Chol crusher! Broncbusters smash Pratt
Garden City, KS-Antonio Chol more than atoned for his poor shooting performance on Wednesday.
The sophomore scored 30 points and hit six 3s, Emmanuel Manyuon finished with 22, and Garden City obliterated Pratt, 108-80 Saturday night at Conestoga Arena.
Boston Harker chipped in 17, and Caleb Smith added 13 for the Broncbusters, which shattered the school assist record with 36 dimes on 44 made baskets.
Hunter Vaughn scored 23 points in 37 minutes for Pratt, which fell to 11-18 overall and 7-16 in the Jayhawk.
Trailing 37-30 with 2:43 to play in the first half, Isaiah Tisdale's team ripped off a 12-1 run to close the period. Harker found Chol for a sweet dunk, Harker finished off a pair of three-point plays, and Garden City rolled into the locker room up, 42-38.
They didn't cool off after halftime.
Chol buried consecutive 3s to begin the second half; then blasted off his own personal 7-0 run that included a two-handed jam and a rainbow triple from the top of the key. Manyuon drilled two 3s from the wing, and Isiah Dixon rattled the rim to put Garden City ahead, 81-58 with 8:08 remaining. They led by as many as 32.
72 hours after one of their worst shooting performances of the season, the Broncbusters finished 44-of-76 (57.9 percent) from the floor and 13-of-31 (41.9 percent) from 3. They had just eight turnovers and produced 56 points in the paint.