'Hound women see season end at Cloud County

CONCORDIA -- Leondra Doomes-Stephens' 31-point, 13-rebound night was not enough here Tuesday night as Fort Scott Community College's women suffered a 72-63 defeat at the hands of Cloud County in the first round of the Region VI Tournament.

It was the eighth time in her junior-college career that Doomes-Stephens had scored over 30 points. But the Greyhounds (15-16) saw their season come to an end. Valencia Kelly scored 13 points and Monet Fernandes scored 10 for Fort Scott.

Cloud County (25-6) saw Kara Champlin score 15 points while Jennaine Kermis and Sharnice Saunders each added 14.

The 'Hounds trailed just 31-29 at halftime but shot only 29 percent from the field in the second half, making 11 of 38 field-goal attempts.

(E5) FORT SCOTT: Doomes-Stephens 12-37 5-11 31, Shepard 2-8 0-0 6, Duplechin 1-5 0-0 3, Hampton 0-1 0-0 0, Smith 0-1 0-0 0, Kelly 5-11 2-2 13, Hathaway 0-1 0-0 0, Jackson 0-0 0-0 0, Fernandes 4-6 2-4 10. TOTALS: 24-70 9-17 63.

(W4) CLOUD COUNTY: Osterman 1-9 3-5 5, Kermis 6-9 2-4 14, Champlin 7-13 1-2 15, Dwerikote 0-1 0-0 0, Blair-Mobley 4-12 0-0 9, Pitts 3-9 0-0 6, Nelson 1-3 0-0 3, Saunders 7-9 0-0 14, Bonner 0-0 0-0 0, Watson 2-5 2-4 6. TOTALS: 31-70 8-15 72.

Halftime: Cloud County, 31-29.

Three-point field goals: Fort Scott 6-19 (Doomes-Stephens 2-7, Shepherd 2-8, kelly 1-1, Duplechin 1-3), Cloud County 2-14 (Nelson 1-3, Blair-Mobley 1-5, Dwerikote 0-1, Pitts 0-1, Osterman 0-4).

Total fouls: Fort Scott 18, Cloud County 18. Fouled out: none. Technical fouls: none.

Rebounds: Fort Scott 41 (Doomes-Stephens 13), Cloud County 54 (Saunders 16, Champlin 11). Assists: Fort Scott 13 (Doomes-Stephens 5), Cloud County 15 (Blair-Mobley 4). Turnovers: Fort Scott 15, Cloud County 17. Steals: Fort Scott 8 (Doomes-Stephens, Kelly 3 each), Cloud County 4 (Champlin 2).