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L&T staff report

The Lady Redskins suffered three straight losses for the first time since 2016.

After a home loss to Hays a week ago, the Lady Saints traveled to Woodward for the Winter Classic and suffered a 59-38 loss to Elk City.

Shamari Lewis led the Lady Redskins with 14 points, and Kamilah Delgado had 10.

The Lady Redskins faced host Woodward Saturday, and turnovers allowed the Lady Boomers to build an early lead.

The Lady Redskins trailed by nine before they started to  work back into the game but came up one point short, 45-44.

Lewis led the Lady Redskins with 25 points.

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The Seward County Community College women's basketball team surged in the fourth quarter and got back on the winning track with a 59-53 victory over the Barton Community College Lady Cougars on Wednesday at the Greenhouse.

The Lady Saints, who remained unbeaten at home with a 6-0 mark, improved to 4-2 in the Jayhawk Conference and 9-3 overall. Seward finishes its first half schedule with a game against Fort Hays Tech Northwest at 6 p.m. on Saturday in the Greenhouse.

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The Seward County Community College men's basketball team played hard, but fell to the No. 18 Barton Community College Cougars, 80-70, on Wednesday at the Greenhouse.

The Saints fell to 1-5 in the Jayhawk Conference and 2-9 overall. Seward caps its first-half schedule with a game against Fort Hays Tech Northwest at 4 p.m. on Saturday in the Greenhouse.

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Liberal coach Brandi Fowler assessed the performance of Hays against the Lady Redskins in one sentence.

“Hays simply outplayed us tonight,” she said.

That was her reaction to a tough 77-50 loss for the Lady Redskins in the Western Athletic Conference opener Tuesday in The Big House.

The Lady Redskins haven’t suffered a 27-point loss in several years. But a tenacious Lady Indian defense forced Liberal into multiple turnovers early, and by the time the Lady Redskins recovered they were already staring down a double-digit deficit.