COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Kevin McCullar Jr. heard the boos and catcalls from the Missouri student section hours before tipoff, when Kansas first emerged from the tunnel for pregame warmups. The noise rose to an ear-splitting roar as the bitter rivals began their first showdown in Columbia in more than a decade.

Dodge City women’s basketball team has had trouble taking down the Hutchinson Blue Dragons in the series, but the fortunes changed at home for the Conquistadors as they took down Hutchinson 69-55. The win moves the Conqs to 11-2 on the season and 6-1 in the KJCCC while streaking their win-streaking to fourstraight and ten-straight at home. The victory also marks the 30th for Head Coach, Landon Steele as Dodge City coach and his 130th career win. After a 2-2 tie early the Conqs went on a 7-0 run to take control early against Hutchinson leading 9-2 that lead would hold up throughout the first quarter ultimately leading to a 22-14 Conq advantage after the first 10 minutes. Hutchinson pushed back in the second quarter and tightened the contest up outscoring the Conqs by five in the second making it just a threepoint game halftime at 37-34 in favor of the Conqs. In the second half, the Conqs continued to hold the Blue Dragons at bay and would extend the lead at times leading by nine points, 55-46 after three quarters. To open the fourth the Conqs mounted a 7-0 run to take an even more firm grasp of the game and would finish the contest with a 14-9 fourth quarter to secure the 69-55 win.

The Lady Demons basketball team split a pair of games this past Friday and Saturday at the Cowboy Capital Classic. On Dec. 9 the Lady Demons lost 37-32 to Manhattan and secured a 36-27 win on Dec, 10 over Junction City.

The Red Demons basketball team were unable to pick up a win this past Friday and Saturday at the Cowboy Capital Classic. On Dec. 9 the Manhattan Indians secured a 59-32 win over the Red Demons and on Dec. 10 the Junction City Blue Jays beat the Red Demons 76-41.