The University of Pikeville Bears held off previously unbeaten Georgetown College down the stretch to score a 72-66 win at the Appalachian Wireless Arena on Saturday.
UPIKE moved to 5-0 overall and 2-0 in Mid-South Conference play. The Tigers fell to 5-1.
Taevon Horton poured in 23 points and Maurice Dickson finished with 13 while Kenyon Duling added 10.
The Bears will travel to Emory & Henry (3-1) on Tuesday. Tipoff is set for 6 pm.
At Pikeville
SCORE BY HALVES:
GC (5-1)…….23 43 – 66
UP (5-0)……27 45 –72
Scoring:
Georgetown College (66) – Derrin Boyd 7(1) 2-2 19; Kyran Jones 3(1) 3-5 12; Jayrese Williams 2(2) 1-2 11; Jaquay Wales 2 0-0 4; Michael Turay 1 0-0 2; Jeremaine Patterson 4(1) 4-5 15; and Seth Johnson 1 1-3 3. Totals: 20(5) 11-17 66.
UPIKE (72) – Taevon Horton 3(4) 5-5 23; Jacob Brown 3 2-2 8; Darius Love 2 0-0 4; Christian Sweazie 0(1) 0-0 3; Maurice Dickson 4 5-6 13; Kenyon Duling 2(1) 3-3 10; Korbin Spencer 3 1-2 7; and Kevin Bishop II 1 2-3 4. Totals: 18(6) 18-21 72.
Next up: UPIKE (5-0) at Emory & Henry (3-1), 6 pm