Shelbyville Dragons Gymnasium, January 30, 2018 –
The Shelbyville Dragons Varsity Basketball Team defeated the visiting Timpson Bears, by a 71-24 score on Tuesday. The Dragons outscored Timpson 35-0 at one point which saw the Dragon’s lead balloon from 29-16 with 4 minutes left in the second period, to 64-16 with 1:53 left in the third stanza. Bear Addison Brandon hit a 3-pointer which broke the Dragons scoring run and gave Timpson their only score of the third period. The Bears went in to the fourth period trailing 19-64.
Scoring was minimal in the final quarter and saw Shelbyville only outpace Timpson 7-5.
The Dragons are ranked #4 in the state, for 2A schools, in the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches poll. They are now 24-3 overall and have a 9-0 District 22 2A conference mark. They were led by Jordan Boykins with 16 points, Jakevion Buckley 13, Reece Stroud 9, Ryan Bailey 9, H’Leighen McClelland 7, Kyle Tindol 7, Cole Ferguson 5, and Kurtrick Allen had five points.
The Bears are 2-7 and were led by Dustin Pledger with 9, Gannon Braddock 5, Jordan Osby 3, Brandon Addison 3, Cody Hodge 2, and Jaden Johnson scored two points.
Shelbyville heads to Tenaha on Friday, February 2, 2018 for a 7 p.m. tipoff with the Tigers, in the Tenaha Special Events Center. Tenaha is in second place with just one conference loss.
The Bears will head to Woden (6-3) for a 7 p.m. game with the Eagles, on Friday February 2, 2018.
