Special to the Leader & Times
The 19th-ranked Seward County Lady Saints used a strong second-half to beat Dodge City Community College, 74-61 Monday at the Greenhouse. The Lady Saints improved to 20-5 overall and 15-2 in the Jayhawk West, second to Hutchinson.
Destiny Alston had a career-high 19 points along with a team-high eight rebounds, and Vanda Cuamba chipped in with 18 points and five rebounds to pace the Lady Saints who bounced back from a loss at Pratt Saturday.
Leilani Augmon also added 11 points for Seward, which was 42.2 percent from the field on 27-of-64 shooting, but they committed 21 turnovers.
The teams battled back and forth in the third quarter with the Conquistadors taking a 31-30 lead on a Faith Cattouse field goal with 6:28 left in the third. That was Dodge City's last lead of the game.
The Lady Saints went used a 7-0 run to take a 37-31 advantage at the 5:34 mark of the quarter.
The Lady Saints take to the road and play at Colby Community College at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday.