Broncos fall short vs. Feet

Saturday night at Boyd Christian, the Broncos and Feet battled it out in non-district action. The outcome of the game came down to hitting free throws, and down the stretch in the fourth quarter Webb connected on just 8-of-17, as Boyd hit 2-of-8. Webb?s eight points from the line gave it the extra boost it needed to slip past the Broncos 52-51.

Big plays put the Broncos out in front during the opening period. Tyler Hillis had two easy lay-ups and hit 1-of-2 from the charity stripe and Matt Davis nailed a 3-pointer just before the period ended to give the Broncos a 8-2 advantage.

Lucas Majors scored Boyd?s first four points in the second period, but the Feet worked their way back into the game as Jordan Burchett hit 6-of-6 from the line during a one-minute run. Points were hard to come by for the Broncos during the final four minutes of the first half. Mitchell Young hit at the 4:27 mark, but the Feet tied the game at 14-14 with a bucket from David Windham. The Broncos would hit for seven points during the final two minutes of play, but the Feet took the lead on jumpers by Luke Baum and a 3-pointer by Patel for a 26-21 edge at the break.

In the third period the two teams exchanged baskets with neither team getting an advantage. Hillis hit for 11 of Boyd?s 15 points in the period, while the Feet put nine points on the board and still held the lead by the end of the period.

Boyd fell behind 47-44 with 3:36 to go in the game. Hillis came up with a steal and lay-up to pull the Broncos within one with 2:24 left on the clock. Baum hit a 3-pointer for Webb, but baskets by Austin Young and Hillis tied the game at 50-50. Jonathan Hagar hit the front end of two from the free-throw line with :41 left in the game to give Boyd a 51-50 lead. Hillis went to the line and came up empty on two attempts. The Feet sealed the game when Windham was sent to the line and hit one-of-two with 31 seconds on the clock. The Broncos had a chance to take the lead, but turned the ball back over to Webb. Windham went to the line with two ticks left on the clock and hit 1-of-2 to seal the deal for Webb.

For the Broncos, Hillis had 26 points. Majors had eight, Austin Young hit for six. Davis added five, Mitchell Young and Lucas Hartman had two points each. Cole Stubblefield and Hagar had one point each.