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Lady Buffs bend, but don't break against Great Bend
Published 2/11/2012 in Sports
By BRETT MARSHALL
bmarshall@gctelegram.com
David Upton might be well-advised to consider purchasing a heart monitor when he is sitting on the bench coaching the Garden City High School Lady Buffaloes.
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Brad Nading/Telegram Garden City High School's Taryn Tempel, right, tiesup Great Bend's Hannah Hildebrand in the backcourt and forces a turnover on Friday at The Garden.
Just about the time Upton thinks his team has put a game away, the Buffs seemingly do everything just to get the other team back into contention.
That was never more evident on Friday night, and Homecoming to boot, in the Lady Buffs' 37-31 victory over Great Bend in Western Athletic Conference action at The Garden.
"We got about one and a half good quarters tonight, but it was enough," Upton said after watching his team improve to 4-1 in the WAC and 11-6 overall. "We just seem to fizzle out at some points in the game, and it's as much about making mistakes as anything. We do a number of really good things and then we just get in a hurry and don't pay attention."
After a first half that was close for much of the 16 minutes, with the Lady Buffs holding a 17-15 lead, they put together their best quarter of the night in the third, owning a 13-0 dominating effort that had Upton pleased and the team comfortably ahead, 30-15.
With five minutes remaining and still up by 14, 32-18, Great Bend then made its run at the Lady Buffs. The Lady Panthers scored 11 unanswered points to pull within three, 32-29, at the 2:15 mark before Taryn Tempel snapped the drought with a fastbreak layup with 2:01 to play. Great Bend's Morgan Harwood countered with a bucket with 1:48 to go before three free throws in the final 1:30 by Garden iced the victory.
In the first half, neither team could generate any consistency on offense.
It wasn't so much that the team's defenses were effective, but the turnover bug was biting both teams. The Lady Buffs had nine turnovers in the opening half which was mirrored exactly by the Lady Panthers.
Garden jumped off to an early 7-2 lead and Great Bend (2-15, 1-4) responded to tie it at 7 before Taryn Tempel's driving layup with 3 seconds left in the first period made it 9-7.
Then, it was Great Bend's turn, getting 3-point baskets from Regan Unruh and McKenna Mauler to put the Lady Panthers on top, 15-11, midway through the second. Tempel then answered with a 3-point bucket from the right wing, and added a traditional 3-point play with 2:05 to go on another driving layup and a free throw. That made it 17-15 at the break.
Tempel finished with a game-high 17 points and Kristen Heiman added 12 to pace the Lady Buffs. Crosby scored nine points to lead Great Bend's scoring. The turnovers mostly cancelled each other out, Great Bend with 22 and Garden City with 21.
In the team's earlier meeting in Great Bend, the Lady Buffs managed to survive a cold-shooting night to prevail, 45-41.
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Great Bend 7 8 0 16 -- 31
Garden City 9 8 13 7 -- 37
Great Bend (31) — Schneider 0-4 0-0 0, Bayse 0-5 3-3 3, Henning 0-0 0-1 0, Hildebrand 0-0 0-0 0, Kel. Doll 0-0 0-0 0, Kutina 0-4 4-4 4, Unruh 1-1 0-0 3, Kay. Doll 0-2 0-0 0, Mauler 2-8 0-0 6, Steuder 1-1 0-3 2, Harwood 2-3 0-0 4, Crosby 4-7 0-0 9. Totals 10-35 7-11 31.
Garden City (37) — McClelland 1-3 1-2 3, Curran 0-1 0-0 0, Heiman 4-12 4-5 12, Campbell 0-1 1-2 1, Brunson 1-2 0-0 2, Tempel 6-10 3-5 17, Miller 0-0 0-0 0, Heatwole 0-1 0-0 0, Bernbeck 0-3 2-4 2, Hinde 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 12-34 11-18 37.
3-point goals--Great Bend 4-12 (Schneider 0-1, Bayse 0-4, Unruh 1-1, Kay. Doll 0-1, Mauler 2-3, Crosby 1-2), Garden City 2-6 (Heiman 0-4, Tempel 2-2). Rebounds--Great Bend 22 (Kutina 7), Garden City 29 (Bernbeck 6). Turnovers--Great Bend 22, Garden City 21. Fouls--Great Bend 15, Garden City 12. Fouled out--none.
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