Garden City Community College - Broncbuster Yearbook (Garden City, KS)

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SPORTS fllf Lady Busters face tough competition Team improves despite adversity The Lady Busters started the season the hard way by playing in the Connors' State Tournament Nov. 14 and 15. According to Head Coach Kim Price, Connors' State has been consistently nationally rank- ed. Eastern Oklahoma proved to be a strong ball club as well. Price believed that the tough start was a positive lear- ning experience for the girls. By playing against the best I think it showed us the things we had to improve in as well as the fact that it showed the girls what level of play it takes to be at the top. It gave us something to work toward, Price said. The team then went on to defeat Colby with a last se- cond shot by freshman Shelly McVey. I think the Colby game gave us a lot of con- fidence, Price said. Colby was the first win of the season and helped the Lady Busters learn to play as a team. It was our first win of the year and it was on the road. We played well as a team and came from behind to pull the win out, Price said. Fort Scott was next on the schedule and girls were again successful. The two wins, over Colby and Ft. Scott, proved to be the only back-to-back win situation during the season. At one point during the Ft. Scott game, the team led by as many as 20 points. We got a little bit careless and started turning the ball over, Price said. Ft. Scott never gained the lead but they did make a strong comeback and the Busters were forced to hold on 12 Women's BasketballlSports for a 69-63 win, which put their record at 2-2 early in the season. The Coffeyville game prov- ed to be a nightmare. The leading scorer going into the game, Susan Braun, was car- ried off the court and taken to the hospital. The diagnosis was torn car- tilage and surgery was re- quired. Losing Susan Braun was a big loss for us, not only statistically but also we lost a lot of leadership, Price said. According to Price, Braun provided intensity and self- motivation and helped set a positive example for the rest of the team. Another valuable player in the Buster lineup, Renee Price, left at semester. She was the team's second leading scorer at that point. The loss of the number one and two scorers proved costly, Coach Price said. Price was pleased with the effort put forth by her team. The only problem seemed to be inconsistency. I felt like in our conference schedule, we played a lot of good halves but we never put together two good halves, she said. The only exception to that was the three point loss to Pratt on Feb. 11. The Lady Busters were ahead the whole game until a minute and a half was left in the game. Tonya Sheldon, the starting point guard, fouled out. I felt like with the loss of Tonya we lost some ball-handling ability when Pratt started full court man defense toward the end of the game, Price said. We made three very costly turnovers at that point which proved to be the difference, she said. The win against Central Col- lege later in the season was important for the morale of the players. Our win against Central College was very much needed, we had a long drought with no wins, Price said. According to Price, the team encountered a lot of adversity and disappointment, yet they continued to work hard and improve. I was very pleased with a lot of players' improve- ment over this past season, she said. Jump ball-Freshman Shelly McVey stretches to tip the ball to her team- mates during the game wyh Butler County. . ...x:2z.55dts,wl3r2iQ?iS?gZ52f7Wwi:: . . JS., MQSESIWE' Q V ., '7'f?LTl5JffE Wi?'iii5l,LW --'DTSWWW5

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Season Record GCCC Opp. 62 Conor's State 106 40 Eastern Okla. 66 66 Colby 65 69 Fort Scott 63 44 Coffeyville 75 48 Colby 77 61 Otero 68 65 Clarendon 82 69 Seward Co. 88 44 Dodge City 73 43 Barton Co. 97 55 Pratt 67 57 Seward Co. 82 47 Butler Co. 79 45 Hutchinson 69 36 Dodge City 58 35 Barton Co. 75 58 Central 50 S6 Pratt 59 I 52 Seward Co. 63 40 Butler Co. 81 41 Hutchinson 83 Game plan-First year Head Coach Kim Price explains a play during a time-out. Women's Basketball Team-Back row: Lisa West, Cheri Woolbright, Shelly McVey. Middle row: Susan Braun, jackie Stegman, Lisa Boyd, Lisa Salyer. Front row: Coach Kim Price, Lisa McCue, Tonya Sheldon, Ginnie Porterfield, Margaret Chvilicek, Breaking the press-Sophomore Tonya Sheldon edges around Seward County defenders as Renee Price, 20, and jackie Stegman, 23, provide screens. SportsfVVomen's Basketball 13