Garden City blown out at the Power Plant

El Dorado, KS-Garden City picked a horrible time to have their worst shooting game of the season. 

The Broncbusters shot a miserable 29 percent from the floor marking the first time since Nov. 7, 2023, that they've shot less than 30, Bubba Leavell scored 24 points, and Butler blew out Garden City, 86-59 Wednesday night at the Power Plant. 

Antonio Chol posted his second lowest scoring out of the year with 10 points on 3-of-18 shooting for the Broncbusters, which lost their second straight game to fall to 15-13 overall and 10-12 in conference play. They are now tied with Fort Hays Tech Northwest for seventh place in the standings and are just a game up on Dodge City for the final home playoff spot. 

Devonte Reed scored 10 points in 12 minutes off the bench for Butler, which snapped a two-game losing streak to improve to 19-9 overall and 14-8 in league play. 

This game was a runaway from the opening tip. The Grizzlies scored the first 13 points and were up 22-3 following a Caleb Smith turnover that led to a driving layup by Reed with 10:25 to go in the first half. 

Meantime Garden City misfired on their first 12 shots of the game and didn't notch their first field goal until Josiah Sabino's layup made it 22-5 with 10:10 on the clock. 

Leavell drilled a 3-pointer, and Seven Bahati powered home a runout dunk to give Butler a 40-19 advantage with less than a minute to play in the opening period. The Grizzlies led, 40-21 at the break. 

Josiah Kirkwood's free throw gave Butler their largest lead of the game, 86-59 with 18 seconds to play. 

Garden City was outrebounded, 47-32 and turned the ball over 14 times. They had just seven assists, their second lowest total this season.