The College Heights Christian girls basketball team suffered a 63-44 loss to Diamond on Friday night.
“Tonight was Game 2 of a five-game stretch where our schedule is really tough,” CHC coach John Blankenship said. “Diamond is a great team with speed, size, and athleticism. We dug ourselves in too big of a hole in the first quarter being outscored 20-4.”
Blankenship noted his team performed much better after the opening frame.
“We had a great second and third quarter, scoring 17 and 15 points in each of those quarters,” Blankenship said. “Some of our shots began to fall. We cut their lead to single digits in the third quarter. I was very pleased with how my team responded after a poor first quarter. Our guards are getting closer to becoming a consistent threat from 3-point range. When that comes together with our post play, we’ll be a great team. I’m confident we will get there and put it all together.”
Libby Fanning led College Heights with 16 points, eight rebounds and three steals, while Maddy Colin added seven points, seven boards and three steals.
Also for the Cougars, Jayli Johnson scored seven and had three assists and Molly Long contributed six points and three rebounds.
College Heights (4-4) plays Pierce City on Monday.
In the varsity boys game, College Heights defeated Diamond 61-48.
No other information on the boys game was available to SoMo Sports at the time of publication.
The Cougars improved to 6-2 ahead of Saturday’s game against Liberal at the 4-States Challenge. The CHC-Liberal game is scheduled for noon at Webb City High School.
