Buckingham County High School’s varsity boys basketball team pulled ahead early Friday night against visiting Central Lunenburg High School and benefited from strong defense on its way to a 69-17 blowout victory.

“I’m just happy with the way we played defense tonight,” Knights Head Coach Taylor Boyers said. “That’s going to be the key for us. That’s been our emphasis all preseason, and just like the way we played defense tonight, when we can do that, that kind of leads to our offense.”

Leading Buckingham in scoring was sophomore guard Amari Toney with 13 points. Junior forward Jalen Chambers added nine points, and junior guard Nakemien Jones had eight.

“All 12 players scored for the Knights in their home opener,” Boyers said.

Buckingham led 16-4 after the first quarter, 36-12 at halftime and 53-14 after three quarters.

With the victory, the Knights improve to 2-0. On Tuesday at 7 p.m., the they visit Nottoway High School.

“We know that’s a tough place to go,” Boyers said. “They’re going to be a good, solid team.”