Broncbusters complete season sweep of Coffeyville
Garden City, KS-Even on an off-shooting night, Brody Robinson's fingerprints were all over this one.
The sophomore guard had 12 assists and nine rebounds, Braxton Jones poured in 21 points, and Garden City completed a season sweep of Coffeyville with a 69-58 victory.
The Broncbusters improved to 17-10 overall and 13-8 in conference.
Thomas Tut produced 12 points, seven boards, and five assists, and Charles Chukwu finished with 10 points and seven boards for Garden City, which won its second straight game.
Rusty Elmore's team led from start to finish. They raced out to a 7-2 lead; then stretched it to double digits following Jordan Frazier's made triple that put Garden City ahead, 19-9 nine minutes into the game. Jones hit back-to-back pullup 3-pointers, and Garden City was up by 14.
But the Red Ravens managed to keep things close, surging back with a 9-0 run to pull to within five.
Garden City was up 36-31 at the break.
Robinson, who was the main distributor on a night where he shot 3-of-10 from the field, located Jones for a left-wing 3 two minutes into the second half. The next time down, he whipped a perfect pass to Frazier, who buried a trey from the corner to make it 42-33. That was followed by a perfect pocket pass to Tut, who powered his way to the rim for a two-handed jam to give Elmore's bunch a 10-point cushion.
Frazier and Jones connected on back-to-back triples, Robinson setup Isaiah Dixon for a 14-foot baseline jumper, Chukwu rattled the rim with a two-handed stuff, and Robinson hit a 3 from the left corner, giving Garden City a 63-49 edge with 3:57 remaining.
Dixon scored eight points off the bench for Garden City, which swept Coffeyville for the first time in more than 15 years. Frazier finished with nine points and four assists.
Brian Griffith scored 25 points in 37 minutes for Coffeyville, which lost its second straight game to fall to 10-16 overall and 6-14 in conference play.