Junction City played spoiler on Manhattan High boys’ basketball senior night, defeating the Indians 73-54 in their final regular-season home game Friday night.
Manhattan fell to 13-7 overall and 5-3 in Centennial League play, while the Bluejays improved to 11-9 and 3-5.
Junction City was led by the dynamic duo of Brody Beckman and Lovell Autry, who scored 31 and 25 points, respectively. The Bluejays were also 19-19 at the charity stripe.
“We ran into a buzz saw, but on some level, we kind of helped him be a buzz saw,” Manhattan head coach Benji George said. “And that’s not to take anything away from Junction City. A couple games in row now, we just haven’t been there defensively. And we put ourselves behind the eight ball.”
Manhattan honored seniors Will Carpenter, Sawyer Newton, Tim Washington and Vince Doering prior to tipoff. Carpenter led the Indians with 15 points, Newton added 11, Doering finished with eight and Washington scored four.
