Maddie Wright struggled to score in the first half of Boyd-Buchanan’s District 5-A girls’ basketball game Friday against Arts & Sciences, but when her team needed her in the second half, the center answered the call.
Wright’s explosive second half led the Lady Buccaneers to a 55-44 home win over the Lady Patriots.
“I feel really good,” she said. “We look like a completely different team from last year, and that’s maybe the toughest team in the district.”
Wright picked up her third foul early in the third quarter and had to watch from the bench as her team’s double-digit lead evaporated. The Lady Bucs led 21-10 at halftime and their lead swelled to 15 in the third quarter.
CSAS began to apply full-court pressure and started to force turnovers, which led to easy buckets on the other end. Without their big presence in the middle as an outlet, Boyd-Buchanan had a difficult time getting to its end of the floor.