Boyd girls fall to hot-shooting team from Monticello
Tuesday afternoon at Boyd Christian, the Lady Broncos took on Monticello High School from Kentucky. What was supposed to be a varsity matchup between the two teams ended up with the Lady Broncos taking on the Lady Trojans? junior varsity squad, which rolled to a 54-34 win.
The Lady Trojans were hot from the 3-point line in the opening period, with four baskets from behind the arc. Boyd had problems holding on to the ball in the first period, which resulted in just four points. Monticello went on an 11-point run at the 6:35 mark. Lyndsey King hit Boyd?s second basket of the game with 2:15 left in the period, but the Lady Trojans closed out the period with a 3-pointer from Kristie Rigney to take a 19-4 lead at the end of the period.
Ginny Prater put the Lady Broncos on the board to open the second period, but the Lady Trojans answered with seven points, including a 3-pointer by Jordan Hensley. Prater hit one-of-two from the line and added a jumper from the paint and Leah Walker hit from under the basket. Rigney hit a 3-pointer with :43 left in the period for Monticello. King closed out the half hitting a jumper for Boyd, but the Lady Broncos trailed 29-13 at the break.
Boyd came out in the third period and did a much better job of moving the ball, but had a difficult time of getting the ball to fall through the basket. The Lady Broncos had six points in the period with baskets coming from Prater and Cassie Wanamaker. The Lady Trojans worked the ball in the paint striking for 10 points to take a 39-19 lead after three quarters of play.
In the final period the two teams swapped baskets as Boyd?s offense finally heated up. Monticello struck for 15 points as Leandra Brown and Maggie Hopper had four points each. Walker put in nine points and Prater nailed a 3-pointer, but the lead was too big to overcome as the Lady Trojans picked up the road win.
Prater led the Lady Broncos with 12 points. Walker added 11, Jessica Hagar, Kelsey Jones and Wanamaker had two points each and Olivia Newby added one point.
Hensley led the Lady Trojans with nine, followed by Brittany Crabtree and Vanessa Branscum with seven points each.
The Lady Broncos are scheduled to take on Middle Tennessee Christian tonight in Murfreesboro.