Broncbusters fall despite Black's 25-point outburst

Garden City, KS-This one was hard to swallow. 

Princess Anderson scored 18 of her game-high 27 points in the second half including 14 in the fourth quarter, Takiera Bodreaux grabbed 17 rebounds in 28 minutes off the bench, and Pratt topped Garden City, 65-58 Wednesday night at Conestoga Arena. The loss dropped the Broncbusters to 7-8 overall and 3-6 in conference play. 

Garden City shot just 38 percent from the field, was 0-for-5 from 3, and turned it over 15 times leading to 20 Pratt points. Their bench was also outscored, 36-4. 

The Beavers seized control with less than four minutes to go. After Garden City tied the game on Maya White-Eagle's twisting layup, Anderson took over, scoring 10 straight points and igniting a 10-2 run to give the Beavers a 60-52 advantage with 1:51 remaining.  

"We didn't play good fundamental basketball at all," Head Coach, Antwain Scales said. 

The Broncbusters, who were without Jae'Mya Lyons, Jersey Mayfield, and Destiny Smith because of injury, never found much rhythm after a strong first quarter. The Broncbusters led by seven after one but were outscored 20-13 in the second. After taking a three-point lead into final period, Garden City surrendered 25 points over the last 10 minutes as the Broncbusters missed 11 of their final 15 shots. 

Emily Acton scored 17 points for Pratt, which snapped a two-game losing streak.  

Black, who made her season debut, scored 25 points on 11-of-21 shooting in 33 minutes. She grabbed eight rebounds and had four steals. She was the lone Broncbuster in double figures.