The Alvirne High School Girls’ Basketball team had just one game to play last week, and were able to put up win number seven in dramatic fashion.
The Lady Broncos faced the Titans from Nashua North High School on Tuesday night, Feb. 4, winning what turned out to be a 55-52 nail-biter in the fourth quarter, despite having what seemed to be a more-than-enough lead through three quarters.
Nashua came into the barn with a five-game winning streak behind them and a 7-4 season record, but the Broncos held them to just four-points in the first quarter, which proved to be critical at the end of the game.
The Alvirne girls outscored Nashua 14-4 in the first period behind baskets by senior forward Ella Hartson and sophomore forward Courtney Anderson.
The Titans were unable to score until the 3:33 point of the first, where they put in just one basket for one-point and trailed 10-1. The game went to 12-2 at the two-minute mark and 14-2 at 1:41.
Nashua North came rumbling back in the second quarter, outscoring the home team 19-15 and shaved the Broncos lead down to six-points and 29-23 AHS lead.
Coming out of the halftime break, the Broncos were able to tame the Titans a bit with an 18-15 advantage and a 47-38 lead heading into the final eight minutes.
In the fourth, Nashua surged again, but Alvirne was able to hold their opponent off in the final seconds of the contest.
With just seven seconds left in the game, the Broncos were holding a slim 53-52 lead with seven-seconds left, Anderson threw an inbound pass to junior guard Haylie Christman behind the Titan defenders, who layed-up a basket for the three-point victory.
Anderson led her team with 23-points. The sophomore put up three, three-pointers, five for two and went 4-5 at the foul line.
Hartson was good for 11-points in the game, getting five for two and one foul shot.
Junior guard Alexis Floyd contributed seven-points, with one from outside the arc.
Adrienne Chipfunde came off the bench to hit two, three-pointers for six-points and Christmann finished with five-points.
The Lady Broncos are scheduled to take on the Manchester Central-West (6-6) on the road Tuesday, Feb. 11, followed by a game at Merrimack with the Tomahawks (1-12) on Friday night, Feb. 11.