GREAT BEND 76, LIBERAL 70 — Great Bend rallied from an 8-point deficit to hold off Liberal 76-70 in Friday's Western Athletic Conference basketball game.

Daxton Minton and Cooper Ohnmacht sparked the Panthers with steals and scores off the Panthers' pressure defense that swung the momentum.

Great Bend featured a season high five players in double figures — Ohnmacht (17), Alec Premer (16), Minton (14), Jaxon Wondra (13) and foul-plagued Jacob Hall (12).

Liberal's Ethan Hernandez scored 17 points and James Feiser (14) and Juan San Diego (14) scored in double figures.

Great Bend (9-8, 2-1 WAC) handed Liberal (1-14, 0-4 WAC) its 26th consecutive Western Athletic Conference loss.

Great Bend 20 12 18 26 — 76

Liberal 21 17 10 22 — 70

GREAT BEND (9-8, 2-1)—Ohnmacht 5 7-9 17; Alec Premer 4 8-11 16; Minton 5 4-6 14; Jaxon Wondra 5 3-4 13; Jacob Hall 4 (1) 3-4 12; Stroup 1 2-4 4; Totals 21 (1) 27-38 76

LIBERAL (1-14, 0-4)—Hernandez 6 (2) 3-4 17; Fieser 4 6-10 14; Juan San Diego 5 (3) 1-5 14; Adrian Gonzales 3 (1) 0-4 7; Collins 2 2-3 6; Olmstead 2 2-4 6; Olvera (1) 0-0 3; Reeves 1 1-2 3; Totals 24 (7) 15-32 70

LIBERAL GIRLS 74, GREAT BEND 40 — Liberal's Shamari Lewis scored 18 points and Maliyah Mullens added 17 points to spark a dominating 74-40 Western Athletic Conference basketball victory over Great Bend.

Great Bend's Alyssa McCauley was brilliant with a career high 17 points, including a pair of 3-pointers. Alex Mayers added 10 points.

The Panthers played short-handed with standout center Chayla Prendergast and injured Stevie Mayers missing the game.

Great Bend 5 8 21 6 — 40

Liberal 29 15 19 11 —74

GREAT BEND (3-14, 0-3)—McCauley 6 (2) 3-6 17; Alex Mayers 5 0-2 10; Hogan (1) 3-6 6; Meredith Mazouch 1 2-4 4; Katherine Mazouch 1 0-0 2; Ringo 0 1-2 1; Totals 14 (3) 9-22 40

LIBERAL (11-2, 3-1)—Lewis 9 0-0 18; Mullens 8 1-1 17; Favila 4 (3) 0-0 11; Olvera 4 (1) 0-0 9; Rhine 3 (2) 0-0 8; Hammond (2) 0-0 6; Short 1 0-0 2; Villa 1 1-2 3; Totals 32 (8) 2-3 74