Lady Indians roll to 86-37 win over Hastings College JVs

Lady Indians roll to 86-37 win over Hastings College JVs

The McCook Community College women roared to a 21-3 first quarter lead and rolled to an 86-37 win in the home opener Monday over the Hastings College JVs. Eleven of the 12 players suited up scored and 11 of the 12 also had rebounds.

"I thought we came out aggressive in that first quarter and established our offense and defense," said MCC Coach Brandon Pritchett.

Sophomore Makenna Bodette (Colorado Springs) led MCC with 19 points to go along with 12 rebounds. Freshman Gail Whiting (Montgomery, Ala.) scored 18 points and brought down eight rebounds. Freshman Amiya Dartest (Jennings, La.) scored 13 points.

"It was great to get everyone in again tonight. I really like our depth and anyone on any night can step up and produce for us," said Pritchett said.

Freshman Carla Torrubia Cano (Melilla Spain) scored nine points and had 12 rebounds. Sophomore transfer Achock Gumwel, (Sydney, Australia/Independence Community College) scored nine points and had four rebounds and redshirt freshman transfer Jessika Espinoza, (El Paso, Texas/Western New Mexico University) had nine rebounds to go along with five points.

The Lady Indians out-rebounded the Tigers 68-33.

MCC shot 50.7 percent from the floor and just four of 21 from the 3-point line (19 percent).

"We have to shoot the ball better. We had open shots all night and we need to knock them down consistently," Pritchett said.

The Tigers made nine of 66 field goals (13.6 percent) for the game and four of 27 from distance (14.8 percent) and turned the ball over 33 times to 15 for the Lady Indians.

MCC will be home this weekend for a pair of games starting with a 5:30 p.m. game Friday against Laramie County Community College and again on Saturday for a 2 p.m. game against Eastern Wyoming. Saturday's game is Veteran Appreciation Day. All active duty and military Veterans and their spouses will be admitted for free and are invited to watch the games from the VIP room where refreshments will be served. All fans are encouraged to wear red white and blue gear to honor Veterans.

For complete coverage of MCC Lady Indian basketball including, schedule, photo galleries, statistics and more, visit the MCC Athletics web page at https://mccindians.com/index.aspx?tab=basketball2&path=wbball

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