AHSAA 6A Area 13 semifinal at Bearcat Arena:
Mortimer Jordan 12 16 12 4 - 44 (6 & 19)
Cullman 17 25 25 15 - 82 (22 & 5)
Cullman: Sam Dorough 18, Emory Bonds 12, Brooks Loftin 12, Owen Graves 12, Gray Hopper 8, Colt Fletcher 6, Warren Pitts 3.
GDW Analysis:
Cullman was very sound Saturday afternoon in what the Bearcats do rather well.
Their chaotic attack would wear down Mortimer Jordan following a close opening period.
Cullman scored 25 points in the 2nd and 3rd with 17 FGs being converted in this span, 7 coming from three point range.
Lofton did the damage in the post in the 2nd by scoring 8 points and had accounted for three slams by halftime.
Dorough would tally 6 in the 3rd with two treys coming from Bonds for another 6 points.
Stu Stuedeman's 'Cats knocked down 5 treys in the 3rd, moving a 42 to 28 halftime lead into 67 to 12 going to the final period.
The 'Cats would score 12 times from long distance and had 9 to get the name into the scorebook in this semifinal.
Pitts, recently promoted from the JV, finished the fun day with a three for the group as time expired for Cullman having its best outing from Bearcat Arena in the 2nd half of their schedule.
Up next for the Bearcats:
At Jasper in 6A Area 13 championship
Tuesday 7:00 p.m.
The game will be live on cullmanbearcats.com
Photo of Cullman center Brooks Loftin (23) vs. Hanceville center Shawn Pilman in a game at Bearcat Arena February 3.
Photo courtesy of Martha Needham.
