Staff report

The Pineville Mountain Lions bounced back from a tough loss at Corbin to defeat Williamsburg 71-60 Friday night.

Senior center Dustin Day poured in 31 points to the lead the Lions. He had 17 in the first haf as Pineville built a 36-31 lead.

Aaron Cunningham had the hot hand for Williamsburg in the second half. He scored 21 of his team-high 24 points after halftime.

Behind 11 points from Cunningham, the Yellow Jackets rallied to take a 53-51 lead after three.

But Pineville’s Day and James David Strange combined for 14 fourth quarter points and the Lions went 6-for-6 from the free throw line down the stretch to pull away for the 11-point win.

Strange finished with 18 points and Dusting Warren added 12 for Pineville.

Jacob Teague added 16 for Williamsburg.

The Lions (21-4) return to district play Monday as they host Knox Central. The Yellow Jackets (4-18) visit Model next Friday.

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Williamsburg 13 18 22 7 — 60

Pineville 20 16 15 20 — 71

WILLIAMSBURG (60): Aaron Cunningham 24, Jacob Teague 16, Steven Taylor 7, Corey Fleenor 4, Chad Terry 4, James Williams 3, Thomas Rains 2, Daniel Pettit 0, Adam Jones 0.

PINEVILLE (71): Dustin Day 31, James David Strange 18, Dustin Warren 12, Will Lambdin 3, Jesse Fuson 3, Jared Jeffrey 2, Jon Widener 2, Tyler Tuttle 0, Mike Cunningham 0.