PIKEVILLE – Paintsville is back in the boys’ 15th Region Tournament semifinals following a come-from-behind 66-55 victory over Floyd Central in a game played Feb. 26.
Seth Williams led a balanced scoring attack for the Tigers, now 19-7, with a game-high 22 points. Colby Fugate finished with 14 and Nick Keeton tallied 12 and pulled down eight rebounds.
Blake Slone paced the Jaguars, who season ended at 6-25, with 17 points while Brady Conn finished with 16. Conn also took five charging calls in the game.
At Pikeville
(15th Region quarterfinals)
SCORE BY QUARTERS:
PV (19-7)….12 10 20 24 – 66
FC (6-25)….15 12 10 18 – 55
Scoring:
Paintsville (66) – Nick Keeton 4 4-6 12; Seth Willliams 3(2) 10-13 22; Braxton Tharp 2 1-2 5; Colby Fugate 5 4-4 14; Brady Dingess 2 0-0 4; James Allen 1 0-0 2; and Jaxon Watts 3 1-1 7. Totals: 20(2) 20-26 66.
Floyd Central (55) – Caleb Hager 1 0-0 2; Blake Slone 1(4) 3-3 17; Ethan Smith-Mills 2(3) 1-2 14; Brandon Little 2 0-0 4; Brady Conn 7 2-4 16; and Braden Moore 1 0-0 2. Totals: 14(7) 6-9 55.