Hutch completes season sweep of Broncbusters

Garden City, KS-In their first meeting back in December, Garden City had a chance to knock off the defending national champions on their home floor. But Sierra Driessen fouled Hailey Jackson shooting a 3 in the waning seconds, and Hutchinson escaped with a one-point victory. 

Two months later, Jackson was at it again.  

The sophomore poured in a game-high 32 points as the eighth-ranked Blue Dragons beat the Broncbusters, 66-53 Thursday night at Conestoga Arena. 

Ana Ramos Pires scored 15 points and pulled down eight rebounds for Garden City, which fell to 11-13 overall and 8-11 in conference. Antonicia Moultrie had 13, and Bruna Costa Da Silva added 11 points and five assists.  

The Broncbusters trailed for the entirety of this one, although they pushed the defending champs in the second quarter. After trailing by 10, Hadiya Kennerly came in off the bench and quickly nailed a pair of 3s, Costa Da Silva made an off-balance jumper, and Ajong Lual hit from in close to pull Garden City to within one, 22-21 with 4:30 remaining. They were down four at the break.  

That's as close as they got the rest of the way.  

Hutchinson opened the second half on a 16-5 run, and when Jackson burned by two defenders for a layup, the Blue Dragons had a 43-28 advantage with 2:11 to play in the third. 

The Blue Dragons led by as many as 20.  

Jackson added eight assists for Hutchinson, which improved to 22-2 overall and 16-2 in the Jayhawk.