Briercrest upsets Broncos

CARONPORT, SK- The Briercrest Clippers and the Olds College Broncos had a hard-fought game on Friday night, Briercrest coming out on top the score being 85-80.

Off the start of the first quarter the Clippers came out hot going off on a 12-0 run, this caused the Broncos to call a timeout. After this the Broncos really turned things around going off on their own 9-0 run. After this unusual start, the pace was set, and the ball went back and forth the rest of the quarter, the score at 28-20 for the Clippers.

In the second quarter the Clippers started hot going off on a 11-3 run. It took until halfway through the quarter for the Broncos to stir something up. As the Broncos gained momentum the Clippers managed to hold their lead ending the second half at 47-40. A big contributor to the Clippers lead was #11 Adrianna Beck with 15 points in the first half.

Off the ball in the second half both teams battled hard; however, the Broncos battled harder this quarter pulling ahead 66-67 going into the fourth quarter. #7 Kyla Adams was huge for the Broncos putting up 18 points and 6 assists.

Kicking off the final quarter, the game stayed very tight, the ball getting tossed down both sides of the court. With 2:00 left this could be anybody's game at an 83-80 score for the Clippers. The Clippers shut down the Broncos winning 85-80 and upsetting the Broncos in a huge win for the Clippers.

Player of the game for the Broncos was #7 Kyla Adams with 23 points and 6 assists. For the Clippers player of the game was #11 Adrianna Beck with 32 points