Colby pulls away to end Scott City’s season
Colby, Kan. (westernkansasnews.com)–Monday’s game featuring Colby and Scott City shaped up to be a good one on paper. Both teams recently played to a one-point game February 14, with the Lady Eagles coming out on top 48-47. For the Lady Beavers, the third time wouldn’t be the charm, as Colby used a 15-3 run over the final 3:21 of the third quarter, to pull away with a 50-38 win over Scott City to advance to Thursday’s Sub-State semi-final game in Lakin.
The Lady Eagles raced out to an 8-2 lead early on, and built a 14-6 lead after the first frame. In the second period, it was a quarter dominated by the Lady Beavers, as they held Colby to just two points, and scored the final eight points of the half to take a 17-16 lead at the break.
In the third quarter, Scott City (8-13) took a 23-20 lead with 3:54 left in the period. Colby would get into foul trouble, but that wouldn’t phase the Lady Eagles. They would close out the final 3:21 of the third quarter with a 15-3 run, and take a 35-26 lead into the fourth quarter. Colby (14-7) forced several turnovers over that stretch that fueled their run.
The Lady Beavers pulled to within 41-34 with 4:28 left. That was the closest they got the rest of the night. Colby would convert a four-point play and never led by fewer than nine points the rest of the way. The Lady Eagles would go 10-15 at the foul line in the final frame, as they snapped a three-game losing streak in the first round of sub-state.
Leading the way for Colby was Logan Nolan with 17 points, followed by Shaylee Holzmeister and Alizabeth Barton with 10 points. Scott City was led by Kendall Gentry, who tied a career-high with 11 points.
With the win, the Lady Eagles snapped a two-game losing streak to the Lady Beavers in sub-state play, and are now 8-2 in the postseason series since 1985. It was the fourth straight win by Colby in the series, the longest since 2015-16.
Scott City 6 11 9 12–38
Colby 14 2 19 15–50
Scott City: Stevens 0 0-0 0; Gentry 3 3-4 11; Strine 0 3-4 3; Fox 0 0-0 0; E. Felker 2 0-0 5; Metzger 3 1-2 8; Irvin 0 0-0 0; Kough 0 0-0 0; Lewis 2 4-4 9; Cramer 1 0-0 2; K. Felker 0 0-0 0; Trout 0 0-0 0; Team: 11 11-14 38
Colby: Stupka 0 0-0 0; Nolan 4 5-7 17; Holzmeister 2 6-8 10; S. Cheney 0 0-0 0; Rinehart 0 0-0 0; Flanagin 3 2-4 9; Hills 0 0-0 0; Wright 0 2-2 2; Barton 4 1-3 10; N. Cheney 0 0-0 0; Stanley 0 1-4 1; Starbuck 0 1-2 1; Team: 13 18-30 50
Three-Pointers: Scott City 5 (Gentry 2, E. Felker 1, Metzger 1, Lewis 1), Colby 6 (Nolan 4, Flanagin 1, Barton 1); Rebounds: Scott City 20, Colby 27; Turnovers: Scott City 18, Colby 13; Fouls: Scott City 18, Colby 15; Fouled Out: Scott City (Gentry, E. Felker).
Coach Amy Felker Postgame
For a second consecutive season, Scott City ends their season at 8-13. Colby will advance to Thursday’s Sub-State semi-final game in Lakin with Cimarron, who upended Southwestern Heights 47-15 to improve to 18-3 on the year. That game starts at 6 pm. Goodland and Holcomb will have the late game at 7:30 in Lakin. The Cowgirls defeated Larned 74-15 and the Lady Longhorns pulled away to knock off Lakin 65-48.
Scott City loses one senior in Brooke Strine.
