Eagles corral Lady Broncos: Second-half run helps Eagleville stay undefeated in district play

Lady Bronco Courtney Hard tries to drive to the basket during third-quarter action, but is cut off by a Lady Eagle defender in Friday night?s district game at Boyd.

Despite 15 first-half turnovers by Boyd, the Lady Broncos kept things close in the first period. Kendra Herrell gave the Lady Eagles an early lead, but Boyd answered back with baskets from Leah Walker and Ginny Prater. Katie Cook extended the Lady Eagles? lead to 16-9 with a 3-pointer with 1:29 remaining in the period, and Prater drove the paint for two just before the period ended to narrow the gap 16-11.

Eagleville held a 20-12 advantage with 6:31 left in the first half, when Boyd ran off six unanswered points with Walker netting four and Prater hitting for two, pulling Boyd within two points at 20-18. But during the final five minutes Rachel Frazee took over for the Lady Eagles scoring nine points. Courtney Hard pitched in three points for Boyd in the final two minutes of play, but by the end of the half Eagleville held a 35-26 advantage.

Eagleville came out in the third period and 12 straight points during the first four minutes of the quarter. Six turnovers by the Lady Broncos put the Lady Eagles out in front 47-26 with 3:06 left in the period. Walker hit on a layup and Becca Reynolds struck from the paint for the Lady Broncos and just before the buzzer Prater hit for two. But Boyd saw Eagleville extend its lead to 48-32 by the end of the period.

The Lady Eagles opened the final period with six unanswered points. Boyd put up 11 points in the period, with basket from Walker, Prater, Cassie Wanamaker and a 3-pointer by Lyndsey King. But the Lady Eagles continued to strike, scoring 20 points during the final five minutes of play to pick up the district win.

For the Lady Broncos, Walker had 15 points. Prater hit for 12, King had six, Hard and Reynolds added four points each and Wanamaker had two points.

Harrell and Frazee had 14 points each. T-Anna Overton hit for 12, Katie Cook and Chelsea Doss pitched in seven points apiece to lead Eagleville.