Box Score DODGE CITY, Kan. -- The Garden City women's basketball team opened the game going 8-for-9 from 3-point range and used a 27-0 run that went from the first quarter into the second to defeat Dodge City 78-43 on Wednesday at the Dodge City Civic Center.

The Conquistadors (15-5 overall, 5-4 KJCCC) were within two of the Broncbusters (14-6, 7-1) 19-17 late in the first quarter before going scoreless for nearly 10 minutes. During that time, Garden City score 27 unanswered points to go up 46-17 as the Conqs went into the half down 50-20 (were outscored in the second 26-3).

"We'll take full responsibility for this," DC3 coach Mark James said of he and his coaching staff. "We just didn't coach them hard enough in practice and didn't stress enough which one were the shooters and which ones weren't. We left shooters open. ... I just didn't do a good job of getting the team ready to play today because that is about as poor of a quarter as you'll see."

Garden City's Kavita Akula hit four of her five 3-pointers in the first half and finished with 15 points as the Broncbusters went 10-for-18 from beyond the arc. On the opposite side, DC3 went 6-for-27 (22.2 percent) from 3-point range.

Antania Newton led the Conqs with 12 points while Talisha Presley had eight points. Rachel Slattery finished with two points and game highs in rebounds (nine) and blocks (eight).

The Conqs shot 23.6 percent from the field (13-for-55) and had 16 turnovers compared to Garden City's seven.

Dominique Maxwell led Garden City with 20 points while Shala Dobbins - the KJCCC's leading scorer - had 16 points. Garden City shot 42.2 percent from the field in the game, including 52.9 percent in the first half (hitting eight of its 11 3-pointers).

The Conqs are off until Wednesday when they travel to play Colby.