Holcomb, Missouri – The #2 seeded Bloomfield Wildcats easily defeated Piggott, Arkansas 70 – 52 in a quarterfinal match-up at the Holcomb Invitational Tournament Tuesday evening. 

Noah Vandiver, a six-foot-three junior tallied a game-high 18 points for the Wildcats. 

Freshman Peyton Bell and Tyler Battles scored 14 points each.  Bell hit two of Bloomfield’s three treys.  Caleb Pulley had one trey.

Bloomfield jumped out to a 20 – 9 lead in the first quarter and scored double digits in each of the four quarters. 

Final Score  Bloomfield 70, Piggott 52

Piggott   9   15   16   12   - 52

Bloomfield  20  17   16  17  -  70

Piggott (52) – Logan Dixon 9, Peyton Mann, Nicholas Harris 16, Brayden Brewer 9, Quinton Mauldin 6, Nick McKinnie 8. FG 22, FT 6/10, F 17. (3-pointers: Dixon 1, Brewer 1.  Fouled Out: Brewer)

Bloomfield (70) – Caleb Pulley 6, Peyton Bell 14, Nathan Newell 5, Austin Bond 6, Tyler Battles 14, Noah Vandiver 18, Alex Gibbs 7.  FG 27, FT 12/25, F 15. (3-pointers: Pulley 1, Bell 2. Fouled Out: Bond)

Bloomfield takes on Twin Rivers in a semifinal on Thursday at 7:30 p.m.  the other semifinal will feature the top-seeded Bernie Mules and #4 seeded Puxico Indians at 6:00 p.m.