Big second half lifts Eastside?s boys past Boyd

Eastside?s Logan Underhill had 19 points in his team?s win over Boyd Thursday night.

Logan Underhill led the way with 19 points for the Bulldogs, who led 18-12 at halftime and held their hosts to a single basket over the final two periods of play.

Boyd got seven points from Grayson Woods, including five in the first quarter, but three baskets from Logan Underhill and two more from Justin Wilson helped Eastside to an 11-7 lead by the period?s end. In the second, Underhill and Mitchell Morton handled the scoring load for the Bulldogs, while Justin Gault and Woods had a basket apiece for the Broncos.

Logan Hartman?s third-quarter bucket provided the only points recorded by the Broncos in the second half, while Eastside, behind eight second-half points from Underhill and buckets from five other Bulldogs, expanded its advantage with six points in the third and 14 more over the game?s final six minutes.

In addition to Underhill?s big night, Eastside got nine points from Wilson, four from Morton and two apiece from Will Basham, Jon Reed and Trevor Steakley.

Gault had three for Boyd, while Nick Tilton and Hartman finished with two each.