Medical Lake's Steven Wesley scored 14 points against Connell on Wednesday in the opening game of the Class 2A boys state tournament.   BRIAN FITZGERALD/Yakima Herald-Republic View all photos for this story.

Broadnax scores 22, goes 7-7 in second half

YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC

Kevin Broadnax poured in a game-high 22 points as 10th-ranked Medical Lake defeated seventh-ranked Connell 60-44 on Wednesday in the Class 2A boys state tournament.

Broadnax scored 16 of his points in the second half as the Cardinals (19-4) used a 14-7 third-quarter run to take command after leading 22-16 at the half. Teammate Steven Wesley, who finished with 14 points, had eight in the second half.

“Yeah, he was going in among the trees,” Medical Lake coach Arnold Brown said of Broadnax, who shot 7-for-7 in the second half. “He has the ability to do that. It helped him last year just being in practice with our guys, because we were big, guys 6-6, 6-8.”

Kris Knight and John Conrad paced Connell (16-9) with 16 ande 15 points, respectively. Conrad pulled down 11 rebounds and Knight 10.

But the Eagles were sluggish in the first half, scoring just five points in the second quarter and shooting just 24 percent (6 of 24) in the first half.

Welsey complemented his 14 points with 10 rebounds, four assists, a block, a steal and just one turnover.