unruh 4-4, Johnson 2-4, Solis 1-2, Perez 1-1, Gonzalez 0-1, Gutierrez 0-2), GB 1-16 (S. Unruh 1-5, Latham 0-1, Herter 0-1, K. Unruh 0-2, Schroeder 0-2, Mauler 0-4); Rebounds–DC 37 (Johnson 11), GB 22 (Herter 4, Smith 4); Assists–DC 18 (Gutierrez 7), GB 0; Steals–DC 10 (Johnson 3), GB 3 (Mauler, Harbaugh 1, S. Unruh 1)
