BLUE DRAGONS, GRIZZLIES TO BATTLE ON SATURDAY FOR PINK-OUT
Hutchinson CC Sports Information
Down to four games to play in the 2024-25 regular season, the No. 8-ranked Hutchinson Community College women's basketball team faces a key Jayhawk Conference battle on Saturday.
Coming off an upset loss at Cowley on Wednesday, the Blue Dragons (23-3, 17-3 KJCCC) play host to the Butler Grizzlies (20-5, 15-5) at 2 p.m. on Saturday at the Hutchinson Sports Arena in a battle of the Nos. 2 and 4 teams in the Jayhawk-Conference standings.
BLUE DRAGON WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
No. 8 Hutchinson (23-3, 17-3) vs. Butler (20-5, 15-5)
Blue Dragon Pink-Out Game
When: Saturday, February 22, 2025
Where: Hutchinson Sports Arena, Hutchinson, KS
Time: 2 p.m.
Radio: KHUT-FM (102.9); KWBW-AM/FM (1450/98.5), 1:45 p.m. - Sean Boston (PBP); Dan Naccarato (Analyst)
Video: Blue Dragon Sports Network, 1:45 p.m.
X: @bluedragonsport
Game Sponsor: Midwest Superstore of Hutchinson
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The game will be broadcast live on Blue Dragon flagship station KHUT-FM (102.9) and on sister stations KWBW-AM/FM (1450/98.5) beginning at 1:45 p.m. with Sean Boston (play-by-play) and Dan Naccarato (analyst) calling the action. The game will be streamed on the Blue Dragon Sports Network at 1:45 p.m.
The Blue Dragons currently trail first-place Dodge City by one game in the Jayhawk Conference standings after falling to Cowley on Wednesday. The Dragons need one victory or one Seward County loss over the final four games to clinch a first-round bye in the upcoming Region VI Tournament.
Hutchinson has Butler, Pratt, Seward County and No. 7 Dodge City remaining on the schedule with three of those games to be played at the Sports Arena.
Sophomore Hailey Jackson had 18 points, nine rebounds and three steals to lead Hutchinson on Wednesday at Cowley. The Blue Dragons trailed by as many as 16 points in the first half, but cut the deficit to one with 3 1/2 minutes to play before the Tigers closed out the upset win from the free-throw line.
Butler has won five games in a row, coming of a 56-52 victory over third-place Coffeyville on Thursday to snap the Red Ravens' 11-game winning streak. Coffeyville remains one game behind the Blue Dragons and Butler pulled within one game of Coffeyville for third place.
The Blue Dragons won a tight contest in the first meeting with Butler on January 8 in El Dorado, defeating the Grizzlies 57-53. Jackson scored 17 points and Landon Forbes added 10 to lead the Blue Dragons, who it 8 of 25 3-pointers. Despite Keegan Yarick's 20 points, the Dragons held Butler to 30.0 percent shooting with 15 turnovers forced.