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The longer the game went between the Liberal Lady Redskins and the Emporia Lady Spartans, the better it got for Liberal.
After an early back-and-forth gave Emporia a 4-1 lead, the Lady Redskins finished the first quarter on an 8-1 run with a pair of free throws from Shamari Lewis, a three from Kylie Rhine and a basket and foul shot from Kamilah Delgado, and the Lady Redskins had a 9-5 lead.
Liberal scored eight points in a little over five minutes to start the game against emporia Friday, but they only scored 10 points in the final 27 minutes in a 71-18 blowout loss.
Liberal jumped out to an early 4-0 lead with baskets from Xavier Tafoya and Landon Martinez.
But Emporia used the long ball to score nine of their first 13 points, and by the end of the first half Emporia had a 15-10 lead.
The Lady Redskins followed up their win over Hugoton with a first place finish at the Pratt Girls Invitational Tournament.
The girls topped 22 teams including second-place Kapaun and third-place host Pratt.
The girls claimed gold in three weight classes including Keirsie Carlie, Isabela Gutierrez and Hayleen Martinez.
And the switch was turned on.
After a nip-and-tuck battle through two quarters, the Seward County Community College women's basketball team decided to throw down the hammer and put the clamps on the Otero Lady Rattlers in the second half en route to a 66-45 triumph on Tuesday at the Greenhouse.
The Lady Saints extended their winning streak to four-games with the non-conference victory and improved to 8-2 overall. Seward also remained unbeaten at home, going 4-0 at the Greenhouse. Seward heads to play at fifth-ranked Dodge City at 1 p.m. on Saturday.
The No. 5 Lady Redskins opened the season with an impressive 24-6 win over Hugoton Tuesday in The Big House while the Redskins came up short, 49-29.
“We competed pretty well,” Liberal coach Mike Fowler said. “Hugoton is a very good team. I wanted to compete and I felt like we did a good job of that.”
The girls showcased more technique than previous years.
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