Sale Creek’s Chase Janow makes a shot over Boyd-Buchanan’s Zach Jenkins (41) at Sale Creek’s McEwen Gym on Tuesday.Boyd-Buchanan’s 48-45 boys’ high school basketball victory Tuesday at Sale Creek was every bit the defensive struggle the final score indicates.
But the host team even struggled shooting when there was no defense.
To begin with, Boyd-Buchanan (7-0) held the Panthers without a field goal the first 12:07 of the second half. And even though Sale Creek’s pressure defense caused the Buccaneers some problems, once Justus McMillan made an off-balance layup to start the second-half scoring, they never trailed again.
“I thought our defense was effective, especially in the second half,” Boyd-Buchanan coach Cole Rose said. “That’s what won it for us. Even though we weren’t playing offense very well, our defense helped give us some breathing room.”
Although they struggled from the field after halftime, the Panthers did manage to get to the free-throw line 14 times. However, they missed two more than they made (6-of-14, 11-of-23 for the game).