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GARDEN CITY — Garden City started on fire starting the first three quarters to roll past the Great Bend girls 58-37 in Thursday’s Western Athletic Conference basketball game.
The Buffaloes (10-3, 4-1 WAC) outscored the Panthers 13-3, 9-4 and 14-1 to start the first three quarters for a 36-8 scoring edge. The Panthers rallied in the second period with a 8-2 scoring run and added an 8-4 scoring run for a 28-23 halftime deficit.
But there were no offensive or defensive answers for the Panthers, who were coming off a spectacular performance against Buhler in a 62-33 victory.
Panther sparkplug Sydney Unruh did his part with five steals, several assists, eight points and a pair of 3-pointers. Sadie Spray added eight points and Allyson Kaiser chipped in seven points. But the Panthers were unable to offset 13 of 45 shooting and 17 turnovers.
Great Bend coach Cindy Beck saw some of the Panthers’ issues were self inflicted with poor ballhandling and decision-making. The Panthers (6-9, 0-5 WAC) are scheduled to play Hays-TMP Tuesday and Dodge City Feb. 19 at home.
“We took ourselves out of it,” she said. “That was a frustrating night. We had plans to get shots for players at spots. But we bailed out of our offense for no reason. We didn’t get it down tonight.”
Garden City (10-3, 4-1 WAC) turned several Panther mistakes into easy runout scores. Keyhana Turner enjoyed a perfect shooting night with four field goals and six free throws for 14 points. Aileen Becerril scored 12 points with several assists and Amaya Gallegos chipped in 10 points. The Buffaloes blocked several shots to limit the Panthers’ inside offense.
“We executed our offense better," said Garden City coach Matt Pfeifer. "We were able to swing the ball and change sides better. We turned up the intensity on defense.”
Great Bend 11 12 1 13 — 37
Garden City 15 13 14 16 — 58
GREAT BEND (6-9, 0-4)—Unruh 3-10 0-0 8, Spray 2-7 4-11 8, Kaiser 2-6 2-3 7, Latham 2-5 0-0 4, Emilee Hall 2-4 0-0 4, Warren 1-3 1-2 3, Harbaugh 1-5 1-2 3, Smith 0-5 0-0 0, Totals 13-45 8-18 37
GARDEN CITY (10-3, 4-1)—Turner 4-4 6-6 14, Becerril 4-11 3-4 12.Calzonetti 2-3 2-2 7, Calahan 2-3 1-1 6, Franco 1-2 0-0 3, Simmons 1-2 0-0 2, Flores 1-2 0-0 2, Jagels 1-1 0-0 2, Roth 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 21-44 12-13 58
3-pointers—GB 3-13 (Unruh 2-6, Kaiser 1-4, Spray 0-1, Latham 0-1, Smith 0-1); GC 4-18 (Franco 1-2, Callahan 1-2, Calzonetti 1-2, Becerril 1-5, Roth 0-1, Flores 0-2, Gallegos 0-4)
WESTERN ATHLETIC GIRLS
Dodge City 4-0 13-1
Garden City 4-1 10-3
Liberal 3-2 12-3
Hays High 1-4 5-10
Great Bend 0-5 6-9
2-13--Maize at Dodge City
2-12--Hooker, Okla. at Liberal; Hays at Colby
2-11--Garden City 57, Great Bend 38
2-9—Great Bend 62, Buhler 33; Liberal 50, Guymon, Okla. 38
2-5—Liberal 62, Great Bend 39; Dodge City 50, Hays High 26; Garden City 50, Guymon, Okla. 38
DODGE CITY (4-0, 13-1)—Newton 78-19; Goodland (W Lakin 76-30; W Nickerson 64-56; W Goodland 58-37); W McPherson 58-41; W Colby 62-37; W Guymon, Okla. 48-31; W *Liberal 45-36; W *Great Bend 63-21; McPherson (W Wichita Southeast 56-33; W Manhattan 43-21; L McPherson 39-45); L *Garden City 52-33; W *Hays 50-26; 2-8 at Ulysses,ppd; 2-13 Maize High; 2-16 *Garden City; 2-19 *at Great Bend; 2-23 *Hays High; 2-25 *at Liberal
GARDEN CITY (4-1, 10-3)—W *Great Bend 50-44; L Kearney, Neb. 36-38; W *Liberal 42-38; W *Hays 56-42; W Guymon, Okla. 38-30; Colby (W Wichita Life 46-35; W Colby 54-43, OT; W Goodland 57-45); W Ulysses 62-31; 2-2 *Dodge City 33-52; W Guymon, Okla. 50-38; L Wichita Life Prep 34-53; W *Great Bend 58-37; 2-16 *at Dodge City; 2-19 *Hays High; 2-23 *at Liberal
LIBERAL (3-2, 11-3)—W Colby 41-30; W Holcomb 80-25; W Wichita Trinity 66-56; W Scott City 42-26; W *Hays 54-23; W *Hays 42-26; L *Garden City 38-42; L *Dodge City 36-45; Salina (W Abilene 62-31; Salina South 43-19; W Salina Central 60-58); L Gruver, Okla.31-67; W Guymon, Okla. 70-49; W *Great Bend 63-39; W Guymon, Okla. 50-38; 2-12 Hooker, Okla.; 2-16 at Hugoton; 2-20 *Great Bend; 2-23 *Garden City; 2-25 *Dodge City
HAYS HIGH (1-4, 5-10)—Hays (L Hugoton 26-47; L Wichita Life 30-46; W Hays-TMP 31-44); W Hoisington 56-32; L *Liberal 23-54; L *Liberal 26-42; W *Great Bend 48-34; L *Garden City 42-56; Colby (L Wichita Life 31-40; L Goodland 41-54; W Osborne 53-28); W Pratt 52-40; L Salina Central 43-64; W Scott City 38-33; L *Dodge City 26-50; 2-12 at Colby; 2-16 at Abilene; 2-19 *at Garden City; 2-23 *at Dodge City; 2-26 *Great Bend
GREAT BEND (0-5, 6-9)—W Scott City 50-42; W Holcomb 48-45; L Junction City 42-49; W Larned 54-21; L Emporia 32-57; *Garden City 44-50; *Hays High 34-48; W Hutchinson High 41-32; L *Dodge City 21-63; Topeka (L Washburn Rural 37-75; L Leavenworth 46-53; W Shawnee Heights 49-46); L *Liberal 39-62; W Buhler 62-33; L *Garden City 37-58; 2-16 Hays-TMP; 2-19 *Dodge City; 2-20 * at Liberal; 2-26 *at Hays High
