’Hound women put up fight in first-round loss

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Fort Scott Community College’s women, the No. 5 seed in the Region VI-Division II post-season tournament, were within one point of fourth-seeded Kansas City Kansas with 3:21 left here Wednesday night. But the Blue Devils outscored the Greyhounds 10-4 down the stretch and held on for a 91-84 victory.

Arikiarra Clark’s jump sot with 3:21 left brought Fort Scott (12-16) within 80-81. But Kansas City (21-10) scored the next 8 points and the ’Hounds didn’t get on the board again until Jada Perry stuck back a teammate’s miss with 42 seconds to go.

Fort Scott scored the game’s first 9 points on its way to a 19-12 lead after one period.

The Greyhounds held a 9-point lead several times in the second quarter, the last at 28-19 after Jade Winter scored a layup with 7:57 to go. Kansas City scored the next 14 points, making it 33-28 with 5:21 to go on a 3-pointer by Miya Ford.

Winter’s layup tied the score at 36-36 with 1:29 on the clock. Clark made a free throw with 1:20 left and a 3-pointer with 52 seconds to go to make put Fort Scott up 40-36. Ford hit another triple to cut the deficit to one point at the half.

Clark’s layup with 7:03 to go made it a 50-43 lead for the Greyhounds. Kansas City scored the next 7 to tie it but another Clark score put the ’Hounds up 52-50.

Ashley Daniels tied it again for Kansas City. But Ally McKenzie broke the tie and Perry scored a layup to make it 56-52 with 3:43 to go.

The lead changed hands eight times and the scored was tied three other times over the next nine-plus minutes. The last time Fort Scott led in the game was 77-76 on Winter’s jumper with 4:51 left in the fourth. Nine seconds later, Nija Collier’s layup gave KCK the lead for good.

Clark scored 27 points to lead Fort Scott on 11-of-18 shooting while Winter added 22 points and Perry finished with 10.

(5) FORT SCOTT: Perry 3-7 3-4 10, Clark 11-18 1-2 27, Winter 9-15 0-0 22, Kelley 2-5 0-0 4, McKenzie 2-4 3-4 7, Davis 1-4 0-0 2, Wilson 0-1 2-2 2, Miller 2-3 0-0 4, Harper 2-4 0-0 6, Cole 0-1 0-0 0. TOTALS: 32-63 9-12 84.

(4) KANSAS CITY KANSAS: Ford 6-11 3-4 20, Moore 7-11 5-8 19, Stewart 1-4 1-2 3, Young 3-6 5-8 11, Wilson 0-1 0-0 0, Ojeda 1-6 0-0 2, Stark 0-1 0-0 0, Swanson 5-8 1-1 15, Collier 5-6 7-8 18, Daniels 1-3 1-2 3. TOTALS: 29-57 23-33 91.

Kansas City............... 12 27 26 26 — 91

Three-point field goals: Fort Scott 11-24 (Winter 4-6, Clark 4-10, Harper 2-3, Perry 1-3, McKenzie 0-1, Wilson 0-1), Kansas City 10-25 (Ford 5-9, Swanson 4-6, Collier 1-1, Stewart 0-1, Wilson 0-1, Stark 0-1, Daniels 0-1).

Total fouls: Fort Scott 27, Kansas City 13. Fouled out: Clark, McKenzie.

Rebounds: Fort Scott 31 (McKenzie 4, Davis 4), Kansas City 35 (Collier 9). Assists: Fort Scott 23 (Perry 5, Harper 5), Kansas City 18 (Stewart 4, Ojeda 4). Turnovers: Fort Scott 19, Kansas City 13. Steals: Fort Scott 10 (Perry 3), Kansas City 9 (3 with 2 each). Blocekd shots: Fort Scott 1 (Kelley), Kansas City 5 (Young 3).