Viqueens vanquish Lady Broncos

Tuesday night at Boyd Christian, the Lady Broncos fell to the Viqueens of Community High School 65-30 in District 9-A action.

Jessica Thompson nailed a 3-pointer off of the opening tip for Community to get the Viqueens off and running. The Lady Broncos? only points in the period came two minutes later, when Lyndsey King hit from the paint and Courtney Hard followed from the free-throw line, hitting two. Community?s backcourt pressure and man-to-man defense came up with four turnovers helping the Viqueens to eight points during the final three minutes for a 11-4 lead.

Seven turnovers by Boyd in the second period provided Community with all the advantage they would need. The Viqueens hit for eight unanswered points during a four-minute run. Leah Walker provided the Lady Broncos with their first points of the period at the 2:21 mark. Ginny Prater put back an offensive rebound, and King hit a 3-pointer giving Boyd a seven-point run. The Lady Broncos turned the ball over just before the half ended, giving Marissa Jones the opportunity to add two more points to Community?s total as the Viqueens took a 25-13 lead at the break.

The Lady Broncos had a hard time breaking Community?s backcourt press in the third period. The Viqueens hit for six straight points in the opening minutes of the third quarter. Leah Walker converted a 3-point play for the Lady Broncos, but Kassidy Lane answered with back-to-back baskets for Community. Prater hit a runner in the paint for Boyd and after another Viqueen basket, Walker added a pair of baskets. During the final two minutes of the period, Community struck for eight points and took a 42-23 lead into the final period.

Community went to its bench in the fourth period, but the Viqueens still had no problem, scoring 13 unanswered points during the first three minutes of play. Boyd hit for seven points in the period with the help of Prater, Walker, Katie Gooden and DaRae Wells. Community closed out the game with six points to secure the victory.

For the Lady Broncos Walker led with 12 points. King and Prater added six points each. Courtney Hard had three, Gooden added two and Wells hit for one point.

Thompson hit for 14 points and Marissa Jones hit for 10 to lead the Viqueens.

Last week the Lady Broncos defeated Webb High School on the road 41-31. Boyd held a 18-14 lead at the half and hit for 17 points in the final period to secure the victory.

For the Lady Broncos, King and Cassie Wanamaker led with 10 points each. Prater hit for nine points and pulled down six rebounds, Walker added seven and Hard had five points.