Sutton leads Lady Broncos to victory
The Lady Broncos picked up their second win in a row Thursday night, with a 44-36 win over the Lady Saints of Mt. Juliet Christian at home in the Stanley-Boyd gym.
The Lady Saints used a zone defense and a full-court press as they tried to disrupt the Lady Broncos’ offense. Mt. Juliet hit the score board first but Kati Sutton ruled the first period, hitting for 12 of Boyd’s 14 points to give her team a 14-9 lead by the end of the quarter.
Bad passing resulted in just five points for the Lady Saints in the second period. Boyd hit the offensive glass with Tabitha King and Tenera Jones which resulted in eight of the Lady Broncos’ 14 points in the quarter. The aggressive defensive play by Boyd held Mt. Juliet off the scoreboard until the two-minute mark, and sent Boyd in at the half leading 28-14.
In the third period the Lady Broncos went to a 1-3-1, zone but Mt. Juliet hit six unanswered points to pull within 10 at 30-20. Sutton would close out the third by hitting a 3-pointer and then adding four more points to give Boyd a 37-22 lead after three periods of play.
The Lady Saints opened the final period with six straight points and held Boyd scoreless until the 3:45 mark, when Amber Hodge hit for two. Mt. Juliet pulled within eight when Kim Terry hit a 3 with just under a minute to play. The Lady Saints pressured the backcourt, but had to foul to stop the clock. The Lady Broncos connected from the line to secure the game. Boyd was 9-of-13 from the charity stripe.
For the Lady Broncos, Sutton had 24 points, Jones hit for eight, Mary Reynolds put in five points, Hodge had four and King had three points.
Terry led the scoring for Mt. Juliet with 16 points. The Lady Saints hit 9-of-16 from the line.