VINEMONT — Between the second quarter and the third quarter, the Holly Pond Broncos could not be slowed down scoring wise by the Vinemont Eagles.
In this span, a total of 51 points were scored by the Broncos with Holly Pond running away from Vinemont Tuesday night 78-40.
Mitch Morris had to be pleased with the offensive production. The Broncos attacked the Vinemont basket for 20 points during the second period and broke open a competitive game.
In the third, the onslaught was on display with the Broncos getting 31 points. During the second and third, the No. 2 team from the 3A state poll scored 21 field goals, six of them from three-point land and had nine to get their name into the scoring column.
That added up to the Broncos’ fifth consecutive victory, finishing off their assignments for the upcoming Cullman County tournament with a 6-0 record and a No. 1 seed.
Holly Pond is now 3-0 in 3A, Area 10 and hopes to wrap up the regular season area title by the end of January.
Leading 15-8 after the first, the Broncos were given a challenge by the Eagles until the final 3:00 of the second stanza. Holly Pond scored 11 straight, with seven coming on three field goals from reserve guard Landen Walker.
A 24-15 lead for the Broncos grew to 35-15 and the game at that time was well in the hand of the visitors.
In the third period, the starters netted 23 points on 10 field goals, three treys and got some good bench help with three-pointers from Caleb Jones and Jed Hardman.
That enabled the Broncos to deliver 31 for the quarter and take a commanding 66-31 lead with one period left to be played.
Five Broncos would have double figure honors for this game as Griffin Morris scored his 15 in the third quarter. Drew Jones joined Caleb Jones with 11 while Walker and Bailey Smith netted 10.
Hardman ripped for eight on three field goals, two of them treys during the second half.
Vinemont fell to 3-7 as Garrett Boland scored 12, Corbin Barnett hit 10. The Eagles are 1-2 in the area standings.
Holly Pond 64 – Vinemont 29 (Girls)
Led by Ruth Horton with 21 points, Taylor Tankersley 16 and Molly Gambrill 10 points, the Lady Broncos erupted for 45 in the first half, seeing 21 points produced on seven long-range shots.
Horton shot out for 11 in the first as Holly Pond led 21-7. Tankersley scored 12 in the second with the Lady Broncos holding a 45-17 lead at halftime.
Gambrill got double figures when she landed a couple from the foul line in the fourth quarter. Gambrill and Horton combined for eight of eight from the line with Tankersley shooting four of five.
The Lady Broncos set their record to 3-0 in the area and are 10-4 on the season.
The Holly Pond teams will be challenged next Monday when they travel to Cold Springs for big-time rematches. Vinemont goes to Good Hope Thursday then the Lady Eagles and Eagles play in the St. Bernard Christmas Tournament Friday and Saturday.
Other Scores: 12-15-15
GIRLS
Holly Pond 64 – Vinemont 29
Fairview 59 – Cold Springs 49
Hanceville 59 – Susan Moore 40
BOYS
Holly Pond 78 – Vinemont 40
Fairview 35- Cold Springs 70
Hanceville 68 – Susan Moore 36
(By Josh McBrayer/CullmanSense)
