Lady Broncos plundered by Pirates
The Lady Broncos entertained the Lady Pirates of South Pittsburg Tuesday night with high hopes of picking up their third win of the season. But turnovers cost Boyd in the first half, and the result was a 71-47 loss for the Lady Broncos, who fell to 2-13.
The Lady Broncos’ offensive plan was working, taking the ball inside to Amanda Prater and Tabitha King. But Boyd had few chances at scoring in the first period as 11 turnovers helped South Pittsburg to a 17-8 lead by the quarter’s end.
Lyndsey King scored Boyd’s first five points in the second quarter, but the Lady Pirates went on a nine-point run which took only two minutes. Prater and King worked the boards to help keep the game close, but the Lady Pirates answered with Brandi Pickett and Alethea Mobley who proved to be unstoppable. By the end of the half the Lady Pirates had built a 42-26 lead.
South Pittsburg scored seven quick points to open the third period. Prater and King went to work combining for 10 of Boyd’s 11 points in the frame, but turnovers once again gave South Pittsburg the advantage. Pickett hit 10 of the Lady Pirates’ 22 points in the period for a 64-37 lead going into the fourth.
In the final quarter all of the Lady Pirates’ seven points came from the foul line. Boyd kept trying to cut into the lead with help from Tenara Jones, Jennifer Laxton, Alex Porter and Prater, but the lead was too large to overcome.
Leading the Lady Broncos was Prater with 16 points. Tabitha King had 11, Lyndsey King hit for eight, Laxton and Porter had four each, Mary Reynolds added three and Jones hit for one point. The Lady Pirates were led by Pickett with 23 points and Mobley with 21 points.
Boyd travels to Gordonsville tonight for a District 8-A doubleheader, with tipoff set for 6 p.m.