Girls

Hays 54 – Garden City 30

Garden City scored off the tip-off before Hays High held the Buffaloes scoreless for the rest of the quarter.  The Indians took the lead on back to back Tasiah Nunnery three pointers.  Those two shots sparked a 12-0 run through the remainder of the first quarter.  Kallie Leiker opened the second quarter with a three to put the Indians up 15-2.

Garden City then started to get a hold of the offense and went on a 13-4 run that cut the Indian’s lead down to four points at 19-15.  The Buffaloes had the ball down five but could not score to get any closer.  The Indians scored the final three points of the first half to take a 25-17 lead at half time.

Highlights

The Indians held Garden City to just two points for a second time on the night when they outscored the Buffaloes 23-2 in the third quarter.  The big quarter put Hays up by 29 enter the fourth quarter.  Hays would cruise to a 54-30 win.

Coach Kirk Maska

Savannah Schneider led the Indians with 12.  Mattie Hutchison scored 11 and Tasiah Nunnery added 10, their same point totals from Tuesday’s game against Great Bend.

#7 in 4A-1 Hays improves to 8-1 on the year and 3-0 in Western Athletic Conference play.  Garden City falls to 3-6 and 0-3.  The Hays High girls are off until they host Salina Central on January, 23rd.

Boys

Hays 82 – Garden City 53

The first half belonged to Tradgon McCrae.  The junior guard scored a career high during the first half on seven three pointers on the way to 23 points.  Garden City led 4-0 in the first fifteen seconds of the game.  Three straight threes gave the Indians a lead they would never relinquish.  Hays led after the first quarter 25-20 and pushed their lead to a first half high 16 by halftime at 47-41.

Highlights

The Indians never let up in the second half outscoring Garden City in the 20-13 in the third quarter and 15-9 in the fourth.  The majority of the fourth quarter had a continuous clock after Hays pushed their lead above 30.

McCrae ended the night with 36 points including nine three pointers and sinking seven of eight free throws.  Ethan Nunnery added 14 points in the victory.  Hays as a team hit a season high 17 three pointers.

Coach Rick Keltner

Hays moves to 7-2 on the year and 3-0 in Western Athletic Conference.  Garden City drops to 6-3 and 2-1.

The Indians move on to the Dodge City Tournament of Champions next Thursday where they will face state ranked Manhattan at 2:00 in the United Wireless Arena.