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By Cora Tasset<\/strong>
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It wasn’t a thing of beauty for the Tigers. In the end, the final score wasn’t to the Fort Hays State University women’s basketball team’s liking either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Tigers dropped Sunday afternoon’s conference tourney title game to Nebraska-Kearney, 57-51.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe just got off to a bad start. We missed a couple easy ones and missed several free throws,\u201d FHSU head coach Tony Hobson said. \u201cWe played a good team today, and you cannot get behind that far and be able to battle back.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senior guard Jaden Hobbs led the Tigers with 14 points, four assists, two rebounds, two steals and a block. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other leaders included Katie Wagner and Jessie Sallach. Wagner finished with 13 points, six rebounds and two assists. Sallach added eight points, one rebound and a block; she also shot 100% from the free-throw line. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m proud of our kids for not just packing in and giving up. We hung in there and made a game out of it for them,\u201d Hobson said. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t our best day, and we played a hungry team that\u2019s a good team and probably had some revenge on their minds.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Tigers had a rough start in the first quarter, trailing the Lopers 19-7. At halftime, Fort Hays was behind 29-18. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the third quarter, the Lopers were still leading, 44-31. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Tigers will be playing in the NCAA Central Regional Tournament in Warrensburg, Mo. FHSU, despite the loss in the tourney title game, earned the No. 1 seed and will play the winner of the Central Missouri and St. Cloud State game at 5 p.m. Saturday in the semifinals. The winner of that game advances to Monday’s 6 p.m. regional championship game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n