Broncbusters drop fifth straight

El Dorado, KS-Garden City couldn't overcome the absence of one of their best shooters. 

Keegan Yarick had 16 points and nine rebounds, Ashley Singhateh chipped in 15 off the bench, and Butler beat Garden City, 67-48 Wednesday night at the Power Plant. 

The Broncbusters, which played without Jolie Mantz, lost their fifth straight game to fall to 11-16 overall and 8-14 in conference. Bruna Costa Da Silva scored 11 points but was just 4-of-19 shooting. Antonicia Moultrie posted a double-double with 10 points and 10 boards. 

Garden City missed 12 of their first 14 shots and were down 21-4 after the first quarter. 

In the second, Singhateh made a layup, and Alba Cunill hit a 3-pointer to make it 34-8 with 1:35 to go. It was 34-10 at the half, and Lucia Lara's layup following a Priscilla Rose Wemba turnover gave the home team their largest advantage of the night, 46-16 midway through the third period. 

Ana Ramos Pires finished with 10 points for Garden City, which currently sits in 10^th place in the conference at 8-14 and 11-16 overall. Jordis Reisner scored eight points in 23 minutes off the bench. 

Lara had 11 points and 12 rebounds for Butler, which won for the sixth time in their last seven games to improve to 21-6 overall and 16-6 in the Jayhawk.