Hutchinson CC Sports Information

With the 1994 NJCAA national champion Blue Dragons in attendance, the 2022-23 Hutchinson Community College men's basketball team looks to build on the success of Tuesday night with Jayhawk Conference matchup against Northwest Tech.

The Blue Dragons (16-11, 10-11) and Mavericks (10-16, 5-15) tip off as a matinee at 4 p.m. on Saturday at the Sports Arena. This is Hutchinson's first home Saturday afternoon tip at the Arena in the regular season in several seasons.

The game will be broadcast live on Blue Dragon flagship station KHUT-FM (102.9) at 3:45 p.m. with Glen Grunwald (PBP) and Dan Naccarato (Color) calling the action. The Blue Dragon Sports Network will stream the game live at 3:45 p.m.

At halftime will be the 2023 Blue Dragon Quarterback Club Hall of Fame induction ceremony that will enshrine five individuals and the 1994 national champion Blue Dragons.

The Blue Dragons had one extra day to prepare for Northwest Tech, while the Mavericks had one less day to prep for the Dragons. Hutchinson and Colby moved Wednesday's game at Colby up to Tuesday because of the mid-week snowstorm to strike northwest Kansas. Tech's game with Seward County was postponed until Thursday.

Both teams enter Saturday's matchup with coming off victories.

The Blue Dragons put together one of their strongest defensive efforts of the season, holding Colby to a season-low 24 points in the first half in Hutchinson's 89-67 victory over the Trojans.

Aaron Franklin produced his eighth double-double of the season with 27 points and 10 rebounds, hitting 11 of 22 shots from the field. Aaron Potter went off in the second half hitting 4 of 5 3-pointers to finish with 14 points. Kieran Carr had 11 points and season highs of eight rebounds and five assists.

With six 3-pointers in the game, the Blue Dragons have 299 for the season and are 14 away from surpassing the all-time single-season Blue Dragon record of 312 set last season.

Northwest Tech shot just shy of 50 percent in a 79-71 home victory over Seward County on Thursday. Zaire Hayes came off the bench to score a team-high 21 points. Keyishon Miller had 19 points.

Back on January 4 in Goodland, Kernan Bundy nailed five 3-pointers and scored a career-high 28 points to pace the Blue Dragons to a 90-87 victory over Northwest Tech. Franklin added 22 points as Hutchinson hit 12 3-pointers in the game.

Miller hit 9 of 13 from the field to pace Tech with 25 points.