Conley leads four in double figures as Garden City rolls into the Christmas break

Garden City, KS-Welcome back Sariah Conley. 

The freshman guard scored 24 points, Ana Ramos Pires also netted 24 in 30 efficient minutes on the floor, and Garden City rolled into the Christmas break with a 92-54 victory over Northwest Tech. 

Conley, who missed each of the last two games, finished 7-of-12 from the field and was 4-of-5 from downtown, mixing in seven assists, three rebounds and two steals in 31 minutes. Stevi Yancy scored 18, and Carly Lang pulled down a season-high 10 rebounds.  

"I have really been working on my shot," Conley said afterwards. "Now it's about keeping that going for the rest of the year." 

Even without their starting point guard, Sierra Driessen, Garden City made easy work of the Mavericks. Trailing 12-10 four minutes into the game, the Broncbuster offense awoke. Antonicia Moultrie found Ana Ramos Pires on a high-low exchange for a two-footer in the paint, and Conley buried a 3-pointer in transition, igniting a 17-0 run that put the Broncbusters up 27-12 with 2:19 to play in the first. It was all part of a 36-point opening frame where the Broncbusters shot 61 percent and were 5-of-9 from deep. 

"I was extremely confident on my 3-point shot," Conley explained. "I have been working on that shot for the longest time."

Conley buried her first four triples of the game including a 25-footer that gave Garden City (10-2, 5-2) its largest lead of the first half, 46-18 with 7:07 to go. They were up 21 at the break.  

"We needed to lockdown defensively," Assistant Coach, Brad Zinn said. "We needed to play our game, and not be rushed and not do stuff that's uncharacteristic of us." 

Garden City, which built their lead to as many as 38 points in the final 20 seconds on a Pires' layup, shot 49 percent from the floor and a hit a season-best 14 3-pointers. It was the third time this year that they had 10 or more in a game. The Broncbusters also dished out a season-high 27 assists on 33 made baskets. 

Serena Lee scored 14 points for Northwest Tech, which dropped to 1-9 overall and 0-6 in conference play. Alexzandria Thompson tallied 12 points and four assists.