Turnovers costly in home loss to Coffeyville

Garden City, KS-Turnovers and 50-50 balls were the name of the game.  

The Broncbusters coughed it up 23 times including nine during a choppy third quarter, Karliey Parker scored 21 points, and Coffeyville beat Garden City, 56-48 Saturday afternoon at Conestoga Arena.  

Jolie Mantz, who made 16 3s in her previous two games combined, finished 0-for-9 from the field and 0-for-7 from 3 for the Broncbusters, which fell to 7-4 overall and 4-2 in conference play.  Sierra Driessen had 15 points but turned the ball over 10 times, and Antonicia Moultrie had 10 points and nine boards. 

With his team clinging to a one-point lead at the break, Greg Franklin could only watch as his team had as many turnovers as they did shot attempts in the third. In fact, the Broncbusters managed just a single bucket (a Priscilla Rose Wemba layup) over the final 3:55 of the quarter as Coffeyville scored the final five points of the period including Parker's 3 from the left wing to take a 41-34 lead into the fourth.  

Aubrey Hishaw's layup with 9:25 remaining in the game gave the Red Ravens their largest lead, 43-34. 

Garden City answered with 10-4 run to make it a three-point contest with 2:51 to go. But the Broncbusters were ice cold from the line down the stretch. Mantz, one of the team's best free-throw shooters at 70 percent, went 1-of-2, Driessen also split a pair, and Franklin's team suffered its second home loss of the season. Garden City went the final 3:39 without a field goal.  

Karys Washington posted a double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds for Coffeyville, which improved to 9-1 and 4-1 in the Jayhawk. Norika Welch finished 11 points, four boards, and three steals.  

Hadiya Kennerly scored 24 points in 24 minutes off the bench for Garden City. Rose Wemba added eight points and five rebounds.