The #8 ranked Puxico Indians faced off against the #16 seeded Gideon Bulldogs coming out on top by a score of 61-25.

The Bulldogs could not get much together offensively against the Indians scoring only 7 points in the first half.  they have heart and didn't give up through the game.

Puxico's Cole Barnfield, a 5'11" senior guard tallied a game-high 17 points on four buckets and three treys.  He was the only player in double digits.

Landan Burchard, Scyler Zimmerman, and Ben Jones each contributed one 3-pointer each.

Final Score Gideon 25, Puxico 61

Gideon  7. 0  11  7 - 25

Puxico 17. 18. 20. 6 - 61

Gideon (25) - Cornett 6, Weaver 9, Montgomery 6, Lemmon 2, Hewitt 2.  FG 11, FT 02, F 12. (3-pointers: Weaver 3.  Fouled Out: None)

Puxico (61) - Burchard 3, Robinson 2, Mitchell 6, Barnfield 17, Crabb 6, Long 4, Burch 4, Zimmerman 8, Jones 9, Fortner 2, FG 25, FT 5/8, F 8. (3-pointers: Burchard 1, Barnfield 3, Zimmerman 1, Jones 1. Fouled Out: None)

Gideon is out of the tournament.

Puxico will play Portageville at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 29th.