Bell City, Missouri - The Bernie Mules were on the road on Friday, December 16, 2016 traveling to Bell City. 

Bernie's Nate Dillinger had an impressive game-high 33 points on 8 buckets, 5 treys and 2/2 at the charity stripe.

Michael Suiter also finished in double digits hitting 10 buckets and 5 from the charity stripe.

Dalton Hobgood completed 11 points for the Mules completing 5 buckets and 1/1 at the line.

"We had a really nice defensive first half and a really nice offensive second half," commented Bernie boys basketball head coach Brad Botsch.  "It was good to see some of our guys step up and get in a rhythm offensively. We've been pushing the kids hard in practice and we want to keep seeing improvements"

"Bell City is never an easy place to play and the Nichols kid is a really nice player. It was good to get a solid road win," continued Botsch.

Final Score Bernie 88, Bell City 55

Bernie (88) -Jayce Burk 8, Michael Suiter 25, Josh Ellenburg 7, Nate Dillinger 23, Gavin Brown 4, Dalton Hobgood 11. FG 28, Ft 11/14, F 18. (3-pointers: Jayce Burk 2, Nate Dillinger 5. Fouled Out: None).

Bell City (55) - Cole Nichols 34, Austin Hicks 7, Bobby Wright 14. FG 15, FT 17/21, F 13. (3-pointers: Cole Nichols 4, Bobby Wright 4, Fouled Out: None).

Bernie (4-2) will host Neelyville on Tuesday, December 20th.  Game time 6:00 p.m.