Garden City loses in the Green House

Liberal, KS-Nothing fell for Garden City on Wednesday night.

The Broncbusters shot just 31 percent and missed 23 of their 30 shots over the final 20 minutes, Kylee Hunt was the lone Saint in double figures with 11, and Seward County topped Garden City, 59-37 in the Greenhouse. The loss dropped the brown and gold to 5-7 overall and 1-5 in conference.

"We are just not tough enough," Head Coach, Antwain Scales said afterwards. "We missed a ton of layups."

It didn't help that Jae'Mya Lyons, who posted her seventh double-double of the season with 14 points and 15 rebounds, finished just 6-of-20 from the floor in 34 minutes. She and Dayshawna Carter were a combined 12-of-38 (32 percent).

"When you make too many mistakes and don't hit shots, that's what happens," Scales added.

Despite the uneven shooting, Garden City was down only four at the break. In the third, after the Saints built the lead to nine, the Broncbusters responded with 9-0 run. Carter hit two free throws, Keyhana Turner made a layup; then drilled a midrange jumper to tie the game at 35. But Garden City never grabbed the lead. Bri Linnear made 1-of-2 free throws, Halima Salat canned a corner 3 late in the period, and the Saints led, 41-36 heading to the fourth. 

"We couldn't get anything going offensively," Scales mentioned.

He wasn't kidding. Seward answered with a 21-5 run and Garden City went nearly 13 minutes without a field goal as the Saints built their lead to as many as 16 following a D'arrah Allen layup to make it 56-50 with 2:22 remaining. 

Carter finished with 19 points in 38 minutes for Garden City, which lost for the seventh time in the last eight games. The bench, which struggled against Dodge City, produced just three points.

Jailyn Johnson paced the Saints with 14 points in 25 minutes off the bench. De'Shawnti Thomas had 11 boards.