ARKANSAS CITY — The Allen women fared better than the men at this weekend’s Cowley Classic in Arkansas City over the weekend.
The Red Devils men’s basketball team (1-2) dropped their matchups to Cowley College, 69-59, as well as to No. 14 Coffeyville, 75-66.
The Lady Red Devils (2-1) split their pair of games with a loss to Northern Oklahoma College-Tonkawa, 57-54, before knocking off Tabor, 60-41.
Men’s Basketball
Allen’s first loss of the season came against Cowley College. The Red Devils suffered lackluster shooting both from the floor and the free-throw lane in a 10-point blunder.
The teams went back and forth to begin the game with each team knocking down shots. The poor free throw shooting hurt the Red Devils in the first half, going two-of-nine from the stripe and allowing the Tigers to take an eight-point lead heading to half.
The Red Devils came out firing in the second half by going on a 9-0 scoring run through the opening four minutes to take a 35-34 advantage.
Cowley then went on a run of their own in part due to some costly Red Devil turnovers which allowed the Tigers to capitalize on full court transition.
Neither team was hot. Allen shot 33.3% as opposed to Cowley’s 39.7% from the field.
Allen was also outrebounded by Cowley, 38-30, and turned the ball over 17 times as opposed to Cowley’s nine turnovers. The Red Devils were outshot by the Tigers at the free throw line, 54.5% to Cowley’s 75% charity stripe percentage.
Chris Dixon led Allen offensively with 19 points and went seven-for-16 from the field while Ahmed Mahgoub tacked on 13 points, going four-for-seven from the floor and three-for-five from three-point land. Tyren Shelley added nine and Nick Whittick contributed eight points.
The Red Devils then dropped their second matchup to the Red Ravens of Coffeyville on Saturday, 75-66.
Allen led through the opening 10 minutes before letting Coffeyville take a 36-30 lead by halftime. The Red Ravens then extended their lead to as much as 18 points before the Red Devils battled and cut their deficit to nine by the end, 75-66.
Coffeyville outshot Allen from the field, 51% to 32%, from three-point territory, 35.3% to 31% and outrebounded the Red Devils, 31-27. The only area Allen shot better was from the free-throw line, 83.3% to 60.7%.
Mahgoub led the Red Devils offensively, finishing with 17 points, followed by Dixon’s 15 points and Tanner Meyer’s 14 points after going two-for-five from three-point land. Brycen Dean also chipped in eight points.
