Cowley women’s basketball team picks up third straight win with a 75-56 victory over Garden City

The Lady Tigers snapped a four-game losing streak at home and are now 13-13 overall and 9-11 in the Jayhawk Conference. Garden City falls to 15-10 overall and is just ahead of Cowley at 10-10 in the conference.

On Wednesday, Cowley got eight first-quarter points from freshman Saliyah Henderson-Johnson to lead 16-14.

Trailing 34-29, the Lady Tigers got five points from sophomore Zuzana Komor in the final 45 seconds of the first half to tie the game at 34-34.

A three-pointer by Garden City's Elektra Mijoll put the Broncbusters back in front 41-40 early in the third quarter, but Cowley would answer with a 13-2 run and led 59-47 after Mallory Jackson's three-pointer in the closing seconds of the quarter.

Garden City would make only 2-of-16 shots from the floor in the fourth quarter and shot only 31.7 percent in the 19-point road loss.

Cowley went 6-of-9 from three-point range in the second half and finished 10-of-17 from beyond the arc.

Mallory Jackson and Aniyah Burney combined to go 8-of-12 from three-point range and score 35 points. Jackson finished with a season-high 20 points while going 4-of-5 beyond the arc.

Freshman Naya Burleson added nine points and a season-high six blocked shots.

"I was pleased with how aggressive we were and that we stuck to our game plan," Cowley head coach Todd Clark said. "We had a lot of people contribute to the win."

Garden City's Elektra Mjoll hit a pair of four-point plays and led the Broncbusters with 17 points.

Cowley will remain home to face conference-leading Butler Community College (25-1), ranked second nationally and 19-1 in the Jayhawk Conference. The Grizzlies, winners of 16 straight games, defeated the Lady Tigers 64-54 on January 7 in El Dorado.

Garden City (56): Elektra Mjoll 5-14 2-2 17, Marshea Fisher 3-5 0-1 6, London Turner 4-9 0-1 8, Sokhna Ndiaye 5-23 1-3 13, Deija Roberson 0-1 3-4 3, Luana Luz 0-1 0-0 0, Paula Fernandez 0-3 0-0 0, Kelya Penda 1-1 2-4 4, Caryle Fortas 2-6 0-0 5. Totals: 20-63 8-15 56.

Cowley (75) Mallory Jackson 7-14 2-4 20, Aniyah Burney 4-11 3-4 15, Naya Burleson 3-7 2-4 9, Megan Simon 3-5 4-4 10, Saliyah Henderson-Johnson 4-4 4-4 12, Zuzanna Komor 3-8 2-2 9, Zari Walker 0-0 0-0 0, Yatzel Renteria 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 24-49 17-22 75.

Three-pointers: Garden City 8-33 (Mjoll 5-13, Ndiaye 2-14, Fortas 1-3, Fernandez 0-3), Cowley 10-17 (Burney 4-7, Jackson 4-5, Burleson 1-3, Komor 1-2). Rebounds: Garden 36 (three players with 6), Cowley 27 (Simon 6). Assists: Garden 13 (Ndiaye 5), Cowley 12 (Burney 5). Turnovers: Garden 18, Cowley 13. Total fouls: Garden 21, Cowley 19. Fouled out: Turner. Technicals: none.