WICHITA, Kan. – On Saturday afternoon, the Newman Jets played host to the Rogers State Hillcats looking for a Senior Day victory inside Fugate Gymnasium.  The Jets would outscore the Hillcats 27-14 in the final quarter to take down Rogers State by a final score of 60-47. 

The Jets would begin the game on a 15-1 run to gain the early advantage.  Rogers State would stop the run on a jumper with 4:16 left.  Both teams would exchange baskets the rest of the quarter with the Jets taking a 17-5 lead after the first quarter.
 
In the second quarter, Newman would continue to build on their lead until Rogers State would go on a run. The Hillcats would cut the Jets lead down to 6 points with 1:58 left before Abbey George made a jumper that would give the Jets an 8 point lead, 27-19 going into halftime.

In the third quarter, Rogers State would keep chipping away at the Newman lead to eventually tie the game up at 31-31. Both teams would exchange baskets and we would go into the final quarter tied 33-33.
 
In the fourth quarter, Newman would go on a 7-0 run to lead 42-35 with 5:46 left.  Rogers State would add in a score on a jumper and then Newman would respond with a 10-0 run to gain a 15 point advantage 52-37 with 2:16 left. Newman would continue controlling the fourth quarter as they would defeat Rogers State 60-47 outscoring the Hillcats 27-14 in the final quarter.

The Jets shot 18-54 for 33.3 percent from the floor, 6-21 for 28.6 percent from three and 18-23 for 78.3 percent from the free throw line.  Newman (4-16, 4-16) held Rogers State(5-15, 5-15) to 18-53 for 34.0 percent from the field and 7-24 for 29.2 percent from three.

The Jets were led in scoring by Brooke Haney with 13 points.  Bailey Hawkins added a career high 16 rebounds in the Jets win.


Newman will travel to Jefferson City, Missouri to take on Lincoln on Thursday, Feb. 25^th with tip-off at 5:30 PM.