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By ALAN HOSKINS, Kansan Contributor

Fresh from winning a pressure-packed three-point shootout Saturday night, Kansas City Kansas Community College’s unbeaten Blue Devil men stretched their unbeaten record to 6-0 with a 78-52 win over Ottawa JV Monday night.

Home again Thursday at 7 p.m. against William Jewell’s JV, the win over Ottawa was the third in four days for the Blue Devils, who defeated Kansas Wesleyan’s JV 75-58 Friday and Brown Mackie 93-88 Saturday in the Brown Mackie Classic in Salina.

However, the KCKCC women had their four-game winning streak snapped by a 74-55 loss to Brown Mackie Saturday after a 68-54 Friday win over Hesston.

The Blue Devil men overcame Brown Mackie’s 57.4 percent shooting despite not being at full strength. Freshman Dennis Tinnon, the leading rebounder and second leading scorer, is out two to four weeks with a stress reaction in his left foot while scoring leader Derick Denny had to play without his contact lenses because of an eye infection.

Brown Mackie probably wished he’d had the contacts as Denny poured in a career high 35 points including 5 of 6 three-pointers in the first half. He finished 10 of 16 from the field including 8 of 13 treys and 7 of 8 free throws in what was a terrific battle of long range shooting.

Brown Mackie, which shot 64.5 percent the first half for a 49-47 lead, was 12 of 23 (.522) from three-point while KCKCC was 11 of 20 (.550) and 48.1 percent for the game.

Scott Fruehling added 14 points for KCKCC including 3-for-3 from distance while Jonathan Wright added 11 points and Monty Taylor 10. Although just 5-10, Melvin Gatson led in rebounds with six along with seven assists and seven points in a game that had 14 ties and 14 lead changes.

Andre Metoyer scored a career high 18 points and Hal Payne grabbed a career best 15 rebounds to lead the Blue Devils past Kansas Wesleyan. Metoyer was 8 of 10 from the field and added six rebounds. Frosh Monty Taylor also had a career high 15 points while Denny added 11 points, Fruehling 10, 9 and Payne 8.

KCKCC got contributions from many in the win over Ottawa’s JV. Fruehling led the scoring with 14 points while Gatson added 13, Denny and Taylor 12 each and Brett Jones 8; Wright had 9 rebounds, Payne 8 and Metoyer 7 as the Blue Devils dominated the boards 50-28; and Justin Dobler led in assists with four.

Four Lady Blue Devils scored in double figures as they won their fourth in a row 68-54 over Haskell Friday. Sarah Craft had 15 points, Alyssa Rushton 14 and Jerae David and Michelle Selbe 12 each as the Blue Devils shot 51 percent. Craft and Lori Schreiber led rebounding with eight each. 

Brown Mackie outscored KCKCC 21-3 from the three-point line in handing the Blue Devil women their first loss 74-53. The winners also got 20 points each and a combined 17 rebounds from Neasha Haynes and Danielle Smith and converted 23 KCKCC turnovers into 21 points.

Craft and Laci Schreiber each had 15 points and Michele Selbe and Alyssa Rushton 7 apiece for KCKCC. Schreiber also led all rebounders with 12 while Selbe, Rushton and Shannon Carlin each had seven.