LIBERAL, Kan. – Held to their second-lowest scoring output of the season, the Cloud County Community College women's basketball team saw a 14-13 deficit at the end of the first quarter balloon to a 38-25 hole that they never could recover from as part of a 70-57 road loss to Seward County Community College inside the Greenhouse in Liberal, Kansas on Wednesday, January 24th.
Splitting the season series with the Saints for a second-consecutive year, Cloud County drops to 11-7 overall and 7-6 in the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference with the defeat while Seward County picks up their fourth-straight win to improve to 11-8 overall and 7-6 in the KJCCC.
Shooting just 20-of-65 (30.8 percent) from the field, the biggest issue for the T-Birds on the evening came from beyond the arc as CCCC finished the game just one-of-17 (5.9 percent) from three while seeing the host Saints go eight-for-25 (32.0 percent) to outscore Cloud County 24-3 from deep. The T-Birds did double-up SCCC from the charity stripe by going 16-of-21 (76.2 percent) from the free throw line while seeing Seward hit on eight-of-nine (88.9 percent) of their attempts while going 27-of-63 (42.9 percent) from the field.
Leading all scorers in the game was sophomore
Josephine Igherighe with 23 points to go along with 10 rebounds and four steals as the Minneapolis, Minnesota native finished 13-for-14 from the free throw line in 39 minutes of action. Joining Igherighe with a double-double was
Maimouna Sissoko following a 15-point, 14-rebound game with six rebounds coming on the offensive end while
Darcy Lierz and
Bailey Burns both finished with six points. Seward had three players finish in double-figures and was led by a team-high 22 points from Allie Myers while getting 16 points off the bench from Jamia Carter.
What's Next?
Cloud County will return home for their final home game in January when they play host to Coffeyville Community College beginning at 2 PM on Saturday, January 27th. The game will be the first of two games as part of homecoming and Hall of Fame weekend for the T-Bird athletic department as CCCC will look to split the season series with the Red Ravens. Coffeyville won the first matchup of the season back on November 21st by a score of 74-63 and is 13-6 overall following an 81-73 road win at Pratt on Wednesday evening.
