On a rough shooting night, the Rockbridge County High School boys basketball team suffered a 60-35 home loss to Valley District rival Broadway on Tuesday night at Maury River Middle School in Lexington.
The Wildcats (0-5 overall, 0-2 district) got off to a slow start, getting a 3-pointer from Sam Ballstaedt to cut Broadway’s lead to 5-3 before the Gobblers (2-3, 1-0) went on a 10-0 run and ended the first quarter with a 20-5 lead.
Led by 13 first-half points from Sam Post, Broadway built up a 30-11 halftime lead, outscoring RC 10-6 in the second quarter.
The Wildcats picked up their offense in the third quarter, but they didn’t make much of a dent in Broadway’s lead, trailing 47-25 going into the fourth quarter. Broadway closed out the game by converting 9-of-12 free throws in the fourth quarter.
Brayden Burkhalter led the Gobblers with 20 points, making 8-of-9 free throws, while Post added 15 points, sinking three 3-pointers. Andrew Garber chipped in 11 points for Broadway.
Bradi Ziegler led RC with nine points, while Ballstaedt, Luke Eversole and Gardner Clement each scored five points. Noah Hamm chipped in four points, and Clay Irvine had three.
Broadway made five 3-pointers, while RC hit just two triples.
RC struggled to take care of the ball, committing 21 turnovers, while Broadway had 12 turnovers.
The Wildcats will return to action when they travel to face nondistrict rival Waynesboro tomorrow night, Wednesday, starting with junior varsity action at 5:30 p.m.
For the full story on this week’s action, with photos from Tuesday’s game, please see our Dec. 24 newspaper. Coverage of last week’s games will be in this Wednesday's newspaper.
