Black's double-double not enough in loss to Seward

Garden City, KS-Demi Black was spectacular on Wednesday night, but in the end, Garden City lost its third straight game.  

D'Arrah Allen poured in 34 points, De'Shawnti Thomas pulled down a game-high 15 rebounds, and Seward County beat the Broncbusters, 83-71 at Conestoga Arena. The loss dropped Garden City to 8-15 overall and 4-13 in conference play. 

Black finished with 25 points and 14 rebounds, and Taya Davis had 12 points and nine assists in the losing effort. Stevi Yancy added 13 points and hit four 3s off the bench.  

"We're just not mentally tough right now," Head Coach, Antwain Scales said afterwards. "We just can't get out of our own way."

Garden City missed 17 free throws and finished 6-of-23 from beyond the arc. They shot 36 percent and were outrebounded 36-34. Still, the Broncbusters were down only one early in the second quarter. That was until a three-minute offensive power outage had Scales' bunch trailing by seven. They were down 41-33 at the half. 

"All around, it's just really frustrating," Scales mentioned.

The Broncbusters trailed by as many as 16 when Allen connected on a 16-footer to make it 69-53. But they had their chances down the stretch. Keyhana Turner hit a shot inside, Black drained two free throws, and Garden City was within six, 77-71 with 2:17 to play. But Allen drilled a contested 2-pointer on the other end, Keanna Coburn rejected Davis at the rim, and the Broncbusters were staring at a double-digit deficit again. Garden City was held without a field goal over the final four minutes of the game. 

Bri Linnear scored 13 points for Seward County, which snapped a three-game road conference losing streak. Tiana Winn had 12, and Halima Salat chipped in nine points, four rebounds, and four assists.