By MIKE COURSON
Great Bend Post
They can't all be dunks. Great Bend's Ian Premer put up a season's worth of highlights on a Jan. 3 trip to Liberal. All the junior did Friday night against the Redskins was pour in 31 points, grab 12 rebounds, and dish out a handful of assists, mostly in three quarters. Four Panthers hit double-figures as Great Bend cruised to a 78-41 running-clock win.
Premer finished a big first quarter with 10 points, four rebounds, and three assists. Junior Jacob Hall added eight points in the frame as No. 4 Great Bend jumped out to a 26-5 lead. Premer got his double-double before the half with 10 more points and six more rebounds in the second quarter as the Panthers extended the lead to 46-22.
Great Bend got nine points apiece from Premer and senior Ben Nicholson in the third quarter. The Panthers opened the second half with a flurry of 13 points in less than three minutes. Liberal was able to cut the lead under 30 points late in the quarter but Premer went coast-to-coast and Nicholson followed with a putback in the final 38 seconds to push the gap back to 70-35 with a quarter to play.
Liberal (3-13) got a pair of third-quarter threes from senior Jaykree Washington, who paced the Redskins with 12 points. Junior James Fieser scored nine of his 11 points in the first half.
Great Bend has now won 11 straight to move to 14-1 on the season. Premer finished with 31 points and 15 rebounds. Nicholson also notched a double-double with 19 points and 10 boards. Hall finished with 11 points, and Homecoming King Izaeh Reed scored 10 points.