Bernie, Missouri - The Bernie Mules traveled to Puxico Friday, January 18th to kick the Indians and they did just that; increasing their overall winning record to 14-3 on the season by narrowly beating the Puxico Indians.

Bernie's Coach, Brad Botsch stated, "We are not winning pretty right now, but we are winning.  Every conference game is a battle and it was no different at Puxico."

At the end of the first half the Mules were up by 9 points with a score of 36 - 27; however during the 3rd quarter the Indians managed to outscore them 20 - 16.  The Mules managed to hold on to the lead in the 4th quarter as Puxico evened the match basket for basket.  Both teams tied with 15 points each in the 4th quarter.

"We are getting everyone's best shot and are still finding ways to gut wins out for the most part," continued Coach Botsch.

Three players were in double digits, David Baker, #31 scored the most points in the game with his 22 points.  Along with Sam Turner, #45 who had 13 points in the game and  B. J. Jennings reported in with 11 points.

"I felt Sam Turner and B.J. Jennings really upped their play tonight, and we need everyone to attack their deficiencies and continue to improve.  It is a big week next week in the SCAA tournament and hopefully we will compete well."

The JV Mules also won with a score of 42 - 38.  Matt Vernon scored 18 points along with Caleb Ellenburg who scored 14 pts.  The JV team increased their winning record to 15-1.

The Mules travel to Bloomfield on Tuesday, January 22nd to participate in the SCAA Tournament and will play Bell City at 7:00 p.m.  This is a game you will not want to miss!