Written by
Dee Loflin, SMT Manager/Editor
Bernie, Missouri - The Mules played Bell City Friday evening and defeated the Cubs 95 - 27. They played Scott City on Saturday night an added yet another win. The Bernie Mules continue to be a powerhouse in basketball and improved their record to 7 - 0 and 2-0 in the District.
Senior player B.J. Jennings had an awesome game hitting five 3-pointers and tallying a game-high 25 points. Several of the Mules were able to score including Caleb Ellenburg who added 20 points to the board.
Jake Wagner also hit double digits for the Mules adding 10 points including a couple of 3-pointers along with Joey Walker and Devin Trammell who tallied 9 points each.
Matt Vernon and Justin Stanfield each added a trey for the Mules.
Bernie was able to score double digits in each of the four quarters holding Bell City to a game high quarter of 11 points. The Mules led the first quarter 24 - 4 and at the half it was all Mule power 48 - 10.
“Our kids had great effort and intensity tonight and we shot the ball better than we have been," stated head basketball coach Brad Botsch. "We want to keep working to improve, but I really like what I see and our heads seem to be in the right place.”
Final Score: Bernie Mules 95 - Bell City Cubs 27
Bell City 4 6 11 6 - 27
Bernie 24 24 29 18 - 95
Bell City (27) - Nate Finney 4, Kolten Siebert 8, Aaron Smith 4, Cole Nichols 5, Bobby Wright 2, Peyton Maddox 4. FG 9, FT 8/12, F 14. (3-pointers: Siebert 1. Fouled out: none)
Bernie (95) - Matt Vernon 3, Jake Wagner 10, Brandon Sparks 4, B.J. Jennings 25, Justin Stanfield 5, J.R. Pregel 2, Bubby Schwent 6, Devin Trammell 9, Joey Walker 9, Caleb Ellenburg 20, Gavin Smith 2. FG 38, FT 10/13, F 16. (3-pointers: Vernon 1, Wagner 2, Jennings 5, Stanfield 1. Fouled out: none)
Bernie will be back in action on Thursday, December 26th when they enter the 57th Annual Bloomfield Christmas Tournament. Game time is 12:30 p.m. Bernie is the #3 seed and will be playing #14 seed Puxico.
