The Topeka High Trojans ( 3-0 )opened up an 18-7 lead and rolled on to a 62-24 girls basketball victory over the Junction City Lady Jays Friday night in the capitol city.

Despite the loss the Lady Jays appeared to show some improvement. Coach Derek Petty said he felt his team started the contest playing well. ” But then as time went on we started having some mental lapses, turnovers. I think we’re hurting ourselves more than the other team is hurting us. If we can start to limit the turnovers and the mental lapses on defense like losing our player or communicating who we’re guarding I think we’ll start seeing a bigger improvement.”

Freshman Nijaree Canady scored 33 points to lead Topeka High, while Mellana Davis had seven points for Junction City.

Junction City ( 0-3 ) hosts Manhattan Tuesday night.