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Lambert career high performance sparks Lady Cougars over Garden City

Barton's Mariana Lambert drives down the lane in first half action Saturday night against Garden City Community College.  Game played 2-01-14 at the Perryman Athletic Complex on the campus of Garden City Community College in Garden City, KS.
Barton's Mariana Lambert drives down the lane in first half action Saturday night against Garden City Community College. Game played 2-01-14 at the Perryman Athletic Complex on the campus of Garden City Community College in Garden City, KS.

The Barton Community College women's basketball ended a two game losing streak in Garden City as the Lady Cougars won 80-62 Saturday night over Garden City Community College.   Barton led by five at the break then outscored Garden City by thirteen in the second half to also snap a four-game losing streak to the Lady Busters.   Barton improves to 4-3 in Jayhawk Conference play and 16-7 overall and while dropping Garden City to 4-3 in conference and 12-10 overall.  The Lady Cougars will conclude their two game conference road stretch of the schedule with a trip to Dodge City Community College on Wednesday for a 6:00 p.m. tip at the United Wireless Arena.

Mariana Lambert's career high twenty-three points led three Barton players to reach double figures. The freshman from Brazil connected on 6-of-9 shots from the field and 9-of-10 from the charity stripe and tied Ashton Bruner for the team lead in rebounding with eight.  Cheyenne Hedrington added fourteen and a team high three steals while Taylor Mayes came off the bench to score eleven.   Point guard Kailai Brantner just missed a double-double performance scoring nine points and dishing out nine assists.

Shaugunna Collins was the lone Garden City player to reach double figures scoring seventeen on 6-of-10 from the field.  Six Lady Busters scored six or more points led by Loysha Morris' eight.  Jasmine Christmas came off the bench to grab a team high nine rebounds while Collins and Allegria Chisom led in assists with three each.