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No. 13 Eleanor Roosevelt Holds Off No. 15 H.D. Woodson At DMV Tip-Off Classic

By DCSAA, 01/22/17, 9:45AM EST

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By Nick Eilerson; WASHINGTON POST

Eleanor Roosevelt trusted a pretty simple recipe for beating No. 15 H.D. Woodson on Saturday afternoon: Shut down Kiyon Boyd, the junior standout fielding Division I offers from around the country.

“We made it our focus to stop him,” Eleanor Roosevelt guard Jaden Faulkner said. “We thought if we could stop him, he would get frustrated and the whole team would collapse.”

Thanks largely to Faulkner’s length and persistence, Boyd entered halftime with only six points and never found a rhythm in No. 13 Eleanor Roosevelt’s 67-65 win in the DMV Tip-Off Classic at Riverdale Baptist.

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