Red Ravens Advance To Region VI Tournament 2nd Round With 80-69 Defeat of Pratt

Red Ravens Advance To Region VI Tournament 2nd Round With 80-69 Defeat of Pratt

Coffeyville, Kan. - The Coffeyville Community College Red Raven Women's Basketball team defeated the Pratt Beavers 80-69 to advance to the second round of the Region VI Tournament.  The victory was the 19th of the season for Coffeyville as their overall season record moved to 19-12.

The key to this game was the ending of the second quarter.  Midway through the second quarter Coffeyville was trailing Pratt 26-20 when over the last six minutes of the quarter the Red Ravens outscored the Beavers 27-8 to take a commanding 47-34 lead into halftime.   Pratt was able to whittle a little off of Coffeyville's lead in the third quarter, but the Ravens finished with a 22-point fourth quarter to post the 80-69 victory.

Game leaders for Coffeyville included freshman Bailey Layman with 21 points (8/13 overall, 4/8 from three), sophomore center Cheyenne Banks with 14 points and 9 rebounds, freshman Kyleigh Ortiz with 14 points, and sophomore Kennady Roach with 10 points.

#5-seeded Coffeyville moves into the second round of the Region VI Tournament where they will travel to face the #4-seeded Blue Dragons of Hutchinson on Tuesday, March 7th.  The tip-off for the Round #2 game in Hutchinson is scheduled for 5:30 pm.