Dexter, Missouri - The #1 seeded Dexter Bearcats easily surpassed the #8 seeded Bell City Cubs on Monday, January 22, 2018 at the Stoddard County Athletic Association boys basketball tournament.

Dexter started their secondary attack squad with Alan Pippins scoring all four of his 3-pointers in the first quarter.  He finished with 12 points.

All together they scored 31 points in the first quarter holding the Cubs to 14 points.  

Every Bearcat varsity player contributed to the stats with all players recording at least 4 points a piece.

Clay Mullins finished with a game-high 19 points on 8 buckets and was 3/5 at the charity stripe.

Gabe Jackson tallied 14 points on seven buckets.

Joe Rice recorded 13 points on four buckets and one trey and was 2/5 at the free throw.

Nate Stone tallied a team-high 9 points for the Bell City Cub.  He sank 4 buckets and was one from the free throw.

Final Score Dexter 93, Bell City 30

Dexter      31    30    15   17  -  93

Bell City   14       4    10    1   -  30 

Dexter (93) - Joe Rice 13, Seth Rogers 9, Nate Gargas 4, Alan Pippins 12, Braxton Foster 7, Ben Sindle 5, Clay Mullins 19, Dawson Kasting 4, Ethan Kincy 5, Gabe Jackson 14.  FG 39, FT 8/17, F 9.  (3-pointers: Rice 1, Rogers, 1, Pippins 4, Sindle 1.  Fouled Out: None)

Bell City (30) - Jacob Byford 4, Luke Nichols 7, Evan Smith 5, Austin Hunt 2, Jack Duenne 3, Nate Stone 9.  Fg 13, FT 1/3, F 15. (3-pointers: Nichols 1, Smith 1, Duenne 1. Fouled Out: Stone).

Dexter will play the winner of Tuesday's game the Puxico Indians vs the Bloomfield Wildcats on Thursday, January 25th at 7:00 p.m.