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After a start that saw the Redskins take a 18-point lead, Lakin found a way in the end to win 73-68.

The Redskins jumped out early and had the advantage heading into halftime by 14.

After the third the Broncs had clawed back to down seven. Turnovers and missed free throws once again were the Achilles heel in the fourth as the Redskins couldn’t hold the lead.

Eathan Hernandez paced the Skins with a career high 29 points.

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The Seward County Lady Saints earned a road win on Super Bowl Sunday afternoon at the Max L. Jones Fieldhouse taking down Fort Hays Tech Northwest, 81-41.

Seward (16-8, 11-7 KJCCC) picked up its second consecutive win and swept the regular season series from the Tigers (2-21, 2-15).

The Lady Saints outrebounded Tech 43-27, forced 21 turnovers compared to 15 of their own, outscored the Tigers 34-14 in the paint and led by as much as 42 in the game.

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In a game that saw eight ties and 13 lead changes, it was the Fort Hays Tech Northwest Tigers who squeaked by the Seward Saints, 73-68, on Sunday afternoon at Max L. Jones Fieldhouse.

Seward (16-8, 11-7 KJCCC) was outrebounded 35-28 in the game, allowing 13 Tiger (13-10, 8-9) offensive rebounds and 16 second-chance points in the loss.

The Saints have lost four conference road games in a row and are now 5-7 away from The Greenhouse, while holding a 9-1 record at home.

Seward opened a 7-2 lead in the early going but Tech used an 8-0 run to take a 10-7 lead five minutes in. The two teams exchanged leads for much of the next five minutes but a Tech three at 8:14 gave them a lead that they held for the next six minutes. The Saints retook the lead on a Brevyn Coleman layup with two minutes and change in the half, but it was short-lived as Tech outscored Seward 6-4 the rest of the way to take a 32-31 lead at halftime.

EARL WATT

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Shamari Lewis was queen of the court for two-and-a-half quarter before being recognized in front of the home crowd for reaching 1,000 points in her career as a Lady Redskin. Oh yeah, she was also crowned Homecoming queen after Liberal’s 74-40 win over Great Bend.

The Lady Redskins put together one of their best first quarter performances in recent memory with 29 points including nine from Lewis.

Madysen Hammond also had a strong start with eight points in the period including a pair of threes, Rubio Alvarez also added a three, and Kylie Rhine continued to add to her long-range tally with a three of her own.