Sports

Avenging a 30-point road loss less than a week earlier, Redlands Community College women’s basketball team outscored Barton Community College 6-5 in overtime to pull out a 68-67 win over the Kansas-based program.

Barton, ranked 19th in the nation in the latest NJCAA Division I poll, defeated RCC 74-41 in their first meeting.

The win handed Barton, also nicknamed the Cougars, its first loss of the year and lifted Redlands to 6-2 overall.

Hannah Harris scored four points in the extra period, while Isabella Stafford added two points.

Morgan Brothers knocked down a 3-pointer to highlight her nine first-period points as Union City High School’s girl basketball team remains undefeated with a 57-13 win over Wanette.

The Tigers are 3-0 on the season after a 68-64 overtime win over Binger-Oney.

In the win over Wanette, Union City led 23-4 after one period, getting four points from Kamryn Cook and a pair of 3-pointers from Bree Goad.

The Tigers led 43-7 at the break and 55-7 after three periods.

Calumet High School’s boys basketball team stifled two opponents on both ends of the floor last week to remain unbeaten on the 2023-24 season.

The Chieftains defeated Lookeba-Sickles (112-41) and Lomega (76-46) to move to 3-0.

The wins extended Calumet’s regular-season winning streak to 23 straight games dating back to last season.

Jacob Mayfield’s team has logged 286 points in three games, an average of 95 per contest, while posting an average winning margin of 55 points.

It’s been an even split for Redlands Community College men’s basketball team in the early stages of the 2023-24 season, with the Cougars posting a 3-3 start.

Redlands defeated Langston University’s junior varsity (82-60), Lamar (88-81) and Nationwide Prep Academy (101-67).

The losses were to Frank Phillips (82-70), Clarendon College (100-82) and New Mexico Junior College (114-71).

Deazhon Perkins leads the Cougars in scoring through six games with 98 points off 33-of-59 (56 percent) shooting, while collecting 20 rebounds and 10 steals.

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