Broncos dealt District 8-A sweep
Coming in with an undefeated record at 6-0 in the district, Friendship Christian’s girls took on Boyd in a District 8-A matchup at Boyd Saturday night, with the Lady Commanders defeating the Lady Broncos 81-41.
Boyd let the Lady Commanders jump out to an early lead in the first period with Friendship putting 18 points on the scoreboard. The Lady Broncos had few chances on offense and by the end of the period trailed 18-4.
Boyd had to make a defensive stand in order to get back in the game and with 6:15 left in the quarter the Lady Broncos. trailing 27-7, went on a nine-point run.
Kati Sutton hit Boyd’s last five points with three of them coming from behind the arc to pull her team within seven and make it a 28-21 game at the half.
Sutton opened the third period hitting from the base-line and was fouled sending her to the line for a three-point play to narrow the Lady Commanders lead to four. Friendship responded with an 18-point run, however, as Lady Commander Christa Vaughn did damage from the paint to give Friendship a 46-24 lead with three minutes left in the quarter. Boyd struggled to get any type of offense going and by the end of the period saw their Friendship’s lead grow to 60-32.
In the final period things didn’t get much better for Boyd as they managed only nine points in the period while giving up 21 points giving Friendship Christian the 40-point win.
For the Lady Broncos, Sutton had 15 points, Tabitha King hit for 12 points and Amanda Prater scored six points. Tenera Jones had four, Amber Hodge and Lydia Powell added two points each.
Vaughn led the way for the Lady Commanders with 22 points followed by Lauren Macpherson with 19 and Amber Ash had 15 points.