It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact the Paintsville Tigers can now relate to. They were just a bucket shy of victory on Saturday and fell 55-54 to the Pirates. Paintsville just can't catch a break and has now endured three defeats in a row.
Jaaliyah Warren was her usual excellent self, almost dropping a double-double on 29 points and nine rebounds for Belfry. It was the first time this season that Warren pulled down eight or more rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Clara McNamee, who almost dropped a double-double on 13 points and nine rebounds.
Paintsville now has a losing record at 15-16. As for Belfry, they pushed their record up to 16-13 with that win, which was their fourth straight at home.
Paintsville does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Belfry, they will face off against Prestonsburg at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Hopefully Belfry focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up five on Saturday.
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