The Hays High boys kept their winning streak alive while the girls came up short for a second game in-a-row against Great Bend Tuesday night at Hays High School.
Great Bend 62, Hays 55
The Hays High Lady Indians fell behind by 10 early in the first quarter but fought back to tie the game in the fourth quarter before falling 62-55 to Great Bend on Tuesday night in Hays.
Hays High open the game with a Talyn Kleweno field goal to take a 2-0 lead, the only lead they would have as Great Bend used a 16-4 run to build an early 10 point lead. Great Bend’s Carley Brack scored 11 of her game-high 25 points during the first quarter run. Still Hays closed the quarter on a 11-3 run and trailed by just two after the first quarter.
After trailing by as many as 13 in the third quarter Hays cut the deficit to 8 heading into the fourth quarter.
Down 10 Hays used a 13-6 run capped off by a Jaycee Dale three-point play to tie the game at 53. But Great Bend answered the Hays run with a 9-2 to close the game.
Kirk Maska Postgame
Audra Schmeidler led the Indians with 12 points all coming in the second half. Dale and Mattie Hutchison finished with 10 points each. Savannah Schneider added 9.
Hays dropped to 3-5 and 1-1 in the Western Athletic Conference with the loss.
Hays 90, Great Bend 44
The Hays High Indians used an 18-4 first quarter run to build a double-digit lead over Great Bend on their way to a 90-44 win Tuesday night.
With the Indians trailing by two Isaiah Nunnery scored 11 of his game-high 23 points in the first quarter helping Hays build a 25-12 lead after the first.
Hays opened the second quarter on a 21-2 run and held the Panthers to just six second quarter points as the Indians led 46-18 at halftime.
The Indians kept up the pressure in the second half and out scored Great Bend 44-26 in the second half on the way to their sixth straight win. Hays moves to 7-1 on the season and 2-0 in the WAC.
Rick Keltner Postgame
Twelve different Indians scored in the game and Keith Dryden finished with 15. Drew Young added 12 and Shane Berens chipped in 10.
Hays is on the road at Garden City Friday night.