Floydada slips by Broncos

By Sandy Anderberg

The Bronco basketball team is fresh off of the football field but went head-on against Floydada at home last Friday in their season opener. Despite playing hard and formulating a comeback, the Broncos were defeated 57 to 63.

The Whirlwinds held a slight lead after one, but were able to put a little more distance between them and the Broncos before the break to lead 41-28.

A new and determined Bronco team emerged to take the floor going into the second half of play. The team showed promise as they were able to fine-tune the offense set up by head coach Isaac Semans and executed well to make stops on defense and put points in the hoop. With three warnings and one technical foul for ‘flopping,’ the Whirlwinds were frustrated and the Broncos were able to take advantage of that.

Working back into the game, the Broncos were able to gain some momentum against the Winds and begin to close the gap in the final quarter of play. But time was not on their side, and they took the six-point loss. Senior Mason Sims tied Floydada’s best scorer with 24 to lead the Broncos. Junior Kyler Bell was perfect from the free throw line and followed Sims with 11 points, and Caleb Herbert put in seven. Kaleb Bolin had six, John Weatherton finished with five, and Heston Seay had two.

The Broncos will travel to Abernathy on December 3 and compete in the Nazareth Tournament December 5-7. They will play in Littlefield against Seminole on December 10.