Carter scores 30; Broncbusters crush NOC Tonkawa

Enid, OK-Garden City may have their three-headed monster in order, and that's a scary proposition for the rest of the Jayhawk Conference. 

Taya Davis set the school record with 21 assists, Dayshawna Carter and Jae'Mya Lyons combined for 48 points, and the Broncbusters blasted NOC Tonkawa, 77-63 Friday afternoon at the Mabee Center. With the win, Garden City improved to 4-0. 

"We played a great first half, but we fell asleep in the second half," Head Coach, Antwain Scales said afterwards. "We didn't play defense the way that we know how."

The offense on the other hand was humming again. Carter dropped 30 points on 12-of-23 shooting; her second 30-point performance of the season, and Lyons added 18 points and 19 boards, her third double-double in the first four games. Collectively, it was all part of an afternoon in which Garden City shot 53 percent from the floor, their second game over 50 thus far. For proper context, that only happened twice all of last season. 

"We still have to find a way to put a complete game together," Scales explained. 

The Broncbusters trailed for only 53 seconds. Jae'Mya Lyons made a pair of layups, and Davis, who leads the nation in assists, set up Keyhana Turner for a baseline jumper. Lyons got to the rim again, and Carter swished a 3-pointer to cap off a 9-0 run to make it 12-3. They stretched the lead to 10 later in the period on a tough finish in traffic by Lyons before Carter's 16-footer put the Broncbusters ahead, 25-11 after one. 

"Our thing is that we have to be consistent on all levels," Scales said. "We're just not very consistent right now."

Garden City built the lead to as many as 23 late in the first half when Davis snuck around two defenders for a right-hand layup. They were up 49-27 at the break. 

"There were times in this game where we looked really good," Scales mentioned. 

There wasn't much drama in the second half with the exception of the fourth quarter when the Mavericks closed to within 12 with 7:46 remaining. But Garden City put the game away with a 12-4 run, polished off by a two-foot flip by Davis. 

Davis added six points and three boards in 36 minutes for Garden City, which beat NOC Tonkawa for a second consecutive season. Lyons was 7-of-11 shooting in 27 minutes, and Jersey Mayfield chipped in 11 points. 

Jordan Holman paced the Mavericks with 16 points and 11 rebounds.