EARL WATT
• Leader & Times
DODGE CITY — The Lady Redskins finished the regular season with two very different games. After a 68-66 overtime win over Garden City Tuesday, the Lady Redskins jumped out to a 10-0 start to Thursday’s game against Dodge City and cruised to a 63-33 win.
Kylie Rhine added two more threes to her school record, and Shamari Lewis racked up 20 more points to her 1,000-plus point career.
Lewis scored 15 of Liberal’s 24 points in the first quarter to help the Lady Redskins jump out to a 24-5 lead.
Liberal coach Brandi Fowler started to mix up the lineup in the second quarter to prepare for the postseason, and the two teams played to a 15-15 draw to give the Lady Redskins a 39-20 lead.
But the Lady Redskins started to stretch their lead late in the third quarter to jump out to a 59-30 lead.
The Lady Redskins quickly jumped out to a 30-point lead with enacted the running clock, and coasted to the 63-33 win.
Liberal will host a first-round playoff game Tuesday.
