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First and foremost hats off to a very good Paintsville club that never quit and took it straight at Belfry. Numerous times Belfry would jump to a 5-7 point lead just to see Paintsville come back. This team could be scary good next year!

Belfry proved tonight that this is not the Shelby Valley Invitational this year as quite a few fans seem to believe. Belfry played a solid all-around game minus some bonehead turnovers. Case scored 26 points and every single one was either within 5 feet of the goal or at the free throw line. Also, Landon Sloan didn't so much have an off night as he got shut down and taken out of his game by Case's defense.

Dustin May, IMO, was the game MVP tonight. Huge night on the boards, scored 20+ points, blocked shots and strips inside, and sank numerous clutch free throws. His strength was too much for anyone on Paintsville. Aaron Warren also played a solid game and came up with some monster rebounds in the final minutes.

When Case fouled out with 3 minutes to go I honestly thought Paintsville was going to win the game, but the supporting cast really stepped up and won the game for Belfry.

VanHoose for Paintsville played a very solid game, as did Bundy.

If SV takes care of business I think we will see a war, I feel belfry will cause quite a few matchup problems for the Wildcats with their size and strength.