Baker 70, at Friends 76

WICHITA (Interstat) — Friends used a dominant first quarter and then withstood Baker’s comeback for a 76-70 women’s NAIA basketball victory on Tuesday. The Falcons, the home team, led 31-11 after the first quarter. Baker answered with a 27-point second quarter to cut the halftime deficit to 45-38. The Wildcats outscored Friends 19-17 in the third quarter and trailed 62-57 entering the fourth. Friends then held a 14-13 edge in the final quarter to close out the win. Friends had lost at Hastings in its previous game, 92-47. Friends’ decisive stretch came in the first quarter. Bugaj opened the scoring… Read more...