PINEVILLE — Both Ethen Buell and Blake Burnett earned Player of the Game honors as they helped lead Bell County to a 72-53 win over Southwestern Pulaski.
The win improved Bell County to 8-2.
Burnett led the way with 23 points while Buell added 19 points, and Braxton Ferguson finished with 12 points.
Bell County led 31-11 at the end of the first quarter, 46-26 at halftime, and 66-39 entering the fourth quarter.
“We came out of the gate tonight and played great probably one of the best first quarters we’ve had here in several years,” Bell County coach Brad Sizemore said. “Our press and overall energy was unreal. I thought we had several guys that came up with 50/50 balls, deflections, battles on the boards and just played and overall really good game tonight. our guys had a different type of focus today and played great team basketball on both ends of the floor. It was really encouraging to see. We will have to stay focus and get ready for a tough championship game tomorrow night.”
Photos by Eli Burchfield
