LAWRENCE — Lawrence Free State raced past Great Bend’s girls 56-43 Thursday at the Free State Tournament. The Freebirds converted seven 3-pointers the first half for a 32-23 lead.
Free State’s Jaycie Bishop made a trio of 3-pointers, Caiti Schlesener made a pair and Jaelyn Two Hearts and Madison Piper each made one 3-pointer.
Carley Brack led the Panthers (7-3) with 21 points. Lauren Welsch added nine points. The Panthers made 15 of 46 field goals.
The Panthers held all-stater Madison Piper to seven points.
“They had kids step up and knock down threes,” said Great Bend coach Carrie Minton. “We worked hard to contain Piper. We did a good job keeping the ball out of her hands.”
FREE STATE 56, GREAT BEND 43
Great Bend 12 11 7 13 — 43
Free State 12 20 9 15 — 56
GB—Brack 6-9 8-11 21; Welsch 4-15 1-4 9; Dreiling 2-8 2-4 6; Kottas 1-5 0-0 2; Dunekack 1-5 0-0 3; Warren 1-2 0-0 2; Ireland 0-1 0-0 0; Burkhart 0-1 0-0 0; Totals 15-46 11-19 43.
FS—Thomas 4-7 6-8 14; Bishop 5-7 0-0 13; Walter 3-4 0-1 6; Piper 3-11 0-0 7; Schlesener 2-9 0-2 5; Two Hearts 2-4 0-2 5; Brown 1-1 1-2 3; Cushing 1-1 0-0 2; Totals 21-47 7-15 56.
3-point goals—GB 2-9 (Dunekack 1-1, Brack 1-2, Kottas 0-1, Dreiling 0-1, Welsch 0-4); FS 7-20 (Bishop 3-4, Schlesener 2-7, Two Hearts 1-2, Piper 1-6, Brown 0-1).   

LAWRENCE TOURNAMENT
Thursday—Wichita South 59, SM East 30; Washburn Rural 58, KC Sumner 54; Lawrence Free State 56, Great Bend 43; Derby 56, Highland Park 36
Friday—KC Sumner vs. SM East, 3; Highland Park vs. Great Bend, 4:45; Washburn Rural vs. Wichita South, 6:30; Derby vs. Free State, 8:15. Saturday—7th place, 10 a.m.; 5th place, 10:30; 3rd place, 12:15; championship, 2.
Saturday—Championship, 2; 3rd place, 12:15; 5th place, 10:30 a.m.; 7th place, 10 a.m.