15TH REGION TOURNAMENT: Belfry, Paintsville advance to semifinals

Photo courtesy of Ray Justice Photography

Belfry broke open a close game at the outset of the fourth quarter to advance to the 15th Region boys’ semifinals with a 63-46 win over Shelby Valley in a game played at the Appalachian Wireless Arena on Tuesday night.

DeMahjae Clark led a balanced scoring attack with 16 points while Sal Dean followed with 15 and Ben McNamee tossed in 13 as the Pirates improved to 17-9.

Keian Worrix had 14 for the Wildcats, whose season ended at 17-9.

The Pirates will face Paintsville (13-8) at 8:15 pm on Friday night.

At Pikeville

(15th Region tournament)

SCORE BY QUARTERS:

SV (17-9)…….14  11   7  14 – 46

BF (17-9)……17   6   13  27 – 63

Scoring:

Belfry (63) – Sal Dean 3-4 13; Bol Kuir 3 2-2 8; DeMahjae Clark 7 2-5 16; Tyler Chaffin 1(1) 4-6 9; Ben McNamee 5 3-4 13; and Caleb Spears 0 2-2 2. Totals: 19(1) 22-29 63.

Shelby Valley (46) – Anthony Pallotta 1 1-2 3; Chaz Brown 3(1) 0-1 9; Keian Worrix 4(1) 3-3 14; Zack Johnson 1 0-0 2; Kaden Robinson 0(3) 0-0 9; Russ Osborne 0 2-2 2; Caleb Lovins 2 0-0 4; and Logan Hawkins 1 1-2 3. Totals: 12(5) 7-10 43.

Next up: Belfry (17-9) vs. Paintsville (13-8), 15th Region semifinals, 8:15 pm, Mar. 26.

Paintsville……84

Lawrence Co…54

The Paintsville Tigers dominated from the outset and breezed past Lawrence County, 84-54, in the 15th Region boys’ matchup played at the Appalachian Wireless Arena on Tuesday night.

Colby Fugate fueled the rout with a game-high 35 points as the Tigers improved to 13-8. Braxton Tharp tossed in 14 and Baron Ratliff added 11.

Trenton Adkins paced Lawrence County with 22 points. Cody Maynard tallied 12 as the Bulldogs wrap up the season 11-11.

Paintsville will next face Belfry (17-9) in the semifinals at 8:15 pm on Friday night.

At Pikeville

(15th Region tournament)

SCORE BY QUARTERS:

LC (11-11)……13   4   24  10 – 54

PV (13-8)……..23  22  19  20 – 84

Scoring:

Lawrence County (54) – Cody Maynard 2 8-9 12; Baden Gillespie 4 1-2 9; Trenton Adkins 9(1) 1-3 22; Kaden Gillespie 1(1) 4-4 9; and Dawson Bellomy 1 0-1 2. Totals: 17(2) 14-19 54.

Paintsville (84) – Braxton Tharp 4(2) 0-0 14; Colby Fugate 6(6) 5-5 35; Jaxon Watts 1 0-0 2; Baron Ratliff 1(3) 0-0 11; Ryan Gibson 1 0-0 2; Boston Crase 1 0-0 2; Connor Fugate 3(2) 1-1 13; Brett Gibson 1 0-0 2; and Jase Kinner 0(1) 0-0 3. Totals: 18(14) 6-6 84.

Next up: Paintsville (13-8) vs. Belfry (17-9), 15th Region semifinals, 8:15 pm, Mar. 26.