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PARSONS -- Fort Scott Community College's men's and women's basketball games here Saturday night each saw bad starts for the Greyhound teams that could not be overcome when they began to play better in the second half.
Labette's women, ranked 25th in the nation in NJCAA Division I, jumped out to a 14-2 lead even though they did not start especially well themselves and went on to a 75-56 victory over Fort Scott.
Cardinal men found themselves up in front 22-9 early and held on for an 81-69 win after Fort Scott fought back to within 10 points late in the second half.
Labette women 75, Fort Scott 56.
The Greyhounds (1-5 Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division, 9-9 overall) made just one of their first 17 shots from the field. After almost 13 minutes, they had one field goal, three free throws and trailed 22-5.
At the half, Labette (6-1, 16-3) held a 32-14 lead as Fort Scott had made only 4 of 26 field-goal attempts and turned the ball over 19 times.
The Cardinals, coming off an overtime loss at Coffeyville Wednesday night that dropped them into a tie for first place with Coffeyville, weren't exactly clicking on all cylinders. They made only 14 of 37 shots from the floor in the half after starting 2 of 7.
Labette came out of the locker room sharper, making 5 of its first 6 fielders as it began the half with a 14-0 run.
After missing its first 5 fielders of the second half, Fort Scott started getting things together. The 'Hounds went on to score Labette the rest of the way, 42-32.
Satoria Bell, who scored 8 of Labette's first 10 points of the first half and 10 of the first 14 of the second, finished the night as the game's leading scorer with 22 points on 10-of-20 field-goal shooting. Philicia Kelly added 14 points as she went 7 of 11 from the floor. Jasmine Smith scored 12 points and Kelinda Zachary had 10 for the Cardinals.
Brittany Demery hit 6 of 8 shots from the floor as she led the 'Hounds with 16 points. Valencia Kelly, who entered last week's play averaging 18 points a game, had just 11 points as she was only able to make 2 field goals in 14 tries. She did lead the Greyhounds with 8 rebounds and 4 steals before fouling out.
Shadara Hampton and Kendra Mattox each added 10 points for Fort Scott. Mattox made 4 of 5 shots from the field.
Labette shot 47 percent from the field for the game, making 30 of 64 shots. Fort Scott finished at 33 percent on 18 of 54 but was just 2 of 15 from 3-point range.
The 'Hounds finished with a 43-42 edge on the boards but turned the ball over 33 times to just 22 for Labette.
Labette men 81, Fort Scott 56.
The Cardinals (2-5, 7-12) saw Randall Conley score 17 of their first 25, 15 of those on 3-point shots, as they held a 25-11 lead after eight minutes. Another 8-0 run later in the half extended the lead to 35-15 with 6:44 remaining.
Labette's largest first-half lead was 22 points, 41-19 with 3:10 remaining in the half. Robert Mason sparked a 8-3 half-ending run for the 'Hounds with 2:52 remaining. Jacob Gougler scored the rest of the points in the half to bring Fort Scott within 44-27 at the break.
However, the Cards scored 9 of the first 11 of the second half to create its biggest lead of the night -- 24 points -- when Larry Barber capped the run by taking a steal in for a layup with 17:28 to go.
Fort Scott began to chip into the lead as Jamaal McCoy scored seven straight Greyhound points during a 9-2 run that cut the deficit to 57-40 with 13:35 to go.
Labette got the lead back to 22 when Alonzo Haywood's basket made it 68-44 with 10:35 to go. But Alex Barner's 3-pointer 15 seconds later sparked a 16-2 run that saw Fort Scott get within 70-60 with 4:13 to go.
Unfortunately, the 'Hounds could not get the margin below 10 points. until there were only 50 seconds to go as Mason converted a 3-point play to bring Fort Scott within 77-69. Labette scored the last two baskets to provide the final margin.
Garland McArthur led Labette with 22 points on 8-of-11 field-goal shooting and also gathered 10 rebounds. Conley finished with 20 points for the game while Chris Nelson had 12 and Barber finished with 11. Those four combined to make 25 of 40 shots from the field.
Ramell Taylor led the 'Hounds with 21 points while Barner finished with 13 points and 15 rebounds. McCoy and Robert Hatcher each had 10 points for the Greyhounds, who still have only seven players available.
Labette shot 49 percent from the field on 31 of 63 after going 17 for 30 (57 percent) in the first half. Fort Scott shot 47 percent on 25 of 53, going 15 for 28 (54 percent) in the second half.
Fort Scott turned the ball over 16 times in the first half and finished the game with 25. Labette held a 42-36 rebounding advantage.
Both the Greyhound men and women continue conference play Wednesday night at Highland. The women will be playing another ranked team as the Scotties are No. 14 in the current NJCAA Division II poll. That game tips off at 5 p.m. followed by the men at 7 p.m.
NOTES -- This was the fifth consecutive loss for Fort Scott's women and the 12th in a for the men, who haven't won since beating Redlands (Okla.) at Liberal, Kan. on Nov. 20. The last victory for the women was against Garden City at the Jayhawk Shootout in Coffeyville on Jan. 8....
Taylor, since going 0 for 3 from the field and scoring only 3 points in a Jan. 9 loss against Barton County, has scored 96 points and made 39 of 64 shots from the field in his last 5 games. That's a 19.2 scoring average and 61-percent field-goal shooting....
Kelly has made only 7 of 31 shots from the field her last two games and has gone 0 for 9 from behind the 3-point line in that stretch. In those two games, she has scored only 21 total points....
Ironically, this was the week Kelly's hometown newspaper, the Brunswick (Ga.) News, chose to run a profile on her. It can be seen by going to the following links:
These are .pdf files. Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to see the pages....
Fans of the Greyhounds can follow Wednesday night's games at Highland by following this Internet link: mms://stream.highlandcc.edu:8081/SportsCast. If pasting or typing this in does not work, the link can be accessed from the Jayhawk Conference's main basketball page. Look for the link on the list of games to be played Wednesday night....
Women
FORT SCOTT: Stambaugh 0-0 0-0 0, Bloodworth 1-5 1-4 3, Teich 0-2 1-2 1, Hampton 3-10 4-8 10, Mattox 4-5 0-0 10, Demery 6-8 4-6 16, V.Kelly 2-14 7-9 11, Hathaway 1-7 0-0 2, Okoronkwo 1-2 1-2 3, Jackson 0-1 0-0 0. TOTALS: 18-54 18-31 56.
LABETTE: Bell 10-20 1-2 22, Zachary 5-8 0-0 10, Ketterman 0-1 0-0 0, Sunde 1-2 1-2 4, Smith 3-7 6-8 12, Overacker 0-1 1-2 1, P.Kelly 7-11 0-2 14, Henderson 1-4 0-0 2, Andrews 0-1 0-0 0, Ellis 0-0 0-0 0, Pledger 0-2 0-0 0, Johnson 3-7 4-6 10. TOTALS: 30-64 13-22 75.
Halftime: Labette, 32-14.
Three-point field goals: Fort Scott 2-15 (Mattox 2-3, Bloodworth 0-1, Demery 0-1, Hathaway 0-1, Teich 0-2, V.Kelly 0-2, Hampton 0-5), Labette 2-6 (Sunde 1-1, Bell 1-2, Ketterman 0-1, Smith 0-1, Pledger 0-1).
Total fouls: Fort Scott 20, Labette 24. Fouled out: V.Kelly. Technical fouls: none.
Rebounds:Fort Scott 43 (V.Kelly 8), Labette 42 (Bell 9). Assists: Fort Scott 7 (V.Kelly 4), Labette 14 (Zachary 4). Turnovers: Fort Scott 33, Labette 23. Steals: Fort Scott 12 (Hampton 7), Labette 15 (3 with 3 each). Blocked shots: Fort Scott none, Labette 1 (P.Kelly).
Men
FORT SCOTT: Mason 3-4 1-1 7, Hatcher 2-4 6-6 10, Brown 0-2 0-0 0, Taylor 8-15 4-6 21, Barner 5-9 2-2 13, McCoy 4-10 2-3 10, Gougler 3-9 1-2 8. TOTALS: 25-53 16-20 69.
LABETTE: Nelson 6-10 0-0 12, McArthur 8-11 6-7 22, Barner 5-9 0-1 11, Reed 0-1 0-0 0, Conley 6-10 3-5 20, Cooper 0-0 0-0 0, Crumpley 2-7 1-1 6, Haywood 2-7 2-2 6, Dupree 0-3 0-0 0, Dawson 2-4 0-0 4, Lopez 0-1 0-0 0. TOTALS: 31-63 12-16 81.
Halftime: Labette, 44-27.
Three-point field goals: Fort Scott 3-12 (Taylor 1-3, Barner 1-3, Gougler 1-4, Brown 0-2), Labette 7-21 (Conley 5-9, Crumpley 1-3, Barber 1-4, Reed 0-1, Lopez 0-1, Nelson 0-3).
Total fouls: Fort Scott 13, Labette 17. Fouled out: V.Kelly. Technical fouls: none.
Rebounds:Fort Scott 36 (Barner 15), Labette 42 (McArthur 10). Assists: Fort Scott 9 (Hatcher 3), Labette 15 (Nelson 3, Barner 3). Turnovers: Fort Scott 25, Labette 13. Steals: Fort Scott 10 (Hatcher 3, McCoy 3), Labette 13 (McArthur 4, Crumpley 4). Blocked shots: Fort Scott 1 (Mason), Labette 2 (Crumpley, Dawson).