Benton, Missouri – The Bloomfield Wildcats improved their record to 3 - 1 on the road defeating the Kelly Hawks 81 - 49.
“Always good when you can go on the road and get a win,” commented Bloomfield head boys basketball coach and Athletic Director Jason Karnes. “I thought our guys played really hard tonight. They had some good contributions tonight from everyone on the team, both offensively and defensively. Just really proud of our effort and the way these guys are starting to come together as a team.”
The Wildcats jumped out with a comfortable lead in the first period 15 - 6. Bloomfield scored double digits in each of the four quarters.
Noah Vandiver tallied a game-high 21 points for the Wildcats scoring more than one bucket in each period. Nathan Newell also scored a two-pointer in each period and added one trey, finishing the game with 17 total points.
Caleb Pulley, Peyton Bell and Tyler Battles each sank a 3-pointer for the Wildcats.
Final Score Bloomfield 81, Kelly 49
Bloomfield 15 20 23 23 - 81
Kelly 6 19 13 11 - 49
Bloomfield (81) – Cameron Pulley 2, Tim Hector 8, Caleb Pulley 7, Peyton Bell 7, Nathan Newell 17, Austin Bond 6, Tyler Battles 8, Noah Vandiver 21, Alex Gibbs 5. FG 31. FT 15/18. F 19 (3-pointers: Pulley 1, Bell 1, Newell 1, Battles 1. Fouled Out: Gibbs).
Kelly (49) - Maurice Davis 18, Ty Householder 5, Dalton Huffman 9, Jake McClain 10, Jacob Riley 2, Conner Dittlinger 7. FG 21, FT 7/12. F 17. (3-pointers: Householder 1, Huffman 1. Fouled Out: None).
Bloomfield will host the Richland Rebels in their home opener on Friday, December 12th. Game time 6:00 p.m.
Shown in the photo is Tyler Battles. Photo is from a previous game. Thank you Jerry Darby Photography for the photo.
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.
