Garden City was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They fell 64-51 to the Maize Eagles. While losing is never fun, the Buffaloes can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 216th, while the Eagles are ranked 69th).
Alec Grill continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Maize, going 9 for 16 en route to 22 points and three steals. Kingston Lerma was another key player, as he made all 5 shots he took racking up 12 points.
Garden City's defeat dropped their record down to 3-8. As for Maize, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 7-4 record this season.
Garden City will have a little extra prep time after the loss as they won't be playing again for a while. They'll take on Dodge City at 7:30 p.m. on February 4th. Maize has already played their next contest, an 85-69 defeat against Northwest on the 25th.
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