No. 5 Scotties roll by Greyhound women, 82-54

Fort Scott's Denise Levine (4) goes in for a layup past Highland's Celine Jolicouer during the second half of play at Arnold Arena Wednesday night. Levine scored 8 points for the Greyhounds in an 82-54 loss to the Scotties. (Kenny Felt/Special to the Tribune)

Highland, ranked No. 5 in the nation according to National Junior College Athletic Association Division II poll, jumped out to a 23-6 lead after 8 minutes and went on to roll by Fort Scott Community College's women, 82-54.

It was the conference opener for both teams with Highland improving to 20-1. In the four-team Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division II, only the Greyhounds (8-12) are not ranked. Johnson County is ranked No. 1 while Kansas City Kansas is 13th in the poll. The Cavaliers (20-0) defeated KCK, 99-67, Wednesday night. The Blue Devils fell to 18-3.

Highland led 43-19 at halftime and made sure the 'Hounds never had a scoring run of more than 5 points the entire game.

Malori Gales led Fort Scott with 14 points and 8 rebounds. Emily Feldman added 9 points.

Anna Deegan led Highland with 20 points and 10 rebounds. Monique Heard and Julia Alves each added 11 points.

Fort Scott plays at Brown Mackie in Salina at 1 p.m. Saturday.

HIGHLAND: Deegan 6-14 5-7 20, Daniel 2-3 0-1 5, Johnson 3-8 0-0 6, Torres 2-10 0-1 4, Bowser 3-7 1-2 7, Heard 4-7 0-0 11, Bello 0-5 0-0 0, Rolen 4-6 0-0 9, Corhn 3-10 1-1 7, Jolicoeur 1-4 0-0 2, Alves 4-4 3-4 11, Johnson 0-1 0-0 0. TOTALS: 32-79 10-16 82.

FORT SCOTT: Shoulders 1-3 4-8 7, Levine 3-6 1-2 8, Valadez 2-7 2-4 7, Fledman 4-8 0-2 9, Gales 5-9 3-7 14, Cicero 1-2 0-2 , Cole 0-1 0-0 0, McAdams 1-7 4-4 6, Wilhelmi 0-3 1-2 1. TOTALS: 17-46 15-31 54.

Halftime: Highland, 43-19.

Three-point field goals: Highland 8-28 (Heard 3-6, Deegan 3-9, Rolen 1-1, Daniel 1-2, Johnson 0-1, Corhn 0-1, Johnson 0-1, Bowser 0-2, Jolicoeur 0-2, Torres 0-3), Fort Scott 5-15 (Shoulders 1-2, Valadez 1-2, Gales 1-2, Levine 1-3, Feldman 1-5, Cicero 0-1).

Total fouls: Highland 25, Fort Scott 14. Fouled out: Johnson.

Rebounds: Highland 51 (Deegan 10), Fort Scott 37 (Gales 8). Assists: Highland 10 (Corhn 6), Fort Scott 8 (McAdams 3). Turnovers: Highland 20, Fort Scott 30. Steals: Highland 19 (Johnson 4), Fort Scott 9 (Feldman 3). Blocked shots: Highland 3 (3 with 1 each), Fort Scott 4 (McAdams 2).