January 11, 2014
Lansing — The Bonner Springs High girls took control of the game early on and never lost the lead in their 59-40 win over Lansing High.
“It was a tough win and a good bounce back game for us,” BSHS coach Clay Oakes said, referring to the Lady Braves’ 46-38 loss to Piper High on Tuesday. “We didn’t play with much intensity then, but we had a great team effort tonight.”
The Lady Braves (4-2) got into some foul trouble early in the game forcing Oakes to look to his bench and rotate through 11 players during the game.
“Luckily we had a deep bench and all 11 players scored,” Oakes said.
Tanya Hernandez saw her first start as point guard for the Braves, and for the third game in a row Caitlin Reed scored in double figures. Both Kaleigh Taylor and Julianne Jackson got into foul trouble in the second and third quarters, respectively and saw limited minutes on defense for the remainder of the game.
After letting the Lions get within nine late in the fourth quarter, BSHS eventually extended the lead to 16 with 1:52 left.
“It seems like once we get a big lead we kind of ease up a little bit and let teams crawl back into it,“ Oakes said. “But we just want to continue to build and get to where we develop that killer instinct because we are still pretty young. We haven’t developed that killer instinct yet, and when we get to that point, we can put teams away and then we are going to be a pretty good team.”
Lansing too much after the first quarter
After taking the lead briefly in the first quarter for the only time in the game, the Bonner Springs High boys basketball team was unable to recover and eventually fell to undefeated Lansing High 76-49 during Friday night’s Kaw Valley League matchup.
Aaron McGee led the Braves (3-4) with 14 points, Jordan Jackson added 10 points and Devante’ McGee scored seven points.
The Braves were down 14-12 at the end of the first quarter, but an 8-0 run by the Lions (7-0) late in the second quarter went unanswered.
“We played really well that first half and I applaud our guys for playing hard for one half,” BSHS coach Dan Streit said. “Hopefully our guys can figure out how to put four quarters together.”
The Braves were hoping to bounce back after a 75-50 loss to Piper on Tuesday and will turn around and host Tonganoxie (3-4) on Tuesday.
“We match up nice with Tonganoxie,” Streit said. “While we don’t quite have the chemistry that we want, we are better chemistry-wise than we were last year and I think we are getting there.”
Angelique McNaughton 