Hutch handles 'Hounds

HUTCHINSON -- Hutchinson held Fort Scott Community College's men to 28-percent field-goal shooting here Thursday night as the Blue Dragons took an 83-40 victory in the season opener for both teams at the Hutchinson Quarterback Classic.

The Blue Dragons scored 16 of the game's first 18 points and led 30-17 at halftime. Then they scored the first 9 points of the second half.

Hutch held Fort Scott without a field goal during a 27-3 run in the second half that pushed the lead to 74-32.

Teance Walton and Tony McGilveary each scored 10 points for Fort Scott, which made just 13 of 47 field-goal attempts and had just 5 offensive rebounds in the game.

Mark Braden led Hutchinson with 15 points while Rosel Nunn added 14. The Dragons made 51 percent of their field-goal attempts on 32 of 63.

Fort Scott will face Central Florida Community College this afternoon at 3:30. Central Florida lost to Parkland, Ill., 73-70, in Thursday's first game.

FORT SCOTT: Green 0 0-0 0, Miles 0 1-2 1, Mills 0 0-0 0, McGilveary 4 0-0 10, Danner 3 1-1 9, Nickerson 1 0-0 2, Walton 3 4-5 10, D.Thomas 1 4-4 6, Hayes 1 0-2 2. TOTALS: 13-47 10-14 40.

HUTCHINSON: Allen 1 0-0 3, Braden 5 4-5 15, Davis 4 1-2 9, Spease 2 0-0 4, A.Thomas 3 1-17, Pyle 3 2-2 9, Spencer 5 0-0 11, Thompson 1 0-0 2, Schultz 1 3-3 5, Bernard 2 0-0 4, Kluesner 0 0-0 0, Buckley 0 0-0 0, Nunn 5 3-3 14. TOTALS: 32-63 14-16 83.

Halftime: Hutchinson 30-17.

Three-point field goals: Fort Scott 4-14 (McGilveary 2, Danner 2), Hutchinson 6-21 (Nunn 2, Allen, Braden, Pyle, Spencer).

Total fouls: Fort Scott 16, Hutchinson 15. Fouled out: none. Technical fouls: none.

Rebounds: Fort Scott 25, Hutchinson 44. Turnovers: Fort Scott 22, Hutchinson 12.