Mayfield pours in career-high in blowout win over Lamar

By Mike Pilosof

Photo by Adam Shrimplin

Garden City, KS-Jersey Mayfield picked the perfect time to break out.

The freshman nailed five 3's and scored 26 points, Kealani Neves added 14 points and six boards, and Garden City rebounded with a 67-44 victory over Lamar Monday night at Conestoga Arena. With the win, the Broncbusters improved to 8-2 overall.

After three straight games shooting under 30 percent, the Broncbusters found the range, hitting 24-of-54 from the field (44 percent) including a season-best 6-of-14 (43 percent) on 3's.

Garden City led the entire way. Neves drove to the basket for two, Ashton McCorry hit a layup, and the Broncbusters were up 6-0 two minutes into the game. They pushed it to double figures on Mayfield's triple from the wing and led by eight after one.

But it was the second quarter where Garden City created separation. The Broncbusters outscored Lamar 20-6 and shot nearly 50 percent from the floor in the period. Neves swished a 3, Mayfield got to the rim, and Dayshawna Carter turned a missed Vivian Castro triple into a runout layup, capping off a 12-0 run that put Garden City ahead, 37-15 with 90 seconds to go in the half. In fact, Antwain Scales' team limited the Runnin' Lopes to just one field goal over the final 5:55 of the half and led 39-17 at the break.

Garden City scored 22 more points in the third, and at one juncture built their lead to as many as 32 on Mayfield's trey in the final seconds of the quarter to make it, 61-29.

Mayfield finished the night 9-of-12 from the field and 5-of-8 on 3's fueling an effort in which the Garden City reserves outscored Lamar 42-6. The Broncbusters also forced 22 turnovers that led to 26 points and scored 24 points in the paint.

Althea Kara Angeles scored 19 points to pace Lamar, which lost for fifth time in their last six games.

Next up: Garden City vs. Seward County-Wednesday, Dec. 8-5:30 p.m.