PIKEVILLE – Pikeville used its height advantage and quickness to dominate Belfry, winning 90-63 in the quarterfinal round matchup in the boys’ 15th Region Tournament played at Appalachian Wireless Arena on Wednesday night.
Rylee Samons poured in 27 points and Nick Robinson added 15 as the Panthers moved to 17-11 while advancing to the semifinals Saturday night. Samons added six rebounds, dished out seven assists and had three steals.
Grayson Harris followed with 12 while Seth Pugh and Connor Byers chipped in nine each. Byers also had eight rebounds.
Pikeville hit 30 field goals, including 10, three-point goals and 20 of 30 free throw chances.
Sal Dean paced the Pirates, who season ended at 10-19, with 25 points. Austin Hager had 13 and Brett Coleman added 10.
Belfry converted on 21 shots from the floor, including seven treys. The Pirates made 14 of 26 foul shots.
At Pikeville
(15th Region Tournament)
SCORE BY QUARTERS:
BF (10-19)….12 10 19 22 – 63
PK (17-11)….21 14 26 29 – 90
Scoring:
Belfry (63) – Sal Dean 5(3) 6-10 25; Brett Coleman 3 4-8 10; Tyler Chaffin 2(1) 0-0 7; Austin Hager 2(3) 0-0 13; Jaxson Thompson 1 2-2 4; Ben McNamee 1 0-0 2; and Isaiah Hackney 0 2-6 2. Totals: 14(7) 14-26 63.
Pikeville (90) – Seth Pugh 3(1) 0-0 9; Grayson Harris 1(3) 1-2 12; Rylee Samons 1(4) 13-16 27; Connor Byers 3 3-6 9; Nick Robinson 7 1-3 15; John Flanery 1(1) 1-2 6; Brandon Lowe 1(1) 0-0 5; Kyle Rhodes 1 0-0 2; and Peyton Boyd-Blair 1 1-1 5. Totals: 20(10) 20-30 90.