Boys Basketball: Taylor Johnson Scores 22 to Lead Spartans to Playoff Win at Fauquier

(Feb. 23, 2010) - Broad Run High School junior Taylor Johnson scored a team-high 22 points Tuesday to lead the Spartans to a 74-60 Region II Division 4 quarterfinal playoff win on the road at Fauquier.

The Spartans (20-3) will travel to rival Potomac Falls on Thursday for a 7 p.m. regional semifinal showdown. PF leads the series, 2-1, this season after a win in Saturday's district tournament finals.

BR went up big Tuesday, 21-10 in the first and 44-27 at the half, but the Falcons fought back and narrowed the BR lead to six heading into the final quarter but the Spartans were able to pull away.

Senior Nick Salgado scored 13 points in the win and senior Kevin McGaughey finished with 12.

Broad Run 74, Fauquier 60
BR 21 23 11 19 - 74
F 10 17 22 11 - 60
Broad Run (20-3): Hiatt 1 0-0 2, Janjua 3 1-2 9, DJohnson 1 3-3 5, TJohnson 11 0-1 22, Lindsay 1 4-6 6, McGaughey 4 2-4 12, Rawson 0 1-2 1, Salgado 6 1-2 13, Zafar 1 2-2 4. Totals 30 14-22 74.
Fauquier: Diehl 1 0-0 2, Lamper 7 0-0 19, Marchese 4 1-2 9, Stanford 8 8-10 26, Strawn 1 0-0 2, Woodson 1 0-0 2. Totals 22 9-12 60.
3-Pointers: BR 0, F 7 (Lamper 5, Stanford 2).