Broncos fall to South Pittsburg
Poor shooting in the first quarter proved costly for the Boyd Broncos Tuesday night, as they fell to South Pittsburg 81-57 in home high school action.
James Dunlap put the Broncos on the board in the opening seconds of the game, but South Pittsburg came back with six unanswered points, including a 3-pointer. Clint Patterson pulled Boyd within one at the 4:35 mark, then Dunlap gave his team a 9-8 lead from the free-throw line with three minutes left in period.
Patterson nailed a 3 with one minute left on the clock, but the Pirates answered with a pair of 3’s to take a 22-15 lead by the end of the period.
In the second quarter Casey Hertwig hit a 3-pointer to pull Boyd within three at 25-22. The Pirates controlled the tempo of the game over the next three minutes as they extended the lead by eight. The Broncos closed out the half hitting 4-of-6 from the line and trailed 30-26.
In the opening minutes of the third period turnovers cost the Broncos nine points. Boyd’s first points in the second half came with 4:21 left on the clock when Dillion Childers hit the back end of a pair of free throws. Patterson was the only charge Boyd had in the third period hitting seven of the Broncos’ 13 points including a 3-pointer as Boyd trailed 53-39.
A 28-point fourth quarter was more than Boyd could overcome. The Broncos couldn’t get any momentum going in the final period. Patterson added seven more points but it was to little too late. The Broncos fell to 1-14 on the year.
For the Broncos, Patterson had 22 points followed by Hertwig and Childers with 11 points each. Dunlap hit for seven, Dustin Curtis had four and Tyler Hall had two. For South Pittsburg Antonio Robinson led with 21 points and Ron Cook chipped in 14 points.