Garden City thumps Pratt on the road

Pratt, KS-Dayshawna Carter made it look easy.  

The sophomore poured in 22 points, Keyhana Turner chipped in 13, and Garden City destroyed Pratt, 76-52 Saturday afternoon at the Beaver Dome. The Broncbusters improved to 9-18 overall and 5-16 in conference play. 

Garden City shot 50 percent from the field, their best shooting game since Nov. 11 vs. NOC Tonkawa. They finished 5-of-10 from 3 and 19-of-23 from the free throw. The Broncbusters also obliterated the Beavers on the board, 40-22.  

Stevi Yancy scored 17 points in 33 minutes off the bench, connecting on 5-of-7 triples. She added nine rebounds and two steals. 

The Broncbusters, who never trailed in this game, served up some revenge after a seven-point loss to the Beavers in Garden City on Jan. 4. Ariyah Brooks made back-to-back jumpers, Demi Black hit from the midrange, Yancy drilled a 3-pointer, and Carter knocked down a 16-footer to give Garden City a 13-4 advantage seven minutes into the game. They were up seven after one and by 14 two minutes into the second when Carter wiggled inside for 2. The lead never dipped under 10 the rest of the half as Garden City was up 38-28 at the intermission. 

"All I can say is finally," Head Coach, Antwain Scales said afterwards. "Finally, we put a complete game together. That's what we've been asking for, and our team delivered today."  

The closest Pratt came in the second half was eight points after Isis Sanders made two free throws to make it 38-30. But Carter answered on the other end with a midrange jumper, and the Broncbusters lead swelled back to double digits. Garden City led by as many as 24 in the fourth quarter following after Yancy's fifth made triple put the Broncbusters up, 76-52 with 58 seconds remaining. 

Taya Davis finished with eight points and five assists for Garden City. Black added eight points and a game-high 12 rebounds. 

Princess Anderson, who torched the Broncbusters for 27 points in the Beavers seven-point win on Jan. 4, was limited to 16 points on 5-of-13 shooting. She fouled out after 28 minutes.