Broncos battle back to beat Bisons 68-62
Boyd Christian took on the Bisons of Station Camp Tuesday night in the Stanley-Boyd Gym, and turned in one of their best performances of the year as they defeated the Bisons 68-62.
Station Camp came out of the gate red-hot from the floor. Justin Brinkley hit three 3-pointers for Station Camp in the first period as the Bisons opened up a substantial lead. The Broncos struggled to get any type of offense going and by the end of the period trailed 17-5.
In the second period Station Camp went to a man-to-man defense in hopes of extending the Broncos offense. The Bisons hit the first two points of the period but the Broncos turned up the heat on offense and went on a nine-point run.
Sam Medley started the comeback by Boyd and with five minutes left in the half and pulled the Broncos within three. Medley tied the game at 27-27 with a 3-pointer with 2:36 left in the quarter. Both teams closed out the final minute of play with four points each as the half ended tied at 31-31.
The Broncos went wild in the third period. Station Camp tried everything it could on defense to stop the stampede, but Jay and Sam Medley burned up the nets as they combined for all of Boyd’s 20 points in the period. Sam Medley connected for four 3’s as his brother Jay drove the paint for seven points to give the Broncos a 51-40 lead by the end of the period.
The Bisons started to chip away at the Broncos’ 11-point lead in the fourth quarter. Station Camp’s Jeffery Manning hit a 3 with 1:34 left in the game to pull the Bisons within seven at 62-55. Boyd struggled a little from the foul line in the last minute of play, adding four points on four trips to the stripe.
Station Camp pulled within four at 64-60 with 31 seconds left in the game, but Clint Patterson sealed the win for Boyd as he hit from the baseline to give the Broncos the six-point victory. Boyd shot 19-of-30 from the line and improved to 9-15 on the year.
For Boyd, Sam Medley led the charge with 29 points, Jay Medley had 17, Kenneth King had 10 points, Casey Hertwig and Patterson had six points each.