Field Kindley High School basketball split on the road at Pittsburg with the Lady Nado falling 44-29 and the Nado boys winning in overtime 53-52.
It was a rough night offensively for the Lady Nado scoring just 14 point through the first three quarters. Part of the offensive struggles came from Pittsburg being able to shut down Kaylin Caron holding here to just seven points and scoreless during those first three quarters. Erin Lopez gave the Lady Nado 11 points as she scored nine of the first 14 points. Coffeyville did manage to score 15 in the fourth to prevent the running clock and they hope to build on that last quarter success as they welcome in rival Independence on Friday. This loss makes nine straight for the Lady Nado.
The Nado boys got off to a strong start leading 9-0 through the first seven minutes of the game and leading by as much as 12 in the first half. Pittsburg wouldn't go away as they began chipping away the lead trailing but six points at halftime. The game would hover around between a two and six point game for most of the second half before Pittsburg took their first lead of the game late in the fourth. After a Kobi Kirk steal, KK Austin would hit a free throw to tie the game and send it into overtime. Pittsburg would take the lead in OT on a Landyn Jesse layup. Another Austin free throw would cut the lead to one and then Shon Feeling would give them the lead with two free throws of his own. Pittsburg had two good looks at the win with three seconds left but couldn't get the final bucket. Coffeyville heads to a Augusta on Monday for a boys only matchup before returning home to take on rival Independence on Friday.
