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Busters blow past Northwest All-Stars
Published 11/7/2009 in None
By MIKE KESSINGER
mkessinger@gctelegram.com
COLBY — At times, in its first game of the Ambassador Classic on Friday at the Community Building, the Garden City Community College men's basketball squad made everything flow perfect.
Yes, the Broncbusters were playing a team made up of former college and high school players from Northwest Kansas simply called the All-Stars, but still, a win is a win. And GCCC did it quite easily with a 91-53 victory.
"This is a game I was happy with our guys' maturity," GCCC coach Kris Baumann said. "I thought they did a good job of handling things because it's hard when there's not a lot of people in the stands and you're playing people that don't even have anything on the front of their jerseys. It's one of those games — it's a tough game, and I thought we did a good job."
The Busters' win was never in doubt even though the start was a little rough. GCCC led just 15-13 almost nine minutes into the game, but started to pull away from there. After Vince Banks hit a pair of free throws to put the Busters up 28-15 it only got worse for the All-Stars.
"After two games I think we're going pretty good," GCCC forward Eric Griffin said of the Busters' 2-0 start. "We're playing together as a team. We're playing as one."
Griffin, a 6-foot-8 sophomore transfer, gave the Busters a lift with his inside presence. He finished with 16 points and a game-high 12 rebounds. Early in the second half, the Busters outscored the All-Stars 23-5 in a five-and-a-half minute stretch. Griffin, who was 4-of-5 from the floor in the second half, took an alley-oop pass from Chris McHenry on a fastbreak during the Busters run, showing how easy the team made it look at times.
The lead grew to 83-40 in the second half when freshman guard Greg Farris hit a short jumper at the 4:40 mark of the second half.
"All in all, I thought the guys did a really nice job tonight," Baumann said.
Three Busters were in double-figure scoring led by Banks' 23. Sophomore reserve forward Travis Burley tacked on 10 points and eight boards.
GCCC will finish play in the tournament today at 3 p.m. against Trinidad (Colo.) State.
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GCCC 91, NW Kansas All-Stars 53
ALL-STARS - P. McKee 3-12 4-6 11, Johnson 1-4 1-2 3, Hemmert 1-5 1-1 3, Brooks 1-4 0-0 3, C. McKee 3-5 1-3 8, Sutera 2-6 0-1 4, Okeson 3-15 0-0 8, Stupka 3-6 4-4 13. Totals — 17-57 11-17 53.
GCCC (2-0) - Morales 3-4 1-2 7, Wesley 0-4 4-5 4, Farris 1-1 0-1 2, Griffin 7-12 2-4 16, Gonzalez 0-1 0-0 0, Phillips 2-6 3-6 8, Jackson 1-4 1-1 3, Burley 4-6 2-2 10, Jirmnson 3-8 2-2 9, McHenry 2-4 0-0 6, Brown 1-5 3-4 5, Banks 7-18 4-4 23. Totals — 30-71 22-31 91.
Halftime — GCCC 41-22. 3-pointers — NWKS, 8-25 (Stupka 3-4, Okeson 2-6, P. McKee 1-5, Brooks 1-3, C. McKee 1-2, Hemmert 0-3, Sutera 0-1, Johnson 0-1); GCCC 9-13 (Banks 5-7, McHenry 2-2, Jirmnson 1-2, Phillips 1-1, Wesley 0-1). Rebounds — NWKS 22 (Sutera 9); GCCC 42 (Griffin 10). Assists — NWKS 5 (P.McKee 2); GCCC 9 (Wesley, Phillips 2). Blocks — NWKS 0; GCCC 3 (Griffin 3). Steals — NWKS 4 (four with 1); GCCC 9 (Phillips 3). Turnovers — NWKS 13, GCCC 13. Fouled out — None. Team fouls — NWKS 19, GCCC 22.
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