Bears split games in opening day at KBC
Published 6:15 pm Friday, June 14, 2019
<p>Kim Henson | Harlan Enterprise</p> <p>Harlan County’s Jacob Wilson headed toward the basket in action earlier this summer. Wilson and the Bears played two scrimmages Friday in the KBC tourney in Lexington.</p>
<p>Spurlock</p>
LEXINGTON — A 41-point outburst by senior guard Taylor Spurlock was not enough in Harlan County’s opening game Friday in the KBC state tournament in Lexington as the Black Bears fell 79-70 to Sevier County, Tenn.
Spurlock found more offensive support in the second game as four Bears reached double figures in a 65-49 victory over Southwestern. Spurlock scored 23 against the Warriors, while Jacob Wilson added 13 and Trent Noah and Tyler Cole added 10 each. Jackson Huff and Josh Turner chipped in with five and four points, respectively.
Cole and Noah helped the Bears grab an early 14-4 lead with seven points each. Spurlock heated up later in the quarter as HCHS built a 33-20 halftime advantage.
Wilson scored all of his points in the second half as Harlan County fought off a Southwestern comeback. Wilson hit a 3-pointer and Spurlock converted a three-point play as the lead grew to 19 late in the game.
Harlan County fell behind 20-10 in the first game before Spurlock led a rally that pulled the Bears even at 30-all at halftime.
HCHS opened the second half with an 11-1 run to go up by 10, but Sevier rallied behind a barrage of 3-pointers, five in succession at one point.
Turner added 11 points for the Bears. Cole scored seven, followed by Huff with six, Noah with three and Wilson with two.
Harlan County (14-5) will play Male on Saturday at 1:15 in the final game of pool play before tournament action begins that evening.
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Harlan County fell twice in junior varsity action, losing 46-42 in overtime to Fern Creek and 52-34 to Dunbar.
The Bears led by seven late in the game against Fern Creek before watching the Louisville squad rally. HCHS was held scoreless in the two-minute extra period, missing the front end of three bonus situations.
Freshman guard Jonah Swanner led the Bears with 10 points. Tristan Cooper scored nine, followed by James Gray with eight, Daniel Carmical with seven and Josh Sergent, Cadyn Duncan, Cameron Lester and Dalton Hicks with two each.
Lester scored nine to lead the Bears against Dunbar. Carmical and Gray scored seven each. Sergent added four. Swanner, Hicks and Duncan chipped in with two each. Cooper scored one.
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Harlan County split two games in the freshman division, defeating Scott County 49-25 and falling to Lexington Catholic 46-19. No scoring information was available.
