Bloomfield, Missouri - The No. 10 seeded Bernie Mules easily advanced to the consolation semifinal at the 60th Annual Bloomfield Christmas Tournament over the Holcomb Hornets 87-55.

The Hornets shot  39 of their 55 points were made on 13 treys, but it was not enough to make up for Bernie's Nate Dillinger who led the Mules with 30 points.  He hit 13 buckets and was 4/5 at the free throw line.

Michael Suite recorded 14 points and Gavin Brown tallied 10 points to ensure a victory over the Holcomb Hornets.

Ty Neldon was Holcomb's top scorer with 15 on 5 buckets.  Gabe Roso added 11 including his three 3-poimters of the morning.

Final Score Bernie 87, Holcomb 55

Bernie      21   19   28   19  -  87

Holcomb    9   16   13   19  -  55

Bernie (87) - Jayce Burck 3, Littleton 9, Michael Suiter 14, Weston Comstock 5, Josh Ellenburg 8, Nate Dillinger 30, Riley Wells 4, Gavin Brown 10, Dalton Hobgood 4. FG 38, FT 9/15, F 8. (3-pointers Burk 1, Comstock 1. Fouled Out: None)

Holcomb (55) - Ty Neldon 6, Alec McDaniel 15, Gabe Roso 11, Johnny Maynard 8, Dillon Mize 8, Noah Hobbs 7. FG 20, FT 2/4, F 16. (3-pointers: Neldon 2, McDaniel 5, Roso 3, Maynard 1, Mize 2. Fouled Out: Korben Tucker).

Bernie will play Puxico in a consolation semifinal on Wednesday, December 28th at 2:30 p.m.