PIKEVILLE – Lawrence County battled back in the second half from a double-digit deficit to knock of Paintsville, 81-71, in the boys’ 15th Region Tournament matchup played at the Appalachian Wireless Arena on Thursday night.
The Bulldogs, now 21-11, advance to Saturday night’s semifinals against Shelby Valley (25-7). The Tigers season ends at 15-14.
Cody Maynard fired in 25 points while Trenton Adkins tossed in 22 and Tyler Maynard finished with 20. Chase Sartin chipped in nine.
Colby Fugate led all scorers with a games-high 26 points and Nick Keeton tallied 19. Braxton Tharp and Baron Ratliff chipped in 10 apiece.
At Pikeville
(15th Region Tournament)
SCORE BY QUARTERS:
PV (15-14)……16 20 14 22 – 72
LC (21-11)……13 13 24 31 – 81
Scoring:
Paintsville (72) – Nick Keeton 7(1) 2-2 19; Braxton Tharp 1(1) 5-5 10; Colby Fugate 9(1) 5-7 26; Baron Ratliff 2(2) 0-0 10; Ryan Gibson 2 1-4 5; and Jaxson Watts 1 0-0 2. Totals: 22(5) 13-18 72.
Lawrence County (81) – Chase Sartin 3(1) 0-0 9; Cody Maynard 5(2) 9-10 25; Tyler Maynard 7 6-8 20; Baiden Gillispie 0 2-4 2; Trenton Adkins 6(3) 1-2 22; and Alex Ratliff 0(1) 0-0 3. Totals: 21(7) 18-24 81.