The Lawrence Lions jumped out to a 27-14 first quarter lead and never trailed enroute to a 78-41 victory over the Junction City Blue Jays in boys basketball Friday night.

Four players scored in double figures for Lawrence. They were led by guard Ben Rajewski, who hit five three point shots and finished with 18 points for the Lions.    Danny Thornton led Junction City with 8 points, while Jonathan Wilds and Jake Adkins had seven points apiece for the Blue Jays.

Junction City coach Pat Battle said Lawrence shot the ball well early in the game. “We missed some easy opportunities early and then missed some free throws, went 2 for 9 from the free throw line in the first half.” Battle added from there things snowballed and the game got out of hand.

Junction City will begin preparing for two games next week…..Friday night at Great Bend and Saturday afternoon at Dodge City.

The Lady Jay basketball team opens their season Tuesday night at Lawrence.