Jayhawk-Linn girls take close one from Osawatomie

MOUND CITY -- Taylor Dawson scored 17 points and Chelsea Beckman added 10 as Jayhawk-Linn's girls won a Pioneer League make-up game over Osawa-tomie, 44-42, here Monday night.

The Jayhawks (1-2 Pioneer, 10-3 overall) traied 14-10 after the first quarter but turned things around by outscoring the Trojans (1-1, 4-7) 11-3 in the second.

Osawatomie outscored Jayhawk-Linn in the second half, 25-23, but missed all four free throws it attempted in the fourth quarter.

"(The Trojans) played hard and are well-coached,' Jayhawk head coach Charlie Beckman said. "We did lots of very good things but shooting 3 of 13 from the foul line was not good. We need to relax and not put so much pressure on ourselves."

Dawson had 6 rebounds for the 'Hawks.

Osawatomie boys defeated Jayhawk-Linn, 67-15. The Trojans, ranked No. 10 in Class 4A by the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association, improved to 2-0, 10-2. The Jayhawks fell to 0-3, 5-8.

Jayhawk-Linn traveled to Wellsville Tuesday night and will hit the road to take on Prairie View Friday night. Both doubleheaders will be Pioneer League contests.

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OSAWATOMIE: Maring 3 0-2 6, Fisher 6 2-3 16, Newport 1 0-0 3, Soucie 4 1-4 9, Whitley 0 0-0 0, Kilbourn 1 0-0 2, Firley 3 0-0 6, Nichols 0 0-0 0, Tucker 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 18 3-9 42.

JAYHAWK-LINN: Krull 1 0-0 2, Miller 1 1-7 3, Long 3 0-0 6, Dawson 7 0-5 17, beckman 5 0-1 10, Walters 2 0-0 4, Hargrove 1 0-0 2. TOTALS: 20 3-13 44.

Three-point field goals: Osawatomie 3 (Fisher 2, Newport), Jayhawk-Linn 1 (Dawson).

Total fouls: Osawatomie 14, Jayhawk-Linn 10. Fouled out: None.