The University of Pikeville Bears struggled offensively in the opening half and Georgetown built a 21-point lead and cruised to a 78-58 Mid-South Conference win in a game played Saturday.
The Bears, now 9-9, were led by Christian Sweazie’s game-high 20 points. Jamir Simpson followed with 11 and Korbin Spencer chipped in nine.
UPIKE visits Shawnee State (19-2) on Thursday. Tipoff is 8 pm.
At Georgetown
SCORE BY HALVES:
UP (9-9)..….19 39 – 58
GC (12-3)….40 38 – 78
Scoring:
UPIKE (58) – Jamir Simpson 4 3-5 11; Korbin Spencer 3(1) 0-0 9; Jacob Brown 3 0-0 6; Darius Love 2 0-0 4; Malcolm Green 1 1-2 3; Christian Sweazie 4(3) 3-4 20; Taevon Horton 2 0-0 4; and Kenyon Stone 0 1-2 1. Totals: 19(4) 14-21 58.
Georgetown College (78) – Chucky Wilson 4(3) 1-1 18; Kyran Jones 4(2) 0-1 14; Derrin Boyd 2(2) 2-2 12; Brodricks Jones 0(3) 1-2 10; Jaqualy Wales 1(1) 4-4 9; Michael Turay 3 0-0 6; Naradain James 1(1) 0-0 5; and Rashad Bishop 2 0-3 4. Totals: 17(12) 8-13 78.
Next up: UPIKE (9-9) at Shawnee State (19-2), 8 pm, Feb. 4.