Boyd girls dropped by Tigerettes
With a District 8-A win on the line, the Tigerettes of Gordonsville defeated the Lady Broncos 57-36 Friday night in the Stanley-Boyd Gym.
Gordonsville would score the first eight points of the game before Boyd’s Mary Reynolds hit from the baseline at the 5:18 mark to score the Lady Broncos’ only points in the period. Lady Tigerettes Rachel Gentry and Codie Simmons combined for Gordonsville’s 13 points in the period.
In the second period Gordonsville used a very aggressive back-court press which created several turnovers by the Lady Broncos. Boyd put 11 points on the board in the quarter with Kati Sutton hitting for seven of them. Gordonsville ran a one-three-one offense which created many opportunities from the baseline. Boyd had trouble controlling the paint and sent the Tigerettes to the foul line six times in the quarter as Gordonsville added 14 points to take a 27-13 lead at the break.
Things continued to go Gordonsville’s way as the Lady Broncos struggled on offense in the third period. The Tigerettes opened up a 42-17 lead with 1:44 left in the quarter. Sutton hit two 3-pointers for Boyd with just over a minute to play, but still trailed 47-22 by the end of the period.
Boyd out-scored Gordonsville 14-10 in the final period, as Alex Porter and Sutton combined for all 14 of the Lady Broncos’ points. The lead was too much to overcome as Gordonsville picked up the 21-point win.
For Boyd, Sutton led all scores with 21 points. Porter had five, Lydia Powell and Tabitha King had four points each and Reynolds added two points. The Lady Broncos were 7-of-12 from the foul line.
For the Tigerettes, Simmons had 14 and Gentry had 12 to lead Gordonsville in scoring.