PRESTONSBURG – Prestonsburg overcame a slim deficit in the second half to pull even with Betsy Layne and eventually eliminate the Bobcats in double overtime, 56-54, in the boys’ 58th District Tournament opening round played at Prestonsburg Fieldhouse on Tuesday night.
The Blackcats, now 9-17, advance to the title game and secured a spot in next week’s 15th Region tournament in Pikeville. The Bobcats season ended at 17-12.
Ryan Rose fired in 17 points and Adam Slone followed with 16. Will Gullett added nine points and grabbed 10 boards.
Jordan Frazier paced the Bobcats with a game-high 18 points and Brady Robinson finished with 16. Chase Mims chipped in 13.
At Prestonsburg
(58th District Tournament)
SCORE BY QUARTERS:
PB (9-17)….12 17 8 13 (6) – 56
BL (17-12)…13 17 10 10 (4) – 54
Scoring:
Prestonsburg (56) – Grant Justice 4 0-0 8; Kaleb Jarvis 0 2-2 2; Adam Slone 7 2-2 16; Will Gullett 4 1-2 9; Ryan Rose 42) 3-4 17; Dylan Moore 1 0-1 2; and Nic Kidd 0 2-2 2. Totals: 20(2) 10-12 56.
Betsy Layne (54) – Jordan Frazier 7(1) 1-5 18; Chase Mims 6 1-2 13; Lukas Manns 1 0-0 2; Andrew Kidd 0(1) 0-0 3; Jake Rainey 1 0-0 2; and Brady Robinson 0(4) 4-8 16. Totals: 15(6) 6-15 54.
Lawrence County…77
Floyd Central……..58
PRESTONSBURG – Lawrence County used a balanced scoring attack to pull away and knock off Floyd Central, 77-58, in the boys’ 58th District Tournament opener played at Prestonsburg Fieldhouse on Tuesday night.
The Bulldogs improved to 19-11 and advanced to the title game and punched their tickets to next week’s 15th Region tournament in Pikeville. The Jaguars season ends at 7-22.
Tyler Maynard fired in 23 points and Baden Gillispie followed with 13. Cody Maynard and Trenton Adkins each had 11.
Brandon Little paced Floyd Central with 11 and Blake Slone net 10. Ronnie Sammons chipped in nine.
At Prestonsburg
(58th District Tournament)
SCORE BY QUARTERS:
FC (7-22)……15 10 10 23 – 58
LC (19-11)….20 17 24 16 – 77
Scoring:
Floyd Central (58) – Braden Moore 1(1) 1-2 6; Ronnie Sammons 4 1-1 9; Marcus Thacker 1 0-0 2; Brandon Little 5 1-3 11; Blake Slone 2(2) 0-0 10; Hayden Hall 2 5-6 9; Tanner Hall 1 2-4 4; Brody Buck 1 0-0 2; Bryce Thacker 1 0-0 2; and Josh Martin 1 1-1 3. Totals: 19(3) 11-17 58.
Lawrence Co. (77) – Tyler Maynard 10(1) 0-1 23; Cody Maynard 0(2) 5-6 11; Chase Sartin 2(1) 0-0 7; Trenton Adkins 4 3-4 11; Baden Gillispie 3(1) 4-5 13; Alex Ratliff 0 4-4 4; L.T. Fairchild 0 4-4 4; Bryce Blevins 0(1) 0-0 3; and Kaden Gillispie 0 1-2 1. Totals: 19(6) 21-26 77.